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Hardcover. Alasdair Gray is the first American study of this important Scottish novelist's work, and the first comprehensive study of his novels to appear anywhere. It encompasses the full range of Gray's career, from Lanark to Mavis Belfrage. Num Pages: 187 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 0. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754146
- ISBN
- 9780838754146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.14
€ 117.14
Hardback. This book argues that the outskirts of cities have become spaces for a new literature beyond boundaries of traditional notions of nation, class, and gender. Includes discussions of Booker Prize winners Roddy Doyle and James Kelman. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602854
- ISBN
- 9780230602854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075408
- ISBN
- 9781906075408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.55
€ 16.99
€ 15.55
Hardcover. Presents the textual source of several of the extant manuscripts in the "Chronicle" tradition (including MSS B, C, D and E), and shows the contribution of Abingdon Abbey to its development. Editor(s): Conner, Patrick W. Series: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Num Pages: 140 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; CFL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Edition
- A collaborative ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859914666
- ISBN
- 9780859914666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.87
€ 132.87
Paperback. Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130330
- ISBN
- 9780691130330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
paperback. Bringing cognitive methodologies to the analysis of Chicano/a fiction for the first time, this book maps ethics of "persistence" and "transformation" in the fiction of Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Denise Chavez, Rolando Hinojosa, Arturo Islas, John Rechy, Alfredo Vea, and Helena Maria Viramontes Series: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743977
- ISBN
- 9780292743977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655788
- ISBN
- 9780333655788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Paperback. This volume asserts that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American literary voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. The book provides evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920672
- ISBN
- 9780813920672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.31
€ 42.31
Hardback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312211622
- ISBN
- 9780312211622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardback. Drawn from a series of lectures that Wm Theodore de Bary delivered in honor of the Chinese philosopher Tang Junyi, this book presents a unique synthesis of essay and debate concerning the future of Chinese education and the potential political uses of Confucianism in the contemporary world. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DSB; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141208
- ISBN
- 9780231141208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.08
€ 79.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966261
- ISBN
- 9781403966261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Edmund Spenser examines the entire canon of Spenser's work and the social and intellectual environments in which it was produced. It explores technical matters of style, language, and metre, the poet's use of sources and subtexts, and the reception of his work amongst editors, critics, writers, and visual artists. Editor(s): McCabe, Richard A. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 852 pages, 23 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709671
- ISBN
- 9780198709671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.77
€ 81.77
Hardback. Analyzes the master of the hard-boiled novel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810817500
- ISBN
- 9780810817500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Challenges the conventional critical reading of the American poetic project as an engagement with or reaction against Emersonian thought. Rowe demonstrates how ideals of individualism, intellectualism, and otherworldiness inevitably undermine any political effectiveness that a writer may seek to achieve. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058940
- ISBN
- 9780231058940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.88€ 86.38
€ 111.88
€ 86.38
Paperback. This fascinating book, now available in paperback, examines Robert Louis Stevenson's writings -- including key works such as including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island - in the context of late-Victorian evolutionist thought, arguing that an interest in 'primitive' life is at the heart of his work. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2006 ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230323
- ISBN
- 9780230230323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503131
- ISBN
- 9781349503131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
The Secrets of Generation. Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century...
. Ed(S): Stephanson, Raymond; Wagner, Darren
Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century. Num Pages: 544 pages. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646964
- ISBN
- 9781442646964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.18
€ 96.18
hardcover. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731843
- ISBN
- 9780804731843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403993366
- ISBN
- 9781403993366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
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
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Encompassing feminism, masculinities and queer theory, and drawing on film, literature, language, creative writing and digital technologies, these essays, from scholars experienced in teaching gender theory in university English programmes, offer inventive and student-focused strategies for teaching gender in the twenty-first century classroom. Editor(s): Tolan, Fiona; Ferrebe, Dr. Alice. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230252523
- ISBN
- 9780230252523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. Now in paperback: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the best-selling book-length poem selected for the Best American Poetry annual in both 1999 and 2000. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 187 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306810732
- ISBN
- 9780306810732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.49
€ 23.49
Paperback. "Joyce and the G-Men" explores Hoover's suspicions that James Joyce was a Communist. In his FBI file, Culleton tracks the evidence of the FBI's surveillance of Joyce to show the culture of the FBI under Hoover and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349386420
- ISBN
- 9781349386420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.76€ 64.47
€ 64.76
€ 64.47