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Hardback. Leading to protest and debate, same-sex desire in Indian literature and film has appeared in a wide range of works since 1970 including Vikram Seth and the films of Deepa Mehta. Using these works as a focal point, among many others, Ross argues that an Euro-American notion of homosexuality is reinvented when coming into contact with Indian culture. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; 2BM; APFA; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570758
- ISBN
- 9781137570758
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Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137567833
- ISBN
- 9781137567833
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Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Hardback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137602572
- ISBN
- 9781137602572
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Condition: New
€ 112.10
€ 112.10
Hardcover. Fleming masterfully demonstrates Camoes's debt to, and participation in, the long and continuing traditions of "spiritual" or allegorical scriptural exegesis in the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855663145
- ISBN
- 9781855663145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.16
€ 90.16
Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd Ireland
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510338
- ISBN
- 9781843510338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.05
€ 36.99
€ 31.05
Hardcover. The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This book shows how the union has operated over the last five decades. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Publisher
- See notes
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850432609
- ISBN
- 9781850432609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55€ 133.93
€ 150.55
€ 133.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Crossley, Professor of Logic John N (Monash University); Jeffreys, Catherine; Mews, Senior Lecturer Department of History and Director for Studies in Religion and Theology Constant J (University of Melbourne); Williams, Carol J. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AVA; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 210. Weight in Grams: 871.
- Publisher
- Guy of Saint-Denis, Tractatus de tonis
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442541
- ISBN
- 9781580442541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.74
€ 29.74
Paperback. Exploring how adults mistreat children, this book focuses on adults not only as hostile characters in fairy tales themselves but also as real people who use frightening stories to discipline young listeners. Num Pages: 332 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY; JFC; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000886
- ISBN
- 9780691000886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198140726
- ISBN
- 9780198140726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. In this book Timothy C. Baker situates George Mackay Brown's work within a broad literary and philosophical context to articulate how his novels engage with the question of community. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638123
- ISBN
- 9780748638123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.02€ 106.08
€ 110.02
€ 106.08
Paperback. This concise companion provides a succinct introduction to Chaucer's major works, the contexts in which he wrote, and to medieval thought more generally. * Opens with a general introductory section discussing London life and politics, books and authority, manuscripts and readers. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405113885
- ISBN
- 9781405113885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Dickel, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; AB; DSBH; JFCA; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628937
- ISBN
- 9783837628937
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.36
€ 50.99
€ 36.36
Hardcover. A collection of 23 riveting essays on aspects of contemporary French culture by the superstars of the field. Editor(s): Brozgal, Lia Nicole; Kippur, Sara. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382639
- ISBN
- 9781781382639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.66
€ 138.66
hardcover. This book provides an overview of poetry from England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland from the postwar period through to the twenty-first century. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107029637
- ISBN
- 9781107029637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336802
- ISBN
- 9780880336802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.56
€ 53.99
€ 38.56
Paperback. African American literature is over. With this provocative claim, the author sets out to identify a distinctly African American literature - and to change the terms with which we discuss it. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066298
- ISBN
- 9780674066298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.26
€ 35.99
€ 30.26
Paperback. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched their books' binding to their dress, and servants who reduced newspapers to fish 'n' chips wrap? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159546
- ISBN
- 9780691159546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.74
€ 29.99
€ 21.74
Hardback. This authoritative reference work examines literary and artistic responses to the war's upheavals across a wide range of media and genres, from poetry to pamphlets, sculpture to television documentary, and requiems to war reporting. Editor(s): Einhaus, Ann-Marie; Baxter, Katherine Isobel. Series: Edinburgh Companion to Literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 36 black and white, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; DSBH; DSR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474401630
- ISBN
- 9781474401630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.66€ 191.30
€ 202.66
€ 191.30
Hardback. Editor(s): Romanska, Magda; Ackerman, Alan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AN; ASZB; DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474247894
- ISBN
- 9781474247894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.55€ 133.93
€ 150.55
€ 133.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807515
- ISBN
- 9780875807515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.86
€ 146.86
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180245
- ISBN
- 9780231180245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.69€ 50.01
€ 63.69
€ 50.01
Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995871
- ISBN
- 9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.99
€ 32.99
€ 29.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JM; DSA; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590602
- ISBN
- 9781137590602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.93
€ 111.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Kenna, Ralph; MacCarron, Mairin; MacCarron, Padraig. Series: Understanding Complex Systems. Num Pages: 238 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 47 colour illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLC1; HPCB; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319394435
- ISBN
- 9783319394435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.19
€ 144.19