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Literary studies: general

paperback. A translation (from the original Portuguese) of the author's study of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). It focuses on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas". It investigates how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style reveals the embedded class divisions of 19th-century Brazil. Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322399
ISBN
9780822322399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.56

hardcover. An essential bibliographic resource for scholars, librarians, collectors and booksellers. Num Pages: 1296 pages, 23 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 77. Weight in Grams: 2136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
1296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107026377
ISBN
9781107026377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.81

Paperback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349288809
ISBN
9781349288809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. Presents the history of development through the ages of Plato's "Atlantis" story - the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it. Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'find' Atlantis, the author re-examines the very different uses made of the myth in different contexts and periods. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780859898058
ISBN
9780859898058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; VXFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ibis Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892542161
ISBN
9780892542161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.95

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137264282
ISBN
9781137264282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.27

Hardback. The Marriage of Minds examines the implications of the common Victorian claim that novel reading can achieve the psychic, ethical, and affective benefits also commonly associated with sympathy in married life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754668
ISBN
9780804754668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Hardcover. Front Lines documents the literary practices of imperial Spain's common soldiers. The epic poems, chronicles, ballads, and autobiographies that these soldiers wrote at the front provide a critical view from below on state violence and imperial expansion. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; HPCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248425
ISBN
9780812248425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.14

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801154
ISBN
9780333801154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. And discovering a usable American past, as Wyatt shows, enables us to confront the urgencies of our present moment. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 589.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897122
ISBN
9780801897122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.68

Paperback. Is Lucan's epic "Civil War" an example of ideological poetry, or does it proclaim the meaninglessness of ideology? The author finds in the paradoxes of Lucan's poetry both a political irony that responds to the need for, yet suspicion of, ideology; and the redemptive power of storytellings. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; DSK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005501
ISBN
9780674005501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.55

Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319327617
ISBN
9783319327617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.39

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333467053
ISBN
9780333467053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

Hardcover. Recounts a literary history of modern Cuba that has four distinctive and interrelated characteristics. Oriented to the east of the island, this title looks aslant at a Cuban national literature that has sometimes been indistinguishable from a history of Havana. Series: American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography. Num Pages: 455 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
455
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846317484
ISBN
9781846317484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.52

Paperback. A revisionist reading of Ernest Hemingway's work with respect to race. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533381
ISBN
9781349533381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. This new edition offers fascinating insights into one of the most celebrated love affairs of the Middle Ages. A new chapter charts the debate about the letters and offers fresh evidence to attribute them to Abelard and Heloise. The complete Latin text is reproduced with an annotated translation by Chiavaroli and Mews. Translator(s): Mews, Dr Constant J. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 442 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608139
ISBN
9780230608139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.45
€ 35.01

Hardback. Emperor Taizong (r 626-49) of the Tang is remembered as an exemplary ruler. This title focuses on Taizong's literary writings that speak directly to the relationship between cultural form and sovereign power, as well as on the question of how the Tang negotiated dynastic identity through literary stylistics. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056084
ISBN
9780674056084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.81
€ 48.30

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403967619
ISBN
9781403967619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback. History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly--as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman argues in this rewarding new study, a sensitive reading of the entirety of Camus's writings reveals both a power and unity of philosophical purpose. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159319
ISBN
9781405159319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.32

Paperback. This study emerges from an interdisciplinary conversation about the theory of translation and the role of foreign language in fiction and society. By analyzing Shakespeare's treatment of France, Saenger interrogates the cognitive borders of England - a border that was more dependent on languages and ideas than it was on governments and shorelines. Num Pages: 238 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349460236
ISBN
9781349460236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Hardcover. This book focuses on rape narratives as grounding for western thinking about community - from the polis to nation-states - specifically in cultures of thinking, reading, and writing. The author rethinks rape, or sexual violence, through a close examination of how rape is a pedagogy that has become canonized in the form of rape stories. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112834
ISBN
9780230112834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Leist, Anton; Singer, Peter. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148405
ISBN
9780231148405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.73
€ 79.61

Paperback. This book makes the case for are-placing of Lamb as reader, writer and friend in the midst of the lively political and literary scene of the 1790s. Reading his little-known early works alongsideothers by the likes ofColeridge and Wordsworth, itallows arevealing insight into the creative dynamics of early Romanticism." Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349360765
ISBN
9781349360765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

hardcover. Using a theoretical approach that utilizes work in literary studies, anthropology, feminist theory, and cultural studies, this book investigates how, in twentieth century China, the modern concepts of the new woman and the new writing developed into a protracted cultural debate over what and how women should and could write. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731294
ISBN
9780804731294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.19

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