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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139656
- ISBN
- 9780231139656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663000396
- ISBN
- 9783663000396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
hardcover. These stories introduce an emerging generation of women writers, including Chen Ran, Bikwan Wong and Chen Xue. By presenting fiction from the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the collection deliberately maps the literary contours of same-sex intimacy in cultural rather than purely political terms. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; DSBH; GTB; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511378
- ISBN
- 9780742511378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.80
€ 174.80
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522530
- ISBN
- 9780333522530
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Condition: New
€ 183.37
€ 183.37
Hardcover. Contemporary Asylum Narratives marks a transition from traditional modes of diasporic belonging to the need for identifications that encompass the statelessness of refugees and asylum seekers. This book explores representations of asylum seekers and refugees in twenty-first century literature, film and theatre. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299055
- ISBN
- 9781137299055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403918246
- ISBN
- 9781403918246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Hardback. Renowned as a poet and critic, Arnold will be celebrated now as a letter writer. This volume begins in 1829 with an account of the Arnold children by their father, and closes in 1859, when already a poet and literary critic, Matthew Arnold returned to England after several months in Europe. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916514
- ISBN
- 9780813916514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.24
€ 115.24
Hardback. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096742
- ISBN
- 9780691096742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.26
€ 110.26
Paperback. Editor(s): De Bolla, Peter; Leask, Nigel; Simpson, D. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349514755
- ISBN
- 9781349514755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Hardback. Contains 338 letters that document the first two years of the author's loving marriage to Olivia L Langdon. This title recounts a tumultuous time: a growing international fame, the birth of a sickly first child, and the near-fatal illness of his wife. Editor(s): Frank, Michael B.; Salamo, Lin. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 850 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203600
- ISBN
- 9780520203600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.45€ 93.78
€ 124.45
€ 93.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135988
- ISBN
- 9781571135988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.43
€ 91.43
Hardcover. The literary 'middle ground', once dismissed by academia as insignificant, is the site of powerful anxieties about cultural authority that continue to this day. In short, the middlebrow matters. These essays examine the prejudices and aspirations at work in the 'battle of the brows', and show that cultural value is always relative and situational. Editor(s): Brown, Erica; Grover, Mary. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298361
- ISBN
- 9780230298361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.39
€ 64.39
Hardcover. This book examines periodical production in the context of post-revolutionary Ireland, employing the unique lens of genre theory in detailed comparisons between Irish, English, Welsh, and Scottish magazines. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; GBCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605510
- ISBN
- 9780230605510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. A reassessment of the historic relation between money and the state through the lens of early modern English literature, Coinage and State Formation examines the political implications of the monetary form in light of material and visual properties of coins as well as the persistence of both intrinsic and extrinsic theories of value. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110236
- ISBN
- 9780230110236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.19
€ 64.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, 461 colour & 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626728
- ISBN
- 9783837626728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.47€ 57.05
€ 73.47
€ 57.05
Paperback. New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for research. A re-examination of the nature of prose fiction in English and its study from the Renaissance to the 21st century, it will become required reading for teachers and students of the novel and its history. Editor(s): Parrinder, Patrick; Nash, A.; Wilson, N. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439461
- ISBN
- 9781349439461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. Professor Richards's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). Editor(s): Richards, John F. Num Pages: 195 pages, p. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2BXF; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780906094143
- ISBN
- 9780906094143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.04€ 75.05
€ 77.04
€ 75.05
Hardback. Argues for the connection between British poet and painter William Blake's marginalia and the role that often multivalent symbols like pens, writers, readers, and books played in his art. This book shows that the marginalia represent important evidence of Blake-as-reader experiencing the typographical features of books. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911090
- ISBN
- 9781575911090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.92
€ 110.92
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. The author challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized worlds of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789699
- ISBN
- 9780226789699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. This lively study provides an account of the 'fall and rise' of the English nation within the British discipline of English Literature between the late eighteenth century and the present day, offering a reconceptualisation of the relationship between English Literature and the formation of English cultural identity. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340019
- ISBN
- 9781349340019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. Thisis a series of meditations on the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing by one of the major voices in modern French poetry. Translator(s): Waldro, Rosmarie; Waldrop, Rosmarie. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726849
- ISBN
- 9780804726849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.17
€ 25.99
€ 24.17
paperback. Editor(s): Acheson, James. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349227648
- ISBN
- 9781349227648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.39
€ 184.39
Hardback. The volume begins with an introductory essay on the origins of British humour in the Middle Ages. Chapters then examine British literary humour during particular centuries. Each chapter begins with an overview of humour during that time period followed by entries for individual authors. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313297069
- ISBN
- 9780313297069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.73
€ 79.73
Hardback. A collection of theoretical essays arguing that theorists of modernity must reckon with the medieval, which is not, as some have asserted, completely separate or different from the modern. Editor(s): Cole, Andrew; Smith, D. Vance. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346524
- ISBN
- 9780822346524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28