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Paperback. Editor(s): Wilcox, Leonard. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349225118
- ISBN
- 9781349225118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.18
€ 193.18
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores magical realism as a momentary interruption of realism in US ethnic literature, showing how these moments of magic realism serve to memorialize, address, and redress traumatic ethnic histories. Editor(s): Sandin, Lyn di Iorio; Perez, Richard. Num Pages: 289 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293299
- ISBN
- 9781137293299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.30
€ 117.30
Reading Myth: Classical Mythology and Its Interpretations in Medieval ...
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
Hardback. This work explores the appropriation and transformation of classical mythology by French culture from the mid-12th century to about 1430. Each of the five chapters focuses on a specific moment in this process and asks questions including what were the purposes of transforming classical myth? Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728102
- ISBN
- 9780804728102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804720434
- ISBN
- 9780804720434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.77
€ 70.77
Paperback. Offers a sustained reading of Blanchot's The Step Not Beyond that is prepared by interpretive presentations of a number of his important writings of the post-war period Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251032
- ISBN
- 9780823251032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
In this study, John T. Shawcross uses extensive new archival research to scrutinize several misunderstood elements of Milton's life, including his first marriage and his relationship with his brother, brother-in-law and nephews. He also examines Milton's numerous royalist connections. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122915
- ISBN
- 9780813122915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.80
€ 55.80
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096810
- ISBN
- 9780691096810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.20€ 51.25
€ 64.20
€ 51.25
Hardback. A study of the "Homeric Centos", a pastiche poem on a biblical theme composed by the Theodosian Empress Eudocia using only verses from the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey". This text introduces readers to the poem as a comparative reading of Homer and the bible, based upon inter-textual associations. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 192 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689996
- ISBN
- 9780847689996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.14
€ 168.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226334974
- ISBN
- 9780226334974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.04
€ 32.99
€ 26.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349086603
- ISBN
- 9781349086603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.43
€ 60.43
Paperback. Presents essays on seven core, premodern classical Chinese texts. This book draws from literature, philosophy, religion, and art history and challenges the presumption of a monolithic Chinese tradition that has been promoted by scholars and popular culture alike, both in China and the West. Editor(s): Yu, Pauline; Bol, Peter; Owen, Stephen; Peterson, Willard. Series: Studies on China. Num Pages: 292 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224667
- ISBN
- 9780520224667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.26
€ 37.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st softcover ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217994
- ISBN
- 9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.56
€ 99.56
Hardback. Volume Three of Kipling's letters covers the decade 1900-10, the years in which he published "Kim" and the "Just So Stories". The narrative of his life includes the years in South Africa, his move to Bateman's in Sussex and him being awarded the Nobel Prize. Num Pages: 494 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJC; BGA; BJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 787.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333637333
- ISBN
- 9780333637333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.98
€ 129.98
Hardcover. Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain tells the story of long-term aspirations to comprehend, record, and disseminate complete knowledge of the world. It draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary works from the early modern era and British Enlightenment. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411532
- ISBN
- 9781137411532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 277 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403935380
- ISBN
- 9781403935380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. A study of early 20th-century literary and artistic culture. The text focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution of modernism in the interwar years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AB; ACX; APFA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216488
- ISBN
- 9780520216488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.93
€ 41.99
€ 29.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312217211
- ISBN
- 9780312217211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Hardcover. No one interested in Irish studies during the past 30 years will have missed the work of Patrick Rafroidi. Whether it be romantic poets or the contemporary novel or theatre and drama, he had much to say that was provocative, lively and always readable. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 221 x 142. Weight in Grams: 422. Rare. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to ffep. Text is crisp and remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Books Maryland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0027027
- ISBN
- 9780389209669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. While the Reverend Maybold creates a furore among the village's musicians with his decision to abolish the church's traditional 'string choir' and replace it with a modern mechanical organ, the new schoolteacher, Fancy Day, causes an upheaval of a more romantic nature, winning the hearts of 3 men - a local farmer, a church musician and Maybold. Editor(s): Dolin, Tim. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- KKD0002193
- ISBN
- 9780140435535
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Argues for the necessity of a re-articulation of the differences that separated man from other forms of life. The essays in this collection argue for recognition of the persistently indistinct nature of humans, who cannot be finally divided ontologically or epistemologically from other forms of matter. Editor(s): Feerick, Jean E.; Nardizzi, Vin. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340473
- ISBN
- 9780230340473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Literary Dictionaries. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349521869
- ISBN
- 9781349521869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. This book develops an innovative Irish-Scottish postcolonial approach by galvanizing Emmanuel Levinas' ethics with the socio-cultural category of the 'subaltern'. It sheds new light on contemporary Scottish and Irish fiction, exploring how these writings interact with the recent restructuring of the three state-formations in Ireland and Scotland. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBKS; 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241701
- ISBN
- 9780230241701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452840
- ISBN
- 9780801452840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.86
€ 35.99
€ 30.86
paperback. This book uses the uniquely positioned culture of East African Asians to reflect upon the most vexing issues in postcolonial literary studies today. By examining the local histories and discourses that underpin East African Asian literature, it opens up and reflects upon issues of alienation, modernity, migration, diaspora, memory and nationalism. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349442386
- ISBN
- 9781349442386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93