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Literary studies: general

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592137442
ISBN
9781592137442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.43

Hardback. From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination," humankind has struggled to make sense of human--upon--human violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223481
ISBN
9780631223481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.12

Paperback. From Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' to Joseph Conrad's 'fascination of the abomination', humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. This book explores the social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631223498
ISBN
9780631223498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.61

Hardback. A study of both internal and external violence in francophone African and Caribbean women's literature. It examines the ways in which women writers lift taboos imposed on them by their society and culture and challenge readers with their unique perspectives on violence. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211025
ISBN
9780803211025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.69

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843375
ISBN
9781843843375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062025
ISBN
9780252062025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. A new edition of this classic from one of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. Features the definitive Clarendon edition of Villette which is sourced from the earliest printings of Bronte's great work. The text is supplemented with a newly commissioned introduction, which gives a thorough and in depth analysis of the context of this fine example of the nineteenth century novel. Editor(s): Smith, Margaret. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536658
ISBN
9780199536658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HDDM; HRKP5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
CreateSpace
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781481175265
ISBN
9781481175265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 57 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HDD; HDDM; HRKP5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 255 x 36. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480216440
ISBN
9781480216440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

Paperback. Written to entertain, the short informal hsiao-p'in essays reflect the growing individualism in the late 15th century Ming period that evoked censorship in later eras. This unique anthology of 70 of the genre includes English and Chinese language references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, Translator(s): Yang, Ye. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780295977331
ISBN
9780295977331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Offers a study of Vietnam's greatest and controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
283
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276284
ISBN
9780520276284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.10
€ 42.31

Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034096
ISBN
9780271034096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80
€ 55.03

Paperback. A sweeping account and re-evaluation of Austrian identity, via literature, culture and history, from the Enlightenment to the present. Series: New Directions in German Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACG; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441170217
ISBN
9781441170217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. From border garrison of the Roman Empire to magnificent Baroque seat of the Habsburgs, Vienna's fortunes have swung between survival and expansion. This book looks at everything from the Baroque architecture to the contemporary slow food scene. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Signal Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
2nd revised and expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904955450
ISBN
9781904955450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.52

Hardcover. Looking at six Spanish novels, from the 1940s through the 1990s, this book proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development. It emphasizes the importance of voicing women's sentiments previously unexpressed in Spanish literature. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJP; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557531643
ISBN
9781557531643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.51

Paperback. The Vita Secundi is a Greek text of the second century AD. The substantial introduction to the edition deals with the motives for the work's translation into Spanish, tracks the extent of its diffusion in Spain, and analyses in detail the textual history of the Spanish version. Editor(s): Bizzarri, Hugo O. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 46 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
46
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896757
ISBN
9780859896757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Nisetich, Frank J. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7, 5 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801823565
ISBN
9780801823565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 35.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; DN; DSB; HBG; HBJF; HBLL; JPQB; JPS; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 585. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821412688
ISBN
9780821412688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.14

Paperback. Late-20th-century critical work on the late-Victorian period has furnished a vocabulary for discussing gender and sexuality. Terms include homo/hetero and patriarchal/feminist. This text exploits that framework to show how Victorians imagined difference in ways that continue to challenge. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142272
ISBN
9780226142272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.58

Paperback. When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. The author uses the story of "Vestiges" to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the view of its readers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 155 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226744117
ISBN
9780226744117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.38

Paperback. This text challenges the assumptions that the theory of relativity in physics sprang in its essence from the genius of Albert Einstein, and that scientific relativity is unconnected to ethical, cultural or epistemological relativisms. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327334
ISBN
9780226327334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s. Editor(s): Cunningham, Valentine. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199144
ISBN
9780631199144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. Gathers together some of the most influential poetry of the Victorian era. This work includes works by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Bronte, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, A E Housman, and William Butler Yeats. Editor(s): Cunningham, Valentine; Wu, Duncan. Series: Blackwell Essential Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230762
ISBN
9780631230762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691174464
ISBN
9780691174464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

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