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Hardcover. Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for evidence that women hoped to move beyond the constraints of marriage politics. This work inherits these concerns about the transcendence of love, and explores the depictions of male friendship. Num Pages: 256 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824830205
- ISBN
- 9780824830205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.72€ 54.97
€ 59.72
€ 54.97
Hardcover. This study argues that the work of forgiveness can facilitate productive mourning and that creative communication plays a critical role in negotiating forgiveness. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615311
- ISBN
- 9780230615311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137568304
- ISBN
- 9781137568304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Hardback. This new book examines how a range of authors today perpetuate Virginia Woolf's literary legacy, by creating new forms adapted to their new ages and audiences. Addressing questions about the current penchant for refashioning our canon in order to update, this book will be valuable reading for both students and scholars of Woolf. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490797
- ISBN
- 9781137490797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Paperback. A survey of the empowering poetry of politically active women in El Salvador, South Africa, and the United States. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; 1KLCS; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472065639
- ISBN
- 9780472065639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.55
€ 44.99
€ 37.55
Hardback. A biography of the Anglo-American poet and activist Denise Levertov that brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. It chronicles Levertov's role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Num Pages: 532 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272460
- ISBN
- 9780520272460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.52
€ 49.99
€ 35.52
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. One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses. Editor(s): Johnson, Jeri. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199536443
- ISBN
- 9780199536443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.08
€ 9.99
€ 9.08
Hardcover. This book is grounded in a theorization of the author's personal story including growing up as a female adoptee of a single parent in a patriarchal context, and current material context as an immigrant in New Zealand. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTQ; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137544308
- ISBN
- 9781137544308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691621722
- ISBN
- 9780691621722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.33€ 69.59
€ 91.33
€ 69.59
Paperback. This work seeks to introduce the reader to the life and works of Oscar Wilde, focusing in particular on the period 1890 to 1895. Earlier works from the 1880s are represented to give a balanced view of the motivating forces in his work as a poet, lecturer, journalist, and a short story writer. Series: Preface Books. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582234826
- ISBN
- 9780582234826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.20
€ 52.20
Paperback. Originally published in 1925 with two purposes in mind: to provide a collection of material to prepare students to read ordinary medieval Latin texts and, to meet the need of advanced students by furnishing an anthology of medieval Latin prose and poetry, this classic work has been reprinted. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813206356
- ISBN
- 9780813206356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.84
€ 26.84
Paperback. This work builds an argument about liberalism and the realist movement by shifting the focus from the rise of both in the 18th century, to their breakdown at the end of the 19th century. The decline of realism and the eroding logic of liberalism is related to the question of Jewish characters. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226815350
- ISBN
- 9780226815350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.18
€ 36.99
€ 29.18
Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463362
- ISBN
- 9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.42
€ 51.99
€ 43.42
Hardcover. The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins was a practitioner of strict asceticism, and his commentators have often approved or disapproved of his rigorous self-discipline. This study uses Lacanian theories of sublimation and courtly love to reconfigure this rift in the field of Hopkins criticism. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919409
- ISBN
- 9780813919409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.29€ 46.67
€ 50.29
€ 46.67
Hardcover. The subjects treated in this symposium have one major characteristic in common, that they have recently, or relatively recently, enjoyed high popularity among readers. Also, they have received from substantial to torrents of comment. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Bowling Green University Popular Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879720773
- ISBN
- 9780879720773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. The subjects treated in this symposium have one major characteristic in common, that they have recently, or relatively recently, enjoyed high popularity among readers. Also, they have received from substantial to torrents of comment. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879720780
- ISBN
- 9780879720780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Paperback. Tolkien's concern with time - past and present, real and "faerie" - captures the wonder of travel into other worlds and other times. This work shows that he was not just a mythmaker and writer of escapist fantasy but a man whose relationship to his own century was troubled and critical. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386999
- ISBN
- 9780873386999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.60
€ 49.99
€ 41.60
Hardback. The first biography of this remarkable figure Num Pages: 384 pages, 77. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445638904
- ISBN
- 9781445638904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
Paperback. A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton. Num Pages: 928 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 59. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 928
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349110165
- ISBN
- 9780349110165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.74
€ 26.99
€ 18.74
Paperback. A philosophic grounding for textual criticism that shows how textual criticism is an integral part of the activity of reading. Num Pages: 104 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812214093
- ISBN
- 9780812214093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.68
€ 21.99
€ 21.68
Paperback. This volume examines the novels and poetry of Herman Melville. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604952
- ISBN
- 9780815604952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. A comprehensive survey of modern American drama beginning with its antecedents in Victorian melodrama through to the present. The author discusses the work of more than 70 playwrights, from the golden eras of Broadway to the rise of Off-Broadway and regional theatre. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629399
- ISBN
- 9780815629399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39
Paperback. In this study, Frederick R. Karl defines and evaluates the main movements in the English novel beginning with Joyce. Karl devotes separate chapters to the works of C. P. Snow, Samuel Beckett, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Graham Greene, Lawrence Durrell, Elizabeth Bowen and others. Series: Reader's guides. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606970
- ISBN
- 9780815606970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.39
€ 21.99
€ 20.39