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Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824831110
- ISBN
- 9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.39
€ 85.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353898
- ISBN
- 9780822353898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. The incomplete autobiography of the writer and poet Louis MacNeice, contemporary and friend of Auden, Spender and Day Lewis. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Very good copy with some minor shelf wear, minor edge wear to cover and spine, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KKD0012350
- ISBN
- 9780571118328
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later Middle Ages and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, Six black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; DSBB; DSBD; HBLC1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780199571840
- ISBN
- 9780199571840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.47
€ 198.47
Hardcover. Examines the literature produced from the very beginnings of what became the GDR through the 1950s, redressing a tendency of literary scholarship to focus on the literature of the later GDR. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139535
- ISBN
- 9781571139535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Hardback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231232
- ISBN
- 9780823231232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.34
€ 86.34
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091796341
- ISBN
- 9780091796341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.80
€ 14.80
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637211
- ISBN
- 9780691637211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardcover. Text in French, with introd. and notes in English. Series: French Texts. Num Pages: 111 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 123. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 111
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631004806
- ISBN
- 9780631004806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.84
€ 25.84
Paperback. Shows how, at age twenty-eight, Dostoevsky illustrated the workings of emotional addiction that became the scholarly focus of practitioners of mental health. This book provides an example of what psychologists today call codependency. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807201
- ISBN
- 9780875807201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. The author breaks with old critical commonplaces that contrast Fielding's "masculinity" with Samuel Richardson's "feminine" sensibilities. She argues that a preoccupation with the tenuousness of gendered identity appears throughout Fielding's writings, and that Fielding shared that preoccupation with his contemporaries. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723916
- ISBN
- 9780804723916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.38
€ 170.38
Hardback. Offers a narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. This title reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. Num Pages: 608 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141350
- ISBN
- 9780691141350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.00
€ 53.29
€ 42.00
Paperback. Written to entertain, the short informal hsiao-p'in essays reflect the growing individualism in the late 15th century Ming period that evoked censorship in later eras. This unique anthology of 70 of the genre includes English and Chinese language references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, Translator(s): Yang, Ye. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780295977331
- ISBN
- 9780295977331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Poet, novelist, sometime member of Mademoiselle de Montpensier's circle and correspondent of the Mercure Galant, Cantenac was notorious in his own time but has only recently become a subject of serious study. This book contains seventeen poetic "satyres" together with various other poems. Editor(s): Clin-Lelande, A. M. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896917
- ISBN
- 9780859896917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.62
€ 39.62
Hardback. Shirane and Suzuki examine how the Japanese canon of "classics" (The Tale of Genji, The Tale of the Heike, Noh drama, Saikaku, Chikamatsu, and Basho) was constructed as part of the creation of Japan as a modern nation-state and as a result of Western influence. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo; Suzuki, Tomi. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739900
- ISBN
- 9780804739900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.65
€ 161.65
paperback. Provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past" that illustrates the four great literary genres of China: the classics, prose, poetry, and the literature of entertainment. This book combines personal insights with innovative historical accounts in a genre-based approach that aims to move beyond the typical chronology of dynasties. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213655
- ISBN
- 9780253213655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Hardback. Collects together 37 of Fred Robinson's essays and three new articles, on the literary interpretation of "Beowulf", the background and value of Ezra Pound's translation of "The Seafarer", and an account of the use of Old English in 20th-century literary composition. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173281
- ISBN
- 9780631173281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.13
€ 126.13
Paperback. Series: Library of Medieval Women. 216 pages, black & white illustrations. Collection of letters and texts offering guidance for nuns, and including selections from Abelard's letters to Heloise. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HRCV; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Dimension: 143 x 195 x 13. Weight: 266. Translator(s): Morton, Vera; Wogan-Browne, Jocelyn.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842958
- ISBN
- 9781843842958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.54
€ 26.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. Not only a meditation on Proust, this is a commentary on how the experience of literature is manifested in time and sensation. Kristeva uses Proust as a starting point to reflect upon broader notions of character, time, sensation, metaphor, and history. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102513
- ISBN
- 9780231102513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; GBC; HP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824443413
- ISBN
- 9783824443413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.93
€ 47.93
paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415573153
- ISBN
- 9780415573153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Presents an account of the various editions of "Utopia", whether vernacular or Latin, printed before 1650, together with a transcription of the prefatory materials they contain. This book is suitable for specialists in early modern cultural history and history of the book, and to graduate students working in these fields. Editor(s): Cave, Terence. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 2. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077302
- ISBN
- 9780719077302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 162.99
€ 162.99
Paperback. Terence's Phormio , based on a Greek original by Apollodorus of Carystus, was produced towards the end of his short dramatic career in 161 BC. With its lively action, based on the traditional elements of love, deception and mistaken identity, the play provides an ideal introduction to the genre of New Comedy. Editor(s): Maltby, Robert. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686078
- ISBN
- 9780856686078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.01
€ 39.01
Paperback. This autobiography follows Paul Watkins's early life and schooling at the Dragon School, Eton and Yale. Born in 1963, Watkins is the author of "The Promise of Light" and "Night Over Day Over Night", which were both nominated for the Booker Prize. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571171576
- ISBN
- 9780571171576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.78
€ 8.78