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Paperback. Following the vicissitudes of friendship between the sexes in some of England's key writers, the author traces a history of idioms for today's friendships--their vulnerability, limits, and potential for change. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725910
ISBN
9780804725910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Exploring how the concept of the imagination is figured in the principal texts of English Romanticism, this text argues that this figuring is an ideological activity that reveals a deep social and political investment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728621
ISBN
9780804728621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. Revealing the series of closet dramas written by Byron and Shelley to be deeply embedded in contemporary radical culture, the author explains why the dramas were written and why they invoke and apparently oppose textual and theatrical versions of themselves. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730952
ISBN
9780804730952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

Hardback. This work chronicles the narrative transformation of accident from a philosophical dead end to an astonishing occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735568
ISBN
9780804735568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.23

Paperback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736503
ISBN
9780804736503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. The precipitous cliffs, rolling headlands and rocky inlets of the Big Sur coast of California were alive for Robinson Jeffers, and throughout his long career as a poet, he extolled their wild beauty. This text is a collection of Morley Baer's photographs with Jeffers' poetry. Editor(s): Karman, James. Num Pages: 176 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 6300 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804739429
ISBN
9780804739429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.53
€ 69.98

Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive study of antebellum depictions of the non-European world. Harvey proposes that U.S. cultural history cannot be fully understood without considering how Americans regarded tropical America, the Holy Land, Polynesia, and Africa. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804740456
ISBN
9780804740456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.23

Paperback. Between Nations argues for a cross-cultural, cross-national approach to the history of the British Isles, making its case by tracing the heterogeneous influences on texts of three early modern English authors - Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marvell. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741842
ISBN
9780804741842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Paperback. The author reads four 18th-century satiric novels-Joseph Andrews, A Sentimental Journey, Humphrey Clinker, and Cecilia -"from below," exploring how the gentle authors' experiences of the poor shape the novels both thematically and formally. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
[ ed.
SKU
V9780804741897
ISBN
9780804741897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.86

Hardback. In Double Agency, Tina Chen proposes impersonation as a paradigm for teasing out the performative dimensions of Asian American literature and culture. Asian American acts of impersonation, she argues, foreground the limits of subjectivity even as they insist on the undeniable importance of subjecthood. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751858
ISBN
9780804751858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.85

Hardback. In the most comprehensive and nuanced account of the subject currently available, Hayes examines the relationship of translation theory to its intellectual and social context and the role of translators in creating a new understanding of cultural otherness. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759441
ISBN
9780804759441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.22

Paperback. This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; 2GDCC; JHB; LAFC; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761659
ISBN
9780804761659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Romanticism and the Rise of English provides a revisionary account of Romantic literature in light of the eighteenth-century transformation of the English language. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804773621
ISBN
9780804773621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 77 x 77 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811209953
ISBN
9780811209953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.45

Paperback. The novels of Paul Auster have captured the imagination of readers and the admiration of many critics of contemporary literature. In Beyond the Red Notebook, the first book devoted to the works of Auster, an international group of scholars provide a rich and insightful examination of Auster's writings. Editor(s): Barone, Dennis. Series: Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215564
ISBN
9780812215564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216196
ISBN
9780812216196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. A study of William Bartram's "Travels", Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia", and J Hector St John de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer" that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBJK; WN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812216868
ISBN
9780812216868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. The antebellum period has long been identified with the belated emergence of a truly national literature. Restoring a political dimension to accounts of the economic grounds of antebellum literature, this book presents the arguments and struggles that produced an American "culture of reprinting" and held it in place for two crucial decades. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780812219951
ISBN
9780812219951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers-including some 2,500 personal letters-Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222487
ISBN
9780812222487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Theater historian Jody Enders brings a dozen of the funniest French farces to contemporary English speaking audiences for the first time. This performance-friendly collection includes background information about the plays for medievalists, theater practitioners, and classic comedy lovers alike. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222517
ISBN
9780812222517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.14

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