Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Analyses literary representations of the American experience in selected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. Reveals the ambivalence that underlay the cultural and political development of the United States as a former colony. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338746
- ISBN
- 9780230338746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.09
€ 65.09
Hardcover. This book engages hemispheric approaches, working class perspectives, and transnational comparisons in order to analyze Western literature. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613430
- ISBN
- 9780230613430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide to Susan Howe's major work and addresses such key themes as poetic form, history, and authority. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230621978
- ISBN
- 9780230621978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. This book explores Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence to reveal an aesthetic vision for American belle-lettres. Features chapters on Some of the Dharma, On the Road, Desolation Angels, and Mexico City Blues with a discussion of his influence on later writers, including Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623620
- ISBN
- 9780230623620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.51
€ 64.51
Num Pages: 297 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231052344
- ISBN
- 9780231052344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.99
€ 117.99
A reanalysis of Sand's major writing, ranging from her early short stories to her later fiction, which identifies her writing as an example of an aesthetic mode often associated with femininity. The study compares Sand's place in the history of the realist novel to that of her male counterparts. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 3 illustrations, 7 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065221
- ISBN
- 9780231065221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.15
€ 95.15
Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070065
- ISBN
- 9780231070065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.09
€ 121.09
Hardback. Provides key word and subject indexes to a collection of the most memorable lines written by the best British and American poets. Editor(s): Hazen, Edith P. Num Pages: 1132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075466
- ISBN
- 9780231075466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.24
€ 256.24
This monograph argues for the use of poststructural theory in cultural criticism. The author maintains that deconstruction remains crucial for a truly critical approach to cultural studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079709
- ISBN
- 9780231079709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
Beginning with British or colonial writers and moving on to early American narratives of explorers and antebellum novelists, this study traces the developing patterns of the American discovery narrative, a form of writing that chronicled the whole cultural perspective of the American frontier. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079969
- ISBN
- 9780231079969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.94
€ 129.94
Part detective story, part fable, this novel takes the reader to a mythical post-industrial city where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarianism have been erased. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080200
- ISBN
- 9780231080200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Paperback. A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Translator(s): Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBD; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096331
- ISBN
- 9780231096331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096966
- ISBN
- 9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36
€ 109.36
This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry, occasionally presenting comparative material from other ancient Greek poets. The original Greek text is included in an appendix. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231099943
- ISBN
- 9780231099943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.47
€ 136.47
The autobiographical novel and final work of one of the Communist Party's youngest, most popular, and most intellectual members is both an astonishing personal testament and a panoramic view of Russia on the eve of a revolution that transformed the twentieth century. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107303
- ISBN
- 9780231107303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.58
€ 137.58
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DQ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108720
- ISBN
- 9780231108720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.84
€ 169.84
Arguing that the personally and culturally complex concepts of love and emotional intimacy offer a more useful perspective for understanding male-male relations of the eighteenth century than scholarship which focuses exclusively on sexual behavior, Haggerty examines several eighteenth -century archetypes of same-sex relations in which sensibility and sexuality emerge as interdependent. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBD; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110426
- ISBN
- 9780231110426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.12
€ 136.12
The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 698
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114387
- ISBN
- 9780231114387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.12
€ 169.12
The first major anthology of criticism devoted exclusively to poetry. Spanning thousands of years and including some of the most influential critical essays ever written, this is a collection of influential writings on poetry ranging from Aristotle to Laura (Riding) Jackson. Editor(s): Harmon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123709
- ISBN
- 9780231123709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.08
€ 150.08
With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123785
- ISBN
- 9780231123785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58