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Hardcover. Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. The Chaotic Imagination. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. 248 pages. Mohaghegh tracks the idea of 'chaos' into the contemporary philosophical and cultural imagination of the postcolonial world, exploring its vital role in the formation of an emergent avant-garde literature in the Middle East, concentrating on the writings of the twentieth-century Iranian new wave. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBH5. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108127
- ISBN
- 9780230108127
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Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349291038
- ISBN
- 9781349291038
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This is the first new biography in English for nearly eighty years of Italy's foremost writer and thinker, and weaves into a single thread the whole of Dante's life and works. The aim is to make an account of Dante's life accessible to students and to the curious and intelligent but non-specialist reader. All quotations are fully translated. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898454
- ISBN
- 9780859898454
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Condition: New
€ 42.79
€ 42.79
Hardcover. From the earliest magical charms and mythical sagas to the brilliance and desolation of 20th-century fiction, poetry, and film, this illuminating reference book invites readers to experience the full range of German literary culture and to investigate for themselves its disparate and unifying themes. Editor(s): Ryan, Judith; Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich; Kaes, Anton; Koerner, Joseph Leo; Von Mucke, Dorothea. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 180 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1732.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015036
- ISBN
- 9780674015036
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Condition: New
€ 55.29€ 51.66
€ 55.29
€ 51.66
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of classical rhetoric. This work begins by identifying the rhetorical features of early Greek literature that anticipated the formulation of "metarhetoric," or a theory of rhetoric, in the fifth and fourth centuries and then traces the development of that theory through the Greco-Roman period. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000596
- ISBN
- 9780691000596
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Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 47.09
€ 58.89
€ 47.09
Hardcover. Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 477.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355133
- ISBN
- 9780253355133
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Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Staging a new politics of performance in the African diaspora Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222268
- ISBN
- 9780253222268
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. New Formalist Criticism defines and theorizes a mode of formalist criticism that is theoretically compatible with current thinking about literature and theory. New formalism anticipates a move in literary studies back towards the text and, in so doing, establishes itself as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary critical theory. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362582
- ISBN
- 9781137362582
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Bringing together scholars who have critically followed New Formalism's journey through time, space, and learning environment, this collection of essays both solidifies and consolidates New Formalism as a burgeoning field of literary criticism and explicates its potential as a varied but viable methodology of contemporary critical theory. Editor(s): Theile, Verena; Tredennick, Linda. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137010483
- ISBN
- 9781137010483
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Condition: New
€ 117.44
€ 117.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Theile, Verena; Tredennick, Linda. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436361
- ISBN
- 9781349436361
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Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521381635
- ISBN
- 9780521381635
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Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. This collection contributes to scholarly discussions about the African American novel as a literary form. Essays respond to the general question, what has been the impact of the African American vernacular tradition from the spirituals, blues, gospel and jazz to hip hop on the structure and style of the modern African American novel? Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Selzer, Linda F. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603271
- ISBN
- 9780230603271
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650562
- ISBN
- 9780691650562
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Condition: New
€ 224.23
€ 224.23
Hardcover. This collection focuses attention on theoretical approaches to travel writing, with the aim to advance the discourse. Internationally renowned, as well as emerging, scholars establish a critical milieu for travel writing studies, as well as offer a set of exemplars in the application of theory to travel writing. Editor(s): Kuehn, Julia; Smethurst, Paul. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457578
- ISBN
- 9781137457578
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Condition: New
€ 150.43
€ 150.43
Paperback. New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students of the novel and its history. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick; Nash, A.; Wilson, N. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 335.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439461
- ISBN
- 9781349439461
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardback. This book offers a selection of papers on Russian literature of the Soviet period. The papers range from studies of the experimental prose and drama of the 1920s and 1930s to examinations of some young writers of the Gorbachev era, and of the way that Stalin and Stalinism are now being represented. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333557327
- ISBN
- 9780333557327
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Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. This collection asks pressing questions about how and why we study performances of Renaissance drama, challenging prevailing views and suggesting new methodologies for the field. How does an emphasis on Shakespeare limit us? What can we learn from non-traditional theatre? Why should we rethink the value of studying what happens onstage? Editor(s): Werner, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205307
- ISBN
- 9780230205307
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2AF; DSB; HBTB; HRKP2; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895873
- ISBN
- 9780859895873
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Condition: New
€ 42.43
€ 42.43
Paperback. This book analyzes the political theater of the 1930s, establishing its aesthetics as an important alternative to the dominant European modernist paradigm of the time. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538065
- ISBN
- 9781349538065
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Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. Examines the effect that the rise of the welfare state had on American modernism during the 1930s and 1940s and, conversely, what difference modernism made to the New Deal's famed invention of "Big Government." Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325628
- ISBN
- 9780822325628
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A volume that introduces new areas of critical thinking which go beyond the standard 'isms': Literary Reading in a Digital Age; Critical Making in the Digital Humanities; Thing Theory; Memory Work and Criticism; Body, Objects, Technology; Criticism and 'The Animal'; and, Multimodality and Linguistic Approaches to Literary Study. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699643
- ISBN
- 9780748699643
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.47
€ 40.99
€ 35.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Dr Julian (Loughborough University University of Portsmouth Loughborough University University of Portsmouth University of Portsmouth Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748699667
- ISBN
- 9780748699667
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Condition: New
€ 132.25
€ 132.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730881
- ISBN
- 9780814730881
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Kurt Vonnegut's darkly comic work became a symbol for the counterculture of a generation. From his debut novel,Player Piano (1951) through seminal 1960's novels such as Cat's Cradle (1963). This dynamic collection aims to re-evaluate Vonnegut's position as an integral part of the American post-war cannon of literature. Editor(s): Simmons, David. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120976
- ISBN
- 9780230120976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.17
€ 77.17