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Hardback. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Keith; Whyte, Padraic. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137603111
- ISBN
- 9781137603111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.36
€ 151.36
Paperback. After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349272
- ISBN
- 9781349349272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 250 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403917386
- ISBN
- 9781403917386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.78
€ 78.78
Paperback. Ever since children have learned to read, there has been children's literature. This book charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from "Where the Wild Things Are" to "Harry Potter". Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226473017
- ISBN
- 9780226473017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY; HBG; HBTB; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349517732
- ISBN
- 9781349517732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403935113
- ISBN
- 9781403935113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.22
€ 117.22
Paperback. Written during the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905, the author depicts the middle-class, foolish perhaps but likeable, as they flounder around, philosophizing, yearning, or scuttling between test tubes, blind to their impending annihilation. Translator(s): Upton, Andrew. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571304875
- ISBN
- 9780571304875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. A series of reflections on the literary landscape of our time - from the writings of Roland Barthes to those of Stephen King. The text explores such issues as the blurring of the line between fiction and criticism, the persistence of the notion of paradise, and the lure of horror. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231050494
- ISBN
- 9780231050494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.87
€ 44.87
Hardcover. Children in Culture, Revisited follows on from the first volume, Children in Culture, and is composed of a range of chapters, newly written for this collection, which offer further fully inter- and multidisciplinary considerations of childhood as a culturally and historically constructed identity rather than a constant psycho-biological entity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275546
- ISBN
- 9780230275546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Paperback. Children in Culture, Revisited follows on from the first volume, Children in Culture, and is composed of a range of chapters, newly written for this collection, which offer further fully inter- and multidisciplinary considerations of childhood as a culturally and historically constructed identity rather than a constant psycho-biological entity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324880
- ISBN
- 9781349324880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ANB; DSBF; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551558
- ISBN
- 9780230551558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
Paperback. This book discusses the relationship between children and sexuality in the past in a series of case studies extending from the Greeks to the Great War. Editor(s): Rousseau, G. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357444
- ISBN
- 9781349357444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. "Novelist and essayist Brian Doyle describes encounters with astounding beings of every sort and shape in this collection of short vignettes. The book gathers previously unpublished work along with selections that have been published in Orion, The Sun, and The American Scholar, among others"-- Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717543
- ISBN
- 9780870717543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.61
€ 20.99
€ 19.61
Paperback. Unlike the rigidly chronological approach of many introductions to children's literature, this title presents a genre-based approach which ensures that all the principal genres are covered in detail such as: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, school stories and children's poetry. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649020
- ISBN
- 9780748649020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.67
€ 30.99
€ 26.67
Hardcover. Recaptures a vanished moment of cultural history. Editor(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David B. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631781
- ISBN
- 9780815631781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Hardcover. This book explores a major modern turn in Francophone Caribbean literature towards recits d'enfance (narratives of childhood) and asks why this occurred post-1990. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318412
- ISBN
- 9781846318412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
Hardback. The first book-length look at childhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challenges assumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compelling picture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, Dr. Adrienne; Humphries, Andrew F. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221611
- ISBN
- 9780230221611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.07
€ 68.07
paperback. The first book-lengthlook atchildhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challengesassumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compellingpicture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood." Editor(s): Gavin, A.; Humphries, Andrew F. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- SKU
- V9781349307159
- ISBN
- 9781349307159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.00
€ 67.00
Paperback. An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today. Editor(s): Fass, Paula S.; Mason, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 725 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 725
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726938
- ISBN
- 9780814726938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. A collation of poems that tells the stories of author's life in four sections: childhood and early adulthood; motherhood; meditations on light; and love and art. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 234. New and Selected Poems 1991-2011. 180 pages. A collation of poems that tells the stories of author's life in four sections: childhood and early adulthood; motherhood; meditations on light; and love and art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 15. Weight: 232.
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847770943
- ISBN
- 9781847770943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.08
€ 21.08
Paperback. Aimed at parents looking for reading for their children, this is a guide to classic but often-overlooked children's literature. In a series of brief, enthusiastic appreciations, Noel Perrin reintroduces readers to works such as "The Borrowers", "Railway Children" and "Millions of Cats". Num Pages: 178 pages, 1 Table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584653523
- ISBN
- 9781584653523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.36
€ 17.99
€ 15.36
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858810119
- ISBN
- 9781858810119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.71
€ 9.99
€ 8.71
Paperback. Translator(s): Mitchell, Michael. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 123 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411166
- ISBN
- 9781572411166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.86
€ 21.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. This tender memoir chronicles the early years of Sayyid Qutb, one of Egypt's most influential radical Islamist thinkers and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; 3JJ; BM; DSBH; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610755
- ISBN
- 9780815610755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66