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Hardback. Jacques Derrida's repeatedly stated admiration and professed inability to comment on the work of Samuel Beckett are the point of departure for this book's exploration of the relation between philosophy and literature. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754569
ISBN
9780804754569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.99

Paperback. Through an analysis of the three, interrelated topics of translation, comedy and gender in the works of Samuel Beckett and others, Weller reflects critically upon recent attempts to think the relation between literature and alterity, and proposes a new understanding of that relation in what he terms its 'anethicality'. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349544783
ISBN
9781349544783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403995810
ISBN
9781403995810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 108. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475450
ISBN
9780801475450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Hardback. During the nineteenth century, women authors for the first time achieved professional status, secure income, and public fame. This book examines the various ways women writers negotiated the market realities of authorship, and looks at the myths and models women writers constructed to elevate their place in the profession. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140179
ISBN
9780691140179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.45
€ 46.96

Hardback. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739146903
ISBN
9780739146903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.07

Hardback. Argues that early modern English engagements with romance's infidel conversion motif - in which Jews and Muslims convert to Christianity - register theological formations of race in post-Reformation England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257140
ISBN
9780823257140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961082
ISBN
9781403961082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.93

Paperback. A study of the journalistic and academic reception of the writings of one of the great American writers of the late twentieth century. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139375
ISBN
9781571139375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Jorge Olivares connects the personal, political, and artistic trajectories of the Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) to Arenas's insights into the Cuban Revolution, the struggles of exiles, and the politics of sexuality. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353966
ISBN
9780822353966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. In this volume, David Gardiner investigates the national contexts in which Edmund Spenser's poetic project has been interpreted and represented by modern Irish poets. There is also an analysis of Spenser's influence on Northern Irish poets. Num Pages: 233 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Creighton University,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781881871385
ISBN
9781881871385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DQ; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415891035
ISBN
9780415891035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952536
ISBN
9781841952536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226222646
ISBN
9780226222646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333770511
ISBN
9780333770511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349415199
ISBN
9781349415199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Paperback. Before Recollection. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014371
ISBN
9780691014371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-sex relations. The work focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature but also includes examinations of contemporary opera, dance and theatre. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; AS; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260921
ISBN
9780226260921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

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