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Literary studies: general
Hardback. This book provides a historical context for racial division by tracing the path of the color line as it appears in the native writings of African-Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727747
- ISBN
- 9780804727747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
Hardback. Argues that World War II blurred the boundaries between battleground and home front bringing women and civilians into war discourse. This book discusses the interplay of fascination and disapproval in the texts of twentieth-century war and the way in which homage to war hero and victim contends with revulsion at war's horror and waste. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119382
- ISBN
- 9780231119382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 89.98
€ 117.61
€ 89.98
Hardback. Examines the role of familial relationships in nineteenth-century English literature Num Pages: 276 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754597
- ISBN
- 9780838754597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.82
€ 130.82
Paperback. Offers an account of the nineteenth-century British novel and its role in the historical process that gave rise to modern anthropology's concept of culture. This book shows how English Victorian novels appropriated an autoethnographic mode of fiction developed in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095554
- ISBN
- 9780691095554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 42.48
€ 52.92
€ 42.48
Paperback. The author connects the accidents of the poet Wordsworth's life with the originality of his works, tracking the impulses that turned him to poetry after the death of his parents and during his years as an enthusiastic disciple of the French Revolution. Bromwich argues that his political idealism deeply motivated his writings of the 1790s. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075570
- ISBN
- 9780226075570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Sitric Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903305126
- ISBN
- 9781903305126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRCC9; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151061
- ISBN
- 9780231151061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 57.43
€ 72.92
€ 57.43
Paperback. Disraeli: The Romance of Politics examines the relation between Disraeli's novels and his political career and illuminates both in a way not previously attempted. Num Pages: 622 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; DSB; HBJD1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442627062
- ISBN
- 9781442627062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.90
€ 49.99
€ 44.90
paperback. This work provides an integral understanding of the political, philosophical and religious context of Dante's "Divine Comedy". Initially written in French in 1981, it brings to light the complexity of Dante's thought and art, and its relation to the central themes of Western civilization. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034166
- ISBN
- 9780739103272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. An account of dissidence in Hafiz Asad s Syria, describing how intellectuals tried to navigate between charges of complicity with the state and treason against it. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340355
- ISBN
- 9780822340355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Focusing on criticism of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries, this is a collection of essays considering various forms the dissenters used for their critique. Editor(s): Walker, Julia M. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822320746
- ISBN
- 9780822320746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.92
€ 36.99
€ 33.92
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116542
- ISBN
- 9780810116542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Hardback. She draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420127
- ISBN
- 9781421420127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 47.64
€ 50.57
€ 47.64
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
€ 44.27
€ 44.27
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
€ 41.82
€ 41.82
Paperback. Provides fresh insights on the intersection of race and class in black fiction from the 1880s to 1900s Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036745
- ISBN
- 9780472036745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.31
€ 40.31
Hardcover. New insights on the intersection of race and class in black fiction from the 1880s to 1900s Series: Class: Culture. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118618
- ISBN
- 9780472118618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.38
€ 99.38
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€ 31.15
€ 42.99
€ 31.15
Paperback. This volume includes a contemporary blank-verse translation of Dante's "Paradise," the third and final part of his "Divine Comedy," along with prose commentary. Translator(s): Torrens, S.James. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC; DSK; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Scranton Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940866331
- ISBN
- 9780940866331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00
€ 19.00
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
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
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€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
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
€ 42.27
€ 42.27
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
€ 111.73€ 108.92
€ 111.73
€ 108.92
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
€ 103.49€ 80.14
€ 103.49
€ 80.14