Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardcover. Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479617
- ISBN
- 9781137479617
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Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Using place studies within a postcolonial context, this study explores the sense-aesthetic dimensions in literature such as smell, sound, etc. that often challenge the rationalizing logic of modernity. Through close readings of writers such as Conrad and Coetzee, Moslund invites scholars to shift focus from discourse analysis to aesthetic analysis. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479679
- ISBN
- 9781137479679
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Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479686
- ISBN
- 9781137479686
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€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. Re-examining English Romanticism through Hegel's philosophy, this book outlines and expands upon Hegel's theory of recognition. Deakin critiques four canonical writers of the English Romantic tradition, Coleridge, Wordsworth, P.B. Shelley and Mary Shelley, arguing that they, as Hegel, are engaged in a struggle towards philosophical recognition. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482174
- ISBN
- 9781137482174
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Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Famed and outspoken Russian poet, Maximilian Voloshin's notoriety has grown steadily since his slow release from Soviet censorship. For the first time, Landa showcases his vast poetic contributions, proving his words to be an overlooked solution both to the political and cultural turmoil engulfing the Soviet Union in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 300 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482617
- ISBN
- 9781137482617
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Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Hardback. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 133 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482624
- ISBN
- 9781137482624
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Condition: New
€ 116.28
€ 116.28
Hardcover. Navigating Loss in Women's Contemporary Memoir traces the grief process through the lives of contemporary women writers to show how its complex, multi-layered nature can encourage us towards new understandings of loss. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482914
- ISBN
- 9781137482914
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Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Through well-documented case studies this volume showcases the multifaceted relationship between memory and narrative from an interdisciplinary and international perspective in Eastern Europe. Editor(s): Mitroiu, Simona. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485519
- ISBN
- 9781137485519
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Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardcover. Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485601
- ISBN
- 9781137485601
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. This is the first full-scale analysis of T.S. Eliot's six "Ariel Poems" as Christmas poems. Through close readings, Atkins argues that these poems considered together emerge as clearly related representations of the "impossible union" that occurred in the Incarnation. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137485700
- ISBN
- 9781137485700
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Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487520
- ISBN
- 9781137487520
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Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16
Hardcover. A guidebook to the allusions of T.S. Eliot's notorious poem, The Waste Land, Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up utilizes the footnotes as a starting point, opening up the poem in unexpected ways. Organized according to Eliot's line numbers and designed for both scholars and students, chapters are free-standing and can be read in any order. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488381
- ISBN
- 9781137488381
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Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
Hardback. Ovid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts during the Middle Ages. This book is the only study to consider this Ovidian revival as part of a cultural shift disintegrating the boundaries between not only sacred and profane literacy but also between academic and secular politics. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488398
- ISBN
- 9781137488398
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Condition: New
€ 116.19
€ 116.19
Hardcover. When it comes to James Joyce's landmark work, Ulysses, the influence of three literary giants, Homer, Shakespeare, and Dante, cannot be overlooked. Examining Joyce in terms of Homeric narrative, Dantesque structure, and Shakespearean plot, Weir rediscovers Joyce's novel through the lens of his renowned predecessors. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488404
- ISBN
- 9781137488404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.43
€ 151.43
Hardcover. Oscar Wilde's wit is foundational to his works, from his plays and novels to his self-defense at his trials. This book is a comprehensive account of Oscar Wilde's wit that focuses on discovering reasons for his critical success and ongoing legacy. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137488480
- ISBN
- 9781137488480
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489289
- ISBN
- 9781137489289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. James Ellroy: Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is a study of all of Ellroy's key works, from his debut novel Brown's Requiem to the epic Underworld USA trilogy. This book traces the development of Ellroy's writing style and the importance of his Demon Dog persona to carving out his unique place in American crime fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490827
- ISBN
- 9781137490827
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Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardback. Italian scholar, novelist, journalist, and philosopher Claudio Magris is among the most prominent of living European intellectuals. This study is the first comprehensive critical analysis of Magris's corpus for an English-speaking audience and addresses the crucial question of the return to humanism that is moving literature and theory forward. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492623
- ISBN
- 9781137492623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.40
€ 53.53
€ 46.40
Hardcover. This book presents a literary and linguistic reading of obsessive-compulsive disorder to argue that medical understandings of disability need their social, political, literary and linguistic counterparts, especially if we aspire to create a more inclusive, self-reflective society. Series: Literary Disability Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFGR; DSB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493477
- ISBN
- 9781137493477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardback. This book illuminates the politics of Renaissance theatre culture and playbook publication by analysing how and why playhouses came to be referred to as 'public' or 'private'. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 95 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494917
- ISBN
- 9781137494917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.48
€ 93.48