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Hardback. An analysis of the discourses and cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in short stories published between 1965 and 1998. It employs feminist theories and insights on female adolescence. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810836921
- ISBN
- 9780810836921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43
€ 104.43
Hardback. Examines the residual influence of the Eurocentric literary canon in the age of postcolonial and world literature and looks at emergent formations of canons and classics at large. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785211
- ISBN
- 9780804785211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.90
€ 156.90
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 82 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013794
- ISBN
- 9780691013794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.47
€ 29.99
€ 21.47
Paperback. The volume includes Trojan Women, Thyestes, Phaedra, Medea, and Agamemnon, plus a preface. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Series: Complete Roman Drama in Translation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843099
- ISBN
- 9780801843099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
Hardback. Editor(s): Lewalski, Barbara K. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 44. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674760400
- ISBN
- 9780674760400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.13€ 50.26
€ 55.13
€ 50.26
Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011237
- ISBN
- 9781847011237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.48
€ 32.99
€ 31.48
Editor(s): Brown, N. Anthony; Brown, Tony. Series: Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AG; BM; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618113948
- ISBN
- 9781618113948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.32€ 101.92
€ 102.32
€ 101.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Frost, Simon; Rix, Robert W. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763535106
- ISBN
- 9788763535106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.72
€ 23.00
€ 19.72
Hardcover. By examining the family and financial circumstances of Wordsworth s early years, this illuminating biography reshapes our understanding of the great Romantic poet s most creative period of life and writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655443
- ISBN
- 9780470655443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.72
€ 116.72
Hardback. Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome's original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre. Editor(s): Braund, Professor Susanna; Osgood, Josiah. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199650
- ISBN
- 9781405199650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.04
€ 188.04
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 174 color images, and 4 more for the cover. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 622. Adapting Violence to the Screen. Series: Film and Culture Series. 360 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; DSB. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22. Weight: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147552
- ISBN
- 9780231147552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.94
€ 50.94
Hardcover. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated books, as well as the communities who made them, this book tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. It shows how many pressing modern communicative concerns are not unique to the digital age. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669724
- ISBN
- 9780226669724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.98€ 76.88
€ 91.98
€ 76.88
The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy. Myth, Gender and Ceremony in the Cl...
Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
paperback. Opens the beauty and power of Arabic poetic masterpieces to Western readers. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215369
- ISBN
- 9780253215369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66
paperback. Based on a comprehensive reading of eighteenth-century Chinese novels and a theoretical approach grounded in poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, and feminist criticism, this title examines how such privilege functions in these novels and provides the first full account of literary representations of sexuality and gender in pre-modern China. Num Pages: 392 pages, 6 drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822315667
- ISBN
- 9780822315667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.74
€ 35.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645346
- ISBN
- 9780691645346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.85
€ 212.85
Paperback. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 212 pages. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight: 348.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780521173049
- ISBN
- 9780521173049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.82
€ 31.99
€ 30.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801582
- ISBN
- 9780875801582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Hardback. A study of the representation of astrology and celestial portents in the medieval and later literature of Ireland and Wales, Fiery Shapes examines the mysterious figure of the druid, who was allegedly able to read the future from rainclouds; Taliesin and Merlin; and the Welsh gentleman poet of the later Middle Ages and beyond. Num Pages: 256 pages, Six black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; DSBB; DSBD; HBLC1; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780199571840
- ISBN
- 9780199571840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.60
€ 203.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Cowley, M.; Lawler, James R. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646558
- ISBN
- 9780691646558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.26
€ 218.26
hardcover. A lucid account of the vast field of literary criticism from 1830 to 1914. Editor(s): Habib, M. A. R. Series: The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 709 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521300117
- ISBN
- 9780521300117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.39€ 149.41
€ 156.39
€ 149.41
Paperback. The study places Ukrainian Futurism within the context of other major Ukrainian literary movements of the time, and examines its relationship to Russian and West European Futurism. It includes critical analyses on the major works of the leading figures within the Ukrainian movement. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 halftones, 11 colour illustrations, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGR; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458591
- ISBN
- 9780916458591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
Hardcover. A pioneering, interdisciplinary study of how transnational novelists and critics use music as a critical device to structure narrative and to model ethical relations. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: AV; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781781380307
- ISBN
- 9781781380307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 6.23
€ 17.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608365
- ISBN
- 9780691608365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.19
€ 74.19
Paperback. This study offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese fiction, film, and drama and argues that they have questioned the faith in historical progress and in the viability of a sphere of free debate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758499
- ISBN
- 9780804758499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.66
€ 36.99
€ 32.66