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Paperback. By systematically linking eighteenth-century European writing to the colonial history of India, The Stillbirth of Capital argues that the Enlightenment's vision of empire calls our own historical and theoretical paradigms into question, especially our premise that capitalism is the basis of modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775236
- ISBN
- 9780804775236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Paperback. A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444732658
- ISBN
- 9781444732658
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349220168
- ISBN
- 9781349220168
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Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Paperback. A study of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy to media representations of so-called minority groups, from the relationship between realist fiction and history to post-modern constructions of ethnicity. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554580644
- ISBN
- 9781554580644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.41
€ 54.41
Paperback. A collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine the various contexts - political, social, and cultural - that have shaped the study of Canadian literature and the role it plays in our understanding of the Canadian nation-state. Editor(s): Kamboureli, Smaro; Zacharias, Robert. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554583652
- ISBN
- 9781554583652
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.54
€ 45.99
€ 44.54
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Grantvedt, Eric. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 127 x 76 x 11. Weight in Grams: 75.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pelican Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565548473
- ISBN
- 9781565548473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.64
€ 8.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Ole Langwitz. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 69 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893846
- ISBN
- 9788772893846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.28
€ 8.28
Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.41
€ 35.99
€ 32.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349268405
- ISBN
- 9781349268405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.35
€ 185.35
Hardback. In this collection of 12 essays on the writings of Bram Stoker, the authors aim to show how he blended the Gothic with discourses on politics, sexuality, medicine and national identity. The text includes an introduction which analyzes how Stoker's writings have been received this century. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333720462
- ISBN
- 9780333720462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.23
€ 186.23
Paperback. This book provides three categories of investigation: 1) The Typology and Context of the Greco-Roman Banquet, 2) Who Was at the Greco-Roman Banquets, and 3) The Culture of Reclining. Together these studies establish festive meals as an essential lens into social formation in the Greco-Roman world. Editor(s): Taussig, Hal. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434039
- ISBN
- 9781349434039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 154.53
€ 154.53
Hardcover. Series: Works of Tobias Smollett S. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820310107
- ISBN
- 9780820310107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.79€ 102.72
€ 113.79
€ 102.72
Paperback. This edition of Smollett's classic features a comprehensive introduction, exhaustive textual editing, and detailed notes that cite passages from Smollett's non-fictional works and the works of his contemporaries to analyse the mass of allusions and references in the novel. Illustrator(s): Cruikshank, George; Rowlandson, Thomas. Series: Works of Tobias Smollett S. Num Pages: 544 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820315379
- ISBN
- 9780820315379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 49.84
€ 53.36
€ 49.84
Hardcover. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2B; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Anthem Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857285119
- ISBN
- 9780857285119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.32
€ 136.32
Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876162
- ISBN
- 9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
At the Limits of Memory: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World ...
Society For Francophone Postcolonial Studies ...
Hardcover. Internationally renowned academics look at memories of slavery in the Francophone world, reflecting upon contemporary commemorative practices that relate to the history of slavery and the slave trade, and questioning how they function in relationship to other, less memorialized histories of exploitation, such as indentured and forced labour. Editor(s): Frith, Nicola; Hodgson, Kate. Series: Francophone Postcolonial Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381595
- ISBN
- 9781781381595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.82
€ 138.82
Hardback. In selected twentieth- and twenty-first-century texts, ranging from Plath to Roth, Ahlberg reads contemporary narratives, particularly "transatlantic literature", as it imagines and navigates today's virtual spaces. Ultimately, Ahlberg's argument empowers the reader to reimagine a future for narrative in the Information Age. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137479211
- ISBN
- 9781137479211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192570
- ISBN
- 9781845192570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.90
€ 126.90
paperback. Argues that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780930
- ISBN
- 9780814780930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.68
€ 36.99
€ 33.68
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688874
- ISBN
- 9780856688874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151948
- ISBN
- 9780231151948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86€ 49.95
€ 63.86
€ 49.95
Jupiter Hammon and the Biblical Beginnings of African-American Literat...
Sondra; American Theological Library Associat...
Hardback. "Not often does a literary analysis offer clarification and insight of prevailing historical analysis. But that is precisely what O'Neale's analysis does.. " -Cynthia Hamilton, Director, African and Afro-American Studies, University of Rhode Island Series: ATLA Monograph Series. Num Pages: 305 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810824799
- ISBN
- 9780810824799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.75
€ 139.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729198
- ISBN
- 9781560729198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.53€ 48.52
€ 61.53
€ 48.52
Hardcover. Drawing from a variety of historical sources, theory, and fictional and non-fictional production, this book addresses the cultural imaginary of domestic servants in modern Brazil and demonstrates maids' symbolic centrality to shifting notions of servitude, subordination, femininity, and domesticity. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; DSB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353795
- ISBN
- 9781137353795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03