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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Starting with the history of apocalyptic tradition in the West and focusing on modern Japanese apocalyptic science fiction in manga, anime, and novels, Motoko Tanaka shows how science fiction reflected and coped with the devastation in Japanese national identity after 1945. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476664
ISBN
9781349476664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Hardback. Explores the legacy of women playwrights in Irish theatre since the beginning of theTwentieth century. This book contains chapters which consider the intersecting contexts of gender, sexuality and the body in order to investigate the broader cultural, political and historical implications of representing 'woman' on the stage. Editor(s): Sihra, Melissa. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230006478
ISBN
9780230006478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349298969
ISBN
9781349298969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 47.16

Paperback. This book traces the musical and cultural achievements of this contemporary musical phenomenon to its origin in the Romantic revolution of the 1790's in England when traditional concepts of literature, politics, education and social relationships were challenged as they were in the 1960's. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349540181
ISBN
9781349540181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. This is a feminist study of a recurring character type in classic British detective fiction by women - a woman who behaves like a Victorian gentleman. Exploring this character type leads to a new evaluation of the politics of classic detective fiction and the middlebrow novel as a whole. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137276957
ISBN
9781137276957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349501618
ISBN
9781349501618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. "Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert)"-- Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321452
ISBN
9781349321452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Hardcover. This text explores the strategies adopted by such authors as Greene, Salinger, Osborne, Baldwin and others in their attempt to cope with the spiritual vacuity-strategies including the emergence of the anti-hero and of literary existentialism. It also offers new insights into their work. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333763346
ISBN
9780333763346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349665426
ISBN
9781349665426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. An investigation of the novel, with particular reference to the works of Balzac, Beckett and Cortazar. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349222964
ISBN
9781349222964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.41

Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521021265
ISBN
9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349348343
ISBN
9781349348343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lipovetsky, Mark; Wakamiya, Lisa Ryoko. Series: Cultural Syllabus. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235407
ISBN
9781936235407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.81

Hardback. Examining an intramural conflict that erupted within the English Faculty at Cambridge University in the early 1980s, this book develops a theoretical analysis of disputes as they unfold within the academy and explores the broader historical shifts within Higher Education and how these related to developments in Continental Europe. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137521286
ISBN
9781137521286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332694
ISBN
9781349332694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349371501
ISBN
9781349371501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816612284
ISBN
9780816612284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349360666
ISBN
9781349360666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Hardback. This new book examines how a range of authors today perpetuate Virginia Woolf's literary legacy, by creating new forms adapted to their new ages and audiences. Addressing questions about the current penchant for refashioning our canon in order to update, this book will be valuable reading for both students and scholars of Woolf. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137490797
ISBN
9781137490797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. For nearly a decade, writers' collectives such as Kwani Trust in Kenya and Femrite, the Ugandan women writers' association, have dramatically reshaped the East African literary scene. This text extends the purview of postcolonial literary studies by providing the long overdue critical inquiry that these writers so urgently deserve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSBH5; HPD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349291748
ISBN
9781349291748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478286
ISBN
9781349478286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349418374
ISBN
9781349418374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349528561
ISBN
9781349528561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349410910
ISBN
9781349410910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.69

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