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Hardcover. Tennyson experienced at first hand the all-pervasive nature of celebrity culture. It caused him to retreat from the eyes of the world. This book delineates Tennyson's reluctant celebrity and its effects on his writings, on his coterie of famous and notable friends and on the ever-expanding, media-led circle of Tennyson's admirers. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007933
- ISBN
- 9781137007933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.91
€ 64.91
Paperback. Gothic novels tell stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. This book offers a historically informed theoretical introduction to key gothic narratives from a feminist perspective. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200505
- ISBN
- 9780631200505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPJ; HRAB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349606122
- ISBN
- 9781349606122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary project that uses literary analysis, along with personal testimony and the applications of gender theory, as a means for identifying and exploring LGBTQ stories, the book considers queer yearnings for stories other than those conventionally available, that engage and resist norms in literature as well as culture and politics. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223882
- ISBN
- 9780230223882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Backlist, LLC United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623610999
- ISBN
- 9781623610999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.83
€ 17.99
€ 16.83
Hardback. Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134408
- ISBN
- 9780231134408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.21€ 83.42
€ 109.21
€ 83.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685637
- ISBN
- 9780856685637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.34
€ 33.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. In this book, critically acclaimed author Chris Arthur continues his experiments with the mercurial literary genre of the essay, using it in innovative ways to explore aspects of family, place, memory, loss, and meaning. Through these unique prose meditations, readers are led to a dozen unexpected windows on Ireland. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349379170
- ISBN
- 9781349379170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932859
- ISBN
- 9780813932859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.03
€ 76.03
Hardcover. In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island, home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis. The author uses Bacon's island as a jumping-off point to explore the overarching historical event of our time: the rise and triumph of human empire. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899558
- ISBN
- 9780226899558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.68
€ 41.68
Hardback. Focuses on the mutilated and fragmented body that appears in United States literature in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 244 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911199
- ISBN
- 9781575911199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.44
€ 127.44
Paperback. In itsanalysis of Anglo-Jewish women writing the Holocaust, this book highlights the necessity of their inclusion in the evolving canon of modern British literature, byshowing how thesewriters complicate theories of trauma and memory by using fantasy and the Gothic as a response to silence." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300655
- ISBN
- 9781349300655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardback. Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813562346
- ISBN
- 9780813562346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.39
€ 172.39
hardcover. Leading international experts provide an essential framework for the interdisciplinary study of Dante and the late Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; Pertile, Lino. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 594 pages, 20 b/w illus. 3 maps 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1090.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107033146
- ISBN
- 9781107033146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.22€ 151.69
€ 155.22
€ 151.69
Hardcover. At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. Thsi book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. It is suitable for cultural disability studies scholars and for those seeking greater understanding of this common condition. Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312373
- ISBN
- 9781846312373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.12
€ 135.12
Hardback. This book gathers together twelve essays on Faulkner's "Intruder in the Dust", which he termed "a mystery-murder." These essays provide resources to teachers who wish to assign this text, as well as food for thought and discussion to individual readers and scholars of Faulkner. Editor(s): Gresset, Michel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916101466
- ISBN
- 9780916101466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.85
€ 63.85
Paperback. The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition continues to be based on Albert Cook's translation, widely acclaimed for its poetic phrasing and linguistic accuracy. Editor(s): Cook, Albert. Translator(s): Cook, Albert. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, map, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393964059
- ISBN
- 9780393964059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.12
€ 15.99
€ 15.12
Hardcover. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578402
- ISBN
- 9781137578402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.18
€ 79.18
Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936314
- ISBN
- 9780813936314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.22
€ 52.22
paperback. A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author. Series: Passionate Communities. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781333
- ISBN
- 9780814781333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Hardback. This is the first overview of Schulberg's career 1937-2000 (his own autobiography, Moving Pictures, covers his life only to age 17). This book covers his career as a novelist, short story writer, playwright, Oscar-winning screenwriter and boxing historian. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840355
- ISBN
- 9780810840355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.70
€ 110.70
Paperback. Offers a new and challenging account of the relationships between rhetoric and aesthetics, informed by literature, critical theory and philosophy. Offers readings of familiar and unfamiliar early modern texts by Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson and others that will be of interest to researchers and students of literature, aesthetics and rhetoric. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069475
- ISBN
- 9780719069475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.65
€ 46.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488771
- ISBN
- 9780801488771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.42
€ 52.42
paperback. Best known for his provocative take on cultural issues in The Intellectuals and the Masses and What Good Are the Arts?, the author describes the events that formed him - an escape from the London blitz to an idyllic rural village, army service in Egypt, an open scholarship to Oxford and an academic career that saw him elected. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGLA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 384
- SKU
- KKD0009969
- ISBN
- 9780571310920
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95