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Hardback. After recovering these lost chapters of our democratic past, Comic Democracies concludes with a draft for the future, using the old methods of comedy to envision a modern democracy rooted in the diversity, ingenuity, and power of popular art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; HBJK; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419343
- ISBN
- 9781421419343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.09
€ 54.99
€ 46.09
Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151809
- ISBN
- 9780691151809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.73
€ 45.99
€ 32.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138807181
- ISBN
- 9781138807181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.78
€ 38.78
Paperback. Anais Nin, the diarist, novelist, and provocateur, occupied a singular space in twentieth-century culture, not only as a literary figure and voice of female sexual liberation but as a celebrity and symbol of shifting social mores in postwar America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Swallow Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804011761
- ISBN
- 9780804011761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.10
€ 31.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. The story of the world-famous home of the Bronte sisters. Explores the impact of the Brontes' home on their writing and what it was like for their successors living in a literary shrine. New exhibition focusing on the building starts at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in April 2013. Num Pages: 96 pages, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445608556
- ISBN
- 9781445608556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.81
€ 27.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Dooley, Ann; Roe, Harry. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549856
- ISBN
- 9780199549856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.91
€ 11.99
€ 10.91
Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393254815
- ISBN
- 9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.13
€ 23.99
€ 21.13
Paperback. Why is the colonial context absent from Michel Foucault's history of a European sexual discourse that for him defined the bourgeois self? This book challenges Foucault's tunnel vision of the West and his marginalization of empire. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316909
- ISBN
- 9780822316909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.85
€ 30.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408842416
- ISBN
- 9781408842416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Milbank, Alison. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537396
- ISBN
- 9780199537396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.77
€ 10.99
€ 9.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Dobree, Bonamy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537419
- ISBN
- 9780199537419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Comprehensively rediscovers a lost tradition of women's writing on Shakespeare. Editor(s): Thompson, Ann; Roberts, Sasha. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSGS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719047046
- ISBN
- 9780719047046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.20
€ 33.20
Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746311417
- ISBN
- 9780746311417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951689
- ISBN
- 9781845951689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.95
€ 21.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507895
- ISBN
- 9780099507895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.21
€ 21.99
€ 17.21
Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063317
- ISBN
- 9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.35
€ 38.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107446014
- ISBN
- 9781107446014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.54
€ 32.54
Paperback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641345
- ISBN
- 9780748641345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.06
€ 31.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Oxford Literature Companions offer student-friendly support for A Level set texts. This guide to Hamlet is ideal for use in the classroom or for revision, providing insight into characterisation, contexts and critical views, along with activities that prompt a closer analysis of the writer's language and techniques. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 172 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198399063
- ISBN
- 9780198399063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.94
€ 14.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Birketveit, Anna; Williams, Gweno. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Fagbokforlaget
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788245013825
- ISBN
- 9788245013825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.21
€ 51.99
€ 46.21
Hardcover. Examining the representation of women in the spaces of the railway in literature and culture of the 19th and early 20th century, this book brings together the sensation, realist, and modernist railway narratives by female and male authors, analyzing women's trajectories within and beyond the city but also the nation, as urban passengers, and more. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748676941
- ISBN
- 9780748676941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.25€ 100.33
€ 103.25
€ 100.33
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739166086
- ISBN
- 9780739166086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.95€ 16.63
€ 100.95
€ 16.63
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877459859
- ISBN
- 9780877459859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.73
€ 61.73
Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099559030
- ISBN
- 9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.89
€ 16.99
€ 13.89