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Paperback. Bridging the gap between decadence as it is traditionally understood in literary and cultural studies and its relevance to current phenomena, this interdisciplinary collection examines literary texts and movies from Europe and the United States since 1945. Editor(s): Landgraf, Diemo. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349492190
ISBN
9781349492190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Paperback. The Spiritual History of Ice explores the ecology of ice in fascinating detail, revealing not only a neglected context of the Romantic age but also the esoteric history and psychology of frozen phenomena. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230619715
ISBN
9780230619715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.92

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.02

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; TGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1920
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642484827
ISBN
9783642484827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.99

Paperback. Tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W B Yeats, T S Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 464. Tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W B Yeats, T S Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 41. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
KKE0000936
ISBN
9781840226355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. An anthology which explores how American children have been defined and continuously redefined throughout history. It ranges from 17th-century ministers to Drs Benjamin Spock and Barry Brazelton, and from the poems of Anne Bradstreet to the writings of young people today. Editor(s): Fass, Paula S.; Mason, Mary Ann. Num Pages: 725 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1293.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
725
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726938
ISBN
9780814726938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.86

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868199634
ISBN
9780868199634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.09

Hardback. In Four Cries of a Gibbon by the late-Ming dynasty playwright Xu Wei, characters move between life and death, and male and female, as they seek to articulate who they truly are. In this first critical study and annotated translation, Kwa considers how Wei's exploration of identity paved the way for further reflection in later fiction and drama. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066854
ISBN
9780674066854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.30

Hardcover. While artistically ambitious poets of the era are often characterized as preferring a lasting future fame to contemporary popularity, this book reveals that a sophisticated, strategic and fascinated engagement with new modes of fame was central to the experiments with literary form of poets such as Byron, Keats, Shelley and Barrett Browning. Num Pages: 211 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228153
ISBN
9780230228153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810849440
ISBN
9780810849440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.23

Paperback. One of Jennifer Johnston's most moving and deeply enjoyable novels Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. One of Jennifer Johnston's most moving and deeply enjoyable novels Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014103
ISBN
9780747259329
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part of series which presents various speeches from the late fifth and fourth centuries BC in translations prepared by classical scholars who are at the forefront of the discipline. This volume contains three speeches, by the orator of classical antiquity, that illuminate Athenian law and culture in the fourth century BC. Translator(s): Harris, Edward M. Series Editor(s): Gagarin, Michael. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 245 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNS; HPCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717848
ISBN
9780292717848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. "This book offers the term "ecophobia" as a way of understanding and organizing representations of contempt for the natural world. Estok argues that this vocabulary is both necessary to the developing area of ecocritical studies and for our understandings of the representations of "Nature" in Shakespeare"--Provided by publisher. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; PSAF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294534
ISBN
9781349294534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. This manic farce explores the ideas of radical psychiatrist RD Laing on the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Association which he co-founded. His visionary ideas about the treatment of those with mental health issues, have now been incorporated into everyday practice. A fast-paced mind-bending play fun to perform. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aurora Metro Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906582821
ISBN
9781906582821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.16

Paperback. Features a story of the wronged wife who avenges herself upon her unfaithful husband by murdering their children is lodged securely in the popular imagination, a touchstone for politics, law, and psychoanalysis and the subject of constant retellings and reinterpretations. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226203454
ISBN
9780226203454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Drawing its name from the spacecraft departing our solar system on an embassy to the beyond, this title culminates in a chilling Dantean allegory of leadership and its failure in the cause of humanity. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268852
ISBN
9780520268852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.55

paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Phoenix
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0018823
ISBN
9781857992915
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. "Oxygen" is a play about priorities and competition in science and the resulting consequences. The play deals with the discovery of oxygen as well as revolutions - both chemical and political. And "Oxygen" concerns the Nobel Prize. Half of this play with 11 characters takes place in 1777, the other half in 2001. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; PN; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9783527304134
ISBN
9783527304134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sheen, Erica; Hutson, Lorna. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333983997
ISBN
9780333983997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.56

paperback. The contributors to this volume explore the impact of D.W. Winnicott's psychoanalytical theories, focusing on the relevance of his independent version of object relations theory to psychoanalytical literary criticism. Series: Psychoanalysis & Culture. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075732
ISBN
9780231075732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.84

Paperback. Khun Chang Khun Phaen is one of the most famous works of old Thai literature and this first-ever translation is based on Prince Damrong's standard edition of 1917-18, with over a hundred passages recovered from earlier versions. Illustrator(s): Janchai, Muangsing. Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 2GRS; DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162150524
ISBN
9786162150524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.77

Paperback. Series: Studies in romanticism. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349114931
ISBN
9781349114931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.44

Hardback. Provides an introduction to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Fenton, James. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 212. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small rip on top of spine, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0004687
ISBN
9780571274284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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