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Paperback. Considering new perspectives on writers such as Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and Louise Erdrich, Confronting Visuality in Multi-ethnic Women's Writing traces a cross-cultural tradition in which contemporary female writers situate images of women within larger contexts of visuality. Num Pages: 209 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349489770
ISBN
9781349489770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Hardcover. Considering new perspectives on writers such as Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, and Louise Erdrich, Confronting Visuality in Multi-ethnic Women's Writing traces a cross-cultural tradition in which contemporary female writers situate images of women within larger contexts of visuality. Num Pages: 209 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137413031
ISBN
9781137413031
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Electronic book text. Editor(s): Baxter, Katherine Isobel; Hampson, Professor Robert, Fea Frsa (Royal Holloway College University of London). BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425575
ISBN
9781474425575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Newly revised and enlarged, the second edition of A Conrad Chronology draws upon a rich range of published and unpublished materials. It offers a detailed factual record of Joseph Conrad's unfolding life as seaman and writer as well as tracing the compositional and publication history of his major works. Editor(s): Knowles, Owen. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349497379
ISBN
9781349497379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Paperback. This text explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, it provides contexts for Conrad's fictions and produces original readings of his work. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353705
ISBN
9781349353705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. This stylistic study of consciousness in the Modernist novel explores shifts across different viewpoints and the techniques through which they are dialogically interconnected. The dialogic resonances in the presentation of character consciousness are analysed using linguistic evidence and evidence drawn from everyday conversational practices. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFG; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349357734
ISBN
9781349357734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. "Constructions of Masculinity in British Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present provides an in-depth analysis into the construction of male identity as well as a unique and comprehensive historical overview of how masculinity has been constructed. This book is an important contribution to the emerging field of masculinity studies"-- Editor(s): Horlacher, Stefan. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349296439
ISBN
9781349296439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSA; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504183
ISBN
9781349504183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Paperback. This book is a history of reading in the British Isles from 1695-1870 that focuses on "common" rather than professional readers and which explores a range of previously undervalued sources. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349357574
ISBN
9781349357574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

paperback. This book analyzes literary representations to explain how consumption, a killer disease, came to be the glamorous illnesss of the Romantic era. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBJD; JFC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349286119
ISBN
9781349286119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.94

Hardback. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425599
ISBN
9781474425599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. The figure of contamination as developed in this book offers a new perspective of negativity which questions the current influence of Hegelian dialectics in contemporary theory and philosophy. The book also offers a critical introduction to the critique of dialectics to which it at the same time contributes as an original piece of research. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411363
ISBN
9781474411363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.33

Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199206179
ISBN
9780199206179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngug? wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349478286
ISBN
9781349478286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardcover. Contemporary African Literature in English explores the contours of representation in contemporary Anglophone African literature, drawing on a wide range of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Aminatta Forna, Brian Chikwava, Ngugiota wa Thiong'o, Nuruddin Farah and Chris Abani. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378323
ISBN
9781137378323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Balaev, M. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349473953
ISBN
9781349473953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.19

Hardcover. This edited collection argues that trauma in literature must be read through a theoretical pluralism that allows for an understanding of trauma's variable representations that include yet move beyond the concept of trauma as pathological and unspeakable. Editor(s): Balaev, Michelle. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137365934
ISBN
9781137365934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.16

paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2015
SKU
V9781349483679
ISBN
9781349483679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349491834
ISBN
9781349491834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. This book offers a significant statement about the contemporary British novel in relation to three authors: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. All writing at the forefront of a generation, these authors sought to resuscitate the novel's ethico-political credentials, at a time which did not seem conducive to such a project. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349468300
ISBN
9781349468300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APFA; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231181921
ISBN
9780231181921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.93

Paperback. A look at the portrayal of women in contemporary historical crime fiction. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533992
ISBN
9781349533992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book examines the representation, or "novelizations" of literary critical theory (structuralism, poststructuralism, postmodernism) in contemporary fiction, and traces an alternative history of the "theory wars" in the pages of contemporary fiction. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349542741
ISBN
9781349542741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403991461
ISBN
9781403991461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.54

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