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Ritual Violence and the Maternal in the British Novel, 1740-1820

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages: 316
Condition: New
SKU: V9781611484045
ISBN: 9781611484045

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Ritual Unbound

Thomas Cousineau

Hardback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages: 187
Condition: New
SKU: V9781611492422
ISBN: 9781611492422

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Ritual Opera and Mercantile Lineage: The Confucian Transformation of P...

Qitao Guo

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages: 384
Condition: New
Edition: 1st Edition
SKU: V9780804750325
ISBN: 9780804750325

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Ritual Lighting: Laureate Poems

Carol Ann Duffy

Hardback. A beautifully illustrated collection of poems from the Poet Laureate Illustrator(s): Raw, Stephen. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 256 x 11. Weight in Grams: 358. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Edition: Main Market Ed.
SKU: KEX0281265
ISBN: 9781447274506

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Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus in Old Comedy

Anton Bierl

Paperback. Presents a study investigating the chorus of Old Comedy. This book offers a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point. It includes a close reading of Aristophanes' "Thesmophoriazusae", which shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy. Translator(s): Hollmann, Alexander. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages: 530
Condition: New
Edition: New and REV Englis ed.
SKU: V9780674023734
ISBN: 9780674023734

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Ritual and Narrative

. Ed(S): Nunning, Vera; Rupp, Jan; Ahn, Grego...

Paperback. Editor(s): Nunning, Vera; Rupp, Jan; Ahn, Gregor. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages: 278
Condition: New
SKU: V9783837625325
ISBN: 9783837625325

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Ritual and Desire

O. Thomsen

Hardcover. Contains important statements regarding the poet's personality, Roman sexual morality, attitudes to love and marriage, and the practice and psychology of ancient religion. This work subjects the two poems to analysis, and yields insights into the ritual drama enacted, the mythical and erotic dimensions, and the depiction of male and female. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1992
Publisher: Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages: 324
Condition: New
SKU: V9788772882888
ISBN: 9788772882888

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Ritsos in Parentheses

Yannis Ritsos

Paperback. Translator(s): Keeley, Edmund. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Edition: Tra
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691603391
ISBN: 9780691603391

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Ritmo El

Salvador Rueda

Paperback. El ritmo is a collection of letters from Salvador Rueda to the Catalonian critic Jose Yxart, first published in Madrid in 1894. El ritmo sets out, in a sometimes ironical tone, a panorama of the state of poetry in Spanish at the end of the nineteenth century. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 66 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 5. Weight in Grams: 160.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1994
Publisher: University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages: 66
Condition: New
SKU: V9780859894012
ISBN: 9780859894012

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Rites of Return: Diaspora Poetics and the Politics of Memory

M Hirsch

Hardback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 328
Condition: New
SKU: V9780231150903
ISBN: 9780231150903

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Rites of Return: Diaspora Poetics and the Politics of Memory

Marianne Hirsch (Ed.)

Paperback. Editor(s): Hirsch, Marianne; Miller, Nancy K. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.

Publisher: Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2011
Condition: New
SKU: V9780231150910
ISBN: 9780231150910

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Rites of Passage

Joanne Greenburg

paperback. Clean copy

Condition: Used, Very Good
Publisher: Avon
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1972
SKU: KST0009362

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Rising Star: Dandyism, Gender, and Performance in the Fin de Siècle

Rhonda K. Garelick

Paperback. Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. This book looks at the roots of this particular form of celebrity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Princeton University Press New Jersey
Number of pages: 242
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691048697
ISBN: 9780691048697

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Risible Rhymes

Mu?Ammad Ibn Ma?Fu? Al-Sanhuri

Hardcover. Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Number of pages: 128
Condition: New
SKU: V9781479877928
ISBN: 9781479877928

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Rise Of The Diva On The Sixteenthcentury

Rosalind Kerr

Hardback. The Rise of the Diva on the Sixteenth-Century Commedia dell'Arte Stage examines the emergence of the professional actress from the 1560s onwards in Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages: 232
Condition: New
SKU: V9781442649118
ISBN: 9781442649118