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Hardcover. The first detailed study on the subject of Victorian unfinished novels, this book sheds further light on novels by major authors that have been neglected by critical studies and focuses in a new way on critically acclaimed masterpieces, offering a counter-reading of the nineteenth-century literary canon. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137008176
- ISBN
- 9781137008176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This volume presents a dozen original essays by leading scholars in the fields of the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture, and early Roman imperial history, focused on Petronius' fragmentary work The Satyricon. The essays move from literary studies to cultural studies to historical studies. Editor(s): Repath, Ian D. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118451373
- ISBN
- 9781118451373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Paperback. The timeless boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in 19th-century New England, in a new edition for today's readers. Illustrator(s): White, A.B. Series: Hardscrabble Classics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 71 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874517941
- ISBN
- 9780874517941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.63
€ 16.99
€ 14.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410626
- ISBN
- 9781572410626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.23
€ 41.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Gatten, Aileen; Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603896
- ISBN
- 9780691603896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.88€ 86.38
€ 111.88
€ 86.38
Paperback. This book probes the narratives of poets who are exiled, tried or executed for their satire. It views the scapegoat as a group's dominant warrior, sent out to confront predators or besieging forces. Both poets and warriors specialize in madness and aggression and are necessary, yet dangerous, to society. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 370 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019584
- ISBN
- 9780674019584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137019
- ISBN
- 9780874137019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.47
€ 123.47
Hardback. Aimed at Potter fans and media and literature students. A critical analysis of Potter's oeuvre which looks at his status as an author and as a celebrity. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333713891
- ISBN
- 9780333713891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
hardcover. The publishers of Ulysses by James Joyce were brought to trial and convicted of obscenity in the USA in 1921. The Ulysses Trials chronicles the progress of the trials and adds not only to the understanding of Joyce but also to the history of the laws of obscenity, censorship and freedom of speech. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Signed and inscribed to Ivor. Fine in fine dust wrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0031535
- ISBN
- 9781843516682
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Hardback. It teases out the finer points of division on the public battlefields of literature and politics and the new world of contesting sexual economies. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884764
- ISBN
- 9780801884764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87
€ 74.87
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312230999
- ISBN
- 9780312230999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. aeo Provides a vital introduction to one of the centurya s major thinkers. aeo Reveals Jamesona s systematic vision of the contemporary world. aeo Represents the broad spectrum of Jamesona s work, including major seminal texts to lesser--known works. Editor(s): Hardt, Michael; Weeks, Kathi. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202707
- ISBN
- 9780631202707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Paperback / so. Series: Studien Der Bibliothek Warburg. Num Pages: 109 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663152743
- ISBN
- 9783663152743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.98
€ 70.98
Hardback. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was an influential poetry critic. This book examines his work, situating him among peers. It examines the social context of his aesthetic choices, examining events ranging from teen culture to the Cuban missile crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125949
- ISBN
- 9780231125949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.35€ 83.75
€ 108.35
€ 83.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971289
- ISBN
- 9781403971289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats, it reconsiders the place Crusoe has occupied in our culture for three centuries. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272705
- ISBN
- 9780230272705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991164
- ISBN
- 9781403991164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Paperback. This book calls attention to the pervasive but largely unacknowledged poetics of the 'Fancy' evident in poetry written during the British Romantic period. These poetics, Robinson demonstrates, are an early nineteenth-century version of what will become the visionary, experimental, open-form poetics of the twentieth-century. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349528738
- ISBN
- 9781349528738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643257
- ISBN
- 9780816643257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. This important book, now in paperback, explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Familiar ideas about epistolary fiction and personal correspondence, and public and private, are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is at the centre of Eighteenth-century life. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages. This important book, now in paperback, explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Familiar ideas about epistolary fiction and personal correspondence, and public and private, are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is at the centre of Eighteenth-century life. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 26. Weight: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249080
- ISBN
- 9780230249080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.76€ 114.64
€ 117.76
€ 114.64
Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463036
- ISBN
- 9781137463036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KIN0006153
- ISBN
- 9780801488924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "Coleridge's Writings" is a series addressed to those who wish to have a guide to his important statements on particular subjects. The General Editor is John Beer, Professor of English Literature at Cambridge, who has published various studies of Coleridge's thought and poetry. Editor(s): Beer, J. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; HRCG; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349408146
- ISBN
- 9781349408146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Hardback. Edition, translation and full critical study of a hitherto marginalised text, bringing it to full attention for the first time. Series: Anglo-Saxon Studies. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843665
- ISBN
- 9781843843665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73