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Hardback. This deals with the "doppelganger" as a dominant theme in the fiction of the Romantic period, and its relation to evil. It suggests that the literary double flourished when psychological and religious understandings of human dividedness were in harmony and declined when they began to grow apart. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333490242
- ISBN
- 9780333490242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Paperback. An anthology of 12 essays that illumine the historic - and evolving - relationships between the poetic and scientific imaginations. Assembling the writings of poets, essayists and thinkers, it highlights the ways in which poets use scientific and mathematical ideas to their artistic advantage. Editor(s): Brown, Kurt. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322872
- ISBN
- 9780820322872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. Analyzes medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim uses of gendered bodily imagery and metaphors of impurity in their visual and verbal polemic against one another. This book examines attitudes toward the corporeal body and its relationship to divinity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268023676
- ISBN
- 9780268023676
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.10
€ 46.99
€ 42.10
Hardcover. Translated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context. Translator(s): Richards, Jamie. Num Pages: 216 pages, 66, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409108
- ISBN
- 9781421409108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardcover. Hegemony and Fantasy in Irish Drama, 1899-1949 offers a theoretically innovative reconsideration of drama produced in the Irish Renaissance, as well as an engagement with non-canonical drama in the under-researched period 1926-1949. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230536838
- ISBN
- 9780230536838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.28
€ 67.28
Hardcover. This collection demonstrates how late-Victorian and Edwardian neurology and fiction shared common philosophical concerns and rhetorical strategies. Between 1860 and 1920 witnessed unprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists and artists, finding common ground in the prevailing intellectual climate of biological determinism. Editor(s): Stiles, Anne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 239 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSK; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230520943
- ISBN
- 9780230520943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349731091
- ISBN
- 9781349731091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns". Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141381
- ISBN
- 9780226141381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
€ 52.99
€ 41.39
paperback. At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012036
- ISBN
- 9780253012036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.52
€ 32.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137602725
- ISBN
- 9781137602725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Hardcover. This study of the construction of intellectual authority examines the impact of Thucydides's "History". It argues that Thucydides's work succeeded for two main reasons: he refined the language of administration, and drew upon the abstract philosophical rhetoric that arose in the 5th century. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780847681297
- ISBN
- 9780847681297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.35
€ 139.35
Paperback. Examining the work of the Elizabethan playwright, Robert Greene, this book argues that Greene's plays are innovative in their use of spectacle. Its most striking feature is the use of the one-to-one analogies between Greene's drama and modern cinema, in order to explore the plays' stage effects. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461707
- ISBN
- 9781349461707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. Offers the analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color and 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706705
- ISBN
- 9780292706705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. A collection of critical literary studies focusing on the relationship between literature and imperialism in an artistic, historical and cultural context. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333475256
- ISBN
- 9780333475256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Ganim, John M.; Legassie, Shayne Aaron. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341085
- ISBN
- 9781349341085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 5. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333990
- ISBN
- 9781590333990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.30€ 49.34
€ 68.30
€ 49.34
Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 906
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704861
- ISBN
- 9780804704861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Hardback. Focuses on the relationships between texts and readers, images and viewers, performance and audience during the Enlightenment in France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and North America. Exploring the effects of rococo space on religious experience, this title analyzes the transmission of texts across national and temporal boundaries. Editor(s): Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman; Ledbury, Mark. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405629
- ISBN
- 9781421405629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.54
€ 50.99
€ 43.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816650729
- ISBN
- 9780816650729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardcover. There is perhaps no other person who has been so often and obsessively featured in any writer's canon as Jamaica Kincaid's mother, Annie Drew. In this provocative new book, Daryl Dance argues that everything Kincaid has written, regardless of its apparent theme, actually relates to Kincaid's efforts to free herself from her mother. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938448
- ISBN
- 9780813938448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.99
€ 103.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349208265
- ISBN
- 9781349208265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.59
€ 77.59
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648002
- ISBN
- 9780691648002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.08
€ 195.08
Hardback. Editor(s): Kaufman, Alexander; Armstrong, Dorsey; Hughes, Shaun. F. D. Series: MIP Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures. Num Pages: 370 pages, 49 full color. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ABC; 2ACSX; CF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442190
- ISBN
- 9781580442190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.97
€ 105.97
Hardback. This text places Dickens and Wilkie Collins against such important figures as John Henry Newman and George Eliot in seeking to recover their response to the religious controversies of mid-19th-century England. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993378
- ISBN
- 9780333993378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89