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Hardback. Introduces the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137867
- ISBN
- 9780231137867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.72€ 79.32
€ 102.72
€ 79.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Woodbridge, L. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; HBJD; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349527304
- ISBN
- 9781349527304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardcover. This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA; HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276611
- ISBN
- 9780230276611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746312209
- ISBN
- 9780746312209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.99
€ 24.99
€ 23.99
paperback. This book seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers and listeners in music-making. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; AV; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349447312
- ISBN
- 9781349447312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Hardcover. An encyclopedia that offers information about Milton. It presents articles covering each poem and prose work by Milton; the life of Milton and the members of his family; various events and contemporary and historical figures mentioned significantly in his writings; and, those whose own writing was shaped by Milton's influence. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094442
- ISBN
- 9780300094442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.53
€ 193.53
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650449
- ISBN
- 9780691650449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.23€ 98.39
€ 127.23
€ 98.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431. Clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW. Signed and inscribed by author
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002296
- ISBN
- 9781403911995
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075866
- ISBN
- 9781906075866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.74
€ 21.74
Paperback. This 1906 two-volume memoir provides an unparalleled glimpse into the Rossetti family and its friendships with many Victorian cultural figures. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 334 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108060257
- ISBN
- 9781108060257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.92
€ 42.92
Paperback. Matei-Chesnoiu examines the changing understanding of world geography in sixteenth-century England and the concomitant involvement of the London theatre in shaping a new perception of Western European space. Fresh readings are offered of Shakespeare, Jonson, Marlowe, Middleton, Dekker, Massinger, Marston, and others. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349500
- ISBN
- 9781349349500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299171247
- ISBN
- 9780299171247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.24
€ 27.24
Hardback. A consideration of the ways in which the past was framed and remembered in the pre-modern world. Editor(s): Cox, Elizabeth; McAvoy, Liz Herbert; Magnani, Roberta. Series: Gender in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 215 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844037
- ISBN
- 9781843844037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.53
€ 98.53
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704970
- ISBN
- 9781501704970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.72
€ 35.99
€ 32.72
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641751
- ISBN
- 9780691641751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.96
€ 171.96
Paperback. This book demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286157
- ISBN
- 9781349286157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bending, Stephen; McRae, Andrew. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912763
- ISBN
- 9781403912763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43
€ 129.43
Hardback. From Conrad to Rushdie, from Du Bois, to Nggi, Worlds Within explores the changing form of novels, nations, and national identities, by attending to the ways in which political circumstances meet narratives of the psyche. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754903
- ISBN
- 9780804754903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.24
€ 86.24
Hardback. How do we read the works of Jonathan Swift, who ridiculed the modern even as it was taking shape? The author approaches the question of modernity in Swift by way of a theory of satire from Aristotle via Swift (and Bakhtin) that eschews modern notions that satire is meant to reform and correct. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734363
- ISBN
- 9780804734363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.08
€ 82.08
Hardcover. Brings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the last century. Brings together original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets. Editor(s): Gerrard, Christine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1214.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113168
- ISBN
- 9781405113168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.59
€ 219.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSBH; DSG; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874134421
- ISBN
- 9780874134421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.73
€ 142.73
Graphing Jane Austen: The Evolutionary Basis of Literary Meaning (Cogn...
Carroll, Joseph, Gottschall, Jonathan, Johnso...
Hardcover. This book helps to bridge the gap between science and literary scholarship. Building on findings in the evolutionary human sciences, the authors construct a model of human nature in order to illuminate the evolved psychology that shapes the organization of characters in nineteenth-century British novels, from Jane Austen to E. M. Forster. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002402
- ISBN
- 9781137002402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.47
€ 67.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349137800
- ISBN
- 9781349137800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Hardcover. This timely book examines the rise of posthumanism as both a material condition and a developing philosophical-ethical project in the age of cloning, gene engineering, organ transplants and implants. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662404
- ISBN
- 9780745662404
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45