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paperback. Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349512041
- ISBN
- 9781349512041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBV; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Silman-James Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879505766
- ISBN
- 9781879505766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.96
€ 30.99
€ 20.96
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
Paperback. Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are? Translator(s): Hampton, Christopher. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 74.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571190140
- ISBN
- 9780571190140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.66
€ 12.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816693061
- ISBN
- 9780816693061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.31
€ 32.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. Jane Austen the Reader explains Austen's excellence and endurance by showing how her writing developed as a response to the writing of others: as parody, satire, criticism and even, on occasion, homage. Seeing Austen as a critic offers new insights into her creativity, and new interpretations of her novels. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349450909
- ISBN
- 9781349450909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393685
- ISBN
- 9780888393685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.72
€ 14.99
€ 11.72
Hardcover. Building on recent work in critical animal studies and posthumanism, this book challenges past assumptions that animals were only explored as illustrative of humanity, not as interesting in their own right. The contributors combine close reading of Chaucer's texts with insights drawn from cultural or critical animal studies. Editor(s): Van Dyke, Carolynn. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338586
- ISBN
- 9780230338586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.96
€ 122.96
Hardback. Contends that the uneven separation of church and state in America, far from safeguarding an arena for democratic flourishing, has functioned instead to promote particular forms of religious possibility while containing, suppressing, or excluding others. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049632
- ISBN
- 9780691049632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.92€ 52.56
€ 67.92
€ 52.56
Hardcover. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292093
- ISBN
- 9780230292093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Series: New Directions Poetry Pamphlets. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220958
- ISBN
- 9780811220958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.54
€ 11.99
€ 11.54
Hardcover. How is Hardy's development of thematics and characters matched by that of narrative techniques and his handling of time? This book uses narratological methods to stress the interdependence of content and expression in a key transitional writer between the Victorian and Modernist eras. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367716
- ISBN
- 9781137367716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Paperback. A collection of poems that are the tides of order and disorder - the multitudinous vitality of the shoreline, the warmth and wildness of family, Mediaeval Fools and the excitement of late night Cuba Street. Num Pages: 74 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 107.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864735997
- ISBN
- 9780864735997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.33
€ 18.99
€ 17.33
Hardback. Woodman's translation masterfully conveys Tacitus' distinctive and powerful literary style and reflects the best of relevant current scholarship. His introduction provides a wealth of insight into the period about which Tacitus wrote, Tacitus himself, and the principles of translation that have shaped this rendering. Translator(s): Woodman, A. J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205598
- ISBN
- 9780872205598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56€ 51.09
€ 65.56
€ 51.09
Paperback. Renowned translator Helen Craig McCullough has selected representative portions of these two major classical Japanese works with a view to shaping the abridgments into coherent, aesthetically acceptable wholes. Translator(s): McCullough, Helen Craig. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804722582
- ISBN
- 9780804722582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 41.86
€ 47.99
€ 41.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Stivale, Charles J.; Mecchia, Giuseppina. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HPS; RGW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306701
- ISBN
- 9781349306701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
paperback. Sophia West died in 1996, aged 30. In this volume of love poems and fragmentary prose stories, biographical history informs as introduction by Sophia West's mother, Olivia Emmett. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Onlywomen Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906500767
- ISBN
- 9780906500767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.28
€ 14.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 311 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349072767
- ISBN
- 9781349072767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
Paperback. This new annotated and accessible edition of Conrad's classic text has been designed to suit the needs of South African students and readers. Cultural background, as well as semantic and literary information has been provided. Editor(s): Andersen, M. C.; Byrne, D.C.; Titlestad, M. Num Pages: 116 pages, Illustrations, maps,ports. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FA; YFB; YQEF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- PENGUIN
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868880942
- ISBN
- 9781868880942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.43
€ 26.99
€ 23.43
Paperback. "Rich's poetry itself is a mirror, reflecting the truths about humanity this discerning poet has come to understand."-Booklist Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 89
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342789
- ISBN
- 9780393342789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.36
€ 16.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. * Includes canonical texts as well as a an expanded selection from New Spain, New France, New Netherland, the Chesapeake and the West Indies. * Offers extensive coverage of texts by women, African Americans and Native Americans. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211259
- ISBN
- 9780631211259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
paperback. Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre. In each of the four very different poets she considers here, the author reveals a style of thinking in operation. She traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021105
- ISBN
- 9780674021105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.07
€ 35.99
€ 30.07
Hardcover. A collection of essays across disciplines that unpacks and explores our conceptions of perfection and proceeds with the full consciousness that perfection s exact definition is subjective, reliant on who is speaking, and easily unmoored by time, geography, and the vagaries of taste." Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347127
- ISBN
- 9780820347127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161923
- ISBN
- 9781405161923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.71
€ 47.99
€ 47.71