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Hardback. Why was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? This book explains how English writers used contemporary theological and philosophical texts about unwanted and leftover matter to explore secular, literary relationships between waste and value. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139845
ISBN
9780691139845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.78

Hardback. Sophie Duncan illuminates iconoclastic performances of Shakespeare's heroines in late Victorian theatre, through the celebrity, commentary, and careers of the actresses who played them. Duncan draws on a wealth of archival material to explore the vital ways in which fin-de-siecle Shakespeare and Victorian theatre culture conditioned each other. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198790846
ISBN
9780198790846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.32

Hardcover. The true story of the lives of Jane Austen's three nieces, their Pride and Prejudice-style courtships, dramas and disappointments, and their move to turbulent 19th century Ireland in a time of war and famine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Belfast
Number of pages
294
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856408687
ISBN
9780856408687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.23

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

€ 108.28

Hardcover. Shakespeare's Surrogates contends that adapting Renaissance drama played a key role in the development of modern drama's major aesthetic movements. Loftis posits that playwrights' reactions to Shakespeare and his contemporaries worked to create their public personas, inform their theoretical writings, and influence the development of new genres. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137352538
ISBN
9781137352538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Paperback. Shakespeare's Surrogates contends that adapting Renaissance drama played a key role in the development of modern drama's major aesthetic movements. Loftis posits that playwrights' reactions to Shakespeare and his contemporaries worked to create their public personas, inform their theoretical writings, and influence the development of new genres. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349469260
ISBN
9781349469260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253018007
ISBN
9780253018007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.24

Paperback. In this comprehensive introduction to Winterson's work, Sonya Andermahr considers its significance in the context of contemporary British culture and literary history. Including an interview with the author, this guide offers an accessible reading of all Winterson's work and an overview of the varied critical reception this has received. Series: New British Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230507616
ISBN
9780230507616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.11

Paperback. Real Folks examines the construction of the folk in Depression-era U.S. politics and culture, as well as the hybrid forms of documentary and satire that critiqued the populist fixation on folk authenticity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349440
ISBN
9780822349440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.18

Hardcover. Employs research on the GDR's healthcare system along with feminist and queer theory to get at socialism's legacy, revealing a specifically East German literary convention: employment of "symptomatic female bodies" to either enforce or rebel against political and social norms. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139337
ISBN
9781571139337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

Hardcover. Drawing from a variety of historical sources, theory, and fictional and non-fictional production, this book addresses the cultural imaginary of domestic servants in modern Brazil and demonstrates maids' symbolic centrality to shifting notions of servitude, subordination, femininity, and domesticity. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DSB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137353795
ISBN
9781137353795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.26

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729198
ISBN
9781560729198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.59
€ 48.48

Hardback. "Not often does a literary analysis offer clarification and insight of prevailing historical analysis. But that is precisely what O'Neale's analysis does.. " -Cynthia Hamilton, Director, African and Afro-American Studies, University of Rhode Island Series: ATLA Monograph Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810824799
ISBN
9780810824799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151948
ISBN
9780231151948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.97
€ 49.96

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856688874
ISBN
9780856688874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.34

paperback. Argues that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814780930
ISBN
9780814780930
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192570
ISBN
9781845192570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Paperback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193973
ISBN
9781845193973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.50

Hardback. In selected twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts, ranging from Plath to Roth, Ahlberg reads contemporary narratives, particularly "transatlantic literature", as it imagines and navigates today's virtual spaces. Ultimately, Ahlberg's argument empowers the reader to reimagine a future for narrative in the Information Age. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479211
ISBN
9781137479211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.28

Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Everyman Paperback
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460876162
ISBN
9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.18

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