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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004414
ISBN
9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In this groundbreaking collection, twelve international scholars - with backgrounds in disability studies, English and world literature, classics, and history - discuss the representation of dis/ability, medical "cures," technology, and the body in science fiction. Editor(s): Allan, Kathryn. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137343420
ISBN
9781137343420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.67

paperback. In this groundbreaking collection, twelve international scholars with backgrounds in disability studies, English and world literature, classics, and history discuss the representation of dis/ability, medical "cures," technology, and the body in science fiction." Editor(s): Allan, K. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349465682
ISBN
9781349465682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 144.14

Hardcover. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230292093
ISBN
9780230292093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49

Paperback. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349332267
ISBN
9781349332267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield International
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783482566
ISBN
9781783482566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.62
€ 22.91

Paperback. Brings a much-needed perspective to Deadwood's representation of the frontier West Editor(s): Graulich, Melody; Witschi, Nicolas S. Series: Postwestern Horizons. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803264748
ISBN
9780803264748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.19

Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Edition
1st softcover ed
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568217994
ISBN
9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.76

Paperback. An initial proposition is made that literary theory is divided into two broad, antithetical camps - one where the focus is purely textual, the other where the focus is on context. The text articulates a number of possible responses with consequences for future research and education. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655689
ISBN
9780333655689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: ANF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474239837
ISBN
9781474239837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.29

Hardback. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645011
ISBN
9781442645011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.81

Hardcover. Offering a fresh approach to the study of the figure of the diplomat in the early modern period, this collection of diverse readings of archival texts, objects and contexts contributes a new analysis of the spaces, activities and practices of the Renaissance embassy. Editor(s): Adams, Robyn; Cox, Rosanna. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239760
ISBN
9780230239760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.67

Paperback. "This volume began life after a three-day conference held at the University of Kent in collaboration with the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, Queen Mary, University of London in 2008." Editor(s): Adams, R.; Cox, R. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316267
ISBN
9781349316267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Paperback. A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208910
ISBN
9780253208910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.55

Hardback. Before the late 1960s, Euripides The Bacchae had almost no performance record on modern stages. Since then, the tragedy has been staged worldwide. Series: Blackwell-Bristol Lectures on Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405175784
ISBN
9781405175784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.06

Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015972
ISBN
9780691015972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.24
€ 56.23

hardcover. A new critical edition of Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers, a unique and profoundly influential work. Editor(s): Dorandi, Tiziano. Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
952
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521886819
ISBN
9780521886819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 268.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403944467
ISBN
9781403944467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF; JFC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349522507
ISBN
9781349522507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Hardback. Spiegel explores how in one of his best known novels the 19th-century Russian author used laughter not only to flesh out characters but also to foreshadow and intensify events, highlight thematic and compositional parallels, influence the plot, and shape the novel's symbolic structure. As background Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910376
ISBN
9781575910376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.63

Hardcover. This book reveals subversive representations of gender, race and class in detective dime novels (1860-1915), arguing that inherent tensions between subversive and conservative impulses-theorized as contamination and containment-explain detective fiction's ongoing popular appeal to readers and to writers such as Twain and Faulkner. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137288646
ISBN
9781137288646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449934
ISBN
9781349449934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.39

Hardcover. With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period to the present day. Editor(s): Grohmann, Alexis; Wells, Caragh. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. From Cervantes to Sebald. 232 pages, 1 black & white halftones. Editor(s): Grohmann, Alexis; Wells, Caragh. With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 18. Weight: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230247987
ISBN
9780230247987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.06

Paperback. With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period to the present day. Editor(s): Wells, C. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349320295
ISBN
9781349320295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

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