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Hardcover. An analysis of Arbuthnot's "Art of Political Lying" (1712), this text argues that the work is a commentary on long-standing themes of debate in science, rhetoric and philosophy and should be seen as a seminal satire standing in opposition to the practice of Swift and Pope. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333699447
- ISBN
- 9780333699447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. Exploring the relationship between space, place, and gendered violence as depicted in a range of South African writing, Gunne examines the social and political conditions of exceptionality during and after apartheid. Writers covered include: Hilda Bernstein, J.M. Coetzee, Achmat Dangor, Ruth First, Nadine Gordimer, and Antjie Krog. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453426
- ISBN
- 9781137453426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403961303
- ISBN
- 9781403961303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.95
€ 138.95
Paperback. Fascinated by the idea of Western civilization as being a sequence of numerous misinterpretations and misrepresentations, these 19 essays, of Ilan Stavans, cover a broad range of topics with the unifying theme being the crossroads where politics and the imagination meet. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB; JFCX; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240318
- ISBN
- 9780312240318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.07
€ 33.99
€ 28.07
Hardback. This volume insists on the crucial importance of the English experience in Wales to the understanding of the literary cultures of Medieval Britain. Editor(s): Kennedy, Ruth; Meecham-Jones, Simon. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 290 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602953
- ISBN
- 9780230602953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APFR; DSB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157490
- ISBN
- 9780231157490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.27
€ 36.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. This book examines the ways in which Jane Austen's novels offer complex imaginative representations of both the tensions among, and the possibilities for, the practice of both the classical and the theological virtues. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531417
- ISBN
- 9781349531417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.92
€ 160.92
Hardcover. Edmund Spenser's censored attacks on Lord Burghley (Elizabeth I's powerful first minister) serve as the basis for a reassessment of the poet's mid-career, challenging the dates of canonical texts, the social and personal contexts for scandalous topical allegories, and the new historicist portrait of Spenser's 'worship' of power and state ideology. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299030
- ISBN
- 9780230299030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Hardcover. Largely ignored in American literary history, the magazine was extremely popular throughout the 19th century, with editors describing the form as a virtual "necessity". This book covers a variety of magazines and authors emphasizing their engagement with the social issues of the day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w illustrations, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922409
- ISBN
- 9780813922409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Paperback. Examining popular contexts of Greek revivalism associated with women, Comet challenges the masculine narrative of English Classicism by demonstrating that it thrived in non-male spaces, as an ephemeral ideal that betrayed a distrust of democratic rhetoric that ignored the social inequities of the classical world. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454655
- ISBN
- 9781349454655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52
Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666350
- ISBN
- 9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. An invaluable collection for those who read and love Lewis and medieval and Renaissance literature. Editor(s): Hooper, Walter. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107658929
- ISBN
- 9781107658929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.07
€ 21.07
Paperback. For Milton the value of a poem or of any other production derives from the inner worth of its author and not from any external measures. This text explores the radical effect of Milton's theological convictions on his poetry and prose. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012332
- ISBN
- 9780674012332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.62€ 48.55
€ 51.62
€ 48.55
paperback. Editor(s): Editors of The Believer. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936365043
- ISBN
- 9781936365043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.51
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Hardcover. Presents the systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth century. This book tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people, their language, and more. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118943328
- ISBN
- 9781118943328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.24
€ 88.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Powell, S. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 373 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349357550
- ISBN
- 9781349357550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Hardcover. According to traditional narratives of immigrant assimilation, Jews freely surrendered Yiddish language and culture in their desire for an American identity. This book offers a challenge to this conventional literary history, returning readers to a threshold where Americanization also meant ambivalence and resistance. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ACY; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631514
- ISBN
- 9780815631514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.40
€ 46.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847015105
- ISBN
- 9781847015105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.75
€ 26.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024631615
- ISBN
- 9788024631615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.46
€ 19.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648552
- ISBN
- 9780691648552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 326.39
€ 326.39
Paperback. This volume explores issues of black female identitythrough the various "imaginings" of the black female body in print and visual culture. Contributions emphasize the ways in which the black female body is framed and how black women (and their allies) have sought to write themselves back into social discourses on their terms." Editor(s): Henderson, C. Num Pages: 231 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290536
- ISBN
- 9781349290536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and sermons. This book is the first full-length study of the literary repercussions of the conspiracy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649378
- ISBN
- 9781442649378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.58
€ 89.58
Hardback. Counterfeit Capital is a comparative and interdisciplinary study exploring the unexpected yet essential relationship between irony and capital in the texts of Baudelaire and Marx and arguing for the renewed relevance of their work to contemporary thinking about the place of aesthetic and cultural experience in social and political life. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758246
- ISBN
- 9780804758246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.96
€ 86.96
Hardcover. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403903013
- ISBN
- 9781403903013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.23
€ 129.23