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Hardcover. This book provides an insight to the cultural work involved in violence at sea in this period of maritime history. It is the first to consider how 'piracy' and representations of 'pirates' both shape and were shaped by political, social and religious debates, showing how attitudes to 'piracy' and violence at sea were debated between 1550 and 1650. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBG; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003279
ISBN
9780230003279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447309
ISBN
9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.84

Paperback. Contains three plays such as "Miss Julie", "The Father", and "Easter" that focus on the tumultuous relationships between men and women, whether they are father and daughter, brother and sister or lovers. Editor(s): Watts, Peter. Translator(s): Watts, Peter. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440829
ISBN
9780140440829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.80

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140383430
ISBN
9780140383430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.45

Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140144352
ISBN
9780140144352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.53

Paperback. Containing 74 essays, this book covers a range of subjects including the literature of the perceived masters and of Rushdie's contemporaries, the politics of colonialism and the ironies of culture, film, politicians, the Labour Party, racial prejudice and the preciousness of free expression. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140140361
ISBN
9780140140361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140089226
ISBN
9780140089226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140061109
ISBN
9780140061109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 429 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; JHB; JHBA; JN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 557.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
429
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349412075
ISBN
9781349412075
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.68

paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415912136
ISBN
9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

paperback. Part of the "Barnes & Noble Shakespeare" series, this title brings us the feisty Katherina (the 'Shrew' of the title) and her peers. It addresses issues of cruelty and gender relations. Editor(s): Radel, Nicholas F. Series: Barnes & Noble Shakespeare. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 148. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411400412
ISBN
9781411400412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.15

paperback. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn (City College of New York). Series: Field Translation Series. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Edition
Trans. from the French ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440891
ISBN
9780932440891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Examines the representation and staging of chance in literature through the work of the French writer Georges Perec. This book explores the ways in which Perec's texts exploit the possibilities of chance, by both tapping into its creative potential and controlling its operation. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810125315
ISBN
9780810125315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.39

hardcover. Centered around the figures of Hu Feng, a leftist literary theorist who promoted "subjectivism," and his disciple Lu Ling, known for his psychological fiction, this study explores theoretical and fictional responses to the problematic of self at the heart of the experience of modernity in 20th-century China. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731287
ISBN
9780804731287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

hardcover. This volume presents a broad range of writings on literature from the period of the inception of literary modernity in China. Editor(s): Denton, Kirk A. Num Pages: 572 pages, reference material. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 979.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
572
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725583
ISBN
9780804725583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.06

hardcover. The classical prose essay (ku-wen) of the Tang and Sung dynasties is one of the major Chinese literary genres. This study of Ku-wen in English focuses on writers Han Y and Liu Tsung-yan of the Tang, and Ouyang Hsiu and Su Shih of the Sung. Num Pages: 252 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714099
ISBN
9780804714099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

paperback. At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012036
ISBN
9780253012036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
information as material
Condition
New
SKU
9781907468087
ISBN
9781907468087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.97

paperback. Focuses on Homer's extended similes and on the brief biographies of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer's glance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571274185
ISBN
9780571274185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.24

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