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Hardback. Satoru Saito examines the similarities between detective fiction and the novel in prewar Japan. Arguing that interactions between the genres were critical moments of literary engagement, Saito demonstrates how detective fiction provided a framework through which to examine and critique Japan's literary formations and its modernizing society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065864
- ISBN
- 9780674065864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.51
€ 44.99
€ 36.51
Hardback. Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald (1753-1821) was a leading literary figure of the late 18th century - an actress, playwright and editor of several plays and novels. This work covers her life story, but also provides a look at the society and politics of London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Num Pages: 632 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122366
- ISBN
- 9780813122366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.77
€ 92.77
Paperback. Drawing attention to the interplay between writing and vision, this book is stuffed with more than 200 images. It is a meditation on the threads that unite mothers and sons and the ways that certain writers and photographers take up those threads and create art that captures an irretrievable past. Num Pages: 536 pages, 215 illustrations (32 in color). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 199 x 47. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339625
- ISBN
- 9780822339625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2BM; DSB; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164559
- ISBN
- 9780231164559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.43
€ 36.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFKP; APF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697144
- ISBN
- 9780816697144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Hardback. This book presents a selection of the writings of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959), one of the leading bibliographers of the 20th century and, along with R. B. McKerrow and A. W. Pollard, the founder of the New Bibliography that dominated 20th-century textual studies. Series: Great Bibliographers S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833999
- ISBN
- 9780810833999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.09
€ 176.09
Paperback. Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. This title explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691115269
- ISBN
- 9780691115269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.16
€ 45.99
€ 32.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Treece, David. Series: Babel Guides to Literature in English Translation. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 2ADPB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Boulevard Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899460700
- ISBN
- 9781899460700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.89
€ 16.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. Reveals how "Oriental" tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024493
- ISBN
- 9780226024493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493528
- ISBN
- 9781611493528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.46
€ 143.46
Paperback. By returning to a pivotal moment in South African history - the Cape Colony in the period 1770-1830 - this book addresses current debates about nationalism, colonialism and neo-colonialism, and postcolonial/post-apartheid culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; DSBF; HBJH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664894
- ISBN
- 9780748664894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646817
- ISBN
- 9780691646817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.58
€ 117.58
The author argues that in "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens updated "David Copperfield" and rewrote novels by various contemporaries. He parodically revised his competitor's themes, characters, and incidents to discredit their novels as unrealistic and imbued with Cinderella motifs. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122281
- ISBN
- 9780813122281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.14
€ 44.14
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662629
- ISBN
- 9781855662629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.45
€ 88.45
Hardback. Scholars of Victorian literature and culture, as well as readers interested in children's literature, childhood studies, and gender studies, will welcome this excellent work from a major figure in the field. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405346
- ISBN
- 9781421405346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.53€ 47.85
€ 51.53
€ 47.85
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639208
- ISBN
- 9780691639208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. Although William James was a significant presence in Paris in the early 20th century, the role he played in the creation of Marcel Proust's ground-breaking novel A la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars. Much of what made Proust's novel so original stems from James's writings, which were available to Proust in translation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498556316
- ISBN
- 9781498556316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.50
€ 56.50
Paperback. The Long Space examines how time and space have a crucial impact on the form of the postcolonial novel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762373
- ISBN
- 9780804762373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986470
- ISBN
- 9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.16
€ 36.16
Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861000
- ISBN
- 9780801861000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.73
€ 31.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFG; DSB; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627875
- ISBN
- 9780816627875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardcover. Friendships between writers of the mid-Tang era became famous through the many texts they wrote to and about one another. Anna M. Shields explores these texts to reveal the complex value the writers found in friendship--as a rewarding social practice, a rich literary topic, a way to negotiate literati identity, and a path toward self-understanding. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504370
- ISBN
- 9780674504370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.37
€ 53.99
€ 44.37
Paperback. Looking at the period of the early 16th century, the juncture of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this collection of essays focuses on the unique link between humanism and the literary works of the period - in particular, the patristic scholarship inherent in Erasmus' ideals of reform. Num Pages: 105 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HP; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216017
- ISBN
- 9780823216017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623561116
- ISBN
- 9781623561116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.19
€ 58.19