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Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, viii, 237 p., illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226258881
- ISBN
- 9780226258881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. . Good clean copy fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0000211
- ISBN
- 9780804717434
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635293
- ISBN
- 9780691635293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.85
€ 212.85
Paperback. Examines the unstable dialectic of reality and imagination, as well as of history and literature Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780823234295
- ISBN
- 9780823234295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.21
€ 51.99
€ 46.21
Hardback. Exploring deep-rooted understandings of race and gender and describing how differently their "Americanness" resonates in both writers' works, What Else But Love? considers the legacy of slavery in a variety of ways, from the meaning of mammies and mothers to the question of black manhood. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102766
- ISBN
- 9780231102766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.04
€ 131.04
Hardback. This collection of nine essays focuses on those writings of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) on literature and language that have a direct relevance to contemporary literary theory, notably his analyses of myth, violence, history, criticism, literature, and mass media. Editor(s): Ferris, David S. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725699
- ISBN
- 9780804725699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.89
€ 133.89
Hardback. Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative and picturesque analysis of the Romans' extraordinary desire for food and wine and how this quest for the luxurious is woven into the literature, art, language and culture. Num Pages: 346 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AB; 3D; ACG; CFF; DSBB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415186247
- ISBN
- 9780415186247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.30
€ 160.30
Paperback. Filled with provocative new assessments and new facts, this biography presents the contradictory, tormented life of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), author of Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim , and one of the great figures of modern literature. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411123
- ISBN
- 9780815411123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.75
€ 20.75
Paperback. This thought-provoking combination of social history and intellectual art criticism opens this powerful moment in history to renewed and dynamic interpretation and sharper discussion. Editor(s): Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894619
- ISBN
- 9780801894619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.69
€ 37.99
€ 31.69
Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 455
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520223202
- ISBN
- 9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 51.53
€ 66.74
€ 51.53
Paperback. Questing the educational suitability of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the classroom, this work argues that the book teaches misguided lessons about race relations. It aims to challenge the typical understanding of "Huck Finn", and guides readers through an analysis that demonstrates how racism functions in the book and the classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742545205
- ISBN
- 9780742545205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196479
- ISBN
- 9781845196479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 61.49
€ 63.23
€ 61.49
Paperback. Sets out and assesses the work of famous sexologists as well as the cultural context and impact of their work. Contributions from a range of scholars in different disciplines which gives the volume a true interdisciplinary appeal. Individual chapters outline a broad range of critical methodologies. Editor(s): Bland, Lucy; Doan, Laura L. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619835
- ISBN
- 9780745619835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. Murakami Haruki is perhaps the best-known and most widely translated Japanese author of his generation. This title scrutinizes Murakami's fictional worlds and their extraliterary contexts through a range of discursive lenses: modernity and postmodernity, universalism and particularism, imperialism and nationalism, Orientalism and globalization. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060760
- ISBN
- 9780674060760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.74
€ 27.99
€ 23.74
The Handbook to Romanticism Studies is an accessible and indispensible resource providing students and scholars with a rich array of historical and up-to-date critical and theoretical contexts for the study of Romanticism. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel; Wright, Dr. Julia M. Series: Critical Theory Handbooks. Num Pages: 434 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 61. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334968
- ISBN
- 9781444334968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Hardback. Filled with insights into the works of Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Charlie Chaplin, Jean Rhys, and John Dos Passos, this is a provocative new reading of the relationship between modernist literature and the development of celebrity culture in the early twentieth century. Series: Literary Modernism Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723399
- ISBN
- 9780292723399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Hardback. Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405151405
- ISBN
- 9781405151405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.54
€ 92.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335666
- ISBN
- 9781590335666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.09€ 59.80
€ 77.09
€ 59.80
paperback. This correspondence provides a balance between the letters of Joyce as a man, and as a writer. Editor(s): Ellmann, Richard. Num Pages: 469 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Richard Ellmann
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571107346
- ISBN
- 9780571107346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 17.49
€ 29.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. This issue deals with translation and norms. Norms are models of correct or appropriate behaviour and of correct or appropriate behavioural products. Since translational behaviour is contextualised social behaviour, translational norms are understood as internalised behavioural constraints which embody the values shared by a community. Editor(s): Schaffner, Christina. Series: Current Issues in Language and Society Monographs. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853594380
- ISBN
- 9781853594380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.95
€ 116.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226334974
- ISBN
- 9780226334974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 419 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DQ; DSB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412251
- ISBN
- 9780821412251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141392578
- ISBN
- 9780141392578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.45
€ 12.99
€ 10.45
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639888
- ISBN
- 9780691639888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.97
€ 145.97