Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. This criticism on American horror fiction 1798-1983 offers critical and theoretical perspectives. Each essay deals with a major figure in the genre from Gothic to modern feminist reworkings and aims to illustrate the fact that modern theory can usefully be applied to any text or genre. Editor(s): Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSK; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333461297
- ISBN
- 9780333461297
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Condition: New
€ 62.88
€ 62.88
Paperback. Hardy wrote his life in secret for publication after his death as an official biography. However, it was much altered by Florence Emily Hartley. Millgate has retrieved the text of "The Life and Work of Thomas Hardy" and presents it here as it stood at the time of Hardy's final revision. Editor(s): Millgate, Michael. Num Pages: 604 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333461679
- ISBN
- 9780333461679
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardback. One of series of three volumes providing a critical assessment of the actual achievement of this university professor, who became the first President of Czechoslovakia. This volume gives a critical survey of some of the major issues of Masaryk's life, concentrating on the years after 1914. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333462478
- ISBN
- 9780333462478
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Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
Paperback. This book provides an introductory perspective on its subject together with detailed studies of the major non-Shakespearean tragedies. It assumes that the central and most disturbing insights of the plays were expressed in terms of the thought patterns of the time. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333463659
- ISBN
- 9780333463659
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Condition: New
€ 69.03
€ 69.03
Political Censorship of the Arts and the Press in Nineteenth-Century E...
Professor Robert Justin Goldstein
Hardback. An account of attempts by authorities throughout Europe to stifle the growth of political opposition during the 19th century by censoring newspapers, books, caricatures, plays, operas and film. Circulation of opposition writing and art is examined. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; A; HBJD; HBLL; JP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333463857
- ISBN
- 9780333463857
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Condition: New
€ 185.51
€ 185.51
Hardback. A study of Wharton's work which discusses her novels and travel books according to their specific geography or landscape rather than the date of composition. Emphasis is placed on Wharton's concern with America's place in the Western world and women's place in European society. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333464298
- ISBN
- 9780333464298
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Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Hardback. Based on extensive archival research in South Africa and drawing on the most recent scholarship, this book is an original and lucid exposition of the ideological, political and administrative origins of Apartheid. It will add substantially to the understanding of contemporary South Africa. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJG; HBJH; HBLW; HBTB; JPH; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333464618
- ISBN
- 9780333464618
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Condition: New
€ 121.75
€ 121.75
Paperback. An attempt to analyze employment in Britain in which the author examines developments in the labour market since the war and assesses the contribution of national policy and ideology. Various forecasts of job prospects and analysis of employment and consumption trends are offered. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333464892
- ISBN
- 9780333464892
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Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. The impact of student protest on French society and government in the 1960s is examined in this socio-historical study. It analyzes the far-reaching consequences of rebellion on trade unionism, the government and the arts. Editor(s): Hanley, D. L.; Kerr, Pat. Series: University of Reading European & International Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333466988
- ISBN
- 9780333466988
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Condition: New
€ 68.03
€ 68.03
Hardback. This study of Victorian literature and culture begins with the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her proclamation as Empress of India in 1877. It is a time of growing national self-confidence and of industrial, scientific and literary achievements, yet also an age marked by uncertainty. Num Pages: 561 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 862.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 561
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333468111
- ISBN
- 9780333468111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.82
€ 187.82
Hardback. The work of a number of prominent British researchers has been brought together in this collection which focuses on the connections between politics, social aspirations and economics in explaining why the Bolsheviks were able to seize control and establish a communist regime. Editor(s): Service, Robert. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333469101
- ISBN
- 9780333469101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.29
€ 121.29
Hardback. In this study, Erik Levi explores the ambiguous relationship between music and politics during one of the darkest periods of recent cultural history. Utilizing material drawn from contemporary documents, journals and newspapers, he traces the place of music in the Third Reich. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333471166
- ISBN
- 9780333471166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.22
€ 185.22
