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Hardcover. The Petrarchan revival in Romantic England was a unique phenomenon which involved an impressive number of scholars, translators and poets. This book analyses the way Petrarch was read and re-written by Romantic figures. The result is a history of the Romantic-era sonnet and a new lens for understanding English Romantic poetry. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230542600
- ISBN
- 9780230542600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and evolve? What do they tell us about actual medical practices? This book explores the ways in which language constructs and stabilizes these slippery terms. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419908
- ISBN
- 9780821419908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349948710
- ISBN
- 9781349948710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991461
- ISBN
- 9781403991461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.56
€ 66.56
Hardback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226924168
- ISBN
- 9780226924168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.41
€ 94.22
€ 79.41
Hardcover. Through a discussion of diverse art and media such as apocalyptic thrillers, rap, and television, Swirski debunks the American political system, sieving out fact from a sea of bipartisan untruths. Engaging with close analysis and multiple case studies, this book forges a more accurate picture of contemporary American culture and of America itself. Num Pages: 225 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518880
- ISBN
- 9781137518880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Tracing the move from the anticolonial, nationalist, and arabist literature of the early years to the relative cosmopolitanism and diversity of Maghrebi francophone literature today, this title draws on contemporary literary and postcolonial theory to "deterritorialize" its study. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; 2ADF; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089379
- ISBN
- 9780691089379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
hardcover. The classical prose essay (ku-wen) of the Tang and Sung dynasties is one of the major Chinese literary genres. This study of Ku-wen in English focuses on writers Han Y and Liu Tsung-yan of the Tang, and Ouyang Hsiu and Su Shih of the Sung. Num Pages: 252 pages, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714099
- ISBN
- 9780804714099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461769
- ISBN
- 9781349461769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wa ll ace is designed as a professional study of all of Wallace's creative work. This volume includes both thematic essays and focused examinations of each of his major works of fiction. Editor(s): Burn, S.; Boswell, Marshall. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341122
- ISBN
- 9781349341122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Hardback. "The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." In this discussion of Petronius' masterful use of parody, the author offers an interpretation of the "Satyricon" as a whole. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207158
- ISBN
- 9780520207158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.71€ 46.08
€ 57.71
€ 46.08
Hardcover. This book takes up the utopian desire for a perfect language of words that give direct expression to the real, known in Western thought as Cratylism, and its impact on the social visions and poetic projects of three of the most intellectually ambitious of American writers: Walt Whitman, Laura (Riding) Jackson, and Charles Olson. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608368
- ISBN
- 9780230608368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process. Num Pages: 306 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773117
- ISBN
- 9780226773117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
hardcover. Translator(s): Gaines, Jeremy; Keast, Paul. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 36. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Libris United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870352604
- ISBN
- 9781870352604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. Unavailable until now, these eight lectures delivered by Stuart Hall in 1983 at the University of Illinois introduced North American audiences to the intellectual history of British cultural studies while simultaneously presenting Hall's original engagements with the theoretical positions that contributed to the formation of cultural studies. Editor(s): Slack, Jennifer Daryl; Grossberg, Lawrence. Series: Stuart Hall: Selected Writings. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJPN; DSBH5; JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362487
- ISBN
- 9780822362487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry consists of 40 essays by leading scholars and new researchers in the field. Beginning with W.B.Yeats, the figure who towers over the century's poetry, it includes chapters on the major poets to have emerged in Ireland over the last 100 years. Editor(s): Brearton, Fran; Gillis, Alan A. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561247
- ISBN
- 9780199561247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.41
€ 241.41
Paperback. Series: Contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349208838
- ISBN
- 9781349208838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.12
€ 127.12
Hardcover. Combines Mikhail Bakhtin's dialogic approach to genre with methodological tools from periodicals studies, literary criticism, and the history of the book to offer the study of the relationship between mid-Victorian journalistic genres and contemporary poetry, the novel, and serious expository prose. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927831
- ISBN
- 9780813927831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.28
€ 62.28
Hardback. Offering theatrically informed readings of plays by a broad range of Renaissance dramatists including Marlowe, Jonson, Marston, Webster, Middleton and Ford, this volume addresses the question of pleasure: both erotic pleasure and aesthetic pleasure. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333995570
- ISBN
- 9780333995570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195042399
- ISBN
- 9780195042399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.81
€ 26.81
Paperback. Series: Literary Research: Strategies and Sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810877689
- ISBN
- 9780810877689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.79
€ 81.79
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135506
- ISBN
- 9781571135506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. Rereads the works of Colette, Gide, and Proust to show how central representations of sexuality were to the evolution of literary prose forms in twentieth-century France. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822338970
- ISBN
- 9780822338970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168595
- ISBN
- 9780231168595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.59
€ 25.99
€ 19.59