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Paperback. As a philosopher, Ted Cohen is interested in how jokes work, why they work and when they don't. He considers questions of audience, selection of joke topics, the ethnic character of jokes and their morality, all with of examples that should make the reader either chuckle or wince. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JHM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 129 x 203 x 5. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112312
- ISBN
- 9780226112312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.87
€ 10.99
€ 10.87
Hardcover. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 324 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855663022
- ISBN
- 9781855663022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.48
€ 99.48
Hardback. Exploring how the concept of the imagination is figured in principal texts of English Romanticism, this book argues that this figuring is an ideological activity that reveals a deep social and political investment. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804716499
- ISBN
- 9780804716499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.37
€ 139.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897142295
- ISBN
- 9781897142295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 18.21
€ 23.00
€ 18.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172561
- ISBN
- 9780231172561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 44.71
€ 57.48
€ 44.71
hardcover. A careful re-evaluation of pastoral poetics in the early modern Hispanic literature of Spain and Latin America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855663138
- ISBN
- 9781855663138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.28
€ 88.28
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134882
- ISBN
- 9781571134882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.14
€ 139.14
paperback. Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, this book attempts to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773360
- ISBN
- 9780226773360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714530093
- ISBN
- 9780714530093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.88
€ 19.99
€ 19.88
Paperback. Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when technology developed. This book extends that analysis to postmodernism by looking at the status of science, technology, and the arts, the significance of technocracy, and the way the flow of information is controlled in the Western world. Translator(s): Bennington, G.; Massumi, B. Num Pages: 144 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719014505
- ISBN
- 9780719014505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.61
€ 13.61
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639864
- ISBN
- 9780691639864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Wagner, John P.; Kunis, Alexander J. Num Pages: 207 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: D; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612099842
- ISBN
- 9781612099842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.03€ 143.24
€ 214.03
€ 143.24
Paperback. This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534831
- ISBN
- 9780226534831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.38
€ 30.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. With excerpts from his major booksoBlue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathingoas well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden's entire career Editor(s): Almeranti, Erin; Miles, Mary Martha. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 b&w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292721982
- ISBN
- 9780292721982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.88
€ 31.99
€ 28.88
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491449
- ISBN
- 9781611491449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.05
€ 126.05
Paperback. This is a unique introduction to Greek tragedy that explores the plays as dramatic artifacts intended for performance and pays special attention to construction, design, staging, and musical composition. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119089896
- ISBN
- 9781119089896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.31
€ 50.31
Paperback. An anthology that presents the poetry of twenty-two writers. It includes work by poets ranging from their early twenties to their late sixties, and harking from Canada, England, Iran, New Zealand, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, the United States and Wales. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael; Crawforth, Eleanor. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334. An Anthology. 264 pages. Editor(s): Schmidt, Michael; Crawforth, Eleanor. An anthology that presents the poetry of twenty-two writers. It includes work by poets ranging from their early twenties to their late sixties, and harking from Canada, England, Iran, New Zealand, the Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, the United States and Wales. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 21. Weight: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847771315
- ISBN
- 9781847771315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.96
€ 23.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559213851
- ISBN
- 9781559213851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.20
€ 20.99
€ 15.20
hardcover. Examines the engagement of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae with Parmenidean philosophy to issue a political critique of tragic deception and its effects. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107040823
- ISBN
- 9781107040823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.05
€ 92.05
Paperback. The study places Ukrainian Futurism within the context of other major Ukrainian literary movements of the time, and examines its relationship to Russian and West European Futurism. It includes critical analyses on the major works of the leading figures within the Ukrainian movement. Series: Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 halftones, 11 colour illustrations, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGR; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458591
- ISBN
- 9780916458591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.80
€ 19.99
€ 17.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Teran, Victor; Shook, David. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2J; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Phoneme United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939419262
- ISBN
- 9781939419262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.39
€ 25.99
€ 22.39
Hardback. James Kearney engages with recent work in the history of the book and the history of religion to investigate the crisis of the book occasioned by the Reformation's simultaneous faith in text and distrust of material forms. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241587
- ISBN
- 9780812241587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.75
€ 94.75
Paperback. From West Africa to NYC, the oral tradition comes alive through collaborative storytelling of Holman and legendary griot Papa Susso. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Coffee House Press United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566893251
- ISBN
- 9781566893251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. T.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KMR0005730
- ISBN
- 9781840221046
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99