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Hardback. " Promoting critical and creative anachronism, Metaphors of Mind redefines the notion of an archive in the age of Amazon and Google Books. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10, 6 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416885
- ISBN
- 9781421416885
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Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Schildgen, Brenda Deen. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137565433
- ISBN
- 9781137565433
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€ 101.05
€ 101.05
Hardback. Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055438
- ISBN
- 9780674055438
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743464
- ISBN
- 9780804743464
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743457
- ISBN
- 9780804743457
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Condition: New
€ 145.09
€ 145.09
Hardback. Adopts a varied approach to the study of the "material world" in the French literature, thought and visual arts of the 19th century. The book moves from purely philosphical definitions to a more general treatment of materialism, examining the repercussions of the emergence of a consumer society. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTB; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333532669
- ISBN
- 9780333532669
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Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Hardback. These essays offer not only "representations of Swift" but also a representation of Swift scholarship at the close of the 20th century and a return to fundamental questions about the life, writing, and views of Swift. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 627.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137972
- ISBN
- 9780874137972
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Condition: New
€ 142.87
€ 142.87
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. This title explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Num Pages: 560 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057111
- ISBN
- 9780674057111
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.72
€ 32.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455317
- ISBN
- 9781349455317
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Condition: New
€ 65.50
€ 65.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349194988
- ISBN
- 9781349194988
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Condition: New
€ 60.77
€ 60.77
Paperback. "Waste "explores the question: from nuclear waste to digital detritus, what can we learn about ourselves from what we let go to waste? Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628924367
- ISBN
- 9781628924367
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. This resounding defence of the principles of free expression revisits the Satanic Verses uproar of 1989, as well as subsequent incidents such as the Danish cartoons controversy, to argue that the human right of free speech is by no means so secure that it can be taken for granted. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPQ; HR; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349482085
- ISBN
- 9781349482085
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Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HRH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205154
- ISBN
- 9780520205154
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Using a cognitive approach to literature, this book uncovers representations of self-consciousness in selected modern British novels, exposing it as complicating character development. Miller provides new readings of works by Conrad, Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence to demonstrate the emergence of a self who feels split from the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341061
- ISBN
- 9781349341061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. The world Thomas conjures up in this groundbreaking new study is one in which successful remedies to racial wrongs remain to be imagined. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSA; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 245 x 2. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421322
- ISBN
- 9781421421322
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Hardback. In 18 essays, Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. These writers embody in their very different ways the various attitudes of their contentious century. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635202
- ISBN
- 9781566635202
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Condition: New
€ 36.04
€ 36.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Grenville, Bruce. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20col.ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551521169
- ISBN
- 9781551521169
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.34
€ 30.99
€ 29.34
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; HP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691029
- ISBN
- 9780816691029
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. From Dr Moreau's "Beast People" to David Cronenberg's "Brundle fly", Stanislaw Lem's robot constructors in the "Cyberiad" to Octavia Butler's human/alien constructs in the "Xenogenesis" trilogy, this work examines stories of corporeal transformation through interlocking frames of posthumanism, narratology, and second-order systems theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823228508
- ISBN
- 9780823228508
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Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. Transversal Subjects, now in paperback, proposes a combined theory of consciousness, subjectivity and agency stemming from analyses of junctures in Western philosophical and critical discourses that have influenced the development of present-day understandings of perception, identity, desire, mimesis, aesthetics, education and human rights. Num Pages: 315 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274700
- ISBN
- 9781137274700
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Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. This companion volume to The Return of Theory in Early Modern English Studies: Tarrying with the Subjunctive exemplifies the new directions in which the field is going as well as the value of crossing disciplinary boundaries within and beyond the humanities. Topics studied include posthumanism, ecological studies, and historical phenomenology. Editor(s): Reynolds, Bryan; Cefalu, Paul; Kuchar, Gary. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351043
- ISBN
- 9781137351043
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Paperback. Pointing the way toward a revitalized future for the study of literature, Reconstruction in Literary Studies draws on philosophical pragmatism to justify the academic study of literature. In turn, Vescio connects the changing field to its social function as an institution. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349491612
- ISBN
- 9781349491612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Pointing the way toward a revitalized future for the study of literature, Reconstruction in Literary Studies draws on philosophical pragmatism to justify the academic study of literature. In turn, Vescio connects the changing field to its social function as an institution. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428820
- ISBN
- 9781137428820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardcover. An encounter between Deleuze the philosopher, Proust the novelist, and Beckett the writer creating interdisciplinary and inter-aesthetic bridges between them, covering textual, visual, sonic and performative phenomena, including provocative speculation about how Proust might have responded to Deleuze and Beckett. Editor(s): Bryden, Mary; Topping, Margaret. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201415
- ISBN
- 9780230201415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03