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Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208353
ISBN
9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879505292
ISBN
9781879505292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.88

Paperback. Analyses how Victorians used the pathology of disease to express deep-seated anxieties about a rapidly industrialising England's relationship to the material world. Drawing on medicine, literature, political economy, sociology, anthropology, and popular advertising, the author explores the industrial logic of disease. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326168
ISBN
9780822326168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.36

Hardcover. This book provides a diverse, ever changing portrait of the complex movements of people and ideas that constituted both colonial Korea and the Japanese empire, adding the tumultuous experience of those fromn the Korean penninsula to the existing international canon of socialist and feminist literature. Editor(s): Hughes, Theodore; Kim, Jae-Yong; Lee, Jin-Kyung; Lee, Sang-Kyung. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 415 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Of Hawai'I Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947877
ISBN
9781933947877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Hardback. Rarity is a quality by which things-flowers, leaves, light, sound-fleetingly appear and disappear, leaving in their wake a resonance of something we just thought we had glimpsed. Each of the nine chapters in this book pursues such intimations of rarity in poetic ideas, images, and silences. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589286
ISBN
9781137589286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Paperback. Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid." Editor(s): Astrom, Berit; Gregersdotter, Katarina; Horeck, Tanya. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; DSBH5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338986
ISBN
9781349338986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy - including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters - this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid. Editor(s): Astrom, Berit; Gregersdotter, Katarina; Horeck, Tanya. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ACS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230308404
ISBN
9780230308404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardback. Editor(s): Silver, Brenda R. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV; LNAA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072663
ISBN
9780231072663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 91.03

Hardcover. A collection of essays that ranges from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It examines how obligatory state service and the Table of Ranks shaped Russian writers' view of themselves as professionals, raising questions about whether the existence of the rank system prompted the development of specifically Russian types of literary discourse. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235513
ISBN
9781936235513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403969750
ISBN
9781403969750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.48

Paperback. "Random Destinations" links social and political history with literature in its analysis of the ways in which novels and short stories portray the subsequent lives and problems of those who managed to leave Central Europe in the 1930s following the rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349531455
ISBN
9781349531455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.99

Paperback. Randolph Caldecott established a new standard of taste in children's picture books. Colour plates from the author's personal collection. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551952079
ISBN
9781551952079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.31

Hardback. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was an influential poetry critic. This book examines his work, situating him among peers. It examines the social context of his aesthetic choices, examining events ranging from teen culture to the Cuban missile crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125949
ISBN
9780231125949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.35
€ 83.75

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402576
ISBN
9781474402576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.59

Hardcover. This is a collection of critical essays on Ramsey Campbell, author of several award-winning stories and novels in the fields of fantasy and horror, including To Wake the Dead, Incarnate, and Grin of the Dark. Editor(s): Crawford, Gary William. Series: Studies in Supernatural Literature. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810892972
ISBN
9780810892972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.45

Paperback. Peter S. Field contends that Ralph Waldo Emerson was America's first democratic intellectual and a democrat in two senses: his writings are imbued with an optimistic, confident ethos; and, more importantly, he acted the part of the democrat by bringing culture to all Americans. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; GTB; JFCX; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847688432
ISBN
9780847688432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. A biography of Ellison that focuses on the author's early life. Containing photographs, it draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. It traces the writer's path from poverty in dust bowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite. Num Pages: 544 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329932
ISBN
9780820329932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.73

Hardcover. Drawing from the fields of literature, politics, law and history, the contributors make visible the political and ethical terms of "Invisible Man", while simultaneously illuminating Ellison's understanding of democracy and art. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813123127
ISBN
9780813123127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.86

Synthesizing the histories of masculinity, manners, and radicalism, Rakes, Highwaymen, and Pirates offers a fresh perspective on the eighteenth-century aristocratic male. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890888
ISBN
9780801890888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.63

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of American culture, African-American literature, literary theory, gender studies, queer theory, and cultural studies, this book presents an exploration of death's relation to subjectivity in twentieth-century American literature and culture. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 2 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ; JFSK; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324997
ISBN
9780822324997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816643257
ISBN
9780816643257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.49

hardcover. Solecki suggests that Ondaatje's poetry can be seen as constituting a relatively unified personal canon that has evolved with each book building on its predecessor while simultaneously preparing the groundwork for the following volume. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037633
ISBN
9780802037633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.88

Paperback. This collection brings together the many diverse political extents of early 19th-century British feminism, as well as representing the works of literary figures such as Shelley, Tennyson and the Brontes. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DQ; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333726136
ISBN
9780333726136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.35

Hardback. This book provides a radical reading of Edmund Spenser and argues for a re-orientation in Renaissance criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621910
ISBN
9780748621910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.99
€ 97.93

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