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Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401104
ISBN
9781474401104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.39
€ 99.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Gammel, Irene; Zelazo, Suzanne. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 color illus., 52 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529754
ISBN
9780262529754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.48
€ 64.17

Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644612
ISBN
9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.39
€ 99.72

Hardcover. Focusses on a major revaluation of experimental poetry's social function in the US. The author explores the direct and practical relationships avant garde poets have had with power politics, social organization and cultural movements. It provides detailed readings of major poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682850
ISBN
9780748682850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.39
€ 100.65

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 548 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JF; ANB; APB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485. 8vo. Good former library copy with neat labels inside front cover
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
SKU
KEX0298748
ISBN
9780691623191
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. This book demonstrates how authors performing the role of a public intellectual discuss ideas and opinions regarding society while using literary strategies and devices in and beyond the text. Their assumed persona thereby reads the world as a book - interpreting it and offering alternative scenarios for understanding it. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137467638
ISBN
9781137467638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.09

Hardback. This book is new in the way it tackles the problem of imagining performances of Shakespeare as you read his plays. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623716
ISBN
9780748623716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.53
€ 95.24

Paperback. Situating the ginans - a large corpus of hymns and poems - in the larger context of Sufi, Bhakti and Sant poetry in medieval India, the author explores their history, characteristics, themes and prosody, as well as the unique Khojki script in which they were recorded. Series: Ismaili Heritage Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; DSC; GTB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648281
ISBN
9781860648281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474414432
ISBN
9781474414432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.39
€ 99.72

Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 115 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996823
ISBN
9780674996823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.18

Paperback. The first reference work to provide an integrated and authoritative body of information about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Latin America and the Philippines. Editor(s): Poddar, Prem; Patke, Rajeev S.; Jensen, Lars. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644827
ISBN
9780748644827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.74

Hardback. The most important literary dispute of the Renaissance pitted those writers of Neo-Latin who favoured imitation of Cicero alone, as the single best exemplar of Latin prose, against those who preferred to follow an eclectic array of literary models. This work talks about this Ciceronian controversy. Editor(s): DellaNeva, JoAnn. Translator(s): Duvick, Brian. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025202
ISBN
9780674025202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.31

Hardback. Originally published in 1996 by Mansell Publishing Limited. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Series: Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474247580
ISBN
9781474247580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.93
€ 143.95

hardcover. This book re-evaluates the rural English novel in the twentieth century in relation to the recognised artistic responses to modernity. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107039131
ISBN
9781107039131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.41

Hardback. The book traces the development of British Indian literature from the early days of the 19th century through the Victorian period. Previously unstudied poems and essays drawn from the thriving periodicals culture of British India are examined alongside novels and travel-writing by authors including Emma Roberts and Philip Meadows Taylor. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640683
ISBN
9780748640683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.39
€ 100.65

Paperback. Linguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Julia Kristeva explores one aspect of 20th-century culture - rebellion - in this text. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three 20th-century writers: Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Aragon and Roland Barthes. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109970
ISBN
9780231109970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardcover. This book reconsiders authorship by the descendants of North African immigrants to France by consulting how these authors' novels have been discussed and promoted in the national audio-visual media. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381960
ISBN
9781781381960
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.22
€ 20.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408179741
ISBN
9781408179741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.28

Paperback. This book offers a significant statement about the contemporary British novel in relation to three authors: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. All writing at the forefront of a generation, these authors sought to resuscitate the novel's ethico-political credentials, at a time which did not seem conducive to such a project. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349468300
ISBN
9781349468300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 665 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691654850
ISBN
9780691654850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 263.47
€ 194.57

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319513065
ISBN
9783319513065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.39

Paperback. By uncovering residues of ancestral languages found in Indigenous uses of English, Mareike Neuhaus shows how these remainders ground a reading strategy that enables us to approach Indigenous texts as" literatures" in their own right. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Regina Press Canada
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773905
ISBN
9780889773905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641895
ISBN
9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.22

Hardback. A comprehensive introduction to the fictions of the Fight Club author, who is both loved and loathed Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176971
ISBN
9781611176971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.69

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