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hardcover. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730907
- ISBN
- 9780804730907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.67
€ 157.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Repeater
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910924389
- ISBN
- 9781910924389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146708
- ISBN
- 9780231146708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.48
€ 81.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173290
- ISBN
- 9780691173290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Hardback. Here, Mark Knight offers an analysis of Gilbert Keith Chesterton and the influence of his late 19th- and early 20th-century fiction. Arguing that a serious analysis of the nature of evil is at the center of Chesterton's fiction, Knight provides a means of locating Chesterton's work among theological and cultural concerns of his age. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223091
- ISBN
- 9780823223091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.11
€ 95.11
Hardback. Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AN; DSBD; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272037
- ISBN
- 9781783272037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Hardback. The largest, most comprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the 20th century.The selections reflect the various literary trends and approaches to depicting reality in the 20th century: traditional realism, modernism, socialist realism, and post-modernism. Translator(s): Brougher, Valentina; Miller, Frank; Lipovetsky, Mark. Series: Cultural Syllabus. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DQ; DSBH; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235148
- ISBN
- 9781936235148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.62
€ 136.62
Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062092
- ISBN
- 9780674062092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
€ 31.99
€ 26.60
Hardback. Tracing dramatic changes in how Americans ate during the 1800s, Food and the Novel in Nineteenth-Century America argues that novelists, along with writers of cookbooks and domestic guides, helped negotiate the meaning of these changes in ways that still shape how Americans eat today. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759120945
- ISBN
- 9780759120945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004414
- ISBN
- 9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Studies in Rhetorical Epic. Series: Bristol Classical Paperbacks. 104 pages. This work considers the rules of ancient rhetoric as learned by Lucan and applied in his epic. Four themes common to poetry and to the declamatory schools (tyranny, storms, the occult and dreams) are closely analyzed in relation to the poem, and the poem is set in the context of the Neronian age. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 8. Weight: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853994883
- ISBN
- 9781853994883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405324
- ISBN
- 9781474405324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631455
- ISBN
- 9780691631455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.43
€ 136.43
Paperback. Pat Barker is one of the leading British political and historical novelists of her generation. This introduction places her fiction in historical and theoretical contexts. Including a timeline of key dates and an interview with the author, Rawlinson establishes the cultural importance of her work and provides an overview of its critical reception. Series: New British Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001800
- ISBN
- 9780230001800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.20
€ 40.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; DSB; HBG; HBTB; HBW; HBWQ; JFSK2; JFSL9; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816690602
- ISBN
- 9780816690602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677832
- ISBN
- 9780816677832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. "An introductory survey of the scientific and technological contexts of modernist writing, a central topic of contemporary modernist studies"-- Series: New Modernisms. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474233422
- ISBN
- 9781474233422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2HCBZ; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167565
- ISBN
- 9780691167565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 41.59
€ 53.29
€ 41.59
Hardback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847661336
- ISBN
- 9780847661336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.47
€ 82.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 372 pages, 29, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 187 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801448881
- ISBN
- 9780801448881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.13
€ 41.99
€ 37.13
Hardback. Mark Twain's letters for 1874 and 1875 encompass one of his most productive and rewarding periods as author, husband and father, and man of property. This is sixth volume contains 348 of his letters covering this period, all of which have been thoroughly annotated and indexed. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 957 pages, 51 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 957
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237728
- ISBN
- 9780520237728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.33€ 92.52
€ 124.33
€ 92.52
Paperback. Presents the author's account of travelling in Europe. Cast in the form of a walking tour through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy, this title includes such adventures as a voyage by raft down the Neckar and an ascent of Mount Blanc by telescope, as well as the author's attempts to study art. Num Pages: 448 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436082
- ISBN
- 9780140436082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Offers a glimpse of Mark Twain's creative process on what many critics consider the finest fiction of his later years. While the work was begun in 1897 and revised first in 1902 and then in 1908, the third version was the only manuscript titled "The Mysterious Stranger". These texts provide an opportunity to observe Mark Twain's literary struggle. Editor(s): Gibson, William M. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 37. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 493
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246959
- ISBN
- 9780520246959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Hardback. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Goetz, Sharon K.; Myrick, Leslie Diane; Hirst, Robert; Smith, Harriet E. Series: Mark Twain Papers. Num Pages: 760 pages, 21 line figures, 45 b/w photographs, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1844. The Complete and Authoritative Edition. Series: Mark Twain Papers S. 743 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Griffin, Benjamin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B.; Smith, Harriet E. "I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away - to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." This title tells his story. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 256 x 188 x 64. Weight: 1844.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 743
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267190
- ISBN
- 9780520267190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00€ 35.50
€ 45.00
€ 35.50