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Paperback. Over the past two decades, practitioners across the West have used documentary performance-making to confront new socio-political realities. This book, now in paperback and with a new Preface, contextualizes this work, exploring historical and contemporary examples of documentary and 'verbatim' theatre and applying a range of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Forsyth, Alison; Megson, Chris. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; DSBH; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230336896
- ISBN
- 9780230336896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardback. The creative potential is inherent in transposing classic literary texts into other genres or media (operatic, dramatic) and the responsibilities, if any, govern the transposer, audience, and critic. The practice of transposition gives rise to a creative conflict. This title features essays and reviews, linked by these themes. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843819
- ISBN
- 9781934843819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.46
€ 170.46
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349225002
- ISBN
- 9781349225002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback. Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of "pure" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work--how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire, and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Editor(s): Specq, Francois; Walls, Laura Dassow; Granger, Michele. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344294
- ISBN
- 9780820344294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.76
€ 46.76
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842859
- ISBN
- 9781843842859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.68
€ 114.68
Hardback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823273133
- ISBN
- 9780823273133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AB; 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. 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
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631905
- ISBN
- 9780691631905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.96
€ 146.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349223046
- ISBN
- 9781349223046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.93
€ 193.93
Hardcover. "This volume includes interdisciplinary essays on slave narratives from the Atlantic world of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing on lesser known examples of the genre"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Aljoe, Nicole N.; Finseth, Ian Frederick. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936376
- ISBN
- 9780813936376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.63
€ 82.63
Paperback. Bringing contemporary critical theory to bear on Beowulf, the author explores the literary originality of a poem often treated as oral and traditional. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727952
- ISBN
- 9780804727952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.32
€ 29.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804718257
- ISBN
- 9780804718257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.03
€ 105.03
In her own time and ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. This work argues that More's agenda was to control the poor, to prevent them rising in revolt against Church and King. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSB; HBTB; JFSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122229
- ISBN
- 9780813122229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.96
€ 49.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matthews, David. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784383
- ISBN
- 9780933784383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.09
€ 66.09
Hardback. During the Chinese Qin-Han period, there arose a regime of textual authority - overlapping but not coinciding with imperial authority. Drawing on research, this work analyzes the early elite culture, particularly in literature and in linguistic, intellectual and institutional history. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSB; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687381
- ISBN
- 9780847687381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.61
€ 193.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Page, Professor Norman. Series: Macmillan Literary Annuals. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349065097
- ISBN
- 9781349065097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154152
- ISBN
- 9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 40.07
€ 54.99
€ 40.07
Hardback. For over two millennia, the "Cyropaedia", an imaginative biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great, was Xenophon's most popular work. This study examines the work, demonstrating its overall coherence and unity and focusing, in particular, on the notoriously difficult ending. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224049
- ISBN
- 9780520224049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55€ 45.34
€ 57.55
€ 45.34
Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, John. Series: The Review of Contemporary Fiction. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Pr
- Edition
- Summer 2003, Volume 23, No. 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564783363
- ISBN
- 9781564783363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.01
€ 11.01
hardcover. Drawing on the theories of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, this book places Dickens within the discourse circulating within his society, in particular those associated with modernity. Focusing on his novels written after 1848, his relationship to modernity can be seen in his treatment of violence. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333633892
- ISBN
- 9780333633892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardcover. This is the first scholarly study to explore the ever-expanding world of online Austen fandom and fan fiction writing. Using case studies from the Internet writing community and publisher, Wattpad, as well as dedicated fan websites, it illuminates the literary processes and products that have given Austen multiple afterlives in the digital arena. Num Pages: 148 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137401328
- ISBN
- 9781137401328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933416
- ISBN
- 9781403933416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
Hardback. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312212872
- ISBN
- 9780312212872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197416
- ISBN
- 9780631197416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardcover. By theorising the idea of 'formative tensions' between cultural Modernism and Christianity, and by in-depth case studies of James Joyce, David Jones, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, the book argues that no coherent account of Modernism can ignore the continuing impact of Christianity. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241763
- ISBN
- 9780230241763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05