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Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.64
€ 35.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. An exploration into representations of the Amazon, and how they were essential to homoerotic and heterosexual social constructions in early English texts. This book takes up a range of literary, historical, and theoretical texts in order to examine the relationship between Amazon myth and the social conventions that governed gender and sexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Durham
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325994
- ISBN
- 9780822325994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.62
€ 32.99
€ 29.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSK; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479884711
- ISBN
- 9781479884711
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. Merezhkovsky's bold claim that "all Russian literature is, to a certain degree, a struggle with the temptation of demonism" is undoubtedly justified. And yet, despite its evident centrality to Russian culture, the unique and fascinating phenomenon of Russian literary demonism has so far received little critical attention. Editor(s): Davidson, Pamela. Series: Studies in Slavic Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 548 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1F; 2AGR; DSB; GTB; HRQX9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817587
- ISBN
- 9781571817587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.40
€ 209.40
Hardcover. Keywords: Ireland - Authors - Theatre - Plays - fiction - Biography
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble,Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS0061438
- ISBN
- 9780389200055
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474413725
- ISBN
- 9781474413725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- STE Publishers South Africa
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919855417
- ISBN
- 9781919855417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.80
€ 18.99
€ 17.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610786
- ISBN
- 9780815610786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.15
€ 26.99
€ 24.15
Hardback. Michelle D. Commander traces how black American artists, intellectuals, and travelers envision literal and figurative flight back to Africa through speculative literature and film and travel to cultural heritage sites as means to create a sense of homecoming, belonging, and connection with their ancestors, spiritual realm, and Africa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363118
- ISBN
- 9780822363118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.02
€ 114.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615462
- ISBN
- 9780691615462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.16
€ 73.16
Paperback. Very cood clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0225907
- ISBN
- 9780826453198
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746307953
- ISBN
- 9780746307953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.93
€ 24.99
€ 22.93
Paperback. A new title in the Braziller Series of Australian Poets, which brings Australian literature, often under-represented, to a wider audience. Editor(s): Kane, Paul. Series: Australian Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 209 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807600108
- ISBN
- 9780807600108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.28
€ 15.28
paperback. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Edition
- 1. Ausgabe.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802131454
- ISBN
- 9780802131454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.18
€ 15.99
€ 15.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415513609
- ISBN
- 9780415513609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 54.96
€ 54.99
€ 54.96
Paperback. This volume includes translations of the Greek plays "The Oresteia" and "The Common Chorus" (parts 1 and 2). Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571210466
- ISBN
- 9780571210466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.76
€ 16.99
€ 13.76
Hardcover. Miri Nakamura examines bodily metaphors such as doppelgangers and robots that were ubiquitous in the literature of imperial Japan. Reading them against the historical rise of the Japanese empire, she argues they must be understood in relation to the most "monstrous" body of all in modern Japan: the carefully constructed image of the empire itself. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504325
- ISBN
- 9780674504325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.51
€ 44.99
€ 36.51
Hardback. Ambiguous Bodies: Reading the Grotesque in the Japanese Setsuwa Tales explores the world of the extraordinary and strange in Japanese setsuwa tales and the mentalities informing them in terms of grotesque theory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759755
- ISBN
- 9780804759755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31
€ 90.31
Paperback. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre; Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802080943
- ISBN
- 9780802080943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.90
€ 41.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. Part of the Casebooks Series Editor(s): Holdsworth, R.V. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333383384
- ISBN
- 9780333383384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.66
€ 36.99
€ 36.66
paperback. At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253012036
- ISBN
- 9780253012036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
hardcover. This study is the first comprehensive, full-length account of the works of the Anglo-Jewish author Leonard William Merrick formerly Miller, (1864 -1939). Drawing on unpublished materials, it covers Merricks twelve novels, his several volumes of short stories, eight plays, and contributions to motion pictures. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611474275
- ISBN
- 9781611474275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.81
€ 125.81
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0011426
- ISBN
- 9780717122028
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.59
€ 5.59
Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647661
- ISBN
- 9780691647661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.80
€ 113.80