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Paperback. This book examines the early development of the fantastic tale through the works of of the German romantics Ludwig Tieck, Achim von Arnim, and E. T. A. Hoffmann; the subsequent French rediscovery of the genre in works by Theophile Gautier and Prosper Merimee; and Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the literary form. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738606
- ISBN
- 9780804738606
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€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture (Palgrave Studies i...
Laurence Talairach-Vielmas
Hardcover. Fairy Tales, Natural History and Victorian Culture examines how literary fairy tales were informed by natural historical knowledge in the Victorian period, as well as how popular science books used fairies to explain natural history at a time when 'nature' became a much debated word. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137342393
- ISBN
- 9781137342393
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€ 149.56
€ 149.56
Paperback. This new collection of essays by major scholars in the field looks at the ways in which cross-fertilization has taken place in Gothic writing from France, Germany, Britain and America over the last 200 years, and argues that Gothic writing reflects international exchanges in theme and form. Editor(s): Zlosnik, Sue. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355297
- ISBN
- 9781349355297
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€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardcover. Uncovers the ocean-straddling energies of the poetic imagination - in modernism and the Harlem Renaissance; in post-World War II North America and the North Atlantic; and in ethnic American, postcolonial, and black British writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703442
- ISBN
- 9780226703442
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€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn, and Edgar Hun...
Brown, Charles Brockden. Ed(S): Barnard, Phil...
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: 242 x 162 x 105. Weight in Grams: 2786.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841481
- ISBN
- 9781603841481
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Condition: New
€ 173.11€ 137.76
€ 173.11
€ 137.76
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134967
- ISBN
- 9781571134967
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€ 41.99€ 40.17
€ 41.99
€ 40.17
Paperback. A collection of essays which use critical theory to reflect on issues pertaining to modern Chinese literature and culture. It addresses topics such as 20th-century literature produced in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; film, art, history, popular culture, and literary and cultural criticism and the geographies of migration and diaspora. Editor(s): Chow, Rey. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325970
- ISBN
- 9780822325970
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€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
paperback. Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude", John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; HRLK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922898
- ISBN
- 9780813922898
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Condition: New
€ 35.03
€ 35.03
Paperback. Your guest at dinner kisses you. What does it mean? Where does it lead? Does kissing necessarily imply more, and if so how much? These and similar questions of amorous ethics and erotic disquisition are central to our everyday intimate public lives and they are the lost object of the law of love, the lex amatoria collated and presented here. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBB; HBTB; JFSJ; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283118
- ISBN
- 9781349283118
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Condition: New
€ 149.32
€ 149.32
Paperback. This biography sets out to reveal the true identity of the novelist Thomas Mann. His bisexuality, obsession with preserving appearances and the deep guilt which plagued him for much of his life is exposed. These revelations are drawn from Mann's diaries and interviews with his children. Num Pages: 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747529460
- ISBN
- 9780747529460
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. Translator(s): Smith, Peter L. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495946
- ISBN
- 9780801495946
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. * An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690. * Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118652527
- ISBN
- 9781118652527
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Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Though only one of Burney's dramas as performed in her lifetime, this text places the plays in the context of performance and feminist theory, declaring that in exposing the failure of such institutions as marriage and the church, Burney's dramas often exceed her novels in their social commentary. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120225
- ISBN
- 9780813120225
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Condition: New
€ 49.46
€ 49.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716533047
- ISBN
- 9780716533047
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.85
€ 29.99
€ 24.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 151 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754658
- ISBN
- 9780838754658
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Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback. Studies the stirring literature of "Red Power," an era of Native American organizing that began in 1969 and expanded into the 1970s. This title shows instead that the movement engaged historical memory and oral tradition to produce more enabling knowledge of American Indian lives and possibilities. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342410
- ISBN
- 9780822342410
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
paperback. A translation of "Beowulf" that captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. It provides an approximation of the acoustic features - and power - of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780872208933
- ISBN
- 9780872208933
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.35
€ 18.99
€ 15.35
Hardback. Kuhns approaches Decameronfrom a variety of literary, philosophical, and historical perspectives. He argues that Decameroncontains a theory of storytelling and reveals the ways in which Decameron'scomic and sexual elements lead into philosophical debate and moral argument. Kuhns also suggests that Decameronis one of the first self-conscious creations of a "total work of art." Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 half-tone. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136082
- ISBN
- 9780231136082
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Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 51.34
€ 64.77
€ 51.34
Paperback. This study focuses on literature for girls. Written by women for children, such texts have been doubly marginalized by the critical establishment. Using 20th-century feminist critical practice, the authors open up fresh perspectives on popular fiction written for girls between 1850 and 1920. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333626733
- ISBN
- 9780333626733
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Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631644
- ISBN
- 9780815631644
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Condition: New
€ 43.15
€ 43.15
Paperback. Fanny Trollope set sail for America with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, taking with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her son Anthony, growing debts, and a husband going slowly mad from mercury poisoning. This book describes her misfortunes, and is a satirical account of a nation. Editor(s): Neville-Singleton, Pamela. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACD; 3JF; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435610
- ISBN
- 9780140435610
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.93
€ 21.99
€ 18.93
Hardcover. This book examines the jazz-influenced work of five twentieth-century African-American women poets: Sherley Anne Williams, Sonia Sanchez, Jayne Cortez, Wanda Coleman, and Harryette Mullen. Num Pages: 225 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623156
- ISBN
- 9780230623156
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Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconcilin...
Davis, Todd F., Womack, Kenneth
Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946812
- ISBN
- 9781403946812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123578
- ISBN
- 9780691123578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 50.75
€ 64.77
€ 50.75