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Paperback. Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the 'girl power' movement of the 1990's, this title provides a critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. It traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of 'tomboy' has undergone in the United States. Num Pages: 338 pages, 10 Halftoness. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137237
- ISBN
- 9781592137237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. This collection of stories has been put together to introduce readers, be they teen or adult, to the world of science fiction and fantasy. The stories are designated into age categories and feature classic titles as well as current titles popular with both younger and older teens. Num Pages: 168 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSR; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840287
- ISBN
- 9780810840287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.68
€ 88.68
Paperback. Literary Celebrity in Canada explores that space, drawing on current theories of celebrity and questioning their tendency to view fame as an empty phenomenon. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521394
- ISBN
- 9781487521394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Shows what poetry was before the emergence of the modern category "poetry": that is, how vernacular songbooks of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries shaped our modern understanding of poetry by establishing expectations of what is a poem, what is a poet, and what is lyric poetry itself. Num Pages: 293 pages, 7 colour plates, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226270050
- ISBN
- 9780226270050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.89
€ 31.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Good clean copy. Showing some shelf and reading wear, remains in good condition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0010917
- ISBN
- 9780140051094
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A collection of essays that ranges from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It examines how obligatory state service and the Table of Ranks shaped Russian writers' view of themselves as professionals, raising questions about whether the existence of the rank system prompted the development of specifically Russian types of literary discourse. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235513
- ISBN
- 9781936235513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.44
€ 148.44
Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on endpapers and minor nicks and bumps on cover but remains a clean copy
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KSS0008018
- ISBN
- 9780449216521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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
€ 221.54
€ 221.54
Hardback. In 1938, Virginia and Ray Garner began making films in the Belgian Congo and French Cameroons. This book features Virginia Garner's diaries, which highlight the challenges of making films in Africa in the 1930s and include rich descriptions of cross-cultural interactions and micro-negotiations with chiefs, headmen, and villagers. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853800
- ISBN
- 9780761853800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Paperback. Of the 1995 full-length edition:'Aristophanes addicts unite! This book is for us. It has everything that we always wanted to know about Birds and we were unable to find in one place.' Greek Gazette 'The commentary elucidates with an experts knowledge of syntax, meter, and artifacts.. The volume will remain authoritative for generations. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprinted with revisions 1991.
- SKU
- V9780856682889
- ISBN
- 9780856682889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Told through the whispering voice of a witty, likeable, mischievous young girl, the poems in this book paint a three-dimensional account of adolescent life at school, at home, or in a best-friend's bedroom. The characters and stories gossip wickedly to one another about teachers, history lessons, pets, parents and pimples. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 165 x 197 x 4. Weight in Grams: 46. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0002821
- ISBN
- 9780571227686
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Physiognomy in Profile affirms and assesses Lavater's contribution to European culture in the two hundred years since his death. It examines how his vision of physiognomy as a viable method of interpreting the modern world has repeatedly been affirmed and challenged. Editor(s): Percival, Melissa; Tytler, Graeme. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492378
- ISBN
- 9781611492378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.24
€ 136.24
Paperback. This introduction to the theatre also attempts to offer a meditation on the theatricality of the Incarnation. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, the author explores theatrical history. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349096992
- ISBN
- 9781349096992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.60
€ 62.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553263572
- ISBN
- 9780553263572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.05
€ 10.05
hardcover. Fine copy with minor shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Picador London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0003469
- ISBN
- 9780330485166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.44
€ 5.44
New edition and modern English translation of the Anglo-Norman version of the story of Haveloc - one of the most popular of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Burgess, Glyn S.; Brook, Leslie C. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844136
- ISBN
- 9781843844136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.53
€ 129.53
Hardback. Crossing Borders explores cross-cultural representations of gender and sexual practices in the medieval French and Arabic traditions. Amer demonstrates that the medieval Arabic tradition on eroticism played a determining role in French literary writings on gender and sexuality in the Middle Ages. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240870
- ISBN
- 9780812240870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that centres on the implications of an intricate conception of Irish history and identity. This work emphasises both the historical considerations and the literary representations of Irish identities. It contains contributions by American, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish scholars. Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz; Boss, Michael. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 179 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HBJD1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772883809
- ISBN
- 9788772883809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.47
€ 17.47
Hardcover. Christina Rossetti has come to be considered one of the major poets. "The Letters of Christina Rossetti" makes available all of her extant letters, almost two-thirds of which have never before been published. These letters come from over 100 private and institutional collections. The fourth and final volume covers the last eight years of her life. Editor(s): Harrison, Antony H. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922959
- ISBN
- 9780813922959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.24
€ 107.24
Hardcover. Very good copy in very good dustwrappers. DW has small tear on front cover, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016665
- ISBN
- 9780091366902
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. In Romantic Marks and Measures, Julia S. Carlson examines Wordsworth's poetry of "speech" and "nature" as a poetry of print, written and read in the midst of topographic and typographic experimentation and change. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812247879
- ISBN
- 9780812247879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Ioppolo, Grace. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491968
- ISBN
- 9781611491968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.71
€ 139.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163376
- ISBN
- 9780691163376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Hemon, Aleksandar. Series: Best European Fiction. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DQ; FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714. 512 pages. "Best European Fiction is an exhilarating read."--Time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; FZC. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 31. Weight: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786005
- ISBN
- 9781564786005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29