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Literary studies: general

Paperback. In this engaging new study, Claire White reveals how representations of work and leisure became the vehicle for anxieties and fantasies about class and alienation, affecting, in turn, the ways in which writers and artists understood their own cultural work. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349476411
ISBN
9781349476411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Paperback. Brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the years. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038373
ISBN
9780268038373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Paperback. Explores apparently inconsequential objects in popular Victorian texts to make contact with their fugitive meanings. Developing an innovative approach to analyzing nineteenth-century fiction, this title reconnects the things readers unwittingly ignore to the stories they tell. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226261638
ISBN
9780226261638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

paperback. "Slow violence" from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. The author focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism. Num Pages: 370 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
GLD
Condition
New
SKU
9780674072343
ISBN
9780674072343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.06

Hardcover. This new book situates Beckett in a philosophical and literary tradition that has argued for the creative value of stupidity, a key concept in the thinking of philosophers such as Wittgenstein. It investigates the relationship between verbal cliche, revealing the strategies he used to challenge intellectual and social authority in his works. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008335
ISBN
9780230008335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 76 x 107 x 6. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101245
ISBN
9781585101245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.23

Paperback. This book examines the ways in which usury was perceived and portrayed as it rose to popularity in Renaissance England, taking into account the works of key literary figures of this period, including Milton and Shakespeare. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349379781
ISBN
9781349379781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815606864
ISBN
9780815606864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.20

Hardcover. Drawing on Kepler's correspondence and manuscripts, this book reveals that the style of Kepler's magnum opus, "Astronomia nova" (1609), has been traditionally misinterpreted. Kepler laid forth the first two of his three laws of planetary motion in this work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691007380
ISBN
9780691007380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.33
€ 93.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 269.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559361392
ISBN
9781559361392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. This fascinating new book offers a detailed account of the prolific debate about the sensation novel and considers the genre's dialogues with a number of sciences. Well-known and obscure sensation novels are read against this context in order to recover the forgotten history of sensual reading the genre inspired. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349301027
ISBN
9781349301027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.38

Paperback. Series: Literary Research: Strategies and Sources. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 194 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810852099
ISBN
9780810852099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780143128465
ISBN
9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801440441
ISBN
9780801440441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.18

Paperback. Series: Physica-Lehrbuch. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Physica-Verlag HD
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790810004
ISBN
9783790810004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.92

Hardback. While the imperatives of the postmodern eventually gave order to this chaos, Wilkens explains that the same forces are again at work in today's fracturing literary market. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420875
ISBN
9781421420875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821408537
ISBN
9780821408537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.21

Hardback. Provides fresh insights into both famous and little-known episodes in Thomas Mann's life and into his writing - the only realm in which he ever felt free. This book shows how love, death, religion, and politics were not merely themes in "Buddenbrooks", "The Magic Mountain", and other works, but were woven into the fabric of his existence. Translator(s): Willson, Leslie. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070698
ISBN
9780691070698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.62

Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137588494
ISBN
9781137588494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

Hardcover. This collection looks at the growing rapprochement between contemporary theory and early modern English literary-cultural studies. With sections on posthumanism and cognitive science, political theology, and rematerialism and performance, the essays incorporate recent theoretical inquiries into new readings of early modern texts. Editor(s): Aston, E.; Cefalu, Paul; Reynolds, Bryan. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230235496
ISBN
9780230235496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

Paperback. Reveals the literary world of Japanese-occupied Manchuria (Manchukuo, 1932-45). This book examines the lives, careers, and literary legacies of seven prolific Chinese women writers during the occupation. It is suitable for those who study the history of East Asia, imperialism, and women. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813365
ISBN
9780774813365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650616
ISBN
9780691650616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.87

Hardback. Covering a wide range of authors, among them Carlyle, Tennyson, Browning, Clare, Mary Shelley and Disraeli, Cronin brings light and order to one of the murkiest quarters in recent British literary history. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333966167
ISBN
9780333966167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976468
ISBN
9781403976468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.77

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