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Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CJCW; DSB; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632636
- ISBN
- 9780691632636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.46
€ 153.46
Paperback. Editor(s): King, Bruce. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349224388
- ISBN
- 9781349224388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.54
€ 193.54
Hardcover. Violence and the Limits of Representation explores the representation of violence in literature, film, drama, music and art in order to demonstrate the ways in which the work done by researchers in the Arts and Humanities can offer fresh perspectives on current social and political issues. Editor(s): Goodman, Sam; Matthews, Graham. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137296894
- ISBN
- 9781137296894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. By considering deconstructive theory and poetry in relation to the political radicalism of the Tel Quel group, this study argues that deconstruction presents greater possibilities for a reintegration of the political. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727600
- ISBN
- 9780804727600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.79
€ 80.79
Hardback. Challenges several traditional assumptions about the development of the French novel, notably that the novel is a bourgeois art form that rose and flourished along with the rise of the bourgeoisie. This book offers an account of the rise of the French novel. Num Pages: 412 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719995
- ISBN
- 9780804719995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.63
€ 112.63
Hardcover. This work explores the tradition of representing coal miners in literature, poetry, drama and film, investigating the vexed relationship between activists and artists. Duke argues that miners became stock characters in an industrial morality play, robbed of individuality or humanity. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; AS; DSB; KNAT; KNBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122373
- ISBN
- 9780813122373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.39
€ 40.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matthews, David. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784345
- ISBN
- 9780933784345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.77
€ 65.77
Paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689095
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.10
€ 55.10
Paperback. Almost on the centenary of his death, this book studies the novels of Wilkie Collins and attempts to appreciate his representation of Victorian mores. It pays particular attention to Collins' views on sexuality, both male and female, and the laws concerning the distribution of property. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349089024
- ISBN
- 9781349089024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.63
€ 71.63
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150437
- ISBN
- 9780691150437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.20€ 50.75
€ 64.20
€ 50.75
Hardback. Offers a comprehensive reconsideration of the life and literary works of Paulinus of Nola (ca 352-431), a Roman senator who renounced his political career and secular lifestyle to become a monk, bishop, impresario of a saint's cult, and prominent Christian poet. This title traces Paulinus' intellectual and spiritual journey. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 404 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; BG; DSBB; HRCC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217096
- ISBN
- 9780520217096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.70€ 53.09
€ 67.70
€ 53.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564788726
- ISBN
- 9781564788726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.54
€ 15.99
€ 15.54
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study which combines medical history, semiotic theory, psychoanalysis and literary criticism in an examination of the complex interimplication of the subject and object of madness in canonical and non-canonical texts from Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope to Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Henry James. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634660
- ISBN
- 9780333634660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Hardcover. The Renaissance Extended Mind explores the parallels and contrasts between current philosophical notions of the mind as extended across brain, body and world, and analogous notions in literary, philosophical, and scientific texts circulating between the fifteenth century and early-seventeenth century. Series: New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GTR; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412843
- ISBN
- 9781137412843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.94
€ 117.94
Hardback. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; H; TB; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403935045
- ISBN
- 9781403935045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Sadrin, Anny. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312216467
- ISBN
- 9780312216467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.51
€ 128.51
Paperback. Reviews 3000 years of apocalyptic thought. Tracing the history of millenarianism from ancient times to the 17th century, this book investigates the modern and postmodern debates in which apocalyptic themes are recirculated, from Zoroaster to Derrida. Num Pages: 350 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCA; HPCB; HRA; JFCX; JFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631190820
- ISBN
- 9780631190820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.71
€ 54.71
Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343269
- ISBN
- 9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114066
- ISBN
- 9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.39€ 82.78
€ 107.39
€ 82.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HRCC7; HRCC9; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349521821
- ISBN
- 9781349521821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
Hardcover. This study explores Englishness as a 'symbolic form' from the 1920s to the 1940s. Two case studies, focused on J.B. Priestley and Daphne du Maurier, explore crucial ways in which popular 'middlebrow' authors imagine and shape the nation, providing an innovative approach to literary negotiations of cultural identity. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241367
- ISBN
- 9780230241367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472879
- ISBN
- 9780801472879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Through its engagement with different kinds of texts, Exploring the Limits of the Human through Science Fiction represents a new way of approaching both science fiction and critical theory, and its uses both to question what it means to be human in digital era. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442348
- ISBN
- 9781349442348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
paperback. By bringing together academic experts and experienced practitioners, including editorial specialists, scholarly publishing professionals, and designers, Editors, Scholars, and the Social Text offers indispensable insight into the past and future of academic communication. Editor(s): Cullen, Darcy. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DSB; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781442610392
- ISBN
- 9781442610392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.05
€ 29.99
€ 25.05