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The Double Life of Books: Making and Re-Making the Reader

The Double Life of Books: Making and Re-Making the Reader...
Author: Peter D McDonald (Professor of English and Related Literature, University of Oxford, St Hugh’s College) ISBN: 9781399524414 Format: Paperback	$57.99
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Putting Age in its Place: Long-Term Residential Care in Contemporary Film and Fiction

Putting Age in its Place: Long-Term Residential Care...
Author: Ulla Kriebernegg ISBN: 9783837664126 Format: Paperback	$90.95
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The Korean War Novel: Rewriting History from the Civil War to the Post-Cold War

The Korean War Novel: Rewriting History from the Civil...
Author: Suk Koo Rhee (Professor of English, Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea) ISBN: 9781399524537 Format: Paperback	$57.99
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Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media

Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass...
Author: Sonia Hazard (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Florida State University) ISBN: 9780197608104 Format: Paperback	$55.95
Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media tells a new story of how nineteenth-century evangelicals... Read More >>

American Literature and Therapeutic Cultures

American Literature and Therapeutic Cultures
Author: Nicholas Manning (Professor of American Literature, Université Grenoble Alpes) , Martin Halliwell (Professor of American Thought and Culture, University of Leicester) ISBN: 9781399551328 Format: Hardback	$219.00
Traces the evolving relationship between American literature and therapeutic cultures across the twentieth and... Read More >>

Joseph Conrad and the Arts of his Time

Joseph Conrad and the Arts of his Time
Author: Robert Hampson (Professor of English, Royal Holloway, University of London) ISBN: 9781399523714 Format: Hardback	$219.00
Addresses the changing geographical and historical background to Conrad's life as a source for his developing artistic... Read More >>

Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity

Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature...
Author: Benjamin Dalton (Researcher in French Studies and the Medical Humanities, University of Birmingham.) ISBN: 9781399540551 Format: Hardback	$219.00
How do we engage with our metamorphic bodies and brains in ways which resist social and political violences and... Read More >>

The Edinburgh Companion to Curatorial Futures

The Edinburgh Companion to Curatorial Futures
Author: Bridget Crone (Senior Lecturer in Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, The University of London) , Bassam El Baroni (Associate Professor in Curating and Mediating Art, Aalto University, Finland) ISBN: 9781399508452 Format: Hardback	$368.00
The first curatorial studies volume to engage with the concept of 'the future'. Read More >>

Ira Aldridge on the Stage: An Anthology

Ira Aldridge on the Stage: An Anthology
Author: Gregory Vargo (Associate Professor, New York University) ISBN: 9781399556958 Format: Hardback	$219.00
Demonstrates how the career of Britain's first major Black actor, Ira Aldridge, transformed a range of dramatic... Read More >>

Valerius, A Roman Story

Valerius, A Roman Story
Author: Thomas C. Richardson (Professor of English Emeritus, Mississippi University for Women) , Thomas C. Richardson (Professor of English Emeritus, Mississippi University for Women) ISBN: 9781399553537 Format: Hardback	$219.00
The first critical edition of the final text of Lockhart's Valerius, A Roman Story. Read More >>

My Brother's a Genius

My Brother's a Genius
Author: Debris Stevenson ISBN: 9781350632035 Format: Paperback	$21.99
Poetry, grime and dance unite in Debris Stevenson’s explosive new play about learning to fall, fail and find our... Read More >>

The Cut Up

The Cut Up
Author: Louise Welsh ISBN: 9781838859879 Format: Paperback	$34.99
The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning... Read More >>

How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World and Why We Need Them

How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World...
Author: Dai George ISBN: 9781399408318 Format: Paperback	$26.99
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Empathy in Creative Writing: Ethics, Diversity and Communication

Empathy in Creative Writing: Ethics, Diversity and Communication...
Author: Graeme Harper ISBN: 9783032028594 Format: Hardback	$422.37
This book provides an important exploration of empathetic practices and approaches in and to creative writing –... Read More >>

Everyday Ecofascism: Crisis and Consumption in American Literature

Everyday Ecofascism: Crisis and Consumption in American...
Author: Alexander Menrisky ISBN: 9781517918675 Format: Hardback	$270.00
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Tiger, Tom & Tinkle: Creative Collaborations With Judith Kerr, Philippa Pearce and Kathleen Hale

Tiger, Tom & Tinkle: Creative Collaborations With Judith...
Author: David Wood ISBN: 9781835743508 Format: Paperback	$28.44
A heartfelt exploration of David Wood’s collaborations with Judith Kerr, Philippa Pearce, and Kathleen Hale, revealing... Read More >>

Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story

Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story...
Author: John Yorke ISBN: 9780241631089 Format: Hardback	$55.00
A masterclass in telling stories - and how they shape our world - from the internationally renowned narrative expert... Read More >>

Plays 1676–1678: Volume 2, Plays 1676–1678

Plays 1676–1678: Volume 2, Plays 1676–1678
Author: Aphra Behn , Claire Bowditch (Loughborough University) ISBN: 9781108471060 Format: Hardback	$310.50
Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and... Read More >>

The World of Leonard Cohen

The World of Leonard Cohen
Author: David R. Shumway (Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania) ISBN: 9781009350594 Format: Hardback	$69.86
A serious, comprehensive, and engaging book for fans, students, scholars, or anyone who wants to know more about... Read More >>

A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC: Volume 1, The Theatre Festivals of Athens: Documents with Translation and Commentary

A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300...
Author: Eric Csapo (University of Warwick) , Peter Wilson (University of Sydney) ISBN: 9780521765527 Format: Hardback	$439.87
The first fully comprehensive historical study of the festivals of Dionysus in the city of Athens that hosted performances... Read More >>

The Cut Up

The Cut Up
Author: Louise Welsh ISBN: 9781838859862 Format: Hardback	$39.99
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Experimental Criticism: Franco Moretti and Literature

Experimental Criticism: Franco Moretti and Literature...
Author: Francesco de Cristofaro , Stefano Ercolino ISBN: 9781804295076 Format: Paperback	$54.99
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Imagining Health: Medicine, Social Protest, and Modern American Literature

Imagining Health: Medicine, Social Protest, and Modern...
Author: Ira Halpern ISBN: 9781625349118 Format: Paperback	$61.60
A surprising look at how American writers envision a more equitable healthcare system In the United States,... Read More >>

Unpacking the Personal Library: The Public and Private Life of Books

Unpacking the Personal Library: The Public and Private...
Author: Jason Camlot , J.A. Weingarten ISBN: 9781771127141 Format: Paperback	$84.70
An edited collection of essays that ponders the cultural meaning and significance of private book collections in... Read More >>

Catullus: Selected Poems

Catullus: Selected Poems
Author: Gaius Valerius Catullus , Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 9780300285475 Format: Paperback	$26.95
A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries... Read More >>

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