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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727840
- ISBN
- 9780879727840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.34
€ 17.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. A collection of essays that underlines the central place pregnancy and childbirth hold in American Women's writing. Covering three centuries of prose and poetry, it traces the evolution of American maternity literature, exploring the difficulties mothers faced as they transformed themselves. Editor(s): Tharp, Julie (Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies, University of Wiscon-Marshfield/Wood County, USA); MacCallum-Whitcomb, Susan (Lecturer in American Literature, University of New Brunswick, USA). Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GTB; JFSJ1; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728083
- ISBN
- 9780879728083
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.17
€ 17.99
€ 17.17
Paperback. Approximately 50 historical novels dealing with the American Revolution were published in the USA from 1896 to 1906. This work examines the narrative strategies employed in these novels, the ways in which fiction is made to serve the purpose of vivifying national history. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728182
- ISBN
- 9780879728182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.13
€ 19.99
€ 19.13
Paperback. Intertextual encounters occur whenever an author or the author's text recognizes, references, alludes to, or otherwise elicits an audience member's familiarity with other texts. This work ranges from the 1830s to the 1990s and from the canonical American novel to Bugs Bunny and Jerry Seinfield. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; DSB; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728489
- ISBN
- 9780879728489
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.42
€ 18.99
€ 18.42
Hardcover. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641109
- ISBN
- 9780892641109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. The first resource of its kind in a Western language. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892641383
- ISBN
- 9780892641383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.89
€ 88.89
Paperback. An anthology of thirty-four writers who published during the settlement years of the American frontier. It assembles nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and occasional writings from women of Anglo, Chinese, Hispanic, and Native American ethnicity, addressing such themes as isolation, drudgery, friendship, mourning, and even mysticism. Editor(s): Miller, Susan Cummins. Series: Voice in the American West. Num Pages: 462 pages, New Preface. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726185
- ISBN
- 9780896726185
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.87
€ 27.99
€ 27.87
Hardcover. Horton Foote is one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. This book reflects upon his journey from his childhood in Wharton, Texas, through his early experiences as an actor in the theatre, to his mature vocation as a playwright. It identifies the people and influences that shaped his character and nurtured his art. Editor(s): Castleberry, Marion. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780918954916
- ISBN
- 9780918954916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.78
€ 37.78
Paperback. These poems were written during Lance Henson's extensive travels through the United States and Europe from 1986 to 1994. Stark, militant, and searching, bearing a fierce witness, they constitute his mature view of the American experience. Num Pages: 73 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- West End Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780931122866
- ISBN
- 9780931122866
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Condition: New
€ 13.21
€ 13.21
Hardcover. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550. Series: Islandica. 238 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 171 x 237 x 22. Weight: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995145
- ISBN
- 9780935995145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.64
€ 73.64
Hardcover. A systematic and chronological investigation into the nature and development of end-titles in papyrus rolls and codices of hexameter poetry from the 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD. Num Pages: 250 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- American Society of Papyrologists
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979975806
- ISBN
- 9780979975806
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Condition: New
€ 92.45
€ 92.45
Paperback. Provides fresh insights on the intersection of race and class in black fiction from the 1880s to 1900s Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036745
- ISBN
- 9780472036745
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Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
The News from Poems. Essays on the 21st-Century American Poetry of Eng...
. Ed(S): Gray, Jeffrey; Keniston, Ann
Paperback. Examines a subgenre of recent American poetry that closely engages with contemporary political and social issues. This"engaged" poetry features a range of aesthetics and focuses on public topics from climate change to the aftermath of recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the increasing corporatization of US culture. Editor(s): Gray, Jeffrey; Keniston, Ann. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472053186
- ISBN
- 9780472053186
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Condition: New
€ 52.14
€ 52.14
Hardback. An erudite analysis of the critical and subversive dimensions of Kafka s writings" Translator(s): Hedges, Inez. Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472073092
- ISBN
- 9780472073092
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Condition: New
€ 93.02
€ 93.02
Hardback. A major new collection of use to all students and scholars working on Hellenistic Greek poetry Editor(s): Sider, David. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472073139
- ISBN
- 9780472073139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.93
€ 113.93
hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBLA1; HBTB; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119929
- ISBN
- 9780472119929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
Hardback. A new history of the origins of the American short story and its relationship to theatrical performance culture Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472130030
- ISBN
- 9780472130030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.58
€ 99.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472130078
- ISBN
- 9780472130078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.56
€ 93.56
hardcover. Insightful look at the interactions between German and migrant Jewish writers and the creative spectrum of Jewish identity Series: Michigan Studies in Comparative Jewish Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472130092
- ISBN
- 9780472130092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.73
€ 59.73
paperback. An examination of images of the Virgin Mary in medieval theological, philosophical and literary texts. It shows how the figure of Mary influences the depiction of female characters in sacred writing, and considers key issues in Western thinking about women, Christianity and domestic culture. Series: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708317976
- ISBN
- 9780708317976
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Condition: New
€ 20.08
€ 20.08
Paperback. 'Postcolonialism Revisited' examines the ways in which postcolonial theory may be usefully adopted and adapted in order to provide an illuminating reading of Welsh writing in English, and how the Anglophone literature in Wales challenges many of the assumptions and dogmas of postcolonial theory. Series: Writing Wales in English. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708318928
- ISBN
- 9780708318928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.68
€ 15.68
Hardback. Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. This book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career. Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320150
- ISBN
- 9780708320150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Hardback. Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style. Series: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708320488
- ISBN
- 9780708320488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.27
€ 22.27
Paperback. A collection of critical essays dealing with the work of R S Thomas. It presents fresh readings of the poet's central preoccupations as well as discussions of hitherto neglected themes, and examines the ways in which Thomas negotiated painful cultural, spiritual and emotional tensions. Editor(s): Davies, Damian Walford. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708321911
- ISBN
- 9780708321911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.93
€ 22.93