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paperback. This volume traces Langston Hughes' life from his birth in Missouri in 1902 to the winter of 1941. Portraying his association with a range of political activists, patrons and artists, Arnold Rampersad offers a sweeping panorama of culture and history in the early 20th-century. Num Pages: 528 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195146424
- ISBN
- 9780195146424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97
€ 50.97
Hardback. This is an attempt to answer Michel Foucault's question, "What is an author?" It examines the relationship between personal identity, and the public's perception of the 'author' via the reception of written texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723008
- ISBN
- 9780804723008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.56
€ 100.56
Hardcover. Analyzes the political, theological and social dimensions of speech as depicted in late medieval English lyric poetry. Series: Syracuse Uni: Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632733
- ISBN
- 9780815632733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.04
€ 40.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520041523
- ISBN
- 9780520041523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
This book examines debates regarding gendered interpretation of persuasive rhetoric in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The book traces ideological changes concerning women's positions in early modern English romances written and inspired by Sir Philip Sidney, and it analyzes these texts in light of contemporary political discourse. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494181
- ISBN
- 9781611494181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.37
€ 120.37
Hardcover. Combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. The author shows that this tension informs our efforts to coexist ethically and politically, an experience of sharing and separation that informs any decision. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 colour plates, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HPN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226717777
- ISBN
- 9780226717777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.71
€ 54.99
€ 42.71
paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349129287
- ISBN
- 9781349129287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.32
€ 121.32
Paperback. This title presents an array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms since ancient times, without overt persecution. Editor(s): Vanita, Ruth; Kidwai, Saleem. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2B; DQ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293246
- ISBN
- 9780312293246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.49
€ 112.49
Paperback. Contains the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 15-16 November 1982. Num Pages: 172 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788774925682
- ISBN
- 9788774925682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.05
€ 26.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club . Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655429
- ISBN
- 9780470655429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.30
€ 48.30
paperback. Series: The Beckett Manuscript Project. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 170. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472534231
- ISBN
- 9781472534231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.20
€ 46.99
€ 39.20
hardcover. An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381199
- ISBN
- 9781781381199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.05
€ 51.05
Paperback. A quick fix of fiction in this age of speed and technology. Translator(s): Dahl Buchanan, Rhona. Series: Secret Weavers Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; CJB; DCF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893996915
- ISBN
- 9781893996915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.30
€ 17.30
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135568
- ISBN
- 9781571135568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
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
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633213
- ISBN
- 9780691633213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 appendixes, index. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803284395
- ISBN
- 9780803284395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.74
€ 71.74
Paperback. A collection of poems in memory of the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856463419
- ISBN
- 9780856463419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123578
- ISBN
- 9780691123578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 51.18
€ 65.36
€ 51.18
Paperback. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253204493
- ISBN
- 9780253204493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.00
€ 38.99
€ 35.00
Hardcover. Revives the classical strategies of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoricians and adapts them to the needs of contemporary writers and speakers. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 182 x 19. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780205175482
- ISBN
- 9780205175482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.40
€ 194.40
hardcover. This book explores the emergence of the English novel during the early 1700s as a preeminent form of popular education at a time when educators were defining a new kind of "modern" English citizenship for both men and women. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 29. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804729789
- ISBN
- 9780804729789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illus. Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Peter E. Randall Publisher United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914339472
- ISBN
- 9780914339472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.03
€ 17.03
Hardback. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. Translator(s): Hunter, Richard. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235601
- ISBN
- 9780520235601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.66
€ 84.37
€ 64.66