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Paperback. The author reveals that the hysterical female character of the 19th-century novel is more than just a literary "femme fatale", and contends, using readings from Balzac, Eliot and others, that these narratives are sources for understanding hysterical states of mind. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
I. B. Tauris London
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KRS0019043
ISBN
9781860641879
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

hardcover. Many modern scholars believe that the Virgin Queen was a cult figure who replaced the Virgin Mary, yet this seems incongruous with a Protestant state officially opposed to idolatry. This book examines the issue through readings of a wide variety of Elizabethan texts. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Edition
1994th Edition
SKU
V9780333566640
ISBN
9780333566640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.72

Hardcover. This book examines how the interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669486
ISBN
9780748669486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.66
€ 103.24

paperback. This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media. Editor(s): Fulton, Helen. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 586 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Condition
New
SKU
9780470672372
ISBN
9780470672372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.99
€ 42.31

Hardback. This exploration of the wide variety of censorship that has shaped theatrical performance in twentieth and twenty-first century Britain examines the unpredictable outcomes of censorship, deep-seated anxieties about the performative influence of the stage, and the complex questions raised by acts of theatrical censorship. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; JFCA; JFMD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223783
ISBN
9780230223783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the responses of adults to their reading choices. It argues for the revaluing of the story paper in the inter-war years, giving the genre a pivotal role in the development of children's literature. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293053
ISBN
9781137293053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. Is ventriloquism just for dummies? What is at stake in neo-Victorian fiction's desire to 'talk back' to the nineteenth century? This book explores the sexual politics of dialogues between the nineteenth century and contemporary fiction, offering a new insight into the concept of ventriloquism as a textual and metatextual theme in literature. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343665
ISBN
9780230343665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 246 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497327
ISBN
9780929497327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. This text seeks to reassess the reputation of Joseph Johnson, who was unfairly condemned in the late 18th century as a dangerously "radical" publisher. It also looks at how far the works he published tended to promote the case for religious and political reform. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333983942
ISBN
9780333983942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Paperback. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; BG; DN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
REV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299160845
ISBN
9780299160845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Paperback. Helen Barolini profiles six gifted women transformed by Italy's mythic appeal. Unlike Barolini herself, they were not daughters of the great Italian diaspora. Rather, they were drawn to an idea of "Italy" and its gifts-in whose welcome a new self could be created. Or discovered. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226306
ISBN
9780823226306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. " A collection of ten original essays forging new interdisciplinary connections between crime fiction and film, encompassing British, Swedish, American and Canadian contexts. The authors explore representations of race, gender, sexuality and memory, and challenge traditional categorizations of academic and professional crime writing"-- Editor(s): Oakley, Helen. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349346141
ISBN
9781349346141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Hardback. Editor(s): Cooney, Helen. Series: Studies in Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968487
ISBN
9781403968487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Paperback. The Hogarth Press and the Networks of Modernism. Editor(s): Southworth, Helen. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438. 276 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Southworth, Helen. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBH. Dimension: 153 x 234 x 16. Weight: 438.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647149
ISBN
9780748647149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137596703
ISBN
9781137596703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Heinzelman, Susan Sage; Wiseman, Zipporah Batshaw. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham, NC
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314950
ISBN
9780822314950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.98

paperback. This book surveys more than 200 plays about the First World War that were written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349357802
ISBN
9781349357802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. The Theatre of War surveys more than two hundred plays about the First World War written, published and/or performed in Britain and Ireland between 1909 and 1998. Perspectives discussed include: subject matter, technique and evaluation. The result is an understanding of the First World War as a watershed in international history. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525580
ISBN
9780230525580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Paperback. A reprint of the J M Dent edition of 1997. Heinrich von Kleist was born and grew up in the Enlightenment and died in a suicide pact in 1811, aged only thirty-four. He left behind him literary works which are among the most disturbing and amusing of any produced in that revolutionary and romantic period. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207431
ISBN
9780872207431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.80

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935096740
ISBN
9781935096740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.38

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