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Hardback. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book explores a wide range of themes offered in the wealth of contemporary American fiction, including identity, history, family, nation, and aesthetics, as well as cultural movements, styles, and narrative strategies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 232 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405167574
- ISBN
- 9781405167574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.44
€ 103.44
Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521381635
- ISBN
- 9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Hardcover. Scientific progress is usually seen as a precondition of modern utopias, but science and utopia are frequently at odds. Ranging from Galileo's observations with the telescope to current ideas of the post-human and the human-animal boundary, this study brings a fresh perspective to the paradoxes of utopian thinking since Plato. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456779
- ISBN
- 9781137456779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349272990
- ISBN
- 9781349272990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.95
€ 121.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312219635
- ISBN
- 9780312219635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349175147
- ISBN
- 9781349175147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.19
€ 185.19
Hardback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333346037
- ISBN
- 9780333346037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.86
€ 186.86
Illustrations, Optics and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Literary and V...
Patrizia . Ed(S): Di Bello
Paperback. Paying attention to the historically specific dimensions of objects such as the photograph, the illustrated magazine and the collection, the contributors to this volume offer new ways of thinking about nineteenth-century practices of reading, viewing, and collecting, revealing new readings of Wordsworth, Shelley, James and Wilde, among others. Editor(s): Di Bello, Patrizia. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349307463
- ISBN
- 9781349307463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
Hardback. This is a study of the way in which the changes in human perception created by urbanization are expressed in the various arts, in terms of form and content. Starting with the metropolitan explosion in the 19th century, it then goes on to more recent representations of the city in Europe and the US. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333696286
- ISBN
- 9780333696286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Hardback. A quasi-biographical, historical, and critical study of Andrew Marvell, this book deals with the specific historical presences and pressures that led Marvell to devise his defenses of worthy men. Marvell's perception of his role as poet emerges through his reformation of conventional figures and structures. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874135619
- ISBN
- 9780874135619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.11
€ 112.11
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 334 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912862
- ISBN
- 9781403912862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. Allows the readers to explore substantial selections of the poetry of ten postwar poets - Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, Michael Longley, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Durcan, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian. Editor(s): Muldoon, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber England
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228379
- ISBN
- 9780571228379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.31
€ 19.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Fox, Paul. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray; Sazalan, Azden. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898215732
- ISBN
- 9783898215732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.26
€ 42.99
€ 30.26
Hardcover. This book investigates Kamau Brathwaite's and Derek Walcott's postcolonial debates, reading them against the traditional sites of the Caribbean imaginary. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623644
- ISBN
- 9780230623644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.24
€ 101.24
Hardback. Kottman's readings of the drama of William Shakespeare and others against two major treatises in political philosophy-Plato's Republic and Hobbes's Leviathan-contest the figural ground from which political philosophy emerges and suggests how a Shakespearean sense of the 'scene' might open up new avenues for thinking about politics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758345
- ISBN
- 9780804758345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.67
€ 81.67
Paperback. This concise guide to staging an Ayckbourn play includes information on: plot breakdown, hints on production, details of female and male characters, where to apply for permissions and music, and much more. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 19. Weight in Grams: 165.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571214921
- ISBN
- 9780571214921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.11
€ 10.99
€ 9.11
Hardback. The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct. This book accounts for the swift rise and sudden decline of a genre whose life span was incredibly brief relative to its impact. It presents the history of Latin erotic elegy since Georg Luck's. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096742
- ISBN
- 9780691096742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.89€ 64.49
€ 83.89
€ 64.49
Paperback. This work argues that pastoral is based upon a fundamental fiction - that the lives of shepherds or other socially humble figures represent the lives of human beings in general. It explores texts ranging from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Hardy and Frost. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015170
- ISBN
- 9780226015170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.44
€ 31.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. 'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.' From the point of view of his life now, the author moves you through the events of his life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571283248
- ISBN
- 9780571283248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25
Paperback. First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry. Editor(s): Batchelor, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249885
- ISBN
- 9781852249885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.92
€ 15.99
€ 12.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761809647
- ISBN
- 9780761809647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.70
€ 78.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Binding, Paul. Series: Babel Guides to Literature in English Translation. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 2ACS; DSB; DSK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460304
- ISBN
- 9781899460304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.64
€ 13.99
€ 11.64
hardcover. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this catalogue evaluates Cambridge University Library's world-class collection of illuminated manuscripts for the very first time. Num Pages: 532 pages, 720 b/w illus. 192 colour illus. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; ACN; AKLB; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521848923
- ISBN
- 9780521848923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 333.06
€ 333.06
Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074276
- ISBN
- 9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85