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Hardcover. Constructing Coleridge examines Coleridge's penchant for re-invention and carefully demonstrates how the Coleridge family editors followed his lead in constructing his posthumous reputation. Following his death in 1834, the family editors faced immediate scandals and sought to construct the Coleridge they preferred in these trying circumstances. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574809
- ISBN
- 9780230574809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. This book concerns itself with dress in the novels of Samuel Richardson, and how attire confirms, contributes to, or challenges the characters' fashioning of self and the self as others (characters or readers) perceive it. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574526
- ISBN
- 9780230574526
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Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardcover. This book is a timely reassessment of Byron's legacy, focusing on the ever-present figure of the Byronic hero in the fiction of Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot, together with screen versions of their novels. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APT; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574397
- ISBN
- 9780230574397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Hardcover. Offering new readings of major eary modern English poets such as Spenser, Milton and Donne, Kneidel counters the trend among literary critics to associate early modern religion with Pauline inwardness and self-formation by showing how these writers took Saint Paul as a model of rhetorical skill and political acumen. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573680
- ISBN
- 9780230573680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. British Literature of the Blitz interrogates the patriotic, utopian ideal of the People's War by analyzing conflicted representations of class and gender in literature and film. Its subtitle -- Fighting the People's War -- describes how British citizens both united to fight Nazi Germany and questioned the nationalist ideology binding them together. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573659
- ISBN
- 9780230573659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century drama is often dismissed as homogenous, aesthetically uninteresting, or politically complacent. This book reveals the incredibly intriguing and intricate nature of the period's history plays and their often messy dramatisaton of the complexities of patriotic rhetoric and national identification. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573376
- ISBN
- 9780230573376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. This title unravels politics from theatre in order to propose a new means to politicize performance. Performance analyses ranging from child actors, animals and objects to reflections on the innovative theatre work of Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Forced Entertainment and Goat Island combine to offer a radical critique of performance studies. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 339 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572614
- ISBN
- 9780230572614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
The Future of Literacy Studies (Palgrave Advances in Linguistics)
Baynham, Professor Mike, Prinsloo, Professor ...
Paperback. This book brings together authors actively involved in shaping the field of literacy studies, presenting a robust approach to the theoretical and empirical work which is currently pushing the boundaries of literacy research and also pointing to future directions for literacy research. Editor(s): Baynham, Mike; Prinsloo, Mastin. Series: Palgrave Advances in Language and Linguistics. Num Pages: 249 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553712
- ISBN
- 9780230553712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.94
€ 137.94
Hardcover. Northern Irish Literature, 1975-2006 and its companion volume, Northern Irish Literature 1956-75, examine the contexts for literary production over the past fifty years, addressing the troubled intersections of literature, history and politics. These volumes explore the diversity that is Northern Irish literature. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553057
- ISBN
- 9780230553057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Hardcover. Placing the popular genre of neo-Victorian fiction within the context of the contemporary cultural fascination with the Victorians, this book argues that these novels are distinguished by a commitment to historical specificity and understands them within their contemporary context and the context of Victorian historical and literary narratives. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372. The Victorians and Us. 200 pages, 0. Placing the popular genre of neo-Victorian fiction within the context of the contemporary cultural fascination with the Victorians, this book argues that these novels are distinguished by a commitment to historical specificity and understands them within their contemporary context and the context of Victorian historical and literary narratives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 17. Weight: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551565
- ISBN
- 9780230551565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Hardcover. The cult of the child performer was a significant emergence of the Victorian age. Fierce public debate and lasting legislation grew out of the conflict between a desire for juvenile display and a determination to stop exploitation. This study explores the social and artistic context of their lives and their developing professionalism as actors. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ANB; DSBF; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551558
- ISBN
- 9780230551558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardcover. This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551541
- ISBN
- 9780230551541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551169
- ISBN
- 9780230551169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. This original study discovers the bourgeois in the modernist and the dissenting style of Bohemia in the new artistic movements of the 1910s. Brooker sees the bohemian as the example of the modern artist, at odds with but defined by the codes of bourgeois society. It renews once more the complexities and radicalism of the modernist challenge. Num Pages: 223 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546929
- ISBN
- 9780230546929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Hardcover. This book analyzes the relation between print cultures and eighteenth-century literary and political practices and, identifying Queen Anne's England as a crucial moment in the public life of gossip, offers readings of key texts that demonstrate how gossip's interpretative strategies shaped readers' participation in the literary and public spheres. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546714
- ISBN
- 9780230546714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Aristocratic women flourished in the Victorian literary world, their combination of class privilege and gendered exclusion generating distinctively socialized modes of participation in cultural and political activity. Their writing offers an important trope through which to consider the nature of political, private and public spheres. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546707
- ISBN
- 9780230546707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. This book traces the dialogic relation between Conrad's Eastern fiction and other histories, arguing that it is in the intersections of art and history that we locate Conrad's irony. In a direct response to the visual culture of his times, Conrad sets up his fictional world as a hallucinated mirage stressing the veracity of his own Eastern vision. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545298
- ISBN
- 9780230545298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.82
€ 127.82
Hardcover. Through an examination of his later personal notebooks, this study explores the reciprocal effects that Samuel Taylor Coleridge's scientific explorations, philosophical convictions, theological beliefs, and states of health exerted upon his perceptions of human Body/Soul relations, both in life and after death. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545229
- ISBN
- 9780230545229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. This book explores the conjunction of authorship and family life as a distinctive cultural formation of Romantic-era Britain. It traces an alternative history of Romantic authorship, one that lies on the cusp between a vanishing manuscript culture and the dominance of print, grappling with an evolving tension between the private and public spheres. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230545120
- ISBN
- 9780230545120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. The Petrarchan revival in Romantic England was a unique phenomenon which involved an impressive number of scholars, translators and poets. This book analyses the way Petrarch was read and re-written by Romantic figures. The result is a history of the Romantic-era sonnet and a new lens for understanding English Romantic poetry. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542600
- ISBN
- 9780230542600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90