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Paperback. Originally published: New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1999. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB; DSG; HRGS; JFFK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156554
- ISBN
- 9780231156554
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.43
€ 35.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Weidauer, Friedemann J. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985195601
- ISBN
- 9780985195601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.82
€ 76.82
hardcover. For over two centuries, scholars have discussed the evidence that Shakespeare worked with co-authors on several plays, and have used a variety of methods to differentiate their shares from his. This study takes up and extends these discussions, presenting an evidence. Num Pages: 576 pages, 5 halftones and numerous tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1131.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199256532
- ISBN
- 9780199256532
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Condition: New
€ 127.80
€ 127.80
Paperback. Early modern drama is steeped in biblical language, imagery and stories. This collection examines the pervasive presence of scripture on the early modern stage. Exploring plays by writers such as Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Webster, the contributors showhow theatre offers a site of public and communal engagement with the Bible." Editor(s): Streete, A. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336760
- ISBN
- 9781349336760
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Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564654
- ISBN
- 9780813564654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.82
€ 164.82
Paperback. A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Editor(s): Forche, Carolyn; Wu, Duncan. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393340426
- ISBN
- 9780393340426
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.80
€ 31.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349221356
- ISBN
- 9781349221356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 157.17
€ 157.17
Paperback. This book provides a sophisticated introduction to the life and work of Cormac McCarthy appropriate for scholars, teachers and general readers. Editor(s): Frye, Steven. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107644809
- ISBN
- 9781107644809
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.45
€ 31.99
€ 30.45
Hardcover. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illuminating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear. Light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0018043
- ISBN
- 9780198722786
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Using the multiple meanings of "wake" to illustrate the ways Black lives are determined by slavery's afterlives, Christina Sharpe weaves personal experiences with readings of literary and artistic representations of Black life and death to examine what survives in the face of insistent violence and the possibilities for resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362838
- ISBN
- 9780822362838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.74
€ 111.74
Paperback. A study of the early years of the Field Day Theatre Company, which has been a vital presence on the Irish cultural and intellectual scene since its inception in 1980. Drawing on reviews, pre-production publicity and personal interviews, it discusses Field Day's evolving aims and achievements. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; 3JJPN; AN; DSBH; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813210759
- ISBN
- 9780813210759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.16
€ 36.16
Hardcover. Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5563 x 3633 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780804717861
- ISBN
- 9780804717861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.51
€ 90.51
Hardcover. This challenge to critical orthodoxy argues that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age after the French Revolution. He attacked the binary thinking dominating public affairs and questioned the value of the Georgian domestic ideal, using the homeless to bear his message. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFCX; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333718872
- ISBN
- 9780333718872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.82
€ 104.82
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921635
- ISBN
- 9781403921635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardback. This accessible book introduces students to the latest linguistic approaches and methodologies for studying the history of English. Horobin shows the importance of thinking about why, as well as how, language changes over time and includes practical information on gathering evidence alongside worked-through textual examples. Series: Perspectives on the English Language. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551374
- ISBN
- 9780230551374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.98
€ 124.98
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746308394
- ISBN
- 9780746308394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Hardback. Examining Jewish presence in French literature, this book explores the many shapes and forms in which Jews are perceived, spoken, and written about. It looks at strains of antisemitism running through French literature, analyzing such antecedents as the nihilism of the 1880s and its meditation on death and absence. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103084
- ISBN
- 9780231103084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.01€ 48.78
€ 62.01
€ 48.78
Paperback. Taboo words are the subject of this text, which traces the psychic origins of dirty words to early infancy and childhood, and their place and value in life and analytic therapy. It refers to "dirty" words used by Rabelais, Quevado, Mozart, Voltaire, the Marquis de Sade, Joyce and Lawrence. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFD; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st softcover ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217994
- ISBN
- 9781568217994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.81€ 42.05
€ 75.81
€ 42.05
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293420
- ISBN
- 9780312293420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.89
€ 84.89
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843214
- ISBN
- 9781843843214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15
€ 88.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; DSBF; HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349520787
- ISBN
- 9781349520787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardcover. This book explores the conflicted relationship writers have with their public image, particularly when they have written about their personal lives. D'Amore analyzes the autobiographical works of Norman Mailer, John Edgar Wideman, and Dave Eggers in light of theories of authorship, autobiography, and celebrity. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230390676
- ISBN
- 9780230390676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. This book presents the first computer program automating the task of componential analysis of kinship vocabularies. The book examines the program in relation to two basic problems: the commonly occurring inconsistency of componential models; and the huge number of alternative componential models. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440764
- ISBN
- 9781349440764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardcover. This volume gathers together the essential texts from the earliest writings in the vernacular up to the time of Chaucer. Spanning almost seven centuries, it encapsulates the foundation and consolidation of literature written in English. Editor(s): Wu, Duncan; Treharne, Elaine M. Series: Blackwell Essential Literature Anthologies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230731
- ISBN
- 9780631230731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.05
€ 108.05