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Paperback. The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction to this vital and contested field of humanistic enquiry. Comprises 35 original essays written by leading figures in the field Includes contributions from pioneers in the field such as Wayne C. Booth, Seymour Chatman, J. Editor(s): Phelan, James; Rabinowitz, Peter J. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 940.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405184380
- ISBN
- 9781405184380
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Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Paperback. Draws on the freedom suit as recorded in the press and court documents to offer a critically and historically engaged understanding of the freedom celebrated in the literary and cultural histories of transatlantic abolitionism. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794562
- ISBN
- 9780814794562
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935492
- ISBN
- 9780813935492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.10
€ 83.10
Paperback. Series: Contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349196838
- ISBN
- 9781349196838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.50
€ 48.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718516
- ISBN
- 9780804718516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.99
€ 70.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636597
- ISBN
- 9780691636597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.81
€ 133.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 28. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331874
- ISBN
- 9781568331874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.15
€ 31.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. In "The Sappho History" Margaret Reynolds traces the story of the reception of Sappho's poetry and her afterlife in literature and art from the mid-18th century. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333971703
- ISBN
- 9780333971703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.09
€ 68.09
Paperback. For better or worse, representations abound of Native Americans as a people with an innate and special connection to the earth. This study looks at the challenges faced by Native American writers who confront stereotypical representations as they assert their own ethical relationship with the earth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330594
- ISBN
- 9780820330594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.79
€ 37.79
Hardback. Storytellers have long been agents of socialization. This text traces the evolution of female characters in young adult fiction from their passive role in books published prior to the 20th century to their increasingly assertive role in books published in the latter part of the 20th century. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, footnotes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842908
- ISBN
- 9780810842908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Hardback. Tracks the nation/South juxtaposition in US literature from the founding to the turn of the twentieth century, through genres including travel writing, gothic and romance novels, geography textbooks, transcendentalist prose, and abolitionist address. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674024281
- ISBN
- 9780674024281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.12€ 50.15
€ 54.12
€ 50.15
Paperback. Translator(s): Kisacky, Julia. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256788
- ISBN
- 9780226256788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. World War I brought to women the death of loved ones and the revolutionary knowledge that they could be munitions workers, ambulance drivers, police and spies. During this time they wrote - letters, poetry, novels, short stories and memoirs. This volume looks at women's writing during the period. Editor(s): Goldman, Dorothy. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333513101
- ISBN
- 9780333513101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Presenting seven works from the Elizabethan age including Dekker's "Lantern and Candle-light" and Rid's "Art of Juggling", this book discusses these and other Elizabethan "protonovels" and assesses their influence on writers such as Shakespeare. Illustrator(s): Lawrence, John. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- n Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237188
- ISBN
- 9780870237188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.95
€ 34.95
Paperback. Students of English literature rarely receive instruction in versification (theory or practice) at either the undergraduate or the graduate level. After an introduction and discussion of basic principles, this title includes a chapter to quantitative verse (Latin), syllabic or isosyllabic verse (French), and accentual verse (Old English/Germanic). Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268026035
- ISBN
- 9780268026035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555974893
- ISBN
- 9781555974893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.27
€ 15.99
€ 14.27
Hardcover. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551169
- ISBN
- 9780230551169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572560
- ISBN
- 9780230572560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403902122
- ISBN
- 9781403902122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226146188
- ISBN
- 9780226146188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230002654
- ISBN
- 9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Mikhail, E. H. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1972
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349013326
- ISBN
- 9781349013326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0024930
- ISBN
- 9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
paperback. Moving away from territorially-bound narratives toward a more kinetic conceptualization of identity, this book represents the first analysis of the politics of American identity within the fiction and memoirs of Isabel Allende. Craig offers a radical transformation of societal frameworks through revised notions of place, temporality, and space. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349464623
- ISBN
- 9781349464623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.52
€ 126.52