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Literary studies: general
Representing Rape in Medieval and Early Modern Literature (New Middle ...
Elizabeth Robertson Christine M. Rose
Hardcover. From examining 13 studies of representations of rape in medieval and early modern literature by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Spenser, this volume argues that some form of sexual violence against women serves as a foundation of Western culture. Editor(s): Rose, Christine; Robertson, Eliza. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 462 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312236489
- ISBN
- 9780312236489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
hardcover. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desenga os with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JD; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643505
- ISBN
- 9781442643505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.16
€ 62.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSG; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754542
- ISBN
- 9780838754542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.64
€ 110.64
Hardback. The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. The Battle of Lepanto anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets who composed Latin poetry in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725423
- ISBN
- 9780674725423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.56
€ 40.99
€ 33.56
Falling into Matter examines the complex role of the body in the development of the English novel in the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442641983
- ISBN
- 9781442641983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.03
€ 74.03
Paperback. This book is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947594
- ISBN
- 9781933947594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.91
€ 33.91
Hardcover. Offers a better understanding of a nexus of stories, characters and arts central to medieval and early modern Japan, and particularly the significant variety of ways plays of the no theatre portray them. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell East Asia
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947297
- ISBN
- 9781933947297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. Recovers the history of 19th- and early-20th-century African-American reading societies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329954
- ISBN
- 9780822329954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Elizabeth Maslen reassesses fiction written by women between the granting of universal franchise and the advent of new wave feminism. She analyzes how writers chose to represent a range of issues, exploring in the process how the their priorities affect their decisions on how to write. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333729533
- ISBN
- 9780333729533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.14
€ 64.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226279916
- ISBN
- 9780226279916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.15€ 44.89
€ 52.15
€ 44.89
Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633679
- ISBN
- 9780815633679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.78
€ 48.78
Paperback. In a sweeping reassessment of early American literature, The Gender of Freedom explores the workings of the literary public sphere-from its colonial emergence through the antebellum flourishing of sentimentalism-and places representations of and by women at the center rather than the margin of the public sphere and the politics of liberalism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD; DSK; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758475
- ISBN
- 9780804758475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This volume traces Yeats' fascination with the visual arts and their influence on his poetry. Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux demonstrates how the influences in Yeats' early years, especially his interest in Pre-Raphaelite painting, helped shape his aesthetic theory and practice as a poet. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 60 photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AFKB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629955
- ISBN
- 9780815629955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.79
€ 33.79
Paperback. Louisa May Alcott "rewrote" not only herself but also her parents and sisters in "Little Women". Yet do we understand her impulse? This study focuses on her motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel, suggesting ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322803
- ISBN
- 9780820322803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.01
€ 32.01
Paperback. Kantor takes readers on a fascinating tour through great literature in all its politically incorrect glory. She includes a syllabus and a guide to the English literature education most people were denied in school. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596980112
- ISBN
- 9781596980112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636955
- ISBN
- 9780691636955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.00
€ 147.00
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608501
- ISBN
- 9780691608501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.34€ 42.00
€ 53.34
€ 42.00
Hardback. This book describes Charles Brockden Brown's novels in their Federalist-era context, exploring the dual roles of economics and gender that were changing in the 1790s alongside the growing U.S. market-capitalist economy. Hinds argues that Brown's works both recorded and contributed to this shifting ideology. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136036
- ISBN
- 9780874136036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.67
€ 110.67
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605029
- ISBN
- 9780691605029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.34€ 42.15
€ 53.34
€ 42.15
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634012
- ISBN
- 9780691634012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.41
€ 147.41
Paperback. This revealing autobiography illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330484053
- ISBN
- 9780330484053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.32
€ 17.99
€ 13.32
Hardback. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645011
- ISBN
- 9781442645011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Hardcover. This book is a comparative and developmental study of the expression of feminist concerns in the novels of Kamala Markandaya, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai, and Shashi Deshpande, among the best known and most prolific Indian novelists writing in English, who have been self-consciously engaged with women's issues during the postcolonial era. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236271
- ISBN
- 9780230236271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Hardback. The advent of relatively cheap editions of poetry in the mid-16th century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This work examines ways in which writers harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333773970
- ISBN
- 9780333773970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.65
€ 121.65