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Hardback. This revised and expanded handbook concisely introduces narrative form to advanced students of fiction and creative writing, with refreshed references and new discussions of cognitive approaches to narrative, nonfiction, and narrative emotions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Revised and Expanded ed
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439574
ISBN
9781137439574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

Hardcover. Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439727
ISBN
9781137439727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Confronted with apartheid, dictatorship or the sheer scale of global economics, realism can no longer function with the certainties of the nineteenth century. Free Realist Style considers how the style of the realist novel changes as its epistemological horizons narrow. Num Pages: 87 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456083
ISBN
9781137456083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.68

Hardcover. Exploring narrative mapping in a wide range of literary works, ranging from medieval romance to postmodern science fiction, this volume argues for the significance of spatiality in comparative literary studies. Contributors demonstrate how a variety of narratives represent the changing social spaces of their world. Editor(s): Tally, Robert T., Jr. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456496
ISBN
9781137456496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.75

Hardback. Moving effortlessly from Greek to Shakespearean tragedies, to nineteenth and twentieth-century British, American and Russian drama, and fiction and contemporary television, this study sheds new light on the art of comedy. Num Pages: 146 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137470843
ISBN
9781137470843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 examines how British and American writers used early photography and film as illustrations and metaphors. It concentrates on five figures in particular: Henry Mayhew, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amy Levy, William Dean Howells, and Jack London. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471499
ISBN
9781137471499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary project is situated at the boundary between literary studies and philosophy. Its chief focus is on American Romanticism and it examines work by a number of prominent writers and philosophers, from Whitman and Thoreau to Barthes and Rorty. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137474186
ISBN
9781137474186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardback. Editor(s): Middeke, Prof. Martin; Reinfandt, Christoph. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 2. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137474278
ISBN
9781137474278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.74

Paperback. Appearing in English for the first time, Geocriticism provides a theoretical foundation and critical exploration of geocriticism. Westphal draws on diverse theorists to argue that a geocritical approach enables fresh ways of seeing literary texts and of conducting literary studies. Translator(s): Tally, Robert T., Jr. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479945
ISBN
9781137479945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.58

Hardback. This collection explores how new directions in feminist literary study might be informed by the work of the past. It offers a snapshot view of new feminist research in the field today and traces the influence of the substantial feminist inheritance in English Studies through six distinct, individual pieces of rigorous and innovative new work. Editor(s): Jones, Clara; Hogg, Emily. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFFK. 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
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137497499
ISBN
9781137497499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137499370
ISBN
9781137499370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502889
ISBN
9781137502889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.58

Hardcover. In this volume, scholars from a wide range of fields within the humanities explore the links between space and place and their relation to cultural expression. This collection shows that a focus on the spatial can help elucidate important facets of symbolic expression and cultural production, whether it be literature, music, dance, films, or art. Editor(s): Richardson, Bill. Series: Geocriticism and Spatial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502896
ISBN
9781137502896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137504319
ISBN
9781137504319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.12

Hardback. Editor(s): Crawforth, Hannah; Lewis, Sarah. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSA; DSBD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137511430
ISBN
9781137511430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.82

Hardcover. The book introduces the reader into the world of mental perception of literary contents. Based on the research in modern semantics, functional stylistics and cognitive phonetics, it explores the way linguistic elements of a literary work cause readers to form a single perception shape identified as a cultural, literary or social stereotype. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFC; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137519474
ISBN
9781137519474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. This title offers a Marxist take on a selection of artistic and cultural achievements from the rap music of Tupac Shakur to the painting of Van Gogh, from HBO's Breaking Bad to Balzac's Cousin Bette, from the magical realm of Harry Potter to the apocalyptic landscape of The Walking Dead, from The Hunger Games to Game of Thrones. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137526601
ISBN
9781137526601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. This study provides an alternative to the postmodern tradition of writing about the city by exploring spatialized constructions of gender and spiritual identity through an integrative framework based on insights from Bachelard's topoanalysis, psychogeography, feminist cultural theory and comparative literature and religion. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137530905
ISBN
9781137530905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.73

Hardback. Adorno and Modern Theatre explores the drama of Edward Bond, David Rudkin, Howard Barker and Sarah Kane in the context of the work of leading philosopher Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969). The book engages with key principles of Adorno's aesthetic theory and cultural critique and examines their influence on a generation of seminal post-war dramatists. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137534460
ISBN
9781137534460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. Literary theory has been dominated by a mind/body dualism that often eschews the role of the body in reading. Focusing on reading as a physical practice, McLaughlin analyzes the role of the eyes, the hands, postures and gestures, bodily habits and other physical spaces, with discussions ranging from James Joyce to the digital future of reading. Num Pages: 220 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541314
ISBN
9781137541314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.33

Hardcover. Lycanthropy in German Literature argues that as a symbol of both power and parasitism, the human wolf of the Germanic Middle Ages is iconic to the representation of the persecution of undesirables in the German cultural imagination from the early modern age to the post-war literary scene. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137541628
ISBN
9781137541628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137548719
ISBN
9781137548719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Tambling, Professor Jeremy. Num Pages: 863 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HBT; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
863
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137549105
ISBN
9781137549105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 344.01

Hardcover. Liminal Fictions in Postmodern Culture examines distinctive literary, musical, and cinematic narratives that seek to inspire critical thought and conduct through provocation. From Gogol's Dead Souls to Salinger's Franny and Zooey, Phillips argues liminal narratives offer an antidote to the modern commodification of the self. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137550811
ISBN
9781137550811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

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