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Hardcover. The essays in Teaching African American Women's Writing provide reflections on issues, problems and pleasures raised by studying the texts. They will be of use to those teaching and studying African American women's writing in colleges, universities and adult education groups as well as teachers involved in teaching in schools to A level. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 224 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230003460
- ISBN
- 9780230003460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. This book explores new critical ground by addressing the intersection of two contentious concepts, postfeminism and Gothic. This collection of original and exciting essays examines a number of Gothic texts, from Anne Radcliffe's romances to modern horror films, in conjunction with diverse postfeminist theories, from backlash to postmodern feminism. Editor(s): Brabon, Benjamin A.; Genz, Stephanie. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230005426
- ISBN
- 9780230005426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardcover. This book publishes, for the first time, some 400 letters between Edith Wharton and her chief London publisher, Macmillan. The correspondence highlights Wharton's well developed understanding of the 'sociology of text' in the early twentieth century, casting new light on Wharton's working practices which will be of crucial importance for scholars. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008434
- ISBN
- 9780230008434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardcover. Coinciding with the increasing intersections between visual and literary studies, this timely reappraisal of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sheds light on the book's unclassifiable status as part imaginative fiction, documentary effort, ethnographic study, and modernist prose. Editor(s): Blinder, Caroline. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102927
- ISBN
- 9780230102927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardcover. Romanticism and the City explores how late eighteenth and early nineteenth century literature conceptualized urban space. Fresh readings of key texts show how Romantic concerns with urban life shaped both individual works and broad theoretical issues in European Romanticism at large. Editor(s): Peer, Larry H. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108837
- ISBN
- 9780230108837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. Looking at literary discourse, including poetry, fiction and non-fiction, diaries, and drama, this collection offers remarkable and fascinating examples of women writers who integrated scientific material in their literary narratives. Editor(s): Hayden, Prof. Judy A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110298
- ISBN
- 9780230110298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Anatol, Giselle Liza. Num Pages: 255 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; DSY; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110687
- ISBN
- 9780230110687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardcover. The most influential East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times was the reading and writing of haiku. Here, contributors investigate the impact of Eastern philosophy/religion on African American writers such as Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison and offer a new field of literary inquiry. Editor(s): Hakutani, Dr Yoshinobu. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113411
- ISBN
- 9780230113411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. In an original and provocative series of readings that range across Melville's career, the contributors consider not only the sources and implications of Melville's aesthetics, but the relationship between aesthetic criticism, historical analysis, and contemporary theory. Editor(s): Sanborn, Geoffrey; Otter, Samuel. Num Pages: 271 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230113794
- ISBN
- 9780230113794
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. This book is a collection of essays on ghostly fiction by Henry James. The contributors analyze James's use of the ghost story as a subgenre and the difficult theoretical issues that James's texts pose. Editor(s): Despotopoulou, Anna; Reed, Kimberly C. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115262
- ISBN
- 9780230115262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Adapting Poe is a collection of essays that explores the way Edgar Allan Poe has been adapted over the last hundred years in film, comic art, music, and literary criticism. A major theme that pervades the study concerns the more recent re-imaginings of Poe in terms of identity construction in a postmodern era. Editor(s): Perry, Dennis R.; Sederholm, Carl H. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120860
- ISBN
- 9780230120860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Hardcover. This collection of essays sets out to challenge the dominant narrative about Victorian theatre by placing the practices and products of the Victorian theatre in relation to Victorian visual culture, through the lens of the concept of 'Ruskinian theatre', an approach to theatre which values its educative purpose as well as its aesthetic expression. Editor(s): Heinrich, Anselm; Newey, Kate; Richards, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230200593
- ISBN
- 9780230200593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. A lively collection of essays from scholars from across Europe, North America and Australia. The book ranges from Shakespeare's use of manuals on war written for the sixteenth-century English public by an English mercenary, to reflections on the ways in which Shakespeare has been represented in Nazi Germany, wartime Denmark, or cold war Romania. Editor(s): King, Professor Ros; Franssen, Paul. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205086
- ISBN
- 9780230205086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This collection asks pressing questions about how and why we study performances of Renaissance drama, challenging prevailing views and suggesting new methodologies for the field. How does an emphasis on Shakespeare limit us? What can we learn from non-traditional theatre? Why should we rethink the value of studying what happens onstage? Editor(s): Werner, Sarah. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230205307
- ISBN
- 9780230205307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The categories of authenticity and sincerity, treated sceptically since the early twentieth century, remain indispensable for the study of Romantic literature and culture. This book, focusing on authors including Wordsworth, Macpherson and Austen, highlights their complexities, showing how they can become meaningful to current critical debates. Editor(s): Milnes, Tim; Sinanan, Kerry. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230208933
- ISBN
- 9780230208933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. This balanced and innovative collection explores the relationship of Shakespeare's plays to the changing face of early modern religion, considering the connections between Shakespeare's theatre and the religious past, the religious identities of the present and the deep cultural changes that would shape the future of religion in the modern world. Editor(s): Graham, Kenneth J. E.; Collington, Philip D. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HRAX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230213098
- ISBN
- 9780230213098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Hardcover. Numerous claims have been made for a sexual Blake, from post-lapsarian pessimist to free-loving hippie. Queer Blake raises a flag for the weird, perverse, camp and gay directions of the artist's life and work. The contributors occupy diverse positions, illustrating what fresh interpretations result when heterosexuality is ditched as an ideal. Editor(s): Bruder, Helen P.; Connolly, Tristanne. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218369
- ISBN
- 9780230218369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Long confounded with a monolithic British entity or misrepresented as 'Lakers' and 'Cockneys', the diverse regional forms of 'English Romanticism' are ripe for reassessment. Ranging west of a line between the Wye at Tintern and Jane Austen's Chawton, this book offers a first reconfiguration of Romantic culture in terms of English regional identity. Editor(s): Roe, Nicholas. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223745
- ISBN
- 9780230223745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Hardcover. Featuring an internationally distinguished list of contributors, Kipling and Beyond reassesses Kipling's texts and their reception in order to explore new approaches in postcolonial studies. The collection asks why Kipling continues to be a significant cultural icon and what this legacy means in the context of today's Anglo-American globalization. Editor(s): Rooney, Caroline; Nagai, Kaori. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224469
- ISBN
- 9780230224469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. During the seventeenth century, in response to political and social upheavals such as the English Civil Wars, women produced writings in both manuscript and print. This volume represents recent scholarship that has uncovered new texts as well as introduced new paradigms to further our understanding of women's literary history during this period. Editor(s): Suzuki, Mihoko. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224605
- ISBN
- 9780230224605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.36
€ 128.36