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Diasporic Avant-Gardes: Experimental Poetics and Cultural Displacement
. Ed(S): Noland, Carrie; Watten, Barrett
hardcover. This collection brings together leading scholars to locate experimental strategies in diasporic poetry. Editor(s): Noland, Carrie; Watten, Barrett. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616295
- ISBN
- 9780230616295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.02
€ 65.02
Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Publication date
- 1984
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- SKU
- KCW0006451
- ISBN
- 9780140067217
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903364697
- ISBN
- 9781903364697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.43€ 70.74
€ 92.43
€ 70.74
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872288
- ISBN
- 9780810872288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.62
€ 191.62
Paperback. Poetry and photography from the Osaka underground pulses with life and exposes the raw aesthetics of contemporary Japan. Editor(s): Kirkorowicz, Heather. Translator(s): Ramirez, David Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages, 60 color photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chin Music Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985041632
- ISBN
- 9780985041632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.11
€ 21.11
Hardcover. Ilan Stavans has been described by the "Washington Post" as 'Latin America's liveliest and boldest critic and most innovative cultural enthusiast'. This collection of essays focuses on his Jewish heritage and Hispanic upbringing and the relationship between the two cultures from both his own personal experience and that of others. Series: Writers on Writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117062
- ISBN
- 9780472117062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.54
€ 96.54
Paperback. Examines the political, social, and religious factors that contributed to the formation of a literary canon in fourteenth-century England. This book tracks the reputations of Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland into the fifteenth century, when studies of 14th-century literature became configured in terms of a double, antagonistic dynamic. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022020
- ISBN
- 9780268022020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.06
€ 50.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Santlofer, Jonathan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- No Exit Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843442592
- ISBN
- 9781843442592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the 'girl power' movement of the 1990's, this title provides a critical study of this gender-bending code of female conduct. It traces the literary and cultural transformations that the concept of 'tomboy' has undergone in the United States. Num Pages: 338 pages, 10 Halftoness. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137237
- ISBN
- 9781592137237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. This book examines the play writing career of Aphra Behn explaining her often dominant place in the complex theatrical culture of Charles II's reign, her divided political sympathies, and her interests as a free thinking intellectual. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333760307
- ISBN
- 9780333760307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.57
€ 122.57
Hardback. Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobilitiy across borders. Series: Mobility and Politics. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DC; JFC; JFD; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444639
- ISBN
- 9781137444639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. A novel of hypocrisy and double standards. It tells of Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor and dissipated villager, who learns that she may be descended from the ancient family of d'Urbeville. In her search for respectability her fortunes fluctuate wildly, and the story assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 248. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- KRA0009751
- ISBN
- 9781853260056
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403941701
- ISBN
- 9781403941701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton, and Manx, this work offers poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. Translator(s): Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442472
- ISBN
- 9780140442472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.61
€ 19.99
€ 17.61
paperback. An invocation of Latin American and Caribbean culture, history, and spirituality. Through free verse and poetic forms, the collection is visually charged and sonically rich. The poems incorporate history, legend, and magical realism to create a cross-cultural baroque feeling. Heresies is witty, probing, transgressive, and carnivalesque. Series Editor(s): Raz, Hilda. Series: Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826335210
- ISBN
- 9780826335210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.29
€ 19.29
Paperback. When Father goes away one evening, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are shattered. They and their mother have to move from their comfortable London home to go and live in a simple country cottage, They soon come to love the railway near their cottage and all associated with it. Series: Wordsworth's Children's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853261077
- ISBN
- 9781853261077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.47
€ 6.47
Hardback. This text looks at Euripides' "Hippolytus" and offers an examination of the ancient preference for the implicit style, and suugests a possible reading of Euripides' first treatment of the myth which would account for The Athenian audience's reservations about his "Hippoytus Veiled". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847690923
- ISBN
- 9780847690923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.50
€ 166.50
Hardcover. With a generous selection of more than one hundred poems from thirty three poets, this title in its coverage of three main languages - Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish - and lyrical styles employed by peninsular poets. It contains translations of canonical poems but also translations of many poems that have never before been edited or translated. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent; Bajus, Mark; Malik, Cici. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent; Bajus, Mark; Malik, Cici. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226011165
- ISBN
- 9780226011165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.43
€ 145.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 454 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791401
- ISBN
- 9780226791401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861000
- ISBN
- 9780801861000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.12
€ 31.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. "Random Destinations" links social and political history with literature in its analysis of the ways in which novels and short stories portray the subsequent lives and problems of those who managed to leave Central Europe in the 1930s following the rise of Nazism. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBL; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349531455
- ISBN
- 9781349531455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.93
€ 73.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472349
- ISBN
- 9781611472349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.80
€ 128.80
Paperback. "Genre Fusion demonstrates how Spanish authors accurately represent the lived experience of Spain's history and collective memory by overlapping the genres of fiction and historiography." Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536785
- ISBN
- 9781557536785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.73
€ 57.73
Paperback. A phantom child roams the Northumberland moors, while a host of fairytale characters gone to seed gather in the dark, dark woods.. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 52.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141397375
- ISBN
- 9780141397375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.23
€ 6.23