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Hardcover. In this work, Alan McCluskey explores materialism, in its many conceptual forms, in the contemporary cosmopolitan novel. The author applies a 'cosmopolitan materialist' lens to the novels of Caryl Phillips, J. M. Coetzee, and Philip Roth: three contemporary authors who hail from different parts of the world and produce highly dissimilar novels. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503374
ISBN
9781137503374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. Divided into three sections on cosmetics, clothes and hairstyling, this book explores how early modern women regarded beauty culture and in what ways skin, clothes and hair could be used to represent racial, class and gender identities, and to convey political, religious and philosophical ideals. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503688
ISBN
9781137503688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

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

Hardcover. This book examines the dramatic work of Dickens, Browning, Collins, and Tennyson, their interaction with the theatrical world, and their attempts to develop their reputations as playwrights. These major Victorian writers each authored several professional plays, but why has their achievement been overlooked? Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 262 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137504678
ISBN
9781137504678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book reads Hardy's poetry of the rural as deeply rooted in the historical tradition of the pastoral mode even as it complicates and extends it. It shows that in addition to reinstating the original tensions of classical pastoral, Hardy dramatizes a heightened awareness of complex communities and the relations of class, labour, and gender. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137505019
ISBN
9781137505019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. This study analyses four new genres of literature and film that have evolved to accommodate and negotiate the changing face of postcolonial Britain since 1990: British Muslim Bildungsromane, gothic tales of postcolonial England, the subcultural urban novel and multicultural British comedy. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; APFA; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137505217
ISBN
9781137505217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.53

Hardcover. This book argues that there are a number of contemporary novels that challenge the reductive 'us and them' binaries that have been prevalent not only in politics and the global media since 9/11, but also in many works within the emerging genre of '9/11 fiction' itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137506177
ISBN
9781137506177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. In 16th and 17th century England conversation was an embodied act that held the capacity to negotiate, manipulate and transform social relationships. Early Modern Women in Conversation illuminates the extent to which gender shaped conversational interaction and demonstrates the significance of conversation as a rhetorical practice for women. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137506306
ISBN
9781137506306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardcover. Approaching the question of how male novelists perceive their female characters, this collection of creative yet analytic literary essays unwinds the complexities of male authorship versus narration. Mark Axelrod looks at a wide range of male authors including Fydor Dostoevsky, D.H. Lawrence, Carlos Fuentes, and the theories of Jacques Lacan. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137507259
ISBN
9781137507259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover. This book reassesses the role of Russian Montparnasse writers in the articulation of transnational modernism generated by exile. Examining their production from a comparative perspective, it demonstrates that their response to urban modernity transcended the Russian master narrative and resonated with broader aesthetic trends in interwar Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508003
ISBN
9781137508003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.09

Hardcover. This study advances the dialogue on gendered avant-garde and fosters speculations on the posthuman condition through a bold weaving of biography, cultural history, and literary and art criticism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 254 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508034
ISBN
9781137508034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137510563
ISBN
9781137510563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.85

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. Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 278 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HBTB; HRQX9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512246
ISBN
9781137512246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Hardback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 258 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512253
ISBN
9781137512253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. This multidisciplinary study focuses on the creative state as the nucleus of the work of numerous poets, artists, and philosophers from twentieth-century Spain. Beginning with cognitive science, Gala explores the mental processes and structures that underline creative thinking, for poets like Jose Maria Hinojosa, Clara Janes, and Jorge Guillen. Num Pages: 266 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137512260
ISBN
9781137512260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137513076
ISBN
9781137513076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardback. Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137514615
ISBN
9781137514615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JKV; LAQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137515971
ISBN
9781137515971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Hardcover. Through both cultural and literary analysis, this book examines gender in relation to late Qing and modern Chinese intellectuals, including Mu Shiying, Bai Wei, and Lu Xun. Tackling important, previously neglected questions, Zhu ultimately shows the resilience and malleability of Chinese modernity through its progressive views on femininity. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 198 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137516893
ISBN
9781137516893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

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