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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Series: A New York State study. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815623243
ISBN
9780815623243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. Examines the diverse ways in which war shaped the Hellenistic world. This book covers a wide range of topics, including social conditions as causes of war, the role of professional warriors, the discourse of war in Hellenistic cities, the budget of war, the collective memory of war, and the aesthetics of war. Series: Ancient World at War. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; JFFE; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226079
ISBN
9780631226079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976079
ISBN
9781403976079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. This book takes a look at the evolution of crime fiction. Considering 'criminography' as a system of inter-related sub-genres, it explores the connections between modes of literature such as revenge tragedies, the gothic and anarchist fiction, while taking into account the influence of pseudo-sciences such as mesmerism and criminal anthropology. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230525009
ISBN
9780230525009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.47

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230602434
ISBN
9780230602434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.94

Hardback. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HPCF7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231161220
ISBN
9780231161220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.24
€ 83.98

Paperback. Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton s great epic Paradise Lost, a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readers down the ages and which offers enduring insight into the human condition. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118918180
ISBN
9781118918180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.08

Paperback. During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources and outcomes of clemency. This fresh reading of such depictions shows that the concept of mercy was a contested one, directly shaped by tensions over the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349475773
ISBN
9781349475773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Amer Library Assn
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838983881
ISBN
9780838983881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.66

paperback. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017871
ISBN
9780253017871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Editor(s): McCracken, Ellen. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826320087
ISBN
9780826320087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

Paperback. Philip Goldstein explains the socio-historical context of the diverse interpretive practices which make up the humanities in the USA in the 21st century. He considers the rise of college-educated women, minority readers, the increased influence of the Universities, the media and the dominance of the Universities by the sciences. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349377022
ISBN
9781349377022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Identifying specific examples of fabliaux transformed by Boccaccio for his classic Decameron, Brown shows how Boccaccio refashioned borrowed literary themes and devices, playing with endless possibilities of literary creation through manipulations of his model texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049175
ISBN
9780813049175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.82
€ 79.36

Hardback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441936
ISBN
9780801441936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Hsia, C. T.; Li, Wai-yee; Kao, George. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DQ; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122665
ISBN
9780231122665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.32
€ 98.61

Paperback. This collection brings together essays by authorities in the field on nine contemporary Arab women novelists from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. The works focus on texts available in English translations and explore topics such as the relationship of the authors' texts to societal change. Editor(s): Majaj, Lisa Suhair; Sunderman, Paula; Saliba, Therese. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629764
ISBN
9780815629764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.55

Paperback. This edition of the letters between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson has been expanded and revised to include 59 letters discovered after the book's original publication in 1979. The additional letters and new annotations clarify the correspondence and illuminate the writers' friendship. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Num Pages: 398 pages, 26 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Rev Exp
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220805
ISBN
9780520220805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.28

Paperback. In itsanalysis of Anglo-Jewish women writing the Holocaust, this book highlights the necessity of their inclusion in the evolving canon of modern British literature, byshowing how thesewriters complicate theories of trauma and memory by using fantasy and the Gothic as a response to silence." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300655
ISBN
9781349300655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.51

hardcover. Offering a revisionist account of the genre of the epyllion, Ellis transforms theories of sexuality, literature, and politics of the Elizabethan age, making an erudite and intriguing contribution to the field. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802087355
ISBN
9780802087355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Hardback. Between Page and Screen shows the continuing relevance of film as a cultural medium for contemporary literature. Its integrative approach allows readers to situate current shifts within the literary field in a wider, long-term perspective. Editor(s): Brillenburg Wurth, Kiene. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823239054
ISBN
9780823239054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.08

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 72 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551723
ISBN
9781871551723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

Hardback. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559913
ISBN
9781137559913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.55

Hardcover. Drawing from recent research that seeks to expand our understanding of modernism, this volume offers practical pedagogical approaches for teaching modernist literature and culture in the twenty-first century classroom. Editor(s): Hinnov, Emily M.; Rosenblum, Lauren; Harris, Laurel. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274908
ISBN
9781137274908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340. Paperback in very good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KIN0006153
ISBN
9780801488924
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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