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Hardcover. An innovative study examining the work of memory in Kazuo Ishiguro's novels. Drawing from Paul Ricoeur's writing on memory, and a number of theorists on mourning, trauma and collective memory, this study introduces a unique conceptual framework that investigates the distinctive and cathartic work of memory that is inherent in Ishiguro's novels. Num Pages: 187 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137337184
- ISBN
- 9781137337184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Hardcover. An interpretation of Xenophon's Anabasis of Cyrus, paralleling the text to Machiavelli's The Prince, and focusing on the question: How did the Socratic education help Xenophon reconcile morality with effectiveness, the noble with the good, as a ruler? Series: Recovering Political Philosophy. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333308
- ISBN
- 9781137333308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.53
€ 139.53
Hardcover. Revisiting The Tempest offers a lively reconsideration of how The Tempest encourages interpretation and creative appropriation. It includes a wide range of essays on theoretical and practical criticism focusing on the play's original dramatic context, on its signifying processes and its present-time screen remediation. Editor(s): Calvi, Lisanna. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333131
- ISBN
- 9781137333131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. In 1898, both Cuba and the Philippines achieved their independence from Spain and then immediately became targets of US expansionism. This book presents a comparative analysis of late-nineteenth-century literature and history in Cuba and the Philippines, focusing on the writings of Jose Marti and Jose Rizal to reveal shared anti-imperial struggles. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332950
- ISBN
- 9781137332950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. Historical Writing in Britain, 1688-1830 explores a series of debates concerning the nature and value of the past in the long eighteenth century. The essays investigate a diverse range of subjects including art history, biography, historical poetry, and novels, as well as addressing more conventional varieties of historical writing. Editor(s): Dew, Benjamin; Price, Fiona. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332639
- ISBN
- 9781137332639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Travel Writing and the Transnational Author explores the travel writing and transnational literature of four authors from the 'postcolonial canon': Michael Ondaatje, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, and Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332455
- ISBN
- 9781137332455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332110
- ISBN
- 9781137332110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.65
€ 100.65
Hardcover. Shakespeare, Cinema and Desire explores the desires and the futures of Shakespeare's language and cinematographic adaptations of Shakespeare. Tracing ways that film offers us a rich new understanding of Shakespeare, it highlights issues such as media technology, mourning, loss, the voice, narrative territories and flows, sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332059
- ISBN
- 9781137332059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. A state of the art critical review of research into literature in language education, of interest to teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Includes prompts and principles for those who wish to improve their own practice or to engage in projects or research in this area. Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CJA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137331823
- ISBN
- 9781137331823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Hardcover. How can war be represented on stage? How does the theatre examine the structures leading to violence and war and explore their transformation of societies? Springing from the discussion about 'New Wars' in the age of globalisation, this interdisciplinary study demonstrates how these 'New Wars' bring forth new plays about war. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137330017
- ISBN
- 9781137330017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Looking at the work of J.L. Austin, who subjected language to a close and intense analysis, this book deals with his examination of the various things we do with words, and with the philosophical insights he believed could be gained by closely examining the uses of words by non-philosophers. Editor(s): Garvey, Brian. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSB; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137329981
- ISBN
- 9781137329981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Featuring leading scholars of British television drama and noted writers and producers from the television industry, this new edition of British Television Drama evaluates past and present TV fiction since the 1960s, and considers its likely future. Editor(s): Bignell, Jonathan; Lacey, Stephen. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; APT; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137327567
- ISBN
- 9781137327567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the nation: the functional construction of the country's public infrastructure and the symbolic construction of nationhood. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 210 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DSB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322470
- ISBN
- 9781137322470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.07
€ 116.07
Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320162
- ISBN
- 9781137320162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. The essays in this volume challenge current 'givens' in medieval and early modern research around periodization and editorial practice. They showcase cutting-edge research practices and approaches in textual editing, and in manuscript and performance studies to produce new ways of reading and working for students and scholars. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320100
- ISBN
- 9781137320100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay. Num Pages: 111 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311627
- ISBN
- 9781137311627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media content, which serve to enrich the curriculum, as well as exploit the changing methods by which English students read and consume literary and screen texts. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311153
- ISBN
- 9781137311153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
hardcover. Teaching Adaptations addresses the challenges and appeal of teaching popular fiction and culture, video games and new media content, which serve to enrich the curriculum, as well as exploit the changing methods by which English students read and consume literary and screen texts. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311122
- ISBN
- 9781137311122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Literary Aesthetics of Trauma: Virginia Woolf and Jeanette Winterson investigates a fundamental shift, from the 1920s to the present day, in the way that trauma is aesthetically expressed. Modernism's emphasis on impersonality and narrative abstraction has been replaced by the contemporary trauma memoir and an ethical imperative to bear witness. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137311009
- ISBN
- 9781137311009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardback. Tracking ideas of the child in Chinese society across the twentieth century, Kate Foster places fictional children within the story of the nation in a study of tropes and themes which range from images of strength and purity to the murderous and amoral. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310972
- ISBN
- 9781137310972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12