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Paperback. A concise guide to the life and work of the French intellectual Georges Bataille, best known as the author of the celebrated The Story of the Eye. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315874
- ISBN
- 9780745315874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.43
€ 38.99
€ 30.43
Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Twenty-Third and ed.
- SKU
- V9780804750400
- ISBN
- 9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.73
€ 125.73
Hardback. Those who love and live by art, tell us that it is the most exalted expression of civilized life. In this provocative new book Jonathan Dollimore argues that, far from confirming humane values, literature more often than not violates them. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627632
- ISBN
- 9780745627632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290003
- ISBN
- 9780226290003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 39.13
€ 49.99
€ 39.13
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642253
- ISBN
- 9780691642253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.66
€ 134.66
Hardcover. This groundbreaking study puts examples from World Englishes into dialogue with postcolonial studies, resulting in a postcolonial perspective on English today. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380253
- ISBN
- 9781781380253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
Editor(s): Miller, R. Baxter. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813114361
- ISBN
- 9780813114361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.61
€ 31.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334324
- ISBN
- 9781590334324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.45€ 66.12
€ 87.45
€ 66.12
Hardback. Written by a leading authority on William Carlos Williams, this book provides a wide--ranging and stimulating guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * A wide--ranging and stimulating critical guide to twentieth--century American poetry. * Written by a leading authority on the innovative modernist poet, William Carlos Williams. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220251
- ISBN
- 9780631220251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.89
€ 140.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Weinstein, Cindy; Looby, Christopher. Num Pages: 440 pages, B&W Illus.: ,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156165
- ISBN
- 9780231156165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.71€ 86.01
€ 114.71
€ 86.01
Hardcover. Editor(s): Matthews, David. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ND Studies in Age of Chaucer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933784352
- ISBN
- 9780933784352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.43
€ 68.43
paperback. In ordinary life the Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond being a wife and mother. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. Through her reading of these texts, Loraux illuminates Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674902268
- ISBN
- 9780674902268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.61
€ 36.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Savran, David. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361637
- ISBN
- 9781559361637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.22
€ 19.22
hardcover. Num Pages: 382 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674139701
- ISBN
- 9780674139701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.37€ 110.16
€ 125.37
€ 110.16
Hardback. Can a novel cause riots, start a war, free serfs or slaves, break up marriages, drive readers to suicide, close factories, bring about law change, swing an election, or serve as a weapon in a national or international struggle? The author explores this question in the form of a theoretical essay on narrative and power.. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810199
- ISBN
- 9781571810199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.19
€ 157.19
paperback. A collection of new essays demonstrating a wholly new approach to the complexities of Milton's work. Editor(s): Herman, Peter C.; Sauer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 442. 266 pages. Editor(s): Herman, Peter C.; Sauer, Elizabeth. A collection of new essays demonstrating a wholly new approach to the complexities of Milton's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107603950
- ISBN
- 9781107603950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Paperback. Consists of ten essays that explore early English culture, from Caxton's introduction of the press, through questions of audience, and genre, to the fascination with Caxton's books. This book suggests that the first century of print production is defined less by transition or break, than by a dynamic transformation in literary production itself. Editor(s): Kuskin, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033095
- ISBN
- 9780268033095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Although some critics have identified two phases in the poetry of James Wright and have isolated particulars of his movement from traditional to more experimental forms, few have noted also the elements of constancy in the evolution of his poetry. This book traces the unified growth of Wright's poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821409091
- ISBN
- 9780821409091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.29
€ 39.29
Hardback. Literary scholars of colonial studies have fashioned points of focus in their investigations of imperialist narratives, including women, cannibalism, the romance of the first encounter, and the tropicopolitan. This book offers a new focal point: the evolution of the British imperial hero in America. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874138795
- ISBN
- 9780874138795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Hardback. Translator(s): Rawlings, Elizabeth Trapnell. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438301
- ISBN
- 9780801438301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.06
€ 83.06
Hardback. Collects essays by contemporary North American romance authors, each with her own 'take' on the romance novel today. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836044
- ISBN
- 9780810836044
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.64
€ 129.64
Paperback. Montaigne is known for his exploration of the subject or the self. This work discusses these and other aspects of Montaigne's work "Essais" as features in the mapping of a mental landscape. Taking passages from different chapters of the "Essais", it guides readers through Montaigne's investigation of the subtle shades and stirrings of the mind. Series: How to Read. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HPCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781862079441
- ISBN
- 9781862079441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.66
€ 11.99
€ 9.66
Paperback. Twists and Turns is a tale on the scale of Greek myth, about the inescapable entanglements of family relationships, that can lead one, in hyperbolic mode, to envision murder and suicide, for, as Cixous writes, "with love's force one hates. " And yet, "everything twists and turns": this is a tale with profoundly touching reversals. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745663289
- ISBN
- 9780745663289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Paperback. Using Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" and many of his essays as a starting point, Kenneth W. Warren argues that Ellison expresses the problem of who. or what could represent and speak for the Negro in an age of limited political representation. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 319. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873800
- ISBN
- 9780226873800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.05
€ 30.99
€ 24.05