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Paperback. Investigates why key Chicana/o writers, including Americo Paredes, Rolando Hinojosa, Oscar Acosta, Miguel Mendez, and Virginia Grise, from the 1950s to the present day, have persistently referenced Asian people and places in the course of articulating their political ideas. Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813577166
- ISBN
- 9780813577166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Urdu Literary Culture examines the impact of political circumstances on vernacular (Urdu) literary culture through an in-depth study of the writings of Muhammad Hasan Askari, who lived during the Partition of India. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 303 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 387.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435937
- ISBN
- 9781349435937
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Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. Echoing through Western culture for more than two millenia, Sophocles' Antigone has been a touchstone of thinking about human conflict, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of their own destinies. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195143102
- ISBN
- 9780195143102
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.62
€ 15.99
€ 15.62
hardcover. This is an imaginative evocation and analysis-through the medium of translations (the author's own) of once popular but now forgotten literature-of the variety of "stories" in terms of which the Chinese have interpreted their lives since the early years of the 19th century. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804730907
- ISBN
- 9780804730907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.40
€ 148.40
Paperback. Virginia Woolf, Jeanette Winterson, and Ali Smith share an ecological philosophy of the world as one highly interconnected entity comprised of multiple and equal, human and non-human participants. This study argues that these writers' texts have an ecological significance in fostering respect for and understanding of difference, human and nonhuman. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JHB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 278 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339020
- ISBN
- 9781349339020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Paperback. On the day that Homes was born in 1961, she was given up for adoption. Thirty years later, out of the blue, Homes was contacted by a lawyer on behalf of her birth mother, and they began to correspond; her biological father contacted her soon after. These two individuals and their effect on the adult Homes are strange and unexpected. Num Pages: 238 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847080110
- ISBN
- 9781847080110
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
hardcover. This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion for politics, the arts, and life in general. Editor(s): Dukore, Bernard F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DQ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104784
- ISBN
- 9780231104784
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Condition: New
€ 57.43
€ 57.43
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Rep, Miguel. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- For Beginners
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939994370
- ISBN
- 9781939994370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.86
€ 17.99
€ 16.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Nixon, Cheryl L, Dr. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551116464
- ISBN
- 9781551116464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.40€ 43.06
€ 53.40
€ 43.06
Hardback. An examination of what the translation of medieval French texts into different European languages can reveal about the differences between cultures. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514. The Movement of Texts in England, France and Scandinavia. 212 pages, Illustrations. An examination of what the translation of medieval French texts into different European languages can reveal about the differences between cultures. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 23. Weight: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842897
- ISBN
- 9781843842897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. This book proposes the "formless" as a way of thinking through the impasses of contemporary politics. The writing of the formless, as it can be traced in the work of Lezama Lima and the Cuban Revolution, is the point of departure in thinking through the relationship between politics and time. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADSL; 3JJ; DSBH; HRAM2; JFSL4; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274086
- ISBN
- 9780823274086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633640
- ISBN
- 9780691633640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.27
€ 153.27
Paperback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349226559
- ISBN
- 9781349226559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.56
€ 194.56
Hardcover. This book addresses the multiple meanings of nostalgia in the literature of the period. Whether depicted as an emotion, remembrance, or fixation, these essays demonstrate that the nostalgic impulse reveals how deeply rooted in the damaged, the old, and the vanishing, were the variety of efforts to imagine and produce the new-the distinctly modern. Editor(s): Clewell, Tammy. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326591
- ISBN
- 9781137326591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. Exploring how the concept of the imagination is figured in the principal texts of English Romanticism, this text argues that this figuring is an ideological activity that reveals a deep social and political investment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728621
- ISBN
- 9780804728621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.43
€ 29.43
Hardback. The first full-length study of the poetry of Wen Tingyun (ca. 812-ca. 866), a major writer of the late Tang, this book contains translations of more than 60 of Wen's poems, most of which appear in English for the first time. It also examines the world of other poets in his milieu. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721653
- ISBN
- 9780804721653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.65
€ 105.65
Illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (1941) and the producer of the only film ever blacklisted, "The Salt of the Earth" (1954). Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124537
- ISBN
- 9780813124537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939657629
- ISBN
- 9780939657629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.87
€ 21.99
€ 21.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693276
- ISBN
- 9780847693276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.22
€ 187.22
Paperback. This study of Caryle and Tennyson explores their mutual influence and the effect of each on his own time. The author analyzes the specific Carlylean ideas (social, political, religious, aesthetic) and examines the ways in which Tennyson resisted and transformed these ideas and their impact. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349093090
- ISBN
- 9781349093090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Hardback. In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236585
- ISBN
- 9780520236585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.88€ 64.59
€ 82.88
€ 64.59
Feminisms and Early Modern Texts: Essays for Phyllis Rackin (Apple-Zim...
Bach, Rebecca Ann, Kennedy, Gwynne
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Susquehanna University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911366
- ISBN
- 9781575911366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Hardback. Taking account of the latest research, this study shows how Stevenson lived an incredibly active life, during which he travelled widely, wrote a large amount of fiction, essays and poetry, and was always eager to journey on to the next place or embark on a new literary project. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 101 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333638880
- ISBN
- 9780333638880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. A first of its kind, The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative North American Literature provides an overview of Comparative North American Literature, a cutting-edge discipline. Contributors make important interventions into multiculturalism in North America and into U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada border literatures. Editor(s): Nischik, Reingard M. Num Pages: 417 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137413895
- ISBN
- 9781137413895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.64
€ 130.64