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Hardcover. These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema. Editor(s): Hanson, Helen; O'Rawe, Catherine. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203617
- ISBN
- 9780230203617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardback. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 210 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803237629
- ISBN
- 9780803237629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
Paperback. An analysis of the branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis. The work includes critical editions of two previously unpublished Greek texts. Editor(s): Bovon, Francoise; etc.; Brock, Anne Graham; Matthews, Christopher R. Series: Religions of the World. Num Pages: 414 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HRCC1; HRCG9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945454182
- ISBN
- 9780945454182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.88
€ 30.99
€ 26.88
The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870378
- ISBN
- 9780801870378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.72
€ 68.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Fuss, Diana; Gleason, William A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157139
- ISBN
- 9780691157139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.72€ 79.32
€ 102.72
€ 79.32
Hardcover. Helps readers understand how any literary tradition involves an open conversation between its texts - a web of words that stretches from the local to the transnational. This book charts 3 different intertextual practices involving writings both within and outside the South. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330051
- ISBN
- 9780820330051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300856
- ISBN
- 9781896300856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 12.54
€ 14.00
€ 12.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349392469
- ISBN
- 9781349392469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040573
- ISBN
- 9780252040573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Corta, Daniel la; McMillan, Douglas J. Series: MIP Monastic Life. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580440790
- ISBN
- 9781580440790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.71
€ 20.71
Hardcover. This collation from S.T. Coleridge's contributions to the theory of language presents selections from his verse, notebooks, journalism and ephemera. Topics include the language of politics; language and culture; and the language of the religion. The introduction situates the writing within context. Editor(s): Goodson, A. C. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333568224
- ISBN
- 9780333568224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.75
€ 128.75
Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197416
- ISBN
- 9780631197416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Hardback. This work offers the perspectives of poets, journalists, and scholars as they discuss their views on creativity, the teaching of writing, and the importance of a sense of place in their work. Editor(s): Beattie, L.Elisabeth. Series: Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- 11
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121246
- ISBN
- 9780813121246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.71
€ 56.71
Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Film...
Professor Of English David Seed
Hardcover. This study of literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era reviews science fiction, Korean War fiction, and The Manchurian Candidate film. It explores how views on brainwashing changed from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the US government. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388139
- ISBN
- 9780873388139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Hardcover. From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature that highlights commonalities - one in which colloquial and lyrical style and content speak out against oppression. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230620933
- ISBN
- 9780230620933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115438
- ISBN
- 9780231115438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Brady, Lindy; Toswell, M J. Series: MIP Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures. Num Pages: 180 pages, 1 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442428
- ISBN
- 9781580442428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.88
€ 54.88
Hardcover. Literary Politics identifies and debates competing definitions of 'English Studies' as an academic subject, celebrates the diversity of contemporary literary studies, and demonstrates the ways in which a range of literary texts can be understood as politically engaged, sometimes in unexpected ways. Editor(s): Philips, Deborah; Shaw, Katy. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JNF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270139
- ISBN
- 9781137270139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Ireton, Sean; Schaumann, Caroline. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 406 pages, 15, 15 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135025
- ISBN
- 9781571135025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.21
€ 195.21
Paperback. Very cood clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0225981
- ISBN
- 9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739164464
- ISBN
- 9780739164464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardcover. The social novel is the traditional haunt of the liberal conscience. What does the triumph of the New Right mean for this type of fiction in Britain and the US? Should the liberal left seek consensus or assertion? This book examines these issues, and assesses the state of both nations, as well as that of the contemporary novel. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210455
- ISBN
- 9780230210455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardback. The latest volume to be published in the new Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, this volume contains the ten sermons preached by Donne at Lincoln's Inn between 1620 and 1623. Editor(s): Ettenhuber, Katrin. Series: Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HRCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199563258
- ISBN
- 9780199563258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 343.60
€ 343.60
Hardback. Editor(s): MacKay, Marina; Stonebridge, Lyndsey. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986429
- ISBN
- 9781403986429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.32
€ 67.32