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Hardback. This collection offers a critical reexamination of the development and current status of comparative literature studies that engage the literary practices of both China and the West. In so doing, it attempts to refashion literary methodologies and cultural theories in Chinese studies. Editor(s): Zhang, Yingjin. Num Pages: 324 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731867
- ISBN
- 9780804731867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.47
€ 192.47
Paperback. Republication of the pioneering classic study of modern Chinese fiction. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 43. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213112
- ISBN
- 9780253213112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. Quintus Ennius, often considered the father of Roman poetry, is best remembered for his epic poem, the Annals, a history of Rome from Aeneas until his own lifetime. This book represents an important bridge between Homer's works in Greek and Vergil's Aeneid. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411293
- ISBN
- 9781421411293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 65.28
€ 71.34
€ 65.28
Paperback. Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 color, 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222524
- ISBN
- 9780812222524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.64
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 658 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 658
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691652023
- ISBN
- 9780691652023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 335.33
€ 335.33
New Alliances In Joyce Studies: When Its Aped to Foul a Dephian
Scott, Bonnie K.. Ed(S): Scott, Bonnie K.
hardcover. "Essays .. initially presented in less formal versions as independent papers .. at the James Joyce Conference, held in Philadelphia in June 1985"--Introd. Editor(s): Scott, Bonnie K. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874133288
- ISBN
- 9780874133288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.57
€ 131.57
Paperback. In the 18th century, critics of capitalism denounced the growth of luxury and effeminacy; supporters applauded the increase of refinement and the improved status of women. This study explores the way the association of commerce and femininity permeated cultural production. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333777329
- ISBN
- 9780333777329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
Hardcover. Drawing from recent research that seeks to expand our understanding of modernism, this volume offers practical pedagogical approaches for teaching modernist literature and culture in the twenty-first century classroom. Editor(s): Hinnov, Emily M.; Rosenblum, Lauren; Harris, Laurel. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274908
- ISBN
- 9781137274908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Knieps, Gunter; Brunekreeft, Gert. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Physica-Verlag HD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790815351
- ISBN
- 9783790815351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.77
€ 105.77
Hardback. An attempt to illuminate Virginia Woolf's aesthetic by providing an original thoery regarding her use of the random frames provided by life. Her novels are shown to use windows, thresholds, mirrors and, less directly, rooms to frame scenes which chart the border between life and art. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333448809
- ISBN
- 9780333448809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.98
€ 126.98
paperback. Although the book is scholarly in approach, its plain and lively style, its original theories and its new treatment of Dickens' female characters ensures its accessibility and appeal to the general reader as well as to the specialist student. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349085521
- ISBN
- 9781349085521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969897
- ISBN
- 9781403969897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardback. Novels by Proust, Woolf, and Nabokov have been read as expressions of a desire to transcend time. Hagglund gives them another reading entirely: fear of time and death is generated by investment in temporal life. Engaging with Freud and Lacan, he opens a new way of reading the dramas of desire as they are staged in both philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPCF7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Sew
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066328
- ISBN
- 9780674066328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15€ 59.18
€ 64.15
€ 59.18
Paperback. This work brings together a group of leading experts from Canada, the United States and Europe to examine the reception of Plato's "Timaeus" throughout history, as well as its impact on major intellectual and cultural traditions. Editor(s): Reydams-Schils, Gretchen J. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038724
- ISBN
- 9780268038724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. Using the work of Rene Girard and Jacques Lacan, Mahon develops a new theoretical framework for reading the dynamic interplay of textuality, sexuality, violence, politics, reciprocity and the body in key literary and cinematic texts that engage with the period of political and social unrest in Northern Ireland known as the 'Troubles' (1968-1998). Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke, UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576438
- ISBN
- 9780230576438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
Coloniality of Diasporas: Rethinking Intra-Colonial Migrations in a Pa...
Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel
Hardcover. Focusing on piracy in the seventeenth century, filibustering in the nineteenth century, intracolonial migrations in the 1930s, metropolitan racializations in the 1950s and 1960s, and feminist redefinitions of creolization and sexile from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book redefines the Caribbean beyond the postcolonial debate. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 2ADF; 2ADS; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413062
- ISBN
- 9781137413062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469307
- ISBN
- 9781349469307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. This study demonstrates how the insights afforded us by chaos theory can be applied to the analysis of narrative structure and meaning. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539321
- ISBN
- 9781349539321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Romanticism and Pleasure (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
Schmid, Thomas H., Faubert, Michelle
Hardcover. In this text nine scholars discuss the aesthetics, culture, and science of pleasure in the Romantic period. Richard Sha, Denise Gigante, and Anya Taylor, among others, make a timely contribution to recent debates about issues of pleasure, taste, and appetite by looking anew at the work of figures such as Byron, Coleridge, and Austen. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102637
- ISBN
- 9780230102637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Argues for the necessity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. The essays in this collection argue for recognition of the persistently indistinct nature of humans, who cannot be finally divided ontologically or epistemologically from other forms of matter. Editor(s): Feerick, Jean E.; Nardizzi, Vin. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340473
- ISBN
- 9780230340473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Paperback. Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. The author explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. She discusses about objects and attributes that test our perceptions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271347
- ISBN
- 9780226271347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Reveals details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs. Featured here are the outlines of all of Burroughs's major novels, along with descriptions of how they were each written, and their respective sources of inspiration. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280304
- ISBN
- 9780803280304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. This book looks at the post-Holocaust experience with emphasis on aspects of its impact on popular culture. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372614
- ISBN
- 9781349372614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
hardcover. Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid", Lucan's "Civil War", and Statius' "Thebaid" addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226111872
- ISBN
- 9780226111872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 55.72
€ 65.40
€ 55.72