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Paperback. Examines a diverse set of poems, plays, and chronicles produced in Cheshire and its vicinity from the 1190s to the 1650s that argue for the localization of British literary history. This title challenges chronologies of literary history that emphasize cultural rupture and view the 'Renaissance' as a sharp break from England's medieval past. Series: Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022099
- ISBN
- 9780268022099
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. This book is a collection of essays about the invention-and disappearance-of the 'Semites' and the lingering effects, both institutional and theologico-political, of this invention. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HR; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 330. Weight in Grams: 218.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756952
- ISBN
- 9780804756952
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558-1680
. Ed(S): Harris, Johanna; Scott-Baumann, Eliz...
Hardback. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing. Editor(s): Harris, Johanna; Scott-Baumann, Elizabeth. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228641
- ISBN
- 9780230228641
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Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424156
- ISBN
- 9780226424156
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.08
€ 31.99
€ 25.08
Hardcover. The Landscapes of the Sublime examines the place of the 'natural sublime' in the cultural history of the eighteenth century and Romantic period. Drawing on a range of scholarship and historical sources, it offers a fresh perspective on the different species of the 'natural sublime' encountered by British and European travellers and explorers. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137332172
- ISBN
- 9781137332172
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Harriet Martineau and the Irish Question features periodical articles that chart the course of economic and social progress in post-famine Ireland in terms of industry, public works, economy, and agriculture. Editor(s): Logan, Deborah. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 1DD; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460964
- ISBN
- 9781611460964
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Condition: New
€ 161.18
€ 161.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, x, 178 p. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226104591
- ISBN
- 9780226104591
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.81
€ 32.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. The second volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages, 28 b/w plates (12pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780006388890
- ISBN
- 9780006388890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 5.70
€ 13.99
€ 5.70
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602684
- ISBN
- 9780691602684
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Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.70
€ 53.00
€ 42.70
Paperback. Investigates narrative strategies in James Joyce's stories in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in the individual narratives and in the cumulative text, context serving as a portal of entry into the narrative(s). Benstock is the author of "Narrative Con/texts in 'Ulysses'." Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349131273
- ISBN
- 9781349131273
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Condition: New
€ 60.01
€ 60.01
Hardcover. This work considers Coleridge's relationship to his near contemporary, Friedrich Schiller. Combining close readings with historical research, this book challenges readers to rethink the radical potential of idealist aesthetics. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333749364
- ISBN
- 9780333749364
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629764
- ISBN
- 9780815629764
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Condition: New
€ 27.45
€ 27.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874137491
- ISBN
- 9780874137491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.47
€ 123.47
Hardback. This text presents an advanced introduction to the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, focusing on the concepts of carnival, dialogism and historicism. It examines the impact of the historical context in the Soviet Union and to the importance of his own dialogic mode of discourse. Series: Contributions to the Study of World Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSA; DSBH; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295263
- ISBN
- 9780313295263
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Condition: New
€ 72.44
€ 72.44
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426734
- ISBN
- 9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. Shari Stone-Mediatore brings together the theoretical perspectives of Hannah Arendt and post-colonial theory to develop a "post positivist" account of narrative which can form the basis for a progressive feminist politics. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295677
- ISBN
- 9780312295677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.34
€ 53.37
€ 46.34
Paperback. This biography offers a sympathetic and nuanced view of Shelley's tumultuous life, personality, and poetry. Num Pages: 736 pages, 39, 39 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1238.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888618
- ISBN
- 9780801888618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.29
€ 71.29
Hardback. Her book is a history of the literary act, a history of words, a history of ideas and works-monuments rather than documents-that calls into question modern concepts of literature. Translator(s): Preisig, Sara L. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403038
- ISBN
- 9781421403038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.31€ 63.08
€ 68.31
€ 63.08
Hardcover. Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert,presents a celebration and analysis ofthe Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjowall and Wahloo's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACS; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303690
- ISBN
- 9780230303690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
hardcover. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823217328
- ISBN
- 9780823217328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403971951
- ISBN
- 9781403971951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785105
- ISBN
- 9780804785105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. "Colour'd Shadows" interprets nineteenth-century British women writers' works in connection with the material contexts of writing, printing, and publishing, and the book illustrates methods of "reading" the material book for what it reveals about the meanings of the literary work that it embodies. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; HBJD1; HBL; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529483
- ISBN
- 9781349529483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
paperback. A collection of important scholarly articles on the Roman poet Lucretius, whose philosophical epic, the De Rerum Natura or On the Nature of the Universe (c.55 BC), seeks to convince its readers of the validity of the rationalist theories of Epicurus. An Introduction contextualizes the essays, and all Greek and Latin is translated. Editor(s): Gale, Monica R. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199260355
- ISBN
- 9780199260355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.79
€ 91.79