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Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609185
- ISBN
- 9780748609185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.95
€ 35.95
Paperback. Since the beginnings of Italian vernacular literature, the nature of the relationship between Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) and his predecessor Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) has remained a fascinating question of both literary and cultural history. This title explores the emergence of an anti-Dantean polemic in Petrarch's work. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; Cachey, Theodore J. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022112
- ISBN
- 9780268022112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74€ 50.66
€ 50.74
€ 50.66
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; West, Rebecca J. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 624. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. 392 pages, 30 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; West, Rebecca J. Provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521559829
- ISBN
- 9780521559829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.48
€ 33.48
Hardcover. Zuyan Zhou offers an astute look at the concept of androgyny in key works of Chinese fiction and drama from the 16th to the 18th centuries. This study probes deviations from engendered codes of behaviour both in culture and literature. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825713
- ISBN
- 9780824825713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.76
€ 88.76
Paperback. This is a collection of essays exploring the creative richness of Renaissance culture during the 16th and 17th centuries. As well as considering major literary figures such as Spenser, Marlowe, Donne and Milton, lesser known, especially women, writers are also examined. Series: Crosscurrents. Num Pages: 364 pages, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582229754
- ISBN
- 9780582229754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.59
€ 62.59
Localizing Caroline Drama: Politics and Economics of the Early Modern ...
Zucker, Adam, Farmer, Alan B.
Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403972828
- ISBN
- 9781403972828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.60
€ 71.60
Paperback. Nine orginal essays on the relation between theatrical culture and the economic, social, and political contests of the reign of Charles I. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534050
- ISBN
- 9781349534050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Hardcover. "First published in 2015 in Great Britain by SUSSEX ACADEMIC PRESS" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 160 pages, 16 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFB; DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196639
- ISBN
- 9781845196639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; APFB; DSBH; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197155
- ISBN
- 9781845197155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.53
€ 41.99
€ 37.53
Hardcover. This book examines the concept of queer theory and combines it with the field of diaspora studies. By looking at the queer diasporic narratives in and from the Caribbean, it conducts an inquiry into the workings and underpinnings of both fields. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367418
- ISBN
- 9780230367418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.63
€ 62.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 265.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349616
- ISBN
- 9781349349616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.12
€ 63.12
Hardcover. This book is about an aspect of mediaeval Arabic culture and literature known in Arabic as mujUn (roughly 'libertinism, licentiousness, frivolity, indecency, profligacy, shamelessness, impertinence', etc.) Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HPDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 34. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094617
- ISBN
- 9780906094617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.69
€ 79.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027633
- ISBN
- 9780674027633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332489
- ISBN
- 9781349332489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardcover. An analysis of literary accounts of suffering from sub-Saharan Africa, this book examines fiction and life-writing in English and French over the last forty years. Drawing on writers from the canonical to the less well-known, it uses close readings to examine the personal, social and political consequences of representing pain in literature. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230367425
- ISBN
- 9780230367425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349630
- ISBN
- 9781349349630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 198 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319302188
- ISBN
- 9783319302188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.40
€ 91.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780567672056
- ISBN
- 9780567672056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 28.40
€ 46.99
€ 28.40
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401036
- ISBN
- 9781474401036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 196 x 7. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226269
- ISBN
- 9780571226269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.23
€ 15.23
"At Zero Point" presents a new way of looking at Restoration culture, discourse and satire. The book locates a rupture in English culture and epistemology not at the end of the 18th century (when it occurred in France) but at the end of the 17th century. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120393
- ISBN
- 9780813120393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Ziegler, Heide. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822308188
- ISBN
- 9780822308188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.73
€ 34.99
€ 31.73
Hardback. Arabic novelists are increasingly finding a source of literary innovation and political transgression in the language and ideas of mediaeval Sufi thinkers and writers. This book presents close readings of the work of the Egyptian Gamal Al-Ghitany, the Algerian Taher Ouettar and the Touareg Libyan Ibrahim Al-Koni, all of whom have turned to Sufism. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641406
- ISBN
- 9780748641406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316695
- ISBN
- 9780822316695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.47
€ 29.99
€ 27.47