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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.20

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349477487
ISBN
9781349477487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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