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Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 73 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APT; DSB; JFD; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784994150
ISBN
9781784994150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

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
€ 21.47

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064936
ISBN
9781847064936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Buckley, Chloe; Ilott, Sarah. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197902
ISBN
9781845197902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Hardback. This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. The depth of these original perspectives on the literature, art, politics, science, and philosophy of transatlantic nineteenth-century culture will foster future conversations. Editor(s): Almeida, Hermione de. Num Pages: 374 pages, 31 black & white halftones, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611495409
ISBN
9781611495409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 coloUr. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637045
ISBN
9783837637045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474234849
ISBN
9781474234849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.14

Paperback. In Writing for Justice, Elena Mortara presents a richly layered study of the cultural and intellectual atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, through close readings of the life and work of Victor Sejour, an expat American Creole from New Orleans living in Paris. In addition to writing The Mulatto, an early story on slave Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611687903
ISBN
9781611687903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.61

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 272 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231178563
ISBN
9780231178563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.29
€ 48.87

Hardback. Series: Historicizing Modernism. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474278577
ISBN
9781474278577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.13

Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055575
ISBN
9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.62

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631462
ISBN
9780691631462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.04

Hardcover. Women's Experimental Poetry in Britain 1970-2010 presents the history and current state of a critically neglected, significant body of contemporary writing and places it within the wider social and political contexts of the period. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319778
ISBN
9781846319778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.52

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644844
ISBN
9780691644844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.36

Hardback. David D. Phillips presents a commentary on Polybius' first book. Volume includes the definitive text by Theodor Buttner-Wobst, with detailed commentary on points of linguistic and historical interest, and an introduction to Polybius' life, the Histories and Polybian language, style, and tone. An index of Greek words is also provided. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2AHA; 3B; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 257 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971372
ISBN
9780979971372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Hardback. Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of Victorian science fiction. Editor(s): Frost, Mark. Series: Edinburgh critical editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402392
ISBN
9781474402392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02

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

€ 145.47

Hardback. A study of the immensely popular "lives" of Christ and the Virgin in medieval France. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844143
ISBN
9781843844143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.15

Paperback. First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession, and despair. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121230
ISBN
9781772121230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.23

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474419130
ISBN
9781474419130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.56

hardcover. This book shows how modernist poetry understood itself to be complicit in the social injustice and unhappiness of its time. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107184404
ISBN
9781107184404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.82

Hardback. Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Eliot, and William Dean Howells, and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own aesthetic practices. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625086
ISBN
9780748625086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069595
ISBN
9780231069595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474413848
ISBN
9781474413848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.56

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