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Paperback. The author reveals that the hysterical female character of the 19th-century novel is more than just a literary "femme fatale", and contends, using readings from Balzac, Eliot and others, that these narratives are sources for understanding hysterical states of mind. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris London
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KRS0019043
- ISBN
- 9781860641879
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This textbook makes a convincing case for a distinctive post-devolution Scottish criticism. In more than 40 essays under four main headings - 'Contexts', 'Genres', 'Authors' and 'Topics' - the volume positions Scottish literature within the broadest possible cultural framework, from history, politics and economics to new creative technologies, ecology and the media. Editor(s): Schoene, Berthold. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1, b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623969
- ISBN
- 9780748623969
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Hardback. Reception studies have transformed the classics. Editor(s): Lovatt, Helen; Hodkinson, Owen. Series: Library of Classical Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HBLA1; HRKP3; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781788310208
- ISBN
- 9781788310208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.37€ 46.25
€ 129.37
€ 46.25
Hardback. An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748621613
- ISBN
- 9780748621613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 96.14
€ 99.96
€ 96.14
Hardcover. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180 220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280." Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603848145
- ISBN
- 9781603848145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.07€ 71.57
€ 94.07
€ 71.57
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3B; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644424
- ISBN
- 9780691644424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.77€ 104.08
€ 138.77
€ 104.08
Hardback. How African writers reconstructed the biblical narrative to form a new identity Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602585317
- ISBN
- 9781602585317
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Condition: New
€ 54.59
€ 54.59
Hardback. A study of the immensely popular "lives" of Christ and the Virgin in medieval France. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844143
- ISBN
- 9781843844143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.66
€ 130.66
Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644612
- ISBN
- 9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.56
€ 105.84
€ 101.56
Paperback. This volume offers the student and general reader a comprehensive, critically informed overview of the development of literary and cultural studies from the nineteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624508
- ISBN
- 9780748624508
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Paperback. Introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. This book explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero. It also investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235156
- ISBN
- 9780631235156
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.86
€ 42.99
€ 42.86
Paperback. This is a new edition of the second volume of an anthology that has been called "the new standard." Editor(s): Black, Rabbi Joseph; Conolly, Leonard; Flint, Kate; Grundy, Isobel; LePan, Don; Liuzza, Roy; McGann, Jerome J.; Prescott, Ms. Anne Lake; Qualls, Barry V.; Waters, Claire. Num Pages: 1720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 244 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1684.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813124
- ISBN
- 9781554813124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.87
€ 101.87
Hardback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Keats. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138778320
- ISBN
- 9781138778320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardcover. Traces Hemingway's critical fortunes over the ninety years of his prominence, telling us something about what we value in literature and why scholarly reputations rise and fall. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135919
- ISBN
- 9781571135919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.11
€ 115.11
Paperback. This new guide to the English renaissance's most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623020
- ISBN
- 9780748623020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrated in black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Halsgrove
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857042675
- ISBN
- 9780857042675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.33
€ 13.99
€ 13.33
Hardcover. Editor(s): Andrist, Debra D. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198367
- ISBN
- 9781845198367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. This guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623068
- ISBN
- 9780748623068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411029
- ISBN
- 9781572411029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 colour illustrations & 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; KNGV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501305498
- ISBN
- 9781501305498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.70
€ 30.99
€ 25.70
Paperback. This international collection of eleven original essays on Australian Aboriginal literature provides a comprehensive critical companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal canon for scholars, researchers, students, and general readers. Editor(s): Wheeler, Belinda. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139382
- ISBN
- 9781571139382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.93
€ 38.99
€ 36.93
Hardback. This work offers a mapping of the cultural landscape of China in the late 20th century. By focusing on Chinese cultural formations and critical discourses of the last decade of the century, the book dissects the intellectual, economic, and political contradictions of a turbulent era. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738965
- ISBN
- 9780804738965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.45
€ 201.45
Paperback. By uncovering residues of ancestral languages found in Indigenous uses of English, Mareike Neuhaus shows how these remainders ground a reading strategy that enables us to approach Indigenous texts as" literatures" in their own right. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889773905
- ISBN
- 9780889773905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.90
€ 30.99
€ 25.90
Hardback. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 826. Manuscript Edition: Volume 3, 1776--1780. 1776-1780. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. 352 pages. Editor(s): Bruce, Robert; Bonnell, Thomas F. The third and penultimate volume in the Yale Research Edition's genetic transcription of the manuscript of Boswell's biographical masterwork. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Dimension: 245 x 158 x 32. Weight: 826.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606047
- ISBN
- 9780748606047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 111.86
€ 117.61
€ 111.86