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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435610
ISBN
9780140435610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.86

Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719065446
ISBN
9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. In examining the interpersonal relationships between the different classes, she offers new ways in which to understand sexuality and gender in the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890499
ISBN
9780801890499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.04
€ 56.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138039674
ISBN
9781138039674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Becker, George Joseph. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649955
ISBN
9780691649955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 293.42

Paperback. Challenges advanced language learners to elevate their reading ability to the level necessary for handling real primary sources in an unmediated way Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Margaret; Starr, Chloe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991276
ISBN
9780295991276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; AJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775593
ISBN
9780226775593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.30

Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780906094143
ISBN
9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 75.05

Hardback. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and evolve? What do they tell us about actual medical practices? This book explores the ways in which language constructs and stabilizes these slippery terms. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419908
ISBN
9780821419908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Media Tie In
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785637
ISBN
9780198785637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 295 x 6. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447913177
ISBN
9781447913177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719016431
ISBN
9780719016431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512379
ISBN
9781905512379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGU; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162968
ISBN
9780231162968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.30
€ 79.66

Hardcover. Explores the dynamic connections between the affective body and Djuna Barnes's textual corpus. The five chapters of this book reconsider modernist intertextuality, affect, and subjectivity to produce a series of lively and compelling readings of the major works of the period's most 'famous unknown'. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496. 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. Explores the dynamic connections between the affective body and Djuna Barnes's textual corpus. The five chapters of this book reconsider modernist intertextuality, affect, and subjectivity to produce a series of lively and compelling readings of the major works of the period's most 'famous unknown'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 19. Weight: 496.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646753
ISBN
9780748646753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.67
€ 102.03

Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746309445
ISBN
9780746309445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.59

For the people of the South, railroads were both an economic boon and a metaphor for industrialization. In this reconsideration of their part in southern culture, the author explores the depiction of the railroads in southern literature and their impact on southern culture. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFC; KCZ; WGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122342
ISBN
9780813122342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. Explores a new way to connect the primary Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata with their Greek analogues, the Iliad and Odyssey. This cross-cultural comparative study provides a more comprehensive perspective on the poems' religiosity than the vantage points of Hellenists or of Indologists alone. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
325
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726758
ISBN
9780674726758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardcover. A study of medieval attitudes towards the ventriloquism of God's and Christ's voices through human media, which reveals a progression from an orthodox view of divine vocal power to an anxiety over the authority of the priest's voice to a subversive take on the divine voice that foreshadows Protestant devotion. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230108998
ISBN
9780230108998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.99

Paperback. Durling's precise and powerful translation of Paradiso appears alongside the original Italian text recounting Dante's journey through heaven with the beautiful Beatrice. The end of each canto contains thorough yet succinct notes by Durling and Ronald Martinez that acquaint the reader with Dante's medieval world and his reference points. Num Pages: 888 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
888
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195087468
ISBN
9780195087468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602691
ISBN
9780691602691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116334
ISBN
9780813116334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.89

Paperback. An easy-to-navigate guide to Herman Melville's epic American novel, Dive Deeper consists of 135 brief chapters, along with Etymology, Extracts, and Epilogue, each keyed to a phrase, issue, image, sensibility or notion in corresponding chapters of the original. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199855759
ISBN
9780199855759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.89

Paperback. Reveals affinities between antebellum southern and modern American capitalist psychology. This book identifies a calculation-obsessed, anxiety-ridden discourse in which numbers are employed to determine social and racial hierarchies and establish individual worth and identity. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820331126
ISBN
9780820331126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.09

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