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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027759
- ISBN
- 9780268027759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.24
€ 46.99
€ 41.24
Paperback. * A concise introduction to American drama from the end of the Second World War to the turn of the twenty-first century. * Provides a balanced assessment of the major plays and playwrights of the period, among them Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120876
- ISBN
- 9781405120876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.99
€ 44.99
€ 42.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Svarlien, Diane Arnson. Num Pages: 368 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664809
- ISBN
- 9781624664809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.75
€ 18.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; FL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199316076
- ISBN
- 9780199316076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786401
- ISBN
- 9781564786401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.02
€ 25.99
€ 22.02
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813570709
- ISBN
- 9780813570709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.64
€ 164.64
Paperback. Was a convicted criminal executed on stage during a beheading scene? Was an unfortunate actor driven insane while playing a madman? Did a theatrical enactment of a crucifixion result in a real one? Did an androgynous young man seduce a priest when portraying a female saint? Death by Drama answers these and other questions while presenting a. Num Pages: 354 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207889
- ISBN
- 9780226207889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
€ 35.79
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salwak, Dale. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445. Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies,Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,S"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0047668
- ISBN
- 9781403904768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633749
- ISBN
- 9780691633749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.04
€ 107.04
Hardback. The metaphor of the Church as a 'body' has shaped Catholic thinking since the Second Vatican Council. This book studies a cohort of Catholic authors whose art takes seriously the themes of the Council: from novelists such as Mary Gordon, Ron Hansen, Louise Erdrich, and J F Powers to poets such as Annie Dillard, Mary Karr and Lucia Perillo. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230600
- ISBN
- 9780823230600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 235 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064231
- ISBN
- 9780231064231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.80
€ 48.80
Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723442
- ISBN
- 9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Hardback. A comprehensive and accessible overview of Salman Rushdie's published work, his career, and the controversies that surround him. Editor(s): Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521847193
- ISBN
- 9780521847193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.94
€ 82.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813101682
- ISBN
- 9780813101682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.01
€ 36.99
€ 32.01
Paperback. Presents a discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of "strange" literary phenomena. This title discusses motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, and science fiction's use of robots, cyborgs, and androids. It reveals the range of key concepts from science in literary interpretation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887079
- ISBN
- 9780801887079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.21
€ 41.21
Hardcover. Includes illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, that are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Num Pages: 600 pages, 100 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520043541
- ISBN
- 9780520043541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.09€ 48.72
€ 63.09
€ 48.72
Hardback. Treating China's Cultural Revolution as much more than a political event, this volume explores its ideological dimensions. It focuses on the CR's discourse of heroism and messianism and its demonization of the enemy as reflected in political practice, official literature and propaganda art. Editor(s): Chong, Woei Lien. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; GTB; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518735
- ISBN
- 9780742518735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.82
€ 193.82
Hardcover. Explores Laura Esquivel's critical reputation, contextualizes her work in literary movements, and considers hers four novels and the film based on "Like Water for Chocolate" from various perspectives. This book assesses the twenty years of Esquivel criticism. Editor(s): Willingham, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 282 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194109
- ISBN
- 9781845194109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. "The Law Code of Visnu" ("Vaisnava-dharmasastra") is one of the of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century ce in Kashmir. This title contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2B; 2BM; CJB; DSBB; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051393
- ISBN
- 9780674051393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.37
€ 53.99
€ 44.37
Her interdisciplinary approach allows a deeper understanding of a time when exploration of the natural world was a culture-wide enchantment. Num Pages: 400 pages, 49, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA; DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405179
- ISBN
- 9781421405179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Hardcover. A collection of essays honoring the work of medievalist Robert W. Hanning. Contributors cover a range of fields within medieval studies, from Anglo-Saxon England to twelfth-century European intellectual culture, from Chaucer's age to nineteenth and twentieth-century medievalism, including a section on Italian Renaissance humanism and visual art. Editor(s): Stein, Robert M.; Prior, Sandra Pierson. Num Pages: 504 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; GTB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 38. Weight in Grams: 968.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268041113
- ISBN
- 9780268041113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.58
€ 51.58
Hardback. Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting volume that explores the theory and practice of tragedy from the Greek tragedians to the present day, tracing important developments, continuities and discontinuities in the tragic tradition and exploring the afterlives of some of the most resonant tragic narratives. Editor(s): Brown, Sarah Annes; Silverstone, Catherine. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135467
- ISBN
- 9781405135467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.78
€ 42.99
€ 41.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460564
- ISBN
- 9781899460564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.89
€ 16.99
€ 13.89
paperback. The Work of Literature presents a fresh approach to the question of the value of literature, posing and responding to questions about the way we read and write about literature, its value to individuals and society, how it is best approached by readers and critics, and how it retains its power to give pleasure over decades and centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; H. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198798903
- ISBN
- 9780198798903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20