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Hardback. In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher, scholar, and former administrator. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JNK; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115223
ISBN
9780231115223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.35
€ 46.42

Literature, Religion, and the Evolution of Culture, 1660-1780 analyzes the texts and contexts of several major and minor authors, including Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Olaudah Equiano, Maria De Fleury, Lord George Gordon, Nathaniel Lancaster, Henry Sacheverell, Tobias Smollett, and Edward Synge. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 233 x 37. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405162
ISBN
9781421405162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.69

Paperback. In this tetxt, Clive Bloom offers a radical and controversial guide to the possibilities for intellectual life, popular culture, literary production and political authority in multi-cultural Britain in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333778333
ISBN
9780333778333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheen, Erica; Hutson, Lorna. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333983997
ISBN
9780333983997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardcover. In this text, Clive Bloom offers a radical and controversial guide to the possibilities for intellectual life, popular culture, literary production and political authority in multi-cultural Britain in 2000 and beyond. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333778326
ISBN
9780333778326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.96

Hardback. "Literature, Money and the Market" takes a fresh look at both the representation of money in English literature and the economic situation of writers. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971352
ISBN
9780333971352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBTB; JPA; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137593146
ISBN
9781137593146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.24

Paperback. Offers a reading of the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. This study focuses on the thematic preoccupations that emerged from writers' immersion in and resistance to the Second World War. It includes a detailed and theoretically informed case studies of canonical writers such as Bowen, Orwell, Greene and Waugh. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627455
ISBN
9780748627455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.39

Hardback. This new study rereads the literary response to a decade of trauma and transformation. Instead of separating the 1940s into before and after the war, it focuses on the entire decade and the themes which emerged from writers' involvement in and resistance to, the conflict. It examines popular and middlebrow writers, as well as literary authors. Series: Edinburgh History of Twentieth-century Literature in Britain. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 B+W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627448
ISBN
9780748627448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.86
€ 107.24

Hardback. While the exploration of outer space and cyberspace may now seem limitless, some planners and designers are reconsidering the importance of place. This book furthers this movement by retrieving some common threads of attachment to place in works by John Steinbeck, Willa Cather, Henry James, Robert Frost, Wallace Stegner, Jane Jacobs, and others. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925004
ISBN
9780813925004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.34

Hardcover. Some of the most incisive writers on the subject rethink the relationship between Britain, England and English literary culture. It is premised on the importance of devolution, the uncertainty of the British union, the place of English Literature within the union, and the need for England to become a self-determining literary nation. Editor(s): Gardiner, Michael; Westall, Claire. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137035233
ISBN
9781137035233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. How can one make state administrative systems interesting, embody an abstract public ethos and give heroism to homogeneity? The discipline of literature and bureaucracy dismisses Weber's 'neurocrat'. Milton, Trollope and Hare are case studies on implementing the 'what if' visions literature explored during a period of great change in public service Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137287410
ISBN
9781137287410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Hardback. Advances in astronomy such as the theories of Copernicus and the development of the telescope sparked a strong response within Early Modern literature. The essays in this collection show this discourse went on to develop a political context to discuss topics like New World exploration and even kingship and regicide, well into the 18th century. Editor(s): Hayden, Judy A. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPCB; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2090
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137583451
ISBN
9781137583451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.67

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647272
ISBN
9780691647272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 283.14

Hardback. The work of a master critic writing at the peak of his powers, this magisterial book draws on speech act theory, as it originated with J. L. Austin and was further developed by Paul de Man and Jacques Derrida, to investigate the many dimensions of doing things with words in James's fiction. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 32. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225378
ISBN
9780823225378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.07

Hardcover. Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities. Editor(s): Ameel, Lieven; Finch, Jason; Salmela, Markku. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137492876
ISBN
9781137492876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638256
ISBN
9780691638256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.55

Hardcover. Editor(s): Watson, Greg; Zyngier, Sonia. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403987990
ISBN
9781403987990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Otis, Laura. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199554652
ISBN
9780199554652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. This text places Dickens and Wilkie Collins against such important figures as John Henry Newman and George Eliot in seeking to recover their response to the religious controversies of mid-19th-century England. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993378
ISBN
9780333993378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.12

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