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Hardcover. This text explores the genesis, development, and religious significance of a literary and iconographic motif, involving a gang of urchins, usually male, who mock or assault a holy or eccentric person, typically an adult. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGH; DSB; DSK; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918951
- ISBN
- 9780333918951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353676
- ISBN
- 9780822353676
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. A biography of Bruce Chatwin, based on private notebooks, diaries, letters and hundreds of interviews. It illuminates the many sides of Chatwin, from Sotheby's director, archaeologist, "Sunday Times" journalist and traveller to devoted husband and active gay, socialite and loner. Num Pages: 656 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002223
- ISBN
- 9780099289975
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Metatheatre, or "theatre within theatre," is a critical approach often used in studies of Shakespearian or modern drama. This text applies the concept of metatheatricality to the work of Sophocles, shedding light on his technical ingenuity and revealing facets of fifth-century performative irony. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846971
- ISBN
- 9780807846971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.33
€ 58.33
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605791
- ISBN
- 9780691605791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.40
€ 51.99
€ 36.40
Hardback. Series: Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics and Education. Num Pages: 316 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; HPN; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319429045
- ISBN
- 9783319429045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.91
€ 144.91
Hardback. Focusing specifically upon the representation of class consciousness in Dickens's novels, this study uses recent critical and political theory to provide a conceptual framework for the reading of Dickens's novels. Interpretation is further supported by research from influential Victorian journals. Num Pages: 163 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333487082
- ISBN
- 9780333487082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.04
€ 122.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kryger, Lene. Num Pages: 99 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBF; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 270 x 13. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776749330
- ISBN
- 9788776749330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.41
€ 23.99
€ 18.41
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153451
- ISBN
- 9781903153451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.56
€ 89.56
Hardback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969101
- ISBN
- 9781403969101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Inspired by Chief Joseph's statement that "the Earth and myself are of one mind," Dunsmore studies the works of major Native writers and their connection with the natural world. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826317988
- ISBN
- 9780826317988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Hardcover. This book examines the non-fiction work of literary artist Alice Walker in order to glean values and ethical imperatives for womanist theological and ethical reflection. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. 192 pages. This book examines the non-fiction work of literary artist Alice Walker in order to glean values and ethical imperatives for womanist theological and ethical reflection. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 16. Weight: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615113
- ISBN
- 9780230615113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.65
€ 111.65
Paperback. Revisiting The Tempest offers a lively reconsideration of how The Tempest encourages interpretation and creative appropriation. It includes a wide range of essays on theoretical and practical criticism focusing on the play's original dramatic context, on its signifying processes and its present-time screen remediation. Editor(s): Calvi, Lisanna. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462063
- ISBN
- 9781349462063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
The Elemental Dialectic of Light and Darkness. the Passions of the Sou...
Anna-Teresa . Ed(S): Tymieniecka
Paperback. Editor(s): Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF3; HPJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141210
- ISBN
- 9789048141210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 240.15
€ 240.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 12 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 2. Weight in Grams: 32.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 12
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851246871
- ISBN
- 9780851246871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.16
€ 6.16
Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520231856
- ISBN
- 9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.23
€ 32.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis; Gonzalez, Christopher. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 51 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AKLC; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309155
- ISBN
- 9781477309155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. This book traces the process through which authors like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton adapted, rewrote, or resisted romance, mapping a world in which new cross-cultural contacts and religious conflicts demanded a rethinking of some of the most fundamental terms of early modern identity. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; HRH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537945
- ISBN
- 9781349537945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. This is the first biography of Richard Aldington, contemporary and friend of Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence and T.S. Eliot and notable as a poet, translator, editor, novelist, biographer and significant member of the Modernist era. A critical appraisal of his major writings is included. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349102266
- ISBN
- 9781349102266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52
€ 59.52
Hardcover. This book analyzes the interaction between gender and species in Chaucer's poetry and strives to understand his adaptation of medieval discourse through an ecofeminist lens. Works that either speak of animals, or those with animals speaking, give new insights into the medieval textual handling of the 'others' of society. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115279
- ISBN
- 9780230115279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.11
€ 64.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648552
- ISBN
- 9780691648552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 301.13
€ 301.13
Paperback. An anthology of exemplary readings by some of the twentieth century's foremost literary critics. It presents a range of responses to the question at the heart of literary criticism: how best to read a text to understand its meaning. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank; DuBois, Andrew. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330394
- ISBN
- 9780822330394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Legitimacy and Illegitimacy in Nineteenth-Century Law, Literature and ...
. Ed(S): Finn, Margot; Lobban, Michael; Taylo...
Paperback. "Animated by scandals, scoundrels and imposters, this collection, with contributions from prominent scholars of literature, history and law, seeks to address issues of identity, trust and deception in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain through the optic of the twin concepts of legitimacy and illegitimacy"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Finn, Margot; Lobban, Michael; Taylor, Jenny Bourne. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349366392
- ISBN
- 9781349366392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.24
€ 63.24
Hardcover. Offering a one-of-a-kind approach to music and literature of the Americas, this book examines the relationships between musical protagonists from Colombia, Cuba, and the United States in novels by writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alejo Carpentier, Zora Neale Hurston, and John Okada. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; 2AB; 2ADS; AV; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433329
- ISBN
- 9781137433329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18