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Hardback. Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald (1753-1821) was a leading literary figure of the late 18th century - an actress, playwright and editor of several plays and novels. This work covers her life story, but also provides a look at the society and politics of London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Num Pages: 632 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122366
- ISBN
- 9780813122366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.14
€ 91.14
Paperback. In Double Agency, Tina Chen proposes impersonation as a paradigm for teasing out the performative dimensions of Asian American literature and culture. Asian American acts of impersonation, she argues, foreground the limits of subjectivity even as they insist on the undeniable importance of subjecthood. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751865
- ISBN
- 9780804751865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardback. A study of visuality in early modern and modern China. It identifies three distinct constellations of visual concerns corresponding to the late imperial, mid-twentieth century, and contemporary periods, respectively. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031746
- ISBN
- 9780674031746
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.32
€ 50.99
€ 42.32
Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004410
- ISBN
- 9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311524
- ISBN
- 9780820311524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.20
€ 154.20
Hardback. In this text, Lillian Feder explores V.S. Naipaul's writings to deliver an analysis of her subject. She describes Naipaul's methods for discovering the truth about himself and the world he explores, and she concludes that his literature has earned a place in the upper echelons of the modern canon. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508088
- ISBN
- 9780742508088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 35.83
€ 44.99
€ 35.83
Hardcover. Agent of Empire is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325446
- ISBN
- 9780820325446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371501
- ISBN
- 9781349371501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. This book explores the literary traditions of four different cultural groups within Israeli society (Palestinians, Mizrahim, Russian-and Ethiopian-Israelis) to illustrate the diversity within a literary arena, commonly portrayed with a homogeneous narrative. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536808
- ISBN
- 9781557536808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.24
€ 80.24
Hardcover. Written to honour and extend the work of Rowan A. Greer, Walter H. Gray Professor Emeritus of Anglican Studies at Yale University Divinity School, these essays explore the connections between textual interpretation and the formation of religious identity within ancient scripture. Editor(s): Bobertz, Charles A.; Brakke, Professor David. Series: Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 1 colour illustration. BIC Classification: 3D; DSB; HRCC1; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031657
- ISBN
- 9780268031657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.73
€ 107.73
Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208466
- ISBN
- 9780226208466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.87
€ 18.99
€ 15.87
Hardcover. A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. This study of his writings deems Betjeman to be the poet of the Church of England. Series: The Making of the Christian Imagination. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582545
- ISBN
- 9781602582545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.30
€ 86.30
Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: Scotnotes. 56 pages. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers the novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies (AS
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877056
- ISBN
- 9780948877056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.29
€ 10.29
Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland, Ormond, Arthur Mervyn, and Edgar Hun...
Brown, Charles Brockden. Ed(S): Barnard, Phil...
A four-volume set that features a copy of "Arthur Mervyn: Or, Memories of the Year 1793", "Edgar Huntly: Or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker", "Wieland: Or the Transformation", and "Ormond: Or the Secret Witness". Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 1478 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 105. Weight in Grams: 2786.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841481
- ISBN
- 9781603841481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 174.68€ 136.32
€ 174.68
€ 136.32
Paperback. Offers the analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color and 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706705
- ISBN
- 9780292706705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hagen, Margareth; Skagen, Margery Vibe. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771241747
- ISBN
- 9788771241747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.58
€ 30.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. 358pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564785626
- ISBN
- 9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.00€ 4.99
€ 16.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: York Notes Companions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388. 1950 to 1990. Series: York Notes Companions. 304 pages. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 19. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408204740
- ISBN
- 9781408204740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. The Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408262
- ISBN
- 9781421408262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 54.57
€ 59.42
€ 54.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; DSB; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816651269
- ISBN
- 9780816651269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Sarah. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 201 x 27. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564785848
- ISBN
- 9781564785848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.31
€ 32.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650197
- ISBN
- 9780691650197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.78
€ 191.78
Hardback. Clearly written, this incisive critical study opens a new analytic window not only to the rhetoric of medieval Italian poetry but also to a richer understanding of one of the most important strands of medieval European culture. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223251
- ISBN
- 9780823223251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.91
€ 97.91
Hardback. In 1492, the Spanish humanist Antonio de Nebrija proclaimed that "language has always been the companion of empire." Taking as his touchstone a suggestive sonnet that Garcilaso de la Vega wrote in 1535, this work examines how the companionship of language and empire played itself out more generally in the "new poetry" of 16th-century Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240047
- ISBN
- 9780812240047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27