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Paperback. This is a beautiful book honoring Washington Irving (1783-1859) and his house, Sunnyside, as focal points of America's artistics life during the first half of the nineteenth century. Irving's colorful and painterly style continues to delight readers in the U.S. and abroad. His work had a profound influence upon the artists of his day. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780912882994
- ISBN
- 9780912882994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. Argues that reading, beyond its apparent linearity, is essentially prophetic, not only because Moby-Dick, for example, may appear to be full of unexpected prophecies but also, and more deeply, because reading itself is a prophetic experience that Melville captured in a different way. Translator(s): Anidjar, Gil. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231539
- ISBN
- 9780823231539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.29
€ 107.29
Hardcover. Through an examination of Tennyson's 'domestic poetry' - his portrayals of England and the English - in their changing nineteenth-century context, this book demonstrates that many of his representations were 'fabrications', more idealized than real, which played a vital part in the country's developing identity and sense of its place in the world. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137288899
- ISBN
- 9781137288899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Paperback. Puts into context the feminine aspects of the writer's life, outlining the prevalence of social concerns & domestic themes, but also the typically masculine domain of European art & culture, prompting a serious re-evaluation of Canadian feminist expression in the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Martin, Peggy. Num Pages: 296 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 123 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552381908
- ISBN
- 9781552381908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.82
€ 35.82
Hardback. Ambiguous Bodies: Reading the Grotesque in the Japanese Setsuwa Tales explores the world of the extraordinary and strange in Japanese setsuwa tales and the mentalities informing them in terms of grotesque theory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759755
- ISBN
- 9780804759755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.62
€ 91.62
hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804714846
- ISBN
- 9780804714846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.50
€ 96.50
Hardback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333928882
- ISBN
- 9780333928882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.64
€ 123.64
Paperback. This groundbreaking interdisciplinary collection of essays by American, British, and Iberian scholars examines the literary, historical, and artistic exchanges between England and Iberia from the Twelfth to Fifteenth century. Editor(s): Bullon-Fernandez, Maria. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- SKU
- V9781349533503
- ISBN
- 9781349533503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.92
€ 121.92
Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0000804
- ISBN
- 9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847770
- ISBN
- 9780807847770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.62
€ 50.62
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606668
- ISBN
- 9780691606668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16€ 41.08
€ 52.16
€ 41.08
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology. Num Pages: 92 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319443010
- ISBN
- 9783319443010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.17
€ 71.17
Hardback. This critical study of the African writer, Chinua Achebe, has been revised and a new chapter added. The underlying concern throughout is with his system of values and its response to the turbulent history of modern Nigeria - colonialism, independence, political disillusionment and military rule. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333490808
- ISBN
- 9780333490808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.44
€ 122.44
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536102819
- ISBN
- 9781536102819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.46€ 175.96
€ 236.46
€ 175.96
Hardcover. A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Abbot Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153635
- ISBN
- 9781903153635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.79
€ 83.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969262
- ISBN
- 9781403969262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
Paperback. Includes interviews with popular Chicano/a writers, asking each about language and life between languages, about the creative drive that has guided them in their craft and commits them to their art. This work explains how each author reiterates issues that have concerned Mexican Americans since at least 1848. Editor(s): Torres, Hector A. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826340887
- ISBN
- 9780826340887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.19
€ 41.19
Hardcover. Arnold A. Schmidt, a high profile author recreates Byron's intellectual milieu during his Italian years and provides translations of seminal texts that have previously been unavailable in English. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616004
- ISBN
- 9780230616004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Paperback. Writing Indians and Jews examines discursive practices surrounding the representation of Jews and Jewishness in Indian literature in English. These investigations make an important contribution to the study of contemporary South Asian and diasporic literature, and understandings of anti-Semitism, religious fundamentalism, and globalization. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464524
- ISBN
- 9781349464524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; GT; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 793.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048150731
- ISBN
- 9789048150731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.96
€ 187.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGHA; DSBD; HPQ; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186. A Modern Morality. 144 pages. Dr Richard Ryder has played a creative role in developing new ethical ideas for over 30 years. "Painism" is the term he uses to describe his unique ethical position. With this book, he outlines the theory of painism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGHA; DSBD; HPQ; JHBA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900001468
- ISBN
- 9780900001468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Hardback. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. Translator(s): Hunter, Richard. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235601
- ISBN
- 9780520235601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.30€ 63.14
€ 82.30
€ 63.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479889327
- ISBN
- 9781479889327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.10
€ 36.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. This book analyzes the political theater of the 1930s, establishing its aesthetics as an important alternative to the dominant European modernist paradigm of the time. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538065
- ISBN
- 9781349538065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46