Hardback. This book examines six plays by Shakespeare ("Love's Labour's Lost", "Hamlet", "As You Like It", "Twelfth Night", "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest") as dramatizations of the Renaissance Court in its developing history. Series: Contemporary Interpretations of Shakespeare S. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 505.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333474358
- ISBN
- 9780333474358
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Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
Hardback. Examines the impact of the 19th century "occult revival" on the history and literature of the Victorian women's movement. It explores the Victorian myth of occult womanhood and argues that the notion of female occult power was influenced by the advent of mesmerism, spiritualism and theosophy. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HRQX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482025
- ISBN
- 9780333482025
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Condition: New
€ 184.83
€ 184.83
Paperback. In focusing on four major wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1947 to 1979, all of them ending in agreed ceasefires, truces, or armistices, this book concentrates on the external efforts after each war to help resolve the conflict. Num Pages: 522 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1QFM; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 804.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482261
- ISBN
- 9780333482261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardcover. Deals with the foreign policy of the former Soviet Union, Russia and South Asia. The book is a multi-dimensional analysis of Soviet-American rivalry, and Soviet determination to expand in the direction of South Asia and the Gulf. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1FB; 1FKP; 3JJP; HBT; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482278
- ISBN
- 9780333482278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.80
€ 122.80
Paperback. Part of a series, this collection contains essays delivered as papers, which focus on 18th-century British culture. Other titles in the series, by various authors, include "The Crisis in Historical Materialism", "The Freudian Subject" and "Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics and Cinema". Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482889
- ISBN
- 9780333482889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.03
€ 69.03
Economy and Society in Russia and the Soviet Union, 1860-1930
. Ed(S): Edmondson, Linda Harriet; Waldron, P...
Hardback. These essays explore themes in the economic and social history of Russia and the Soviet Union during the critical period between 1860 and 1930. The book covers developments in agriculture, industry, trade, economic theory and defence policy and the social impact of revolution. Editor(s): Edmondson, Linda Harriet; Waldron, Peter. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333484524
- ISBN
- 9780333484524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.31
€ 186.31
Paperback. This study has been revised to include new finds about the composition dates of several Mozart works. A new bibliography and a collation with the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe edition of letters, edited by O.E.Deutsch, W.A.Bauer and J.H.Eibl: Baerenreiter, 1962-75 is also included. Editor(s): Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Anderson, Emily; Sadie, Stanley; Smart, Fiona. Num Pages: 1089 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; AVGC4; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1369.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 1089
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485453
- ISBN
- 9780333485453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.63
€ 128.63
Hardback. This study aims to trace Swift's literary career in the context of his life, his times and his intellectual background, thus providing the reader with an historical basis for his works. The emphasis is on factual information as opposed to critical analysis. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; BG; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485842
- ISBN
- 9780333485842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.55
€ 184.55
Hardcover. This text provides a detailed account of the attitudes of leading communists, including Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Gorky, Gramsci, Lukacs, Mao Zedong and John Maclean, towards education and culture during the first 100 years of the communist movement. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JNA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333485866
- ISBN
- 9780333485866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
hardcover. From seminar papers given at Warwick University on English and Italian Renaissance theatre, these essays examine repertoire, exploring English theatre within the context of Italian theatrical modes. The authors have also written "War, Literature and the Arts in 16th Century Europe". Editor(s): Mulryne, Professor J. R.; Shrewring, Margaret (Lecturer in Theatre Studies and Course Director, University of Warw ick). Series: Warwick studies in the European humanities. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DST; 3H; 3JB; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9780333485880
- ISBN
- 9780333485880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.88
€ 122.88
Paperback. This series of books offers accounts of the literary careers of widely read British and Irish authors. Volumes follow the outline of the writers' working lives tracing the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This book is about the Irish author James Joyce. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333487372
- ISBN
- 9780333487372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Hardback. A critical survey of English language novelists of the Commonwealth from 1960 to the present day. It contains comparative essays on such topics as indigenous novelists, post-modernism, feminist novelists, the novel as national epic and regionalism in the post-modern era. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFC; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333487402
- ISBN
- 9780333487402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.91
€ 184.91