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Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. 96 pages, bibliography. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 10. Weight: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746307977
- ISBN
- 9780746307977
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Condition: New
€ 43.02
€ 43.02
Paperback. A practical approach to Charlotte Bronte's best-known novels, which shows how coherent criticism can be evolved from close reading. The book contains worked examples, with detailed guidance and suggestions for further work which should be useful for both teachers and students. Series: Analysing Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JNZ. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747797
- ISBN
- 9780333747797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.30
€ 32.99
€ 28.30
Paperback. Back in print to tie-in with The Canary Trainer, this "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend. Editor(s): Meyer, Nicholas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393311198
- ISBN
- 9780393311198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.08
€ 20.99
€ 19.08
Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AP; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183857
- ISBN
- 9781405183857
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Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
Hardback. Attacked for appeasing both Hitler and Stalin, E.H. Carr was not only one of the most productive writers of the 20th century but one of its most provocative as well. In this book 16 internationally respected authors grapple with his complex intellectual legacy. Editor(s): Cox, Michael. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBH; DSK; HBAH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333720660
- ISBN
- 9780333720660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.67
€ 123.67
hardcover. Editor(s): Scott-Kilvert, Diana; Feldman, Paula R. Num Pages: 324 pages, Fr.Ill.M. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198126744
- ISBN
- 9780198126744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.34
€ 99.34
paperback. Organized into chapters devoted to robotics, bionics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other significant scientific advancements, this book summarizes the state of each technology, while presenting corresponding reactions in science fiction. Num Pages: 341 pages, 49 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292709867
- ISBN
- 9780292709867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Hardcover. Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace twentieth-century gay British writers. Focusing on the role of the textual image in literary influence, this book moves toward a new understanding of the interpenetration of literary and visual culture in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362025
- ISBN
- 9781137362025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. This is a reassessment which uses and develops recent theories about the relationship between writing and historical experience, language and social change, to draw a detailed portrait of the place and times William Faulkner inhabited. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 489 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203162
- ISBN
- 9780631203162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Paperback. A study of the exiled Cuban writers from the 19th century known as los filibusteros who created a body of literature demanding independence from Spain and alliance with or annexation to the US. The transnational culture of writers went hand in hand with economic flow between the countries and was fuelled by belief in a US promise of freedom. Series: Envisioning Cuba. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2AB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855942
- ISBN
- 9780807855942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780330354912
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. One of Ralph Waldo Emerson's principle contributions to philosophy is the theory of self-reliance, a view of democratic individuality. George Kateb provides a reading of Emerson that is friendly to the interests of Nietzsche and to later Nietzscheans such as Weber, Heidegger, Arendt and Foucault. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521452
- ISBN
- 9780742521452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 34. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756352
- ISBN
- 9781876756352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.68
€ 19.99
€ 14.68
Hardcover. Victorian sensation novels, with their plots of crime, transgression and mystery, were bestsellers. Deborah Wynne analyzes the novels and the magazines in which they were serialized, highlighting how novels and magazines worked together to engage in cultural and social debates of the period. Num Pages: 202 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333776667
- ISBN
- 9780333776667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116986
- ISBN
- 9780230116986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615073
- ISBN
- 9780691615073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.76
€ 45.99
€ 32.76
Hardback. At its most basic, re-Orientalism is defined as forms of Orientalism practiced and manifested by Orientals in representing the Orient. This book looks at the application and discourse of re-Orientalism in contemporary Indian and South Asian writing in English, particularly social realism fiction. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137401557
- ISBN
- 9781137401557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847118
- ISBN
- 9780674847118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
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
€ 60.40
€ 60.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079160
- ISBN
- 9780252079160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.87
€ 30.99
€ 27.87
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HRCL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632278
- ISBN
- 9780691632278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.29
€ 104.29
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised & expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631578
- ISBN
- 9780691631578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.80
€ 130.80
Hardcover. This astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230670
- ISBN
- 9780631230670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.26
€ 92.26
Hardcover. The locked room mystery is one of the iconic creations of popular fiction. Michael Cook's critical study reveals how this archetypal form of the puzzle story has had a significant effect in shaping the immensely popular genre of detective fiction. The book includes analysis of texts from Poe to the present day. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276659
- ISBN
- 9780230276659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.15
€ 112.15