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Hardcover. This book fills a lacuna in the intellectual history of the seventeenth century by investigating the role that skepticism plays in the declining prestige of memory. It argues that Shakespeare and Donne revolutionize the art of memory, thanks to their skepticism, and thereby transform literary strategies like mimesis, exemplarity, and pastoral. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600287
- ISBN
- 9780230600287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
A wide-ranging and elegantly written study of how nineteenth-century culture thought about, and thought with, the idea of originality. It reveals how plagiarism was not only a theoretical concern of Victorian commentators on literature, but also provided a creative resource for many important writers including Eliot, Dickens, Pater, and Wilde. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199296507
- ISBN
- 9780199296507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.08
€ 120.08
Hardcover. Works and Impact. Series: European Studies in North American Literature and Culture. 374 pages, 3, 3 black and white. Editor(s): Gruber, Eva. A comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the work of one of the foremost Native North American writers and his reception and influence. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 162 x 239 x 35. Weight: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134356
- ISBN
- 9781571134356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
Paperback. Race and Identity in D. H. Lawrence is a wide-ranging examination of Lawrence's adoption and adaptation of stereotypes about minorities, with a focus on three particular 'racial' groups. This book explores societal attitudes in England, Europe, and the United States and Lawrence's utilization of cultural norms to explore his own identity. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485581
- ISBN
- 9781349485581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Paperback. Series: Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481772
- ISBN
- 9780801481772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 40.99
€ 44.99
€ 40.99
Paperback. Based on a study of more than 350 narratives, this text explores literary and cinematic representations of American Indian captivity. The roles the captivity narrative has played in Western religious writings, theological claims, narrative strategies and reading practices are also examined here. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, facsim. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APFA; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916071
- ISBN
- 9780813916071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.87
€ 40.87
Hardcover. Romantic Dharma maps the emergence of Buddhism into European consciousness during the first half of the nineteenth century, probes the shared ethical and intellectual commitments embedded in Buddhist and Romantic thought, and proposes potential ways by which those insights translate into contemporary critical and pedagogical practices. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; DSBF; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105454
- ISBN
- 9780230105454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628548
- ISBN
- 9783837628548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.90
€ 50.99
€ 36.90
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1243.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663120759
- ISBN
- 9783663120759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.04
€ 106.04
Paperback. A critical study of the work of contemporary American novelist Don DeLillo, which includes the comments of rock critics, syndicated columnists and scholars of American literature. It contains an expanded "Rolling Stone" interview with the author and extracts from his novels. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822311447
- ISBN
- 9780822311447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. This book examines how the concept of the poet as a male professional emerged during the Restoration and eighteenth century. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349386451
- ISBN
- 9781349386451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155203
- ISBN
- 9780691155203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.38€ 44.61
€ 56.38
€ 44.61
Hardcover. Exploration of the emotionologies of several medieval, romance emotional communities through both fictional and non-fictional narratives. The contributors analyze texts from different linguistic traditions and different periods, but they all focus on women characters. Editor(s): Rider, John Jeffrey; Friedman, Jamie. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 285 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105140
- ISBN
- 9780230105140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015415
- ISBN
- 9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85€ 42.10
€ 52.85
€ 42.10
Hardback. Like King Arthur in Europe, the Persian hero Amir Hamzah has fought and connived his way through eight centuries of adventure throughout the Islamic world. Here is a new translation of a version of his tale, told in Urdu in India, and set down and first published in 1871. Includes a glossary with pronunciation. No index. Annotation copyright Book N Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231071642
- ISBN
- 9780231071642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.22€ 63.74
€ 82.22
€ 63.74
paperback. This book is a concise and engaging analysis of contemporary literature viewed through the critical lens of cosmopolitan theory. It covers a wide spectrum of issues including globalisation, cosmopolitanism, nationhood, identity, philosophical nomadism, posthumanism, climate change, devolution and love. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349313556
- ISBN
- 9781349313556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Yard of Wit. Male Creativity and Sexuality, 1650-1750.
Stephanson, Raymond (Professor Of English, Un...
Hardback. "Raymond Stephanson configures masculinity and its expressions in male creativity historically, biographically, and in sufficient deep-layer detail to persuade the most rigorous of scholars that this work will be a reliable source of enduring worth."-George Rousseau, De Montfort University Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237580
- ISBN
- 9780812237580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.54
€ 106.54
Hardback. With his trademark tragic-comical voice and arresting storytelling, Domingo Martinez once again delivers a deeply personal memoir full of wry asides and poignant, thoughtful reflections in his new book My Heart Is a Drunken Compass. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493001408
- ISBN
- 9781493001408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.46
€ 30.99
€ 23.46
paperback. The relationship between fiction and historiography in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) is a contentious one. Making a decisive intervention in the debate about the ways in which narration determines both the meaning and truth of history and fiction, this title is of interest to students of politics, history, and literature of twentieth-century Spain. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315971
- ISBN
- 9780822315971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.40
€ 32.99
€ 25.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551524108
- ISBN
- 9781551524108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.26
€ 19.99
€ 18.26
Hardcover. A study of Graham Greene's fiction from the perspective of ethics and community, focusing on the narrative pattern that emerges from the author's idiosyncratic use of keywords like peace, despair, compassion or commitment. This book explores their potential for the textual articulation of narrative conflict and the dramatization of the ethical. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137540102
- ISBN
- 9781137540102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, A Companion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career. Editor(s): Johnson, Claudia L.; Tuite, Clara. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470672389
- ISBN
- 9780470672389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.42
€ 48.42
Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349178735
- ISBN
- 9781349178735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 203.79
€ 203.79
Hardback. Papers presented at a conference of the American Comparative Literature Association held at Princeton University. Editor(s): Meer, Zubin. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739122648
- ISBN
- 9780739122648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.04
€ 161.04