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Paperback. This revision of avant-garde history traces a direct line back from John Cage, pop and conceptual art to the work of Whitman, Emerson, Ruskin, Carlyle and Wordsworth, showing how the art of everyday objects, often thought to be a contemporary phenomenon, actually began as far back as 1800. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; AVA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226472539
- ISBN
- 9780226472539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. This book explores three crucial stages in Dickens' on-going voyage of discovery into what has been called the 'hidden springs' of his fiction; arguing that in three of Dickens best known novels, we witness Dickens responding to some identifiable force represented as coming from underneath the ground plan of the book in question. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110885
- ISBN
- 9780230110885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555406660
- ISBN
- 9781555406660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.55
€ 78.55
Paperback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479849
- ISBN
- 9781349479849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623009
- ISBN
- 9780691623009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Hardcover. Presents the systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century. This book tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and more. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118943328
- ISBN
- 9781118943328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.74
€ 89.74
Paperback. This book explores the publishing and reading practices formed and changed by the First World War. From an exploration of British and Australian trench journals to the impact of war on the literary figures of the home front, the essays provide new information about the production, circulation and reception of reading matter during this time. Editor(s): Hammond, M.; Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352876
- ISBN
- 9781349352876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102815
- ISBN
- 9781585102815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of the world's first major work of literary criticism is based on James Hutton's acclaimed translation. The text and explanatory and glossarial notes represent the work of the accomplished Hellenists James Hutton and Michelle Editor(s): Gorman, David; Zerba, Michelle. Translator(s): Hutton, James. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393938869
- ISBN
- 9780393938869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
hardcover. Downtown Canada is a collection of essays that addresses Canada as an urban place. The contributors focus their attention on the writing of Canada's cities and call attention to the centrality of the city in Canadian literature. Editor(s): Edwards, Justin D.; Ivison, Douglas. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087201
- ISBN
- 9780802087201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.88
€ 80.88
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134769
- ISBN
- 9781571134769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.54
€ 40.99
€ 38.54
Paperback. Aims to reconstruct the colonial imagination of the eighteenth century. By exploring representations of peoples and cultures subjected to colonial discourse, the author makes a case for the agency - or the capacity to resist domination - of those oppressed. He reveals the development of anticolonial consciousness prior to the nineteenth century. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSA; DSBD; DSBF; HBTQ; HBTR; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323150
- ISBN
- 9780822323150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.02
€ 41.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. This volume focuses on the publisher's series as a cultural formation - a material artifact and component of cultural hierarchies. Contributors engage with archival research, cultural theory, literary and bibliometric analysis (amongst a range of other approaches) to contextualize the publisher's series in terms of its cultural and economic work. Editor(s): Fraser, Robert; Hammond, Mary. Num Pages: 218 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210332
- ISBN
- 9780230210332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In a climate of anxiety about boys and reading, this book addresses the gendering of English Studies, drawing on recent research on masculinity. In drawing together the study of text and narrative with insight into the experience of the classroom, this book will be of value to both teachers and students of English Studies. Editor(s): Knights, B. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349281091
- ISBN
- 9781349281091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 645.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780801485480
- ISBN
- 9780801485480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 54 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; DSB; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870335488
- ISBN
- 9780870335488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Num Pages: 249 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813117645
- ISBN
- 9780813117645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.46
€ 49.46
hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838753781
- ISBN
- 9780838753781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.37
€ 120.37
Paperback. Suitable for those working on gay and lesbian studies, American literature and culture, and twentieth century history, this book analyses texts produced by American gay men and lesbians in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326977
- ISBN
- 9780822326977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.63
€ 33.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For the first time, Melero examines these instances of portrayed motherhood as a discursive space in the political, cultural, and literary context of early twentieth century Mexico. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514615
- ISBN
- 9781137514615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. Tells the story of Nabokov's life that continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. He found that supporting himself and his family was not easy - until the astonishing success of Lolita catapulted him to world fame and financial security. Num Pages: 800 pages, 59 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 804
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024714
- ISBN
- 9780691024714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. A study of post-Vietnam American literature and culture focusing on narratives of bodily trauma evident in a wide range of texts by and about other white men. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112932
- ISBN
- 9780231112932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.76
€ 36.99
€ 27.76
hardcover. Bringing together memory theory, medieval cognition of images, and the English Corpus Christ drama in an innovative way, this study argues that the relationship of frames or backgrounds to the image has been misunderstood in the study of drama. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603219
- ISBN
- 9780230603219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Paperback. This book explores Mansfield's idiosyncratic aesthetic by focusing on her position as an outsider in Britain: a New Zealander, a woman writer, a Fuavist, and eventually a consumptive. Her sharp edged fiction is discussed in relation to her involvement with Post-Impressionist painting and painters. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333618783
- ISBN
- 9780333618783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76