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Hardback. Proposing that its roots can be found in Great Plains nonfiction writing, this book explores the many facets of this vital form of critique, exploration, and celebration that weaves together such elements of narrative as natural history, cultural history, geography, memoir, and intertextuality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803245020
ISBN
9780803245020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440464
ISBN
9780932440464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Examines Yeats's relationship with the warring discourses of British cultural imperialism and Irish nationalism during Ireland's transition from colony to partially independent nation. This work identifies the core features of Yeats's aesthetic program through readings of central poems and plays in the Yeats canon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025830
ISBN
9780268025830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Cary, Richard. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780808401001
ISBN
9780808401001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. This volume presents five of Cicero's most famous defence speeches: of Roscius, accused of murder; of Murena, accused of bribery; of Archias, on a citizenship charge; of Caelius, accused of violence; and of Milo, accused of murdering Cicero's hated enemy Clodius. These new translations achieve new standards of accuracy and introductions and notes guide the reader through the speeches. Translator(s): Berry, D. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DNS; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537907
ISBN
9780199537907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Why should mathematics, the purest of sciences, have a history? This book explores how Renaissance scholars recovered and reconstructed the origins of mathematics by tracing its invention in prehistoric Antiquity, its development by the Greeks, and its transmission to modern Europe via the works of Euclid, Theon and Proclus. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 5 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; PB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 321.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
5
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400732148
ISBN
9789400732148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 160.96

Hardback. This work argues that literature can be defined, and that in its definition its unique value can be discovered. It identifies literature ontologically as a sign of the preconceptual, as the "ostensive moment" that discloses neither the purpose nor the structure of existence. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724524
ISBN
9780804724524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.71

Paperback. These essays examine the New World dreams in the American Columbiad. They focus on Native American, Caribbean, African-American, Jewish American and New Zealand texts that highlight the contrast between the reality of colonization and exploitation and its ideological framework. Series: International Cooper Series in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764350222
ISBN
9783764350222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559363099
ISBN
9781559363099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.31

Hardcover. This study examines the social, political and theological issues that were brought to the late medieval stage. Examining plays, urban pageant cycles and travelling 'miracles' and morality plays, dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, Ruth Nisse explores how these translated contemporary issues and especially vernacular theology through performance. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268036010
ISBN
9780268036010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. This study examines the social, political and theological issues that were brought to the late medieval stage. Examining plays, urban pageant cycles and travelling 'miracles' and morality plays, dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, Ruth Nisse explores how these translated contemporary issues and especially vernacular theology through performance. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268036027
ISBN
9780268036027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. Examines what is distinct, what is shared and what is universal in Greek narrative tradition. This title has two closely related objectives: to define what is characteristically Greek in Greek narratives of different periods and genres, and to see how narrative techniques and concerns develop over time. Editor(s): Cairns, Douglas; Scodel, Ruth. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748680108
ISBN
9780748680108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.75

paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2005
SKU
V9781349523931
ISBN
9781349523931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403946799
ISBN
9781403946799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491449
ISBN
9781611491449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.23

Hardback. Daniel Defoe, as the author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders", can be described as, with some justification, the creator of the first novels in English. This book summarizes Defoe's life and achievements to offer a critical overview of his contribution to literature. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 162 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513286
ISBN
9780333513286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349049783
ISBN
9781349049783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.77

Hardcover. Explores the implications of scientific discourse on Russian concepts of mental illness and national health Series Editor(s): Thompson, Mike. Series: Durham Modern Languages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719091643
ISBN
9780719091643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.10

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349496990
ISBN
9781349496990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.10

Hardcover. This exciting new study looks at degeneration and deviance in nineteenth-century science and late-Victorian Gothic fiction. The questions it raises are as relevant today as they were at the nineteenth century's fin de siecle: What constitutes the norm from which a deviation has occurred? What exactly does it mean to be 'normal' or 'abnormal'? Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137450326
ISBN
9781137450326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

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