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Hardcover. These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema. Editor(s): Hanson, Helen; O'Rawe, Catherine. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203617
- ISBN
- 9780230203617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardback. This book explores the testimonies of spiritual experience delivered by puritans in the mid-seventeenth century in order to qualify for membership of their local churches. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 49. Clean copy with some shelf wear fine in dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002256
- ISBN
- 9780521254601
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015415
- ISBN
- 9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.17€ 41.17
€ 52.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. Ovid's Metamorphosis is a work which displays his mature genius and is a treasure house of mythology. This volume continues in the same style as books I-IV, V-VIII; with a line by line translation and notes which trace Ovid's sources and his influence on literature and art. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686467
- ISBN
- 9780856686467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Hardback. Like most authors, Mark Twain wrote from personal experience, but, unlike many authors, he left behind a wealth of autobiographical material recording those personal experiences. His autobiography, letters, speeches, and notebooks contain many references to events similar to those presented in Tom Sawyer. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819190598
- ISBN
- 9780819190598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.29
€ 91.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Ellis, Frank H. Num Pages: 266 pages, fig. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Peter Lang GmbH
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9783631546734
- ISBN
- 9783631546734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. A study of literary epiphany, whose varying constructions of spirituality are crucial to the shaping of character in the British and American novel. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137021847
- ISBN
- 9781137021847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. Presents the original text and English translations of the medieval and post-medieval records, poems and chronicles relating to Welsh revolutionary Owain Glyndwr (1357?-1415). Notes and essays on the historical, social and literary context provide up-to-date perspectives and commentary on the man and his times. Editor(s): Livingston, Michael; Bollard, John K. Series: Liverpool Historical Casebooks. Num Pages: 640 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFW; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898843
- ISBN
- 9780859898843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.41
€ 186.41
Paperback. The Ends of Literature analyzes the part played by literature within contemporary Latin American thought and politics, above all the politics of neoliberalism. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADSL; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743464
- ISBN
- 9780804743464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Reveals the vitality of the intellectual and creative work of Native American women. This collection examines the avenues that Native American women have chosen for creative, cultural, and political expressions, and discuss points of convergence between Native American feminisms and other feminisms. Editor(s): Hernandez-Avila, Ines. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103726
- ISBN
- 9780759103726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.85
€ 65.85
Hardcover. This text examines what De Quincey called "psychological criticism", a mode of studying how "literature of power" arouses ideas and images dormant in the subconscious. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774038
- ISBN
- 9780333774038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 38. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473173
- ISBN
- 9780801473173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.53
€ 51.53
Paperback. Editor(s): Mathews, Marthiel; Mathews, Jackson. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 34. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811211178
- ISBN
- 9780811211178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.12
€ 21.99
€ 20.12
Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167824
- ISBN
- 9780691167824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.39€ 74.32
€ 97.39
€ 74.32
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dillane, Fionnuala; Pine, Emilie. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 283 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319313870
- ISBN
- 9783319313870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.78
€ 133.78
Hardback. An attempt to illuminate Virginia Woolf's aesthetic by providing an original thoery regarding her use of the random frames provided by life. Her novels are shown to use windows, thresholds, mirrors and, less directly, rooms to frame scenes which chart the border between life and art. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333448809
- ISBN
- 9780333448809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.89
€ 121.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Carlsen, Jesper; Friis-Jensen, Karsten; Gabrielsen, Vincent; Pad, Marianne; Jensen, Minna Skafte; Olsen, Birger Munk; Bekker-Nielsen, Tonnes. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504928
- ISBN
- 9788763504928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08€ 51.43
€ 66.08
€ 51.43
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662667
- ISBN
- 9781855662667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 172 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403966292
- ISBN
- 9781403966292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- New York
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801439551
- ISBN
- 9780801439551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.09
€ 73.09
Paperback. "Our Common Dwelling" explores why America's first literary circle turned to nature in the 1830s and '40s, showing that when the Transcendentalists spiritualized the landscape, they were reacting to intense class conflict in the industrializing cities of New England. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602441
- ISBN
- 9780230602441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Paperback. A collection of informative critical articles on some of the best twentieth-century Russian short stories from Chekhov and Bunin to Tolstaya and Pelevin. It discusses the recurrent themes of language's power and limits, of childhood and old age, of art and sexuality, and of cultural, individual and artistic memory. Editor(s): Parts, Lyudmila, PhD. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843697
- ISBN
- 9781934843697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.23
€ 35.23
Paperback. Investigations into how the brain actually works have led to remarkable discoveries and these findings carry profound implications for interpreting literature. This study applies recent breakthroughs from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology in order to deepen our understanding of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets. Series: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455942
- ISBN
- 9781349455942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1919
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663153900
- ISBN
- 9783663153900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.16
€ 70.16