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The New Pornographies. Explicit Sex in Recent French Fiction and Film....
Best, Victoria; Crowley, Martin
Hardback. Why do many of the most prominent books and films of the last decade return obsessively to the themes and imagery of pornography? Discussing many of France's most successful and scandalous contemporary writers and directors, this book is the first to address this important trend. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073984
- ISBN
- 9780719073984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.51
€ 155.51
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630595
- ISBN
- 9780691630595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609185
- ISBN
- 9780748609185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.78
€ 42.99
€ 38.78
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.55
€ 19.99
€ 7.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408865552
- ISBN
- 9781408865552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Building on recent research in medieval optics, physiology, and memory in relation to the devotional practices of the late Middle Ages, Jessica A. Boon probes the implications of an 'embodied soul' for the intellectual history of Spanish mysticism. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HRCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644281
- ISBN
- 9781442644281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.54
€ 78.54
Hardback. The author challenges the view that literary texts cannot be examined by words alone, arguing that images also play a role in the interpretation process. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728072
- ISBN
- 9780804728072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.09
€ 168.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB; DSC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632704
- ISBN
- 9780691632704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.45
€ 111.45
Paperback. Tracks the ways in which human beings were defined in contrast to supernatural and demonic creatures during the time of the Scientific Revolution. Explaining that the word 'monster' is derived from the Latin for 'omen' or 'warning', the author begins with an exploration of the monster's early identity as a portent or messenger from God. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325680
- ISBN
- 9780822325680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Challenging an enduring paradigm among linguists, this text explores the origins of plantation creole. It proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; 2ZP; CFFD; GTB; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219991
- ISBN
- 9780520219991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.04€ 49.55
€ 62.04
€ 49.55
Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447309
- ISBN
- 9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.48
€ 11.48
Paperback. A unique collection of Moliere's four greatest verse comedies in new translation: The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, The School for Wives and The Clever Women, plus two short plays, The School for Wives Criticized and The Impromptu at Versailles. Translator(s): Slater, Maya. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540181
- ISBN
- 9780199540181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Hardback. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this book argues that the operation of art-as-mirror is the key to the hidden unity of Huysmans' fiction. The author claims that only the elimination of Huysmans' stylistic distortions enabled his art finally to become faithful and clear. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138733
- ISBN
- 9780874138733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.75
€ 148.75
Paperback. Originally published in 1965, these seven essays reproduce the lectures that were delivered in Cambridge to mark the seventh centenary of the birth of Dante. Editor(s): Limentani, U. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521157872
- ISBN
- 9780521157872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.30
€ 42.30
Paperback. Composed in Latin by the Roman poet Ovid, the "Metamorphoses" presents a collection of tales of transformation based on Greek mythology and legend. This prose translation of Ovid's masterpiece in the rapid and direct American idiom aims to catch the swiftness and clarity of the Latin original. Editor(s): Simpson, Michael. Translator(s): Simpson, Michael. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558493995
- ISBN
- 9781558493995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.13
€ 37.13
paperback. In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses. Editor(s): Forey, Madeleine. Translator(s): Golding, Arthur. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology, bibliog , notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140422306
- ISBN
- 9780140422306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.71
€ 21.99
€ 16.71
Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300065534
- ISBN
- 9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.21
€ 32.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years. Phillips examines Sade's life and work: his libertine novels, his championing of atheism, and his uniqueness in bringing the body and sex back into philosophy. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804693
- ISBN
- 9780192804693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Translator(s): Palma, Michael. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642628
- ISBN
- 9780691642628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
Paperback. Translator(s): Jull Costa, Margaret. Series: Dedalus European Classics. Num Pages: 714 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 2ADP; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 44. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910213445
- ISBN
- 9781910213445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.82
€ 24.99
€ 21.82