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The author argues that in "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens updated "David Copperfield" and rewrote novels by various contemporaries. He parodically revised his competitor's themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic and imbued with Cinderella motifs. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122281
- ISBN
- 9780813122281
Condition: New
€ 49.96
€ 49.96
Paperback. An anthology that features poems by various poets. Editor(s): Bradley, Anthony. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000270
- ISBN
- 9780520058743
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Paying special attention to the Romantic poets from Wordsworth and Coleridge down to Pound and Eliot, Marion Montgomgery explores the disorientation of image and methaphor for reality. Two species of "romanticism" emerge: that of the poet and that of the scientist. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683932
- ISBN
- 9780847683932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.76
€ 197.76
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006186
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Latest volume in a series which is "a monumental achievement" REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Editor(s): Horner, Patrick J. Series: Index of Middle English Prose. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843740
- ISBN
- 9781843843740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. A wide-ranging and intelligent examination of one of the most important poets in the Western tradition, this book will be of interest to scholars and poetry-lovers alike. Editor(s): Barolini, Teodolinda. Translator(s): Lansing, Richard. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626195
- ISBN
- 9781442626195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.10
€ 46.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062537
- ISBN
- 9780252062537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
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
Paperback. In a post-structuralist study of 13th-century French historical texts, the author investigates the reasons for the rise of French vernacular prose historiography at this particular time. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBAH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089358
- ISBN
- 9780520089358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.74
€ 41.99
€ 36.74
Hardback. Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented visibility. This interdisciplinary volume explores the multiple forms of this upsurge and the forces driving it in popular culture, scholarly research, and public commemorations. Editor(s): Hargreaves, Alec. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739108208
- ISBN
- 9780739108208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.69
€ 149.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Martin, Philip W.; Jarvis, Robin. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312068011
- ISBN
- 9780312068011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava (Associate Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Penn State University, USA). Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816638376
- ISBN
- 9780816638376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Batchelor, Jennie; Kaplan, Cora. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403949318
- ISBN
- 9781403949318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book introduces students to the chief disciplines, methods and sources employed in "doing" ancient history, as opposed to "reading" it. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106580
- ISBN
- 9781405106580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.63
€ 44.63
Paperback. The human race is all too pre-disposed to think in terms of us and them. Europeans have always laid claim to the Ancient Greeks they are our Greeks, our ancestors but their legacy reaches further than we could ever imagine. Their influence stretches from the Japanese to the Cossacks, from Ancient Rome to Indonesia. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639017
- ISBN
- 9780745639017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harte, Liam. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912688
- ISBN
- 9781403912688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. In this bold intervention into the understanding of the diasporic experience within cultural studies, McCarthy challenges a critical position emergent over the last thirty years (what he calls the 'new marginalism'). He confronts the liberal orthodoxies that prevail in this area, exposing contradictions in the thinking of its major theorists. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218871
- ISBN
- 9780230218871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. In this collection of essays, a number of critics offer commentary on the crime fiction genre, exploring the kinds of pleasure it offers. Looking under the attractive surface of these books, the contributors discover a number of complex issues. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349105939
- ISBN
- 9781349105939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Malreddy, Pavan Kumar; Heidemann, Birte; Laursen, Ole Birk. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349493319
- ISBN
- 9781349493319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardback. A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later Middle Ages and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, Six black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; DSBB; DSBD; HBLC1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780199571840
- ISBN
- 9780199571840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.00
€ 211.00
Paperback. This diverse collection of gender research with an exclusive focus on spoken interaction explores how gender is reflected and accomplished in relation to other situational and larger-scale sociocultural practices, identities and structures. Editor(s): Pichler, Pia; Eppler, Eva. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; JFSJ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349365098
- ISBN
- 9781349365098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. aeo Will serve students as a readable introduction and useful reference volume throughout their Victorian studies. aeo Includes extensive bibliographies directing the student to further reading. aeo Examines Victorian literature in its cultural and historical context. Editor(s): Tucker, Herbert F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218760
- ISBN
- 9780631218760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.23
€ 55.23
Paperback. Digital media is increasingly finding its way into the discussions of the humanities classroom. This book presents contributions by scholars and teachers from different countries and academic environments who articulate their approach to the study and teaching of digital literature. Editor(s): Simanowski, Roberto; Schafer, Jorgen; Gendolla, Peter. Series: Media Upheavals. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JNU; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837611304
- ISBN
- 9783837611304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 37.31
€ 50.99
€ 37.31
Hardback. Editor(s): McDonald, Christie; Suleiman, Susan. Num Pages: 576 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147408
- ISBN
- 9780231147408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 90.75
€ 117.77
€ 90.75