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Paperback. Investigates the history, values, rituals, and shared consciousness that created whiteness in the United States, as well as the representations that sustain its influence on both cultural and literary vision. This title formulates an understanding of whiteness by tracing its literary and cultural evolution. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814713129
ISBN
9780814713129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479858538
ISBN
9781479858538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardcover. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479885343
ISBN
9781479885343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.68

Hardback. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 392 pages, 92 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1 New ed
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801419461
ISBN
9780801419461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.41

hardcover. In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037077
ISBN
9780802037077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.55

paperback. In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802096425
ISBN
9780802096425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.25

Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883700
ISBN
9788772883700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Crameri, Kathryn. Translator(s): Willis, Judith; Crameri, Kathryn. Series: Anglo-Catalan Society Occasional Papers: New Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869112
ISBN
9781907869112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.24

Hardcover. Transnationalism - and the connected issues of race, migration, and diaspora - has been an area of increasing interest in Irish Studies. Where Motley Is Worn is one of the first collections to focus on transnationalism in Irish literature. Editor(s): Tucker, Amanda; Casey, Moira. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0035176
ISBN
9781782051008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893606
ISBN
9780718893606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.54

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562117
ISBN
9780813562117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.87

Hardback. The displacement in science of positivist notions of observation by a realist model of knowledge provided inspiration for Japanese writers. This work looks at the ideological incarnations of scientific realism in modernist works. It focuses on the struggle of science and art to reclaim the invisible as an object of representation and belief. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027947
ISBN
9780674027947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.43

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Virago
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KLN0018242
ISBN
9781860499593
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002637
ISBN
9780691002637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.49
€ 78.05

Hardcover. What was Tragedy reconstructs the early modern poetics of tragedy with which practicing dramatists worked. In doing so, it not only illuminates recognized masterpieces but also encourages readers to explore a rich repertoire of tragic drama previously relegated to obscurity only because we lacked the language to interpret it. Num Pages: 384 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749165
ISBN
9780198749165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.90

Hardcover. As Zionism took root in Palestine, European Yiddish was employed within a dominant Hebrew context. A complex relationship between cultural politics and Jewish writing ensued that paved the way for modern Israeli culture. This volume reveals a previously unrecognized, alternative literature. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 254 pages, 10 b/w photographs, glossary, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630500
ISBN
9780815630500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.85

Hardback. "What May Words Say..?" contains a comprehensive and in many respects unconventional interpretation of The Merchant of Venice. The play's development of ideas is unfolded in a literary analysis that focuses on the poet's words in their philological, historical, and philosophical contexts. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470000
ISBN
9781611470000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.04

Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831694
ISBN
9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

Paperback. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue. The novel traces the course of her education and ends with the death of her childhood. It is one of James's finest studies of lost innocence. Editor(s): Poole, Adrian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538591
ISBN
9780199538591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.07

Paperback. Probes the uses and abuses of world literature in a changing world. This book looks at the ways works change as they move from national to global contexts. It argues that world literature is work that gains in translation. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049861
ISBN
9780691049861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.85

Hardback. This book offers a new unified approach to rhetoric, a means of persuading or influencing interlocutors. All the principal authors from Plato and Aristotle to contemporary theorists are integrated into Michel Meyer's 'problematological' conception of rhetoric, based on the primacy of questioning and answering in language and thought. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; DSB; HBLA1; HPC; HPM; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199691821
ISBN
9780199691821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.25

Paperback. This work argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
444
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015170
ISBN
9780226015170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Examines the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of postcolonial and world literature and looks at emergent formations of canons and classics at large. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804785211
ISBN
9780804785211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452970
ISBN
9780801452970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.73

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