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Hardback. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932112
- ISBN
- 9781403932112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31
Hardback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333346037
- ISBN
- 9780333346037
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Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Hardback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 36. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162722
- ISBN
- 9780231162722
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Condition: New
€ 107.39€ 82.78
€ 107.39
€ 82.78
Hardcover. In reading Banville's novels through the work of key psychoanalytical theorists, John Banville's Narcissistic Fictions brings together apparently disparate thematic strands - missing twins, shame, false identities - and presents these as manifestations of a central concern with narcissism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361706
- ISBN
- 9780230361706
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Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. While the arms race of the post-war period has been widely discussed, Purcell explores the under-acknowledged but critical role another kind of 'race' - that is, race as a biological and sociological concept - played within the global and cultural Cold War. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321434
- ISBN
- 9780230321434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. Presents an anthology of Chicano literary criticism, with essays on a range of texts - both old and new - that draws on diverse perspectives in contemporary literary and cultural studies: from ethnographic to postmodernist, from Marxist to feminist, from cultural materialist to new historicist. Editor(s): Calderon, Hector; Saldivar, Jose David. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780822311430
- ISBN
- 9780822311430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSBF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349520787
- ISBN
- 9781349520787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479890439
- ISBN
- 9781479890439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.74
€ 97.74
Paperback. Presents the essays that range from front-line interventions in debates on poetics to fugitive pieces from the '60s and '70s. From Andy Warhol to Allan Kaprow, Mark Rothko to Ludwig Wittgenstein, this title takes the reader on an idiosyncratic, personal journey through twentieth-century culture. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 326 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020976
- ISBN
- 9780226020976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.46
€ 36.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book examines the program in relation to two basic problems: the commonly occurring inconsistency of componential models; and the huge number of alternative componential models. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440764
- ISBN
- 9781349440764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; AGB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Halstar
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906690571
- ISBN
- 9781906690571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.96
€ 33.99
€ 28.96
paperback. In this study of British realism, the author explains how fiction entered into a relationship with the new popular art of Victorian photography that transformed the world into a picture. She contends that literary critism assumes a text is gesturing toward the real whenever it invokes a photograph. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780674008014
- ISBN
- 9780674008014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.69
€ 43.99
€ 36.69
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271050713
- ISBN
- 9780271050713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.32€ 67.92
€ 79.32
€ 67.92
Paperback. This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Nunes' approach to the texts aims at emphasizing the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels set in the context of the main trends and developments of the contemporary African American historical novel. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBJK; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294497
- ISBN
- 9781349294497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardcover. Since we all have one and use it every day, why is it that people squirm when the anus is mentioned? In "Reading from Behind" Jonathan Allan explores this question and more in a playful, yet scholarly exploration of everything from porn to poetry. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773844
- ISBN
- 9780889773844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Paperback. Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web. Drawing on adaptation studies, media theory, and Derrida's work, the "Shakespeare" that emerges from these adaptations is a fragmentary and mediatized presence that leaves a mark on our contemporary mediascape. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341849
- ISBN
- 9781349341849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. In August 1919, a production of James Joyce's Exiles was mounted at the Munich Schauspielhaus and quickly fell due to harsh criticism. The reception marked the beginning of a dynamic association between Joyce, German-language writers, and literary critics. It is this relationship that Robert Weninger analyses in The German Joyce. Series: Florida James Joyce. Num Pages: 270 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062426
- ISBN
- 9780813062426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636771
- ISBN
- 9780691636771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.42
€ 147.42
Hardcover. As Food Studies has grown into a well-established field, literary scholars have not fully addressed the prevalent themes of food, eating, and consumption in Chicana/o literature. Here, contributors propose food consciousness as a paradigm to examine the literary discourses of Chicana/o authors as they shift from the nation to the postnation. Editor(s): Pascual Soler, Nieves; Abarca, Meredith E. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378590
- ISBN
- 9781137378590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Basic Elements of Narrative outlines a way of thinking about what narrative is and how to identify its basic elements across various media, introducing key concepts developed by previous theorists and contributing original ideas to the growing body of scholarship on stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405141536
- ISBN
- 9781405141536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794272
- ISBN
- 9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.53
€ 140.53
Hardback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 431 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725682
- ISBN
- 9780804725682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.08
€ 183.08
Hardcover. This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343543
- ISBN
- 9781137343543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardback. Bruns, University of Notre Dame; Leslie Hill, University of Warwick; Michael Holland, St Hugh's College, Oxford; Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, University of Strasbourg; Vivian Liska, University of Antwerp; Jill Robbins, Emory University, and the editors. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin; Hartman, Geoffrey H. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879623
- ISBN
- 9780801879623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.45€ 51.74
€ 55.45
€ 51.74