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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
Paperback. Series: African Literature Today. 173 pages, 17, 17 black and white. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N. Brings together experiences of teachers of African literature from around the world in the context of technological change. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; 2H; DSBH; JNU. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 173
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847015112
- ISBN
- 9781847015112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.18
€ 26.99
€ 26.18
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403964113
- ISBN
- 9781403964113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardcover. Poets, novelists and academics join together in this collection of essays to say what serious reading means to them as individuals. Included are George Steiner and George Craig on the act of reading, and Joseph Brodsky, Les Murray, Douglas Oliver and Hester Jones on reading, poetry and vision. Editor(s): Davis, Philip. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333670026
- ISBN
- 9780333670026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
Paperback. This is a new, revised and updated paperback edition of the critically acclaimed first full-length critical assessment of this most individual, challenging, conceptually energetic of British dramatists, whose recognition and influence have extended to a position of international eminence. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577404
- ISBN
- 9780230577404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Paperback. Approach places, times and states of mind in a mosaic of knowledge, invention, memory and entertainment with this collection of poems. The personal and the public interact in many poems and others address personal histories and their creative consequences, alongside mythological motifs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547528
- ISBN
- 9781857547528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.06
€ 21.99
€ 19.06
paperback. Writing Early Modern London explores how urban community in London was experienced, imagined and translated into textual form. Ranging from previously unstudied manuscripts to major works by Middleton, Stow and Whitney, it examines how memory became a key cultural battleground as rites of community were appropriated in creative ways. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349451678
- ISBN
- 9781349451678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349057177
- ISBN
- 9781349057177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.89
€ 121.89
Paperback / so. Series: Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663000396
- ISBN
- 9783663000396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.81
€ 56.81
Hardcover. * Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis * Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma * Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere * Places U.S. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657928
- ISBN
- 9780470657928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Hardback. Michie's fresh reading of the marriage plot, and the choice between two women at its heart, shows it to be as much about politics and economics as it is about personal choice. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401867
- ISBN
- 9781421401867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40€ 65.57
€ 72.40
€ 65.57
Paperback. A revisionist reading of Ernest Hemingway's work with respect to race. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533381
- ISBN
- 9781349533381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349062539
- ISBN
- 9781349062539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.52
€ 68.52
Hardcover. Signifying 'others' or signs of life? This book critically examines the ways in which crossing sex and gender is imagined in key cultural texts from contemporary Latin America. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; APF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104020
- ISBN
- 9780230104020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.53€ 45.54
€ 50.53
€ 45.54
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640082
- ISBN
- 9780691640082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.65
€ 167.65
Hardcover. Combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. The author shows that this tension informs our efforts to coexist ethically and politically, an experience of sharing and separation that informs any decision. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 colour plates, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSB; HPN; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226717777
- ISBN
- 9780226717777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.87
€ 53.99
€ 41.87
Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758106
- ISBN
- 9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.40
€ 46.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. This new collection of essays by major scholars in the field looks at the ways in which cross-fertilization has taken place in Gothic writing from France, Germany, Britain and America over the last 200 years, and argues that Gothic writing reflects international exchanges in theme and form. Editor(s): Zlosnik, Sue. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355297
- ISBN
- 9781349355297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.58
€ 63.58
Hardcover. Canadian Historical Writing presents an archaeology of contemporary Canadian historical writing within the theory and practice of historiography. Drawing on international debates within the fields of literary studies and history, the book focuses on the roles played by time, evidence, and interpretation in defining the historical. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398888
- ISBN
- 9781137398888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Paperback. Set in the author's adopted home of California in the 1920s, this is Gene Stratton-Porter's last novel, a story filled with wisdom, a love of nature, and her own abiding optimism. In it a Master Bee Keeper, his bees, and the natural beauty of California restore a wounded World War I veteran to health. Series: The Library of Indiana Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206916
- ISBN
- 9780253206916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988900
- ISBN
- 9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.14
€ 123.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; GTE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289028
- ISBN
- 9781349289028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. Including topics as diverse as feminism and its relationship to the marketplace, plagiarism and copyright, silence and forgetting, and myth in a digital age, this book explores the role of rewriting within feminist literature from the 1970s onwards in relation to the theme of cultural memory. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232211
- ISBN
- 9780230232211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. Robert Wilcher charts the political and ideological development of 'royalism' between 1628 and 1660. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521118972
- ISBN
- 9780521118972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 48.62