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Hardback. This collection contributes to scholarly discussions about the African American novel as a literary form. Essays respond to the general question, what has been the impact of the African American vernacular tradition from the spirituals, blues, gospel and jazz to hip hop on the structure and style of the modern African American novel? Editor(s): King, Lovalerie; Selzer, Linda F. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603271
- ISBN
- 9780230603271
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Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardback. Writing Against Time explores the twentieth-century literary effort to create an image that will never get old. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804770811
- ISBN
- 9780804770811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.70
€ 117.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Laughlin, Charles A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530274
- ISBN
- 9781349530274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Paperback. This book is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947594
- ISBN
- 9781933947594
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Reflecting the profound impact of critical theory on the study of the humanities, this collection of original essays examines the texts and artifacts of the Anglo-Saxon period through key theoretical terms such as ethnicity' and gender'. It explores the interplay between critical theory and Anglo-Saxon studies. Editor(s): Stodnick, Jacqueline; Trilling, Renee R. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 334 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444330199
- ISBN
- 9781444330199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.80
€ 148.80
Paperback. Examines the novels of four Caribbean women writers who have radically reformulated the meanings of the national, geographical, sexual, and racial concepts through which postcolonial studies represents difference. This book represents a phase in postcolonial studies that calls for a fundamental rethinking of the terminology and assumptions. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923475
- ISBN
- 9780813923475
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Condition: New
€ 30.90
€ 30.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312221386
- ISBN
- 9780312221386
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Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Paperback. Jane Alison, the critically acclaimed author of The Love Artist, now takes on an equally demanding and in some ways more rigorous challenge: translating substantial portions of the Metamorphoses, Ovid's great epic of universal change, into elegant and remarkably faithful blank verse, along with selections from the Amores. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199941650
- ISBN
- 9780199941650
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Condition: New
€ 60.09
€ 60.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444557
- ISBN
- 9781349444557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Traces the expansive history of Filipino literature in the US from the early 20th century to today Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2PGJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814768068
- ISBN
- 9780814768068
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551839
- ISBN
- 9781871551839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.55
€ 15.55
Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631644
- ISBN
- 9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.15
€ 43.15
Paperback. Scholars of the literary aspect of Plato try to reconcile his dialogue form with the expository imperative of philosophical argument. Classicists and philosophers explain this form in terms of rhetorical devices serving didactic goals. David Schur brings literary and classical studies into debate, questioning modern views of Plato's dialogue form. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417212
- ISBN
- 9780674417212
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.54
€ 25.99
€ 22.54
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647289
- ISBN
- 9780691647289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.81
€ 227.81
Paperback. This work comprises essays on American, British and Irish poetry, showing contemporary life and culture captured in lyric form. It explains the power of poetry as the voice of the soul, rather than the socially marked self, speaking directly through the stylization of verse. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821477
- ISBN
- 9780674821477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.99
€ 35.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349344611
- ISBN
- 9781349344611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Hardcover. Using a cognitive approach to literature, this book uncovers representations of self-consciousness in selected modern British novels, exposing it as complicating character development. Miller provides new readings of works by Conrad, Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence to demonstrate the emergence of a self who feels split from the world. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230337565
- ISBN
- 9780230337565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754859
- ISBN
- 9780804754859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. This inter-disciplinary study is the first to consider how representations of pirates addressed both national political issues and the agenda of particular interest groups. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349280933
- ISBN
- 9781349280933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Sheds light on the words of Hesiod and the world of Archaic Greece. This volume includes Hesiod's "Works and Days" and "Theogony", two of the oldest non-Homeric poems to survive. It provides a glimpse into the everyday life of ordinary people in the eighth century BCE. Editor(s): Hine, Daryl. Translator(s): Hine, Daryl. Num Pages: 230 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226329666
- ISBN
- 9780226329666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.17
€ 19.17
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135466
- ISBN
- 9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.29
€ 43.99
€ 31.29
Hardback. 'Between Genders' demonstrates how gender differentiation becomes a defining issue in early French Modernism. It also explores how border crossings among seemingly distinct terms of identification (heterosexuality, homosexualities, androgyny, etc.) put in question the idea of identity and provoke reconsideration of other important issues. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138450
- ISBN
- 9780874138450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Hardback. Editor(s): Ackerman, Alan L.; Puchner, Martin. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403944917
- ISBN
- 9781403944917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Paperback. The aim of this short book is to introduce Chaucer, "The Canterbury Tales", and far more briefly, some of his other works to the beginning student or reader. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225621
- ISBN
- 9780631225621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.89
€ 45.89