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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923703
- ISBN
- 9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.08
€ 29.08
Hardback. Offers several models of correct political behavior for the benefit of both Otto and the noblemen who constituted his base of power. In her stories and plays, the author demonstrates God's inexhaustible love and the infinite resources of forgiveness and reconciliation that are offered to even the most flagrant sinner, provided that person repents. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911007
- ISBN
- 9781575911007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.63
€ 137.63
Hardback. Demonstrates the centrality of Gloria Anzaldua s concept of spiritual mestizaje to the queer feminist Chicana theorist s life and thought, and its utility as a framework for interpreting contemporary Chicana narratives. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350293
- ISBN
- 9780822350293
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Condition: New
€ 116.90
€ 116.90
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153027
- ISBN
- 9780231153027
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Condition: New
€ 52.97€ 41.40
€ 52.97
€ 41.40
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405861830
- ISBN
- 9781405861830
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Condition: New
€ 11.30
€ 11.30
Spheres of Action: Speech and Performance in Romantic Culture
. Ed(S): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela
hardcover. Spheres of Action examines the significant intersections between language and performance during the Romantic period. Editor(s): Dick, Alexander; Esterhammer, Angela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802098030
- ISBN
- 9780802098030
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Condition: New
€ 79.80
€ 79.80
Paperback. This 1967 book was compiled by Alastair Fowler from notes left by C. S. Lewis at his death. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 21. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0013582
- ISBN
- 9780521292849
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book is a study of Spenser's conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the separate books of The Faerie Queene. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Weight in Grams: 461. Clean copy in original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers showing light shelf wear. Previous owner's ex-libris stamp to FFEP. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0013919
- ISBN
- 9780521076623
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035059
- ISBN
- 9780802035059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.66
€ 100.66
Hardback. Drawing on the Corpus of Modern Scottish Writing, this volume provides a comprehensive survey of the spelling system of Older and Modern Scots, illustrating how this orthographic system has developed partly in response to historical shifts in pronunciation, and partly as a result of social and political change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 black and white line art. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643059
- ISBN
- 9780748643059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94€ 100.60
€ 105.94
€ 100.60
Hardback. This volume explores the techniques by which classical Greek texts written primarily for public performance incorporate direct quotations (oratio recta) of 'other voices' - imagined or real. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684496
- ISBN
- 9780847684496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.16
€ 203.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962335
- ISBN
- 9780822962335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.55
€ 53.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938424
- ISBN
- 9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. Takes on one of the grimmest secrets in America's national life - the history of lynching and, more generally, the public punishment of African Americans. The author shows that lynching cannot be explained away as a phenomenon peculiar to the South or as the perverse culmination of racist politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 186 x 28. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301389
- ISBN
- 9780226301389
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.21
€ 42.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Hardback. This book deals with the special power of literary texts to put us in contact with the past. A large number of authors, coming from different ages, have described this power in terms of 'the conversation with the dead'. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615889
- ISBN
- 9780748615889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.72€ 112.54
€ 117.72
€ 112.54
Paperback. Speaking of the Moor explores why the Moor became a central character on the English stage at the turn of the sixteenth century. Looking closely at key early modern dramatic and historical texts, the book uncovers the Moor's complex identity as a Mediterranean figure poised provocatively between European and non-European worlds. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221015
- ISBN
- 9780812221015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Speaking in Tongues and Dancing Diaspora theorizes the preeminence of voice and narration (and the consequences of their absence) in the literary and cultural performances of black women. Series: Race & American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195116595
- ISBN
- 9780195116595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 161.44
€ 161.44
paperback. Investigates how literary and cinematic fictions intervene in the politics and reception of social suffering. With its interdisciplinary scope and historical perspective, this title focuses on central events such as the Partition of 1947, the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, and religious conflicts between India and Pakistan. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 2G; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New ed
- SKU
- V9780295985572
- ISBN
- 9780295985572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45