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Paperback. The essays in this volume explore aspects of literature and culture of the period 1780-1830, using as their focus the geographical and metaphorical concept of the "debatable land." Editor(s): Lamont, C; Rossington, M. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353743
- ISBN
- 9781349353743
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. Exploring how scholars use digital resources to reconstruct the 19th century, this volume probes key issues in the intersection of digital humanities and history. Part I examines the potential of online research tools for literary scholarship while Part II outlines a prehistory of digital virtuality by exploring specific Victorian cultural forms. Editor(s): Alfano, Veronica; Stauffer, Andrew. Num Pages: 292 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398208
- ISBN
- 9781137398208
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. The volume begins with an introductory essay on the origins of British humour in the Middle Ages. Chapters then examine British literary humour during particular centuries. Each chapter begins with an overview of humour during that time period followed by entries for individual authors. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 493.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313297069
- ISBN
- 9780313297069
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Condition: New
€ 77.65
€ 77.65
paperback. A collection of poetry and prose from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from established and emerging Hispanic American authors. Editor(s): Flores, Lauro. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977461
- ISBN
- 9780295977461
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Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 233 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288847
- ISBN
- 9781349288847
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. An in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism from the mid-19th century 'opening to the West' until the 21st century globalized world of 'postmodernism.' Its concept of modernism encompasses not just the aesthetic avant-garde but a wide spectrum of social, political and cultural phenomena. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229570
- ISBN
- 9780230229570
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Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
Paperback. Examines the role the fable played in the development of English literature and culture in the period 1651-1740. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521025317
- ISBN
- 9780521025317
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Condition: New
€ 51.07
€ 51.07
Hardback. Named for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d 645 BC), the "Guanzi" is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings in existence. It was compiled in its present form about 26 BC by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang. This volume presents a translation of the "Guanzi" into English. Translator(s): Rickett, W. Allyn. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 592 pages, 1 table 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3D; DNF; DSBB; HPD; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 999.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048161
- ISBN
- 9780691048161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.96€ 180.42
€ 246.96
€ 180.42
Hardback. A lucid intervention in current debates about identity and difference, this book uses the concept of Otherness to look again at both Gothic fiction and Postcolonialism. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF; DSK; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234062
- ISBN
- 9780230234062
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Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. Benito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) was a prolific Spanish realist novelist, who through a lack of good translations is virtually unknown outside Spain, though he has been compared as second only to Cervantes in Spanish literature and whose work is considered to give the deepest, truest, most comprehensive realities of Spain. Editor(s): Whittaker, Graham. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688942
- ISBN
- 9780856688942
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Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
Hardback. Traces sentimentality in 19th-century imaginative literature by focusing on six major writers: Tennyson and Dickens as the giants of Victorian domestic sentimentality; Hopkins and Hardy as transitional figures; and Lawrence and Eliot as representatives, in different ways, of that era. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823214952
- ISBN
- 9780823214952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.62
€ 102.62
Paperback. An annotated parallel-text edition of Wordsworth's autobiographical poem in blank verse. Editor(s): Wordsworth, Jonathan. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140433692
- ISBN
- 9780140433692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.45
€ 21.99
€ 14.45
Hardcover. Featuring canonical Spanish American and Brazilian texts of the 1920s and 30s, Corporeality in Early Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature is an innovative analysis of the body as site of inscription for avant-garde objectives such as originality, subjectivity, and subversion. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268792
- ISBN
- 9781137268792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 191.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911198805
- ISBN
- 9780911198805
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Condition: New
€ 27.65
€ 27.65
Hardback. Against prevailing views on what it means to enjoy power as individuals, cultures, or nations, this book looks at the making of cultural and national identities in modern China as building success from failure. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBF; DSBH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751766
- ISBN
- 9780804751766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.72
€ 85.72
Paperback. Guide du roman de langue francaise (1901-1950) presents 471 French-language novels written by some 380 authors, and represents the richness and diversity of the novel in French, during the first half of the twentieth century. It includes not only literary classics but also paraliterary works from France and the Francophone world. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761821960
- ISBN
- 9780761821960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 113.09
€ 113.09
Paperback. This second edition contains up to date material on the New York School of Poets and its growing influence on postmodern poetics. It includes a definitive critical account of its key figures: John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333786390
- ISBN
- 9780333786390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 351.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488566
- ISBN
- 9780801488566
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Condition: New
€ 49.63
€ 49.63
Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521177207
- ISBN
- 9780521177207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.78
€ 51.78
Hardback. Covers the early years of Thoreau's intellectual and artistic growth. This title reflects his reading, travels, and contacts with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and other Transcendentalists. Editor(s): Witherell, Elizabeth Hall; Howarth, William L.; Sattelmeyer, Robert; Blanding, Thomas. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 712 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; BGA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 45. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691063614
- ISBN
- 9780691063614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.33€ 100.09
€ 133.33
€ 100.09
Melancholy Experience in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century
Ingram, Allan; Sim, Professor Stuart; Lawlor,...
Hardback. Arising from a research project on depression in the eighteenth century, this book discusses the experience of depressive states both in terms of existing modes of thought and expression, and of attempts to describe and live with suffering. It also asks what present-day society can learn about depression from the eighteenth-century experience. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246317
- ISBN
- 9780230246317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. Presents the history of development through the ages of Plato's "Atlantis" story - the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it. Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'find' Atlantis, the author re-examines the very different uses made of the myth in different contexts and periods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780859898058
- ISBN
- 9780859898058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.71
€ 137.71
Hardback. Close reading and analysis of ten major life stories, from Mohandas Gandhi and Black Elk to Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and Rigoberta Menchu. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219933
- ISBN
- 9780823219933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.03
€ 91.03
Paperback. This anthology of four plays is the first publication in English of the work of Olivier Py (born in 1965). The volume includes introductions, a bibliography and notes, and, as an appendix, an article by Barbara Mason and Susan Mason, reviewing one of Olivier Py's plays. Editor(s): Edney, David. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761832263
- ISBN
- 9780761832263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06