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Hardcover. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China's literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulation of writing. Editor(s): Zeitlin, Judith T.; Liu, Lydia H. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 620 pages, 94 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010987
- ISBN
- 9780674010987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.13€ 54.35
€ 60.13
€ 54.35
Paperback. Examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that argue for the localization of British literary history. This title challenges chronologies of literary history that emphasize cultural rupture and view the 'Renaissance' as a sharp break from England's medieval past. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022099
- ISBN
- 9780268022099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.85
€ 37.99
€ 33.85
Paperback. From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163699
- ISBN
- 9781405163699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Hardcover. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293007
- ISBN
- 9780230293007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893655
- ISBN
- 9788772893655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.26€ 51.90
€ 67.26
€ 51.90
Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103518
- ISBN
- 9780226103518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.66
€ 27.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450398
- ISBN
- 9781349450398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.15
€ 62.15
Paperback. Euripides' "Bakkhai" is the staple of the canon of Greek tragedy, as its structure and thematics offer exemplary models of the classic tragic elements. The plot centres around the actions of Pentheus, King of Thebes, who refused to recognize the god Dionysus or permit Thebans to worship him. Translator(s): Segal, Charles; Gibbons, Reginald. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 143.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195125986
- ISBN
- 9780195125986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23
Paperback. This Commentary takes critical account of recent writing on the Odes. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation, and shows how Horace combined the tact of a court-poet with a humane individualism, and how he wrote within a literary tradition without losing a highly personal voice. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199288748
- ISBN
- 9780199288748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.28
€ 102.28
hardcover. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSR; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491241
- ISBN
- 9781611491241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.86
€ 137.86
Paperback. Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352012
- ISBN
- 9781349352012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.53
€ 61.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143128465
- ISBN
- 9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.29
€ 19.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF3; HPN; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048147281
- ISBN
- 9789048147281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Paperback. Editor(s): McGlathery, James M. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061912
- ISBN
- 9780252061912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
hardcover. "Essays .. originally presented at a conference on Chinese literary criticism held in St. Croix, Virgin Islands in December 1970." Editor(s): Rickett, W. Allyn. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630748
- ISBN
- 9780691630748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.43
€ 136.43
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KSS0000121
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Through an analysis of a wide range of commercial and amateur recordings, this book describes how and why poetry was recorded in the U.S., from the 1930's through the mid-century performances of poets such as Dylan Thomas and Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288151
- ISBN
- 9781349288151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. This collection brings together important new scholarship focused on J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and its institutional presence in shaping and directing American print, film, and art culture. Editor(s): Culleton, Claire A.; Leick, Karen. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230601352
- ISBN
- 9780230601352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. Investigates the history, values, rituals, and shared consciousness that created whiteness in the United States, as well as the representations that sustain its influence on both cultural and literary vision. This title formulates an understanding of whiteness by tracing its literary and cultural evolution. Num Pages: 227 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814713129
- ISBN
- 9780814713129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847661336
- ISBN
- 9780847661336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.14
€ 83.14
Hardcover. In Readings of Trauma, Madness, and the Body, Anderson explores how Modernist fiction narratives by Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds, and H.D. represent trauma, specifically addressing the conflict between speaking about and repressing traumatic memories, while also considering how authors' understandings of gender influence their depictions. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030054
- ISBN
- 9781137030054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349048250
- ISBN
- 9781349048250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
hardcover. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 colour illustrations, 1 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 2BXF; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9783319404684
- ISBN
- 9783319404684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.40
€ 109.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349049981
- ISBN
- 9781349049981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36