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Hardback. Editor(s): Biderman, Shai; Lewit, Ido. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176446
- ISBN
- 9780231176446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.04€ 78.54
€ 103.04
€ 78.54
Hardback. This text challenges the assumption that African American literature aptly reflects black American social consciousness. It delineates the social and political forces that shaped leading black literary works and shows that divisions between political thinkers prevailed throughout the 20th century. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509498
- ISBN
- 9780742509498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.93
€ 175.93
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hendricks, Randy; Perkins, James A. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ Tennessee Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572334601
- ISBN
- 9781572334601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.72
€ 49.99
€ 41.72
Hardback. A companion to Hardy's life and works, listing year by year the details of his secretive biography and literary output. Background information is also provided, especially for those historical events in which Hardy took most interest. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333459140
- ISBN
- 9780333459140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.64
€ 122.64
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. Focusing on a burgeoning area of interest, this new study illustrates relations between legal and theatrical discourses in a range of plays. Editor(s): Jordan, C.; Cunningham, K. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSBD; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349543342
- ISBN
- 9781349543342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
paperback. Editor(s): McMullen, Lorraine. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776643885
- ISBN
- 9780776643885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.97
€ 12.97
Hardcover. Centuries before W.B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Num Pages: 478 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630449
- ISBN
- 9780815630449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.74
€ 50.99
€ 42.74
Paperback. W.B. Yeats is widely regarded as the greatest English-language poet of the twentieth century. This new critical biography seeks to tell the story of his life as it unfolded in the various contexts in which Yeats worked as an artist and as public figure. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228516
- ISBN
- 9780631228516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.54
€ 57.54
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843429
- ISBN
- 9781843843429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.16
€ 90.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977540
- ISBN
- 9781403977540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
hardcover. A champion for African-American and women's rights, Alice Walker reflects her beliefs in her passionate writing. Walker is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Color Purple". This book presents a critical portrait of one of Alice. It contains a chronology and a bibliography. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Modern Critical Views S. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publications United States
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791096116
- ISBN
- 9780791096116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Paperback. This original study discovers the bourgeois in the modernist and the dissenting style of Bohemia in the new artistic movements of the 1910s. Brooker sees the bohemian as the example of the modern artist, at odds with but defined by the codes of bourgeois society. It renews once more the complexities and radicalism of the modernist challenge. Num Pages: 223 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230546929
- ISBN
- 9780230546929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. The authors discussed in this book, including James Fenimore Cooper, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Leslie Marmon Silko, place this cross-cultural contact in nature, not only collapsing cultural and racial boundaries, but also complicating divisions between "wilderness" and "civilization." Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230605411
- ISBN
- 9780230605411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; DSB; HBJF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174381
- ISBN
- 9780231174381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.73€ 80.87
€ 107.73
€ 80.87
Paperback. Presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830-1900. This title opens up for the reader the cultural world in which the Victorian novel was written and read. It provides perspectives on how Victorian fiction relates to different contexts, such as class, sexuality, empire, psychology, law, and biology. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405103206
- ISBN
- 9781405103206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.18
€ 50.18
Paperback. Despite an outpouring in recent years of history and cultural criticism related to the Holocaust, Italian women's literary representations and testimonies have not received their proper due. This project fills this gap by analyzing Italian women's writing from a variety of genres, all set against a complex historical backdrop. Series: Italian and Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349480081
- ISBN
- 9781349480081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. This study explores the theme of exile in the literary career of V.S. Naipaul, approaching the subject from two perspectives: as an idea that recurs in Naipaul's writings and as a personal experience that has shaped his vision of the world. His works are examined in chronological order. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870238208
- ISBN
- 9780870238208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.57
€ 45.99
€ 38.57
Paperback. This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach to 'cultural production', his 'social formalist' alternative to structuralism and post-structuralism and his approach to 'the media'. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230006706
- ISBN
- 9780230006706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This volume, which includes essays on Catalonia, the Basque country and Galicia focuses on issues of "difference" that are at the centre of current debates in Spain and elsewhere: the emergence of minority literatures; multilingualism and identity; new re Editor(s): Martin-Estudillo, Luis; Spadaccini, Nicholas. Series: Hispanic Issues Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DS; 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826517241
- ISBN
- 9780826517241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
€ 44.99
€ 37.55
Paperback. This bookplaces the major novels of Jane Austen within the moral and social contexts of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England in a clear and accesible language. " Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349381463
- ISBN
- 9781349381463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. This title explores the tension between dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. It challenges the reader to re-examine notions of translation, bilingualism, and postcoloniality. Translator(s): Hassan, Wail S. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631910
- ISBN
- 9780815631910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2ABM; AV; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035383
- ISBN
- 9780226035383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.38
€ 35.99
€ 28.38
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453342
- ISBN
- 9780801453342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72