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Hardback. The Culture of the Gift in Eighteenth-Century England analyzes the long overlooked role of gift exchange in literary texts and cultural documents and provides innovative readings of how gift transactions shaped the institutions and practices that gave this era its distinctive identity. Editor(s): Klekar, Cynthia; Zionkowski, Linda. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; DSBD; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608290
- ISBN
- 9780230608290
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Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Knieps, Gunter; Brunekreeft, Gert. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Physica-Verlag HD
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790815351
- ISBN
- 9783790815351
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Condition: New
€ 101.51
€ 101.51
Paperback. A study of how Milton transforms and is transformed by popular literature and polemics, film and television, and other modern media. Editor(s): Knoppers, Laura Lunger; Semenza, Gregory M. Colon. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533640
- ISBN
- 9781349533640
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Condition: New
€ 63.66
€ 63.66
Paperback / so. "Symposium zum 60. Geburtstag von Klaus Briegleb"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Koebner, Thomas; Weigel, Sigrid. Num Pages: 395 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; HB; JNF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 395
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531124131
- ISBN
- 9783531124131
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Condition: New
€ 70.71
€ 70.71
Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785119
- ISBN
- 9781118785119
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Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Korte, Barbara; Lechner, Doris. Num Pages: 222 pages, 26 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625936
- ISBN
- 9783837625936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.44
€ 47.99
€ 34.44
paperback. Margaret Atwood enjoys a unique prominence in Canadian letters. With over thirty books to her credit, in genres ranging from children's writing to dystopic novels, she is as creatively diverse as she is internationally acclaimed. This title provides a critical base from which readers can assess Atwood's novels. Editor(s): Kozakewich, Tobi; Moss, John. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780776606132
- ISBN
- 9780776606132
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Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Krampen, Martin; Oehler, Klaus; Posner, Roland; Sebeok, Thomas A.; Uexkull, Thure Von. Series: Topics in Contemporary Semiotics. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSB; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475797022
- ISBN
- 9781475797022
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Condition: New
€ 122.55
€ 122.55
Paperback. This collection is uniquely helpful to students of medieval history, literature, and Western civilization. Editor(s): Krochalis, Jeanne; Peters, Edward. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812210859
- ISBN
- 9780812210859
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Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
Hardback. Editor(s): Kurian, George Thomas; Smith, James D. Num Pages: 732 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2508.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810869875
- ISBN
- 9780810869875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 347.26
€ 347.26
paperback. Offers a collection of essays on the writing of Robertson Davies that addresses the basic problems in reading his work. This title looks at the topics of doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and dwelling in 'gaps' or spaces 'in between'. Editor(s): La Bossiere, Camille; Morra, Linda M. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776605319
- ISBN
- 9780776605319
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.08
€ 23.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, students, and interested general readers. * An exceptionally broad-ranging Companion to the study of American fiction of the post-civil war period and the early twentieth century. Editor(s): Lamb, Robert Paul; Thompson, G. R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 108 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405195539
- ISBN
- 9781405195539
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Condition: New
€ 73.20
€ 73.20
Paperback. The essays in this volume explore aspects of literature and culture of the period 1780-1830, using as their focus the geographical and metaphorical concept of the "debatable land." Editor(s): Lamont, C; Rossington, M. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353743
- ISBN
- 9781349353743
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire; Batchelor, John; Cain, Tom. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 627.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349260058
- ISBN
- 9781349260058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.72
€ 123.72
Hardback. This book explores the varied ways in which modernist and postcolonial innovations in fiction are motivated by crises and revolutions in the human perception and appropriation of space. 'Space' for the writers concerned has its political, historical, cultural and gender dimensions as well as its geographical identity. Editor(s): Lange, Attie de; Fincham, Gail; Hawthorn, Jeremy; Lothe, Jakob. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553163
- ISBN
- 9780230553163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Paperback. This book explores the varied ways in which modernist and postcolonial innovations in fiction are motivated by crises and revolutions in the human perception and appropriation of space. 'Space' for the writers concerned has its political, historical, cultural and gender dimensions as well as its geographical identity. Editor(s): Lange, Attie de; Fincham, Gail; Hawthorn, Jeremy; Lothe, Jakob. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSBH5; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362936
- ISBN
- 9781349362936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212405
- ISBN
- 9780253212405
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. Brings together some of the best and most historically significant works of short fiction written in China in this century, including 44 stories by 20 authors. Editor(s): Lau, Joseph S. M.; Hsia, C. T.; Ou-Fan, Leo. Num Pages: 578 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 578
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231042031
- ISBN
- 9780231042031
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Condition: New
€ 82.23
€ 82.23
hardcover. Editor(s): Lavezzo, Kathy; Hentschell, Roze. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSGS; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493818
- ISBN
- 9781611493818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.74
€ 143.74
Editor(s): Lawlor, Peter Augustine; Smith, Brian A. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813141886
- ISBN
- 9780813141886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.04
€ 61.04
hardcover. This volume is an "A to Z" collection of over 700 authoritative yet highly readable articles containing descriptive information about the major types, elements, characters, themes, titles and reference points in storytelling. Editor(s): Leeming, David Adams; Sader, Marion. Num Pages: 556 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBP; CFG; DSB; GBC; HBTD; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 265 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573560252
- ISBN
- 9781573560252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.18
€ 116.18
Hardback. Editor(s): Leglu, Catherine; Milner, Stephen J. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403976192
- ISBN
- 9781403976192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
hardcover. "Sixth symposium sponsored by the Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies, [University of Maryland]"--Pref. Editor(s): Leonard, Amy E.; Nelson, Karen L. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490183
- ISBN
- 9781611490183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.46
€ 161.46
Paperback. A Companion to American Literary Studies addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject. Editor(s): Levander, Caroline Field; Levine, Robert S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119062516
- ISBN
- 9781119062516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97