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Paperback. Editor(s): Betts, Gregory. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550962284
ISBN
9781550962284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.96

paperback. Provides the poets' personal glimpses into the effects of war on language, place, poetry, and womanhood. This book features translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after World War II who chart the sheer ordinariness through which cataclysm is experienced, and by which life is cruelly shattered. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127798
ISBN
9780691127798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304755
ISBN
9780226304755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.08

Hardback. The transformation of the American sense of religious identity and destiny that occurred toward the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth is illustrated through a literary and cultural analysis of the fiction of Willa Cather and Theodore Dreiser. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480627
ISBN
9781611480627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.04

Paperback. The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099506249
ISBN
9780099506249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. What does it mean to come after Blanchot? Three things, at least. First, it is to recognise that it is no longer possible to believe in an essentialist determination of literary discourse or of aesthetic experience. Second, there is the question of history. Here, a third meaning to the phrase "after Blanchot" comes into view. Editor(s): Hill, Leslie; Nelson, Brian; Vardoulakis, Dimitris. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139464
ISBN
9780874139464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.95

Hardback. The essays in this volume discuss the changing purpose of reading from late antiquity to the Renaissance. "A most unusual, fascinating, and rich book, very well written, with copious scholarly notes."-Choice Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236026
ISBN
9780812236026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.76

This book chronicles the demise of the so-called leftist Italian cultural establishment during the long 1980s. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 1120. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804781497
ISBN
9780804781497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. Features poems that reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise. This work examines the human condition through subjects ranging from spareness, possibility, judgement and hidden grief to global warming, insomnia, meanings in overlooked parts of speech, and the metaphysics of sneezing. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 7. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247416
ISBN
9781852247416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Hardcover. Makes a persuasive case for a black Atlantic literary renaissance and its impact on modernist studies. This title explores the term 'Afromodernisms' and the study to address together the cognate fields of modernism and the black Atlantic. It sets an agenda for the study of blackness and modernism. Editor(s): Sweeney, Fionnghuala; Marsh, Kate. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646401
ISBN
9780748646401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.65

Hardback. This study deals with representation and resistance in Afro-Uruguayan culture. It explores the manner in which Afro- Uruguayans defined, and continue to affirm, their "place" in a country in which societal and self perceptions were/are constantly shifting. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481860
ISBN
9781611481860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.89

Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611484229
ISBN
9781611484229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349384952
ISBN
9781349384952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. This book investigates Kamau Brathwaite's and Derek Walcott's postcolonial debates, reading them against the traditional sites of the Caribbean imaginary. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623644
ISBN
9780230623644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.45

Paperback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363231
ISBN
9780822363231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363118
ISBN
9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Series: Black Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035437
ISBN
9780226035437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256. 210 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 12. Weight: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Africa World Pr
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592210565
ISBN
9781592210565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590335666
ISBN
9781590335666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.66
€ 61.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3; JFSL9; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977977
ISBN
9781403977977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. This book examines literature by African, Native, and Jewish American novelists at the beginning of the twentieth century, a period of radical dislocation from homelands for these three ethnic groups as well as the period when such voices established themselves as central figures in the American literary canon. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349538003
ISBN
9781349538003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English Editor(s): Perkins, Kathy A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; DD; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075735
ISBN
9780252075735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures. Editor(s): Banham, Martin. Series: African Theatre. Num Pages: 208 pages, 8, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 7 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1HF; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010803
ISBN
9781847010803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Used Copy But Remains Readable
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Popular Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KDK0015041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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