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paperback. Overpopulation, overexploitation of natural resources, overconsumerism, the predictions of environmental experts do not bode well for us. Num Pages: 162 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921852
- ISBN
- 9781880921852
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Condition: New
€ 80.92
€ 80.92
Paperback. Series: Literature and Culture Handbooks. 256 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Kline, Daniel T. A resource for courses in medieval literature. It provides students with a comprehensive guide to the historical and cultural context; major texts and movements; reading primary and critical texts; key critics, concepts and topics; major critical approaches and directions of new research. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826494092
- ISBN
- 9780826494092
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.91
€ 40.99
€ 40.91
Paperback. "Conversion and Reform" analyzes the works of a wide range of British reformists writing in the 1790s who reshaped the conventions of contemporary fiction to position the novel as a progressive political tool. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349377091
- ISBN
- 9781349377091
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. The role of cultural elites and journalists in promoting reading as a means of self-improvement and social mobility Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- SKU
- V9781439906682
- ISBN
- 9781439906682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630847
- ISBN
- 9780691630847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.34
€ 252.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298969
- ISBN
- 9781349298969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 47.16
€ 53.40
€ 47.16
Paperback. Before Gertrude Stein became the 20th century's preeminent experimental writer, she spent a decade conducting research in a psychological laboratory and medical school in the US. This book unearths the turn-of-the-century scientific and philosophical worlds in which the young Stein was immersed. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749305
- ISBN
- 9780804749305
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.22
€ 42.99
€ 38.22
Paperback / so. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802142054
- ISBN
- 9780802142054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.41
€ 18.41
paperback. Examines Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. This book explores her development of a playwriting aesthetic based in avant-garde drama, cinema, and queer identity. Series: Studies in Modern Drama. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415977234
- ISBN
- 9780415977234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
paperback. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094766
- ISBN
- 9780802094766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.30
€ 48.99
€ 44.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838755549
- ISBN
- 9780838755549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.61
€ 131.61
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662223
- ISBN
- 9781855662223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.27
€ 115.27
The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of...
Beaty, Bart, Woo, Benjamin
Hardcover. Bart Beaty and Benjamin Woo work to historicize why it is that certain works or creators have come to define the notion of a "quality comic book," while other works and creators have been left at the fringes of critical analysis. Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Num Pages: 167 pages, 4 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: APFN; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561961
- ISBN
- 9781137561961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.70
€ 71.70
Paperback. Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. This title explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691115269
- ISBN
- 9780691115269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.81
€ 45.99
€ 33.81
The Handbook to Romanticism Studies is an accessible and indispensible resource providing students and scholars with a rich array of historical and up-to-date critical and theoretical contexts for the study of Romanticism. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 434 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 61. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334968
- ISBN
- 9781444334968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.89
€ 196.89
Hardcover. This study examines Hardy's prolonged struggle with his contemporary readers, whose bourgeois values he despised. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333962602
- ISBN
- 9780333962602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Hardcover. Modernist debates about waste - both aesthetic and economic - often express biases against gender and sexual errancy. The Poetics of Waste looks at writers and artists who resist this ideology and respond by developing an excessive poetics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137402783
- ISBN
- 9781137402783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976161
- ISBN
- 9781403976161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.67
€ 128.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991164
- ISBN
- 9781403991164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.76
€ 128.76
Paperback. This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know. " Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131582
- ISBN
- 9781405131582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.04
€ 45.04
Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868245
- ISBN
- 9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.19€ 47.13
€ 50.19
€ 47.13
Paperback. This is a biographical account of Yeats' life detailing his early family life, his schooldays, his London years, his rise to literary fame, his relationships and marriage, his Oxford period and his career in public life. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333497548
- ISBN
- 9780333497548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.95
€ 68.95
Hardback. While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272866
- ISBN
- 9780230272866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Hardback. From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, this text uncovers the strategies black writers used to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to a white audience. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080941
- ISBN
- 9780231080941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.39€ 82.78
€ 107.39
€ 82.78