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Literary studies: general
Hardback. This book, the second of two volumes, explores and analyzes the dramatic representations of women in power in seventeenth-century France. Key to the analysis is an examination of the ways in which questions of virtue and sexual differentiation are negotiated and how they contribute to the construction of a nascent paradigm of equality. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137568427
- ISBN
- 9781137568427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Explores how queens functioned as imaginative figures in Anglo-Saxon texts. Focusing on pre-Conquest works, this book argues that Anglo-Saxon writers drew upon accounts of legendary royal wives to construct cultural ideals of queenship during a time when that institution was undergoing profound change. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033101
- ISBN
- 9780268033101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is the most popular poet in the United States. The main key to Rumi's success is the spiritual appeal of his work. It combines lyrical beauty with philosophical profundity, a sense of rapture and an acute awareness of human suffering in ways which speak directly to contemporary audiences. Editor(s): Washington, Peter. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597690
- ISBN
- 9781841597690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature, this title is written by a medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the most popular poet in America. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061905834
- ISBN
- 9780061905834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.21
€ 16.99
€ 12.21
Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541516
- ISBN
- 9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608501
- ISBN
- 9780691608501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Hardcover. These essays present a wide ranging re-evaluation of Ruskin's place in relation to gender, and offer new perspectives on continuing debates on issues of gender in the Victorian period, and in our own. Num Pages: 225 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968970
- ISBN
- 9780333968970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. In this volume, a group of international scholars consider what is often an awkward and conflicted relation. Ruskin's voluminous writings are seen to shelter an incipient modernism whose antipathy to a degraded modernity, powerfully predicts a major current within the work of the new century. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333915608
- ISBN
- 9780333915608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349423156
- ISBN
- 9781349423156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. This collection of essays sets out to challenge the dominant narrative about Victorian theatre by placing the practices and products of the Victorian theatre in relation to Victorian visual culture, through the lens of the concept of 'Ruskinian theatre', an approach to theatre which values its educative purpose as well as its aesthetic expression. Editor(s): Heinrich, Anselm; Newey, Kate; Richards, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200593
- ISBN
- 9780230200593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810857728
- ISBN
- 9780810857728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.59
€ 101.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJP; 3JMC; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477256
- ISBN
- 9780801477256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. The period between the Revolution of 1917 and Stalin's coming to power in the early 1930s was one of the most exciting for all branches of the arts in Russia. This study tries to show how the diversity of the Soviet arts of the 1920s continued the major trends of the pre-Revolutionary years. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSBH; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349097234
- ISBN
- 9781349097234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608105
- ISBN
- 9780691608105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636597
- ISBN
- 9780691636597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.81
€ 133.81
Paperback. Explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped its creation? How have the Russians regarded their literary language? This book uses the figure of Pushkin, 'the Russian Shakespeare', as an example. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801449
- ISBN
- 9780192801449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332894
- ISBN
- 9781590332894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.74€ 57.46
€ 73.74
€ 57.46
Paperback. Despite the many challenges besetting it, Shneidman argues convincingly that literary activity in Russia continues to be dynamic and vibrant. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086709
- ISBN
- 9780802086709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.95
€ 43.99
€ 39.95
hardcover. Despite the many challenges besetting it, Shneidman argues convincingly that literary activity in Russia continues to be dynamic and vibrant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087249
- ISBN
- 9780802087249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Hardcover. In his study of a leading Russian literary journal during the last decade of Soviet power, Simon Cosgrove argues that Russian nationalism was an important ideological element in Soviet political life, consisting of two opposing tendencies. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPN; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; JPFN; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802038
- ISBN
- 9780333802038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; AB; AFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807386
- ISBN
- 9780875807386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 64.47
€ 64.65
€ 64.47
Paperback. Presenting ten essays, the author addresses the Russian minds of the nineteenth century: Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky and Tolstoy, as well as exploring the political and social revolutions they inspired and responded to. He describes this as 'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world'. Editor(s): Hardy, Henry. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442204
- ISBN
- 9780141442204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910338
- ISBN
- 9781575910338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349044207
- ISBN
- 9781349044207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70