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Hardcover. This collection examines ways in which modern literature responds to the body-at-war, examining the effects of violent conflict on the body in its literal and representative forms. Spanning literature from World War I to the present day, it includes essays on pacifist theatre, torture, fascist fantasies, and uniforms and masculinity. Editor(s): Rau, Petra. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231528
- ISBN
- 9780230231528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. The multidisciplinary aesthetics of Walter Pater, the nineteenth century's most provocative critic, are explored by an international team of scholars. 'True aesthetic criticism' takes place working across the arts, Pater insists: acknowledging the differences between media, but seeking possibilities of interconnection. Editor(s): Clements, Elicia; Higgins, Lesley J. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234970
- ISBN
- 9780230234970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism. Editor(s): Garrard, Greg. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JNU; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235038
- ISBN
- 9780230235038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. A Poiret dress, a Catholic shrine in France, Thomas Wallis's Hoover Factory building, an Edna Manley sculpture, the poetry of Bei Dao, the internal combustion engine- what makes such artifacts modernist? Disciplining Modernism explores the different ways disciplines conceive modernism and modernity, undisciplining modernist studies in the process. Editor(s): Caughie, Pamela L. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235083
- ISBN
- 9780230235083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. This collection looks at the growing rapprochement between contemporary theory and early modern English literary-cultural studies. With sections on posthumanism and cognitive science, political theology, and rematerialism and performance, the essays incorporate recent theoretical inquiries into new readings of early modern texts. Editor(s): Aston, E.; Cefalu, Paul; Reynolds, Bryan. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235496
- ISBN
- 9780230235496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.20
€ 68.20
Hardcover. Understanding language and its capacity to create literary effects is vital for any student of English. Stylistics, the linguistic study of literary texts, has a key role to play in literary criticism. This book covers the theory and practice of teaching stylistics, focusing on the value of objectivity, rigour and replicability in text analysis. Editor(s): Jeffries, Lesley; McIntyre, Dan. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235878
- ISBN
- 9780230235878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Literature cultivates 'deep selves' for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, whilst also developing a 'new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifies, and therefore opens to debate, the human significance of literature. Editor(s): Mousley, Andy. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238152
- ISBN
- 9780230238152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse readings of archival texts, objects and contexts contributes a new analysis of the spaces, activities and practices of the Renaissance embassy. Editor(s): Adams, Robyn; Cox, Rosanna. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239760
- ISBN
- 9780230239760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.31
€ 116.31
Hardcover. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240070
- ISBN
- 9780230240070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology. Editor(s): Beck, Heather. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240087
- ISBN
- 9780230240087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. Explores dramatic, narrative and polemical versions of the 'taming of the shrew' story, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration, in light of recent historical work on the position of early modern women in society. Its essays address shrew narratives as an extended cultural dialogue debating issues of gender and sexual politics. Editor(s): Holderness, Graham; Wootton, David. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240926
- ISBN
- 9780230240926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years. Editor(s): Edwards, Justin D.; Graulund, Rune. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372. Critical Explorations. 208 pages. Editor(s): Edwards, Justin D.; Graulund, Rune. With its inclusion of original essays challenging the view of travel writing as a Eurocentric genre, this book will stand as a benchmark study of future inquiries in the field. It will revitalize the critical debate, sparking a much needed rethinking of a vibrant and highly popular but also volatile genre that has seen many changes in recent years. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241190
- ISBN
- 9780230241190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Hardcover. With contributions ranging over three centuries, Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural studies and the visual arts represent, interact with, and produce ideas about capital, whether in its early phases (the growth of stock markets) or in its late phase (global speculative capital). Editor(s): Balfour, Robert J. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; KCS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378. 240 pages, 7, 6 black & white halftones, 1 maps. Editor(s): Balfour, Robert J. With contributions ranging over three centuries, Culture, Capital and Representation explores how literature, cultural studies and the visual arts represent, interact with, and produce ideas about capital, whether in its early phases (the growth of stock markets) or in its late phase (global speculative capital). Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFC; KCS. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246454
- ISBN
- 9780230246454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Hardcover. By investigating women lifewriters' complex quest to distinguish themselves both within and from institutions and communities, this volume uses Kant's concept of unsociable sociability to formulate a divided sense of self at the heart of women's lifewriting, offering a provocative response to the notion of the relational female subject. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; D'Arcens, Louise. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246478
- ISBN
- 9780230246478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. What are the means available to poetry to address crisis and how can both poets and critics meet the conflicts and challenges they face? This collection of essays addresses poetic and critical responses to the various crises encountered by contemporary writers and our society, from the Holocaust to the ecological crisis. Editor(s): Karhio, Anne; Crosson, Sean; Armstrong, Charles I. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444. 272 pages. Editor(s): Karhio, Anne; Crosson, Sean; Armstrong, Charles I. What are the means available to poetry to address crisis and how can both poets and critics meet the conflicts and challenges they face? This collection of essays addresses poetic and critical responses to the various crises encountered by contemporary writers and our society, from the Holocaust to the ecological crisis. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 21. Weight: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247246
- ISBN
- 9780230247246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardcover. Bringing together research from a variety of countries and periods, this volume introduces readers to the diverse approaches used to recover the evidence of reading through history in different societies, and asks whether reading practices are always conditioned by specific local circumstances or whether broader patterns might emerge. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247512
- ISBN
- 9780230247512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. 'Reading has a history. But how can we recover it?' This volume brings together original research essays focusing on the history of reading in the British Isles, using evidence ranging from library records to Mass Observation surveys to highlight the social factors that influence a seemingly private, individual activity. Editor(s): Halsey, Katie; Owens, W. R. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247550
- ISBN
- 9780230247550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. We inhabit a textually super-saturated and increasingly literate world. This volume encourages readers to consider the diverse methodologies used by historians of reading globally, and indicates how future research might take up the challenge of recording and interpreting the practices of readers in an increasingly digitized society. Editor(s): Crone, Rosalind; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; CFC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247567
- ISBN
- 9780230247567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33
€ 67.33
Paperback. Now available in paperback for the first time, this book brings together leading scholars in the field to analyze Shakespeare's plays, showing how their dramatic content shapes issues debated in conflicts arising from the creation and application of law. Individual essays focus on such topics such as slander, revenge and royal prerogative. Editor(s): Jordan, Constance; Cunningham, Karen. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247727
- ISBN
- 9780230247727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period to the present day. Editor(s): Grohmann, Alexis; Wells, Caragh. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. From Cervantes to Sebald. 232 pages, 1 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Grohmann, Alexis; Wells, Caragh. With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247987
- ISBN
- 9780230247987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66