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Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475745
- ISBN
- 9780226475745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardcover. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methods entailed in the idea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events. Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112520
- ISBN
- 9780230112520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 601.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349066513
- ISBN
- 9781349066513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.04
€ 195.04
Paperback. Race, Ethnicity and Publishing in America considers American minority literatures from the perspective of print culture. Putting in dialogue European and American scholars and spanning the slavery era through the early 21st century, they draw on approaches from library history, literary history and textual studies. Editor(s): Cottenet, C. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349482658
- ISBN
- 9781349482658
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Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. An event of rare literary distinction, this book records the conjunction between two distinguished American poets, illuminating not only their work and their connection but also the deep strain of pantheistic mysticism in the American tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714150
- ISBN
- 9780804714150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardcover. This book investigates how selves are represented and reconstructed in selected auto/biographies in African literary discourse and examines how this relates to issues of identity, nation and history. Editor(s): Hove, Muchativugwa; Masemola, Kgomotso. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340320
- ISBN
- 9781137340320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. This book is a broad and original reading of the poetry of John Clare (1793-1864), focusing on his literary borrowings, his cultural commentary and his obsession with posterity. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355273
- ISBN
- 9781349355273
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn, and Edgar Hun...
Brown, Charles Brockden. Ed(S): Barnard, Phil...
Paperback. A four-volume set that features a copy of "Arthur Mervyn: Or, Memories of the Year 1793", "Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker", "Wieland: Or the Transformation", and "Ormond: Or the Secret Witness". Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 1478 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 86. Weight in Grams: 2290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841474
- ISBN
- 9781603841474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94€ 55.42
€ 65.94
€ 55.42
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 1856 verse-novel is based on Margaret Reynolds' variorum edition, which the British Academy awarded the 1993 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize and which is reprinted here by special arrangement with the Ohio University Press. Editor(s): Reynolds, Margaret. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393962987
- ISBN
- 9780393962987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.69
€ 18.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Translator(s): Bussey, Carvel De. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 163 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; BGH; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 302 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929497945
- ISBN
- 9780929497945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.73
€ 20.99
€ 20.73
Hardcover. Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity. Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook. 250 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bradley, Laura; Leeder, Karen. Brecht's activities in the GDR, the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy, and creative responses in the GDR and after. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; GBCY; JFC. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134929
- ISBN
- 9781571134929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. Examines the effect that the rise of the welfare state had on American modernism during the 1930s and 1940s and, conversely, what difference modernism made to the New Deal's famed invention of "Big Government." Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325628
- ISBN
- 9780822325628
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
paperback. A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to "Orientalism and Modernism", investigates the ways in which three modernist poets received Chinese artistic notions and assimilated them into their literary masterpieces. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; ACBP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921761
- ISBN
- 9780813921761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. This book explores new critical ground by addressing the intersection of two contentious concepts, postfeminism and Gothic. This collection of original and exciting essays examines a number of Gothic texts, from Anne Radcliffe's romances to modern horror films, in conjunction with diverse postfeminist theories, from backlash to postmodern feminism. Editor(s): Brabon, Benjamin A.; Genz, Stephanie. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282128
- ISBN
- 9781349282128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCX; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488764
- ISBN
- 9780801488764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.25
€ 35.99
€ 33.25
Original in conception and powerful in scope, Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry remains one of the most important books on early Greek, Hellenistic and Roman poetry in a generation. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Michigan Classical Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979971310
- ISBN
- 9780979971310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.39
€ 27.39
Editor(s): McCarthy, Patrick A.; Tiessen, Paul. Num Pages: 216 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120027
- ISBN
- 9780813120027
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Condition: New
€ 49.51
€ 49.51
Hardback. Examines the role of familial relationships in nineteenth-century English literature Num Pages: 276 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754597
- ISBN
- 9780838754597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.02
€ 132.02
Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, poets and architects, designers and critics, teachers and thinkers are rediscovering the virtues of the previous century's energetic cultural constellation. This book teases out the contradictions inherent in modernism's commitment to badness. Editor(s): Mao, Douglas; Walkowitz, Rebecca L. Num Pages: 376 pages, 41 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337973
- ISBN
- 9780822337973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Previously out of print, Shelley's long poem explores issues of sexuality, revolution, art, and the nature of love. Editor(s): Nersessian, Anahid. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811946
- ISBN
- 9781554811946
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.04
€ 38.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044569
- ISBN
- 9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. Traces the emergence of Woolf's art and thought against Bloomsbury's public thinking about Europe's future in a period marked by two world wars and rising threats of totalitarianism. This book explores Virginia Woolf's narrative journey from her first novel, "The Voyage Out", through her last, "Between the Acts". Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134446
- ISBN
- 9780231134446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.35€ 83.54
€ 108.35
€ 83.54
Paperback. This biography draws from a variety of sources including Hardy's published writings, biographies of Hardy and his contemporaries, correspondence of friends and acquaintances, Emma Hardy's diaries, and unpublished letters between Emma, Thomas and Florence. Num Pages: 438 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 32. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Great Britain
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333625200
- ISBN
- 9780333625200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
Hardcover. As one of Egyptian theater's leading contemporary playwrights, Alfred Farag has had a profound influence on shaping Arabic drama and Egyptian cultural politics. This book chronicles Farag's career and offers a critical perspective on his creative output and the condition of Egyptian theater in the 1970s through the 1990s. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631637
- ISBN
- 9780815631637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82