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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226398174
ISBN
9780226398174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226419107
ISBN
9780226419107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

Paperback. How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423241
ISBN
9780226423241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437361
ISBN
9780226437361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226447742
ISBN
9780226447742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 78.49

Paperback. Showing why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy, this text examines works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that undermined the utilitarian ethos of the age. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226468600
ISBN
9780226468600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Combining literary biography with reporting and moral insight, in this text David Laskin shows how sex, politics, and art affected relationships among the "Partisan Review" writers. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2ABM; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
SKU
V9780226468938
ISBN
9780226468938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 99 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised edition
Number of pages
99
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226469447
ISBN
9780226469447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Hardcover. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226486956
ISBN
9780226486956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 79.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Becker, S. Num Pages: 212 pages, xiv, 198 p. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Chicago University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226502908
ISBN
9780226502908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. An account of blasphemy in Victorian England, retelling the forgotten stories of more than 200 working-class blasphemers, such as G.W. Foote, who stood trial three times for the crime of blasphemy. Foote's "martyrdom" transformed blasphemy from a religious offence into a class and cultural crime. Num Pages: 442 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBF; HBTB; HRAM7; HRCC2; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226506913
ISBN
9780226506913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.64

paperback. Why are secular theorists so frequently drawn to saints, martyrs, and questions of religion? Why has Joan of Arc fascinated important thinkers of the 20th century? This text uses the story of Joan of Arc as a guide for reading the postmodern nostalgia for a body that is intact and transparent. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226519821
ISBN
9780226519821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226526225
ISBN
9780226526225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. The author aims to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the Renaissance epic. Analyzing English, Italian and Iberian epics published between 1483 and 1610, this text focuses on many aspects of warfare during this time. Num Pages: 388 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 2ADT; 3JB; 3JD; DSBB; DSBD; HBG; HBLH; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226554051
ISBN
9780226554051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. This work presents a revisionist account of Ralph Waldo Emerson's influential thought on individualism, in particular his political psychology. It illuminates contradictions in Emerson's political outlook, and the conjunctions of liberal and authoritarian ideology they produced. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HPC; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226577005
ISBN
9780226577005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226591520
ISBN
9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. This work presents selections from the whole of Pascal's career as a writer, including her adolescent poetry and her pioneering treatise on the education of women. Editor(s): Conley, John J. (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University, USA). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226648330
ISBN
9780226648330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This book excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226668680
ISBN
9780226668680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677071
ISBN
9780226677071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

hardcover. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; DSB; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226706269
ISBN
9780226706269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 98.42

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