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Paperback. Confronts the consciousness of an absent (though perhaps still existent) God in the writings of Thomas De Quincey, Robert Browning, Emily Bront, Matthew Arnold, and Gerard Manley Hopkins. This title surveys the intellectual and material developments that conspired to cut man off from God. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069109
- ISBN
- 9780252069109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.29
€ 45.99
€ 41.29
Hardback. Describes modernist 'choran community' as a previously understudied key counternarrative to Modernism's engagement with early 20th-century master narratives. This book uses the term choran community to emphasize the almost sacred nature of experience represented in common by select modernist texts and phototexts produced in the interwar period. Num Pages: 246 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911304
- ISBN
- 9781575911304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.98
€ 130.98
Hardback. Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of 145 of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, arranged alphabetically by name. This volume surveys the novelists, whose works are included in core curricula of high school and undergraduate literature studies. Num Pages: 1536 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 140. Weight in Grams: 2910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587653933
- ISBN
- 9781587653933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 339.21
€ 339.21
The Novel and the Obscene challenges our vision of early twentieth-century America as sexually progressive by identifying a resonant silence at the heart of the modernist American novel-a narrative mode that renders censorship symbolic at the very moment of its legal demise. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751872
- ISBN
- 9780804751872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95
€ 74.95
Chaucer's Miller's, Reeve's, and Cook's Tales: An Annotated Bibliograp...
Burton, T. L.; Greentree, Rosemary; Biggs, Da...
hardcover. An annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802008749
- ISBN
- 9780802008749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.47
€ 108.47
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715997
- ISBN
- 9780804715997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.39
€ 103.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 430 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 0. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379435
- ISBN
- 9780674379435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.05
€ 52.99
€ 44.05
Hardback. This collection of 13 essays, published in association with the Children's Literature Association, celebrates the centennial of the publication of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", by Beatrix Potter. It explores how contemporary American children respond to the timeless appeal of Peter's antics. Editor(s): Mackey, Margaret. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810841970
- ISBN
- 9780810841970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.77
€ 113.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333593073
- ISBN
- 9780333593073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.19
€ 122.19
Hardcover. East Asian Ecocriticisms presents original essays from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China that define and characterize trends in East Asian ecocriticism. Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives in environmental thought and scholarship, this volume presents valuable and original contributions to global conversations. Editor(s): Estok, Simon C.; Kim, Won-Chung. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274311
- ISBN
- 9781137274311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. A study of Byron as a poet and thinker. While informed by recent work on Byron's philosophical contexts, it questions attempts to describe Byron as a philosopher of a particular kind. It approaches Byron, rather, as a writer fascinated by the different ways of thinking philosophy and poetry are taken to represent. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319716
- ISBN
- 9781846319716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.98
€ 43.99
€ 43.98
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Advances. Num Pages: 334 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403912862
- ISBN
- 9781403912862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Paperback. These essays examine a millennium of humorous and satirical writing in the Islamic world. Humor in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish narrative emerges here as a culturally modulated phenomenon that demands examination with reference to its historical framework and that, in turn, communicates as much about its producers as it does about its audience. Editor(s): Brookshaw, Dominic Parviz. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066700
- ISBN
- 9780674066700
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.08
€ 21.99
€ 20.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555974893
- ISBN
- 9781555974893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.75
€ 15.99
€ 13.75
Hardcover. This book traces the profound influence that Russian literature, which was tied inseparably to the political victory of the Russian revolution, had on China during a period that saw the collapse of imperial rule and the rise of the Communist Party. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623491
- ISBN
- 9780230623491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. A study of a female style of writing. French, English and American theories of how women's creative imagination and use of language may differ from conventional literary norms are examined in relation to the work of five of the best 20th century French women writers. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349088171
- ISBN
- 9781349088171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.67
€ 68.67
Paperback. Looks at how changes made when medieval Chinese manuscripts were copied influenced a writer's literary reputation Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991344
- ISBN
- 9780295991344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. This acclaimed volume explores and unravels the contexts, readings, genres, intertextualities and debates within Anglo-Saxon studies. * Brings together specially-commissioned contributions from a team of leading European and American scholars. * Embraces both the literature and the cultural background of the period. Editor(s): Pulsiano, Phillip; Treharne, Elaine M. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 29. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176095
- ISBN
- 9781405176095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.07
€ 62.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509720
- ISBN
- 9781349509720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. How can the concepts of Deleuze and Guattari be used to unearth the 'metaphysics' of modernist literature? This intersection of philosophy and key literary works uses their radical concepts to draw a dynamic map of modernism that explores the confrontation of each writer with the non-human machine age of the early twentieth-century. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219366
- ISBN
- 9780230219366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Romantic Englishness investigates how narratives of localised selfhood in English Romantic writing are produced in relation to national and transnational formations. This book focuses on autobiographical texts by authors such as John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and William Wordsworth. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137411624
- ISBN
- 9781137411624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This book investigates the ambivalent responses to the opposing compulsions of memory and forgetting in cultural production in South Asia. Mallot reveals how writers such as Salman Rushdie, Michael Ondaatje, and Amitav Ghosh indict nationalism's sins by accessing and encoding the past. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435234
- ISBN
- 9781349435234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
paperback. Translator(s): Varese, Louise. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AGB; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781590170014
- ISBN
- 9781590170014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.61
€ 19.99
€ 13.61
Paperback. Focusing on the work of Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney and Jane Austen, this book examines the relationships between politics, gender and feeling. It treats the qualities that were once seen to mar their work as strategies of representation during a time of political change. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401843
- ISBN
- 9780226401843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.61
€ 47.99
€ 36.61