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Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.20
€ 35.99
€ 32.20
Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writin...
Arons, Wendy. Ed(S): Wilmeth, Don B.
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilmeth, Don B. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; D; DS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349534524
- ISBN
- 9781349534524
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Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349100323
- ISBN
- 9781349100323
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Condition: New
€ 121.71
€ 121.71
Paperback. A shaman and visionary - not a poet in any ordinary sense - Maria Sabina lived out her life in the Oaxacan mountain village of Huautla de Jimenez. This work includes a presentation from Sabina's recorded chants and an English translation of her oral autobiography, her vida, as written and arranged in her native language. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 225 pages, 3 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BG; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239531
- ISBN
- 9780520239531
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.44
€ 38.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? The Literature Student's Survival Kit gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122856
- ISBN
- 9781405122856
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Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
hardcover. A collection of critical essays on Black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333522523
- ISBN
- 9780333522523
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Condition: New
€ 185.82
€ 185.82
Hardback. This text provides a commentary of Hollywood and the motion picture industry, with portraits of Darryl F. Zanuck, Mae West, Errol Flynn, John Barrymore, B.P. Schulberg, Walter Wanger, John Howard Lawson, and Elia Kazan. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; APF; BGB; DSBH; DSG; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810844254
- ISBN
- 9780810844254
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Condition: New
€ 122.55
€ 122.55
Paperback. This aim of this text is to explore the concept of the literary canon and the process by which works achieve a high cultural status. It seeks to do this by analyzing three of Shakespeare's major works and comparing them with one by the less renowned Aphra Behn. Editor(s): Day, Roger. Series: Approaching Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415135764
- ISBN
- 9780415135764
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Condition: New
€ 46.02
€ 46.02
Paperback. Suitable for those working on gay and lesbian studies, American literature and culture, and twentieth century history, this book analyses texts produced by American gay men and lesbians in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326977
- ISBN
- 9780822326977
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.93
€ 30.99
€ 27.93
hardcover. Explains how an adherent to the so-called Christian interpretation of Shakespeare can be a Marxist critic. Shakespeare's history plays, Siegel contends, were shaped by the Christian humanist ideology of the new Tudor aristocracy and are subtle works of art whose characters are complex creations, not mere spokesmen for social classes. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470789
- ISBN
- 9781611470789
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Condition: New
€ 114.26
€ 114.26
Hardcover. Drawing its impetus from the conviction that death is a central yet curiously understudied preoccupation for Edmund Spenser and John Milton, this is a collection of essays on the topic of death in these two monumental representatives of the early modern canon. Editor(s): Bellamy, Elizabeth Jane; Cheney, Patrick; Schoenfeldt, Michael. Num Pages: 227 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333983980
- ISBN
- 9780333983980
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Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Reverend Dr John. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- 2000 ed.
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060693824
- ISBN
- 9780060693824
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.08
€ 19.99
€ 18.08
Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DS; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479885688
- ISBN
- 9781479885688
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Condition: New
€ 112.82
€ 112.82
Paperback. What does it mean to live as a ghost? Exploring spectrality as a metaphor in the contemporary British and American cultural imagination, Peeren proposes that certain subjects migrants, servants, mediums and missing persons are perceived as living ghosts and examines how this figuration can signify both dispossession and empowerment or agency." Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349477487
- ISBN
- 9781349477487
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Condition: New
€ 68.41
€ 68.41
Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559363938
- ISBN
- 9781559363938
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.33
€ 17.99
€ 17.33
Hardcover. Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context - their productions, circulations and readerships - to understand current social trends. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489289
- ISBN
- 9781137489289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- New Edit/Cover
- SKU
- KSS0001708
- ISBN
- 9780330313995
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312164904
- ISBN
- 9780312164904
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Condition: New
€ 121.39
€ 121.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802137241
- ISBN
- 9780802137241
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.18
€ 18.99
€ 18.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Newest Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927063828
- ISBN
- 9781927063828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.71
€ 19.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Futura Publications
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0001522
- ISBN
- 9780708829431
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
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
€ 116.52
€ 116.52
paperback. This volume disputes the assumption that Rossetti was a follower of Keble and Pusey, and shows how her dissatisfaction with the male-dominated call to celibacy led her to reject their notions of worldliness, and to form a closer bond with the physical world and the body. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HRA; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2002
- SKU
- V9781349424467
- ISBN
- 9781349424467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.19
€ 121.19
paperback. Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 119 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Humana United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896036314
- ISBN
- 9780896036314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38