Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This volume considers Boris Pasternak's Russian classic, "Doctor Zhivago". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as its place within the Russian literary tradition, and includes considerations of existing translations and of textual problems in the original Russian. Editor(s): Clowes, Edith W. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810112117
- ISBN
- 9780810112117
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Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. A translation of Heinrich Heine's love poems. This bilingual edition includes an introduction by Heine scholar Jeffrey L. Sammons. The author aims to capture the meaning of the original, but preserve the poems' rhyme schemes as well as their moods. Translator(s): Arndt, Walter W. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810113244
- ISBN
- 9780810113244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. Dostoevsky's openly political novel "The Devils" has left scholars intrigued with its difficult narrative structure, and fascinated by the social commentary it includes. This text contains essays that shed light on the literary structure of the novel as well as its social and political components. Editor(s): Leatherbarrow, W. J. Series: NWP/AATSEEL Critical Companions to Russian Literature. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114449
- ISBN
- 9780810114449
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Condition: New
€ 29.15
€ 29.15
Paperback. This collection of Chekov's correspondence is weighted heavily toward the letters dealing with literary and intellectual matters. It provides insight into Chekov's development as a writer. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 494 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBF; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114609
- ISBN
- 9780810114609
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Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 644 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; BGL; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115170
- ISBN
- 9780810115170
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Condition: New
€ 56.54
€ 56.54
Paperback. This collection of essays provides a portrait of the intellectual relationship between these two men. It addresses several points of contact and covers themes of the debate from the different periods in their shared history. Editor(s): Stewart, Dr. Jon. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 38. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115323
- ISBN
- 9780810115323
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Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely not only over Karolina Pavlova's oeuvre but also in their analytical stances. The volume includes close poetic and prosodic analysis, literary history, gender studies, intertextual comparison and biography. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne; Lehrman, Alexander. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,U.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115446
- ISBN
- 9780810115446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 490 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116504
- ISBN
- 9780810116504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.81
€ 43.81
Paperback. This text examines Tolstoy's techniques and analyzes the structure of "War and Peace". Beginning with Tolstoy's strategies, devices and structural elements, it reveals the novel's larger thematic concerns, showing how the pieces fit into an overall pattern which the author calls the phoenix design. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116979
- ISBN
- 9780810116979
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Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. "Sots-art," the mock use of the Soviet ideological cliches of mass culture, originated in Soviet nonconformist art of the early 1970s. This text examines literary Sots-art on several levels. Editor(s): Balina, Marina; etc.; Condee, Nancy (University of Pittsburgh, USA); Dobrenko, Evgeny (Amerst College, USA). Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810117679
- ISBN
- 9780810117679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Around 1705, an African boy from the seraglio of the Turkish sultan, was taken to Russia as a gift to Peter the Great. He was to become the great-grandfather of the poet, Alexander Pushkin. It is the contention of the editors that Pushkin's African ancestry has played the role of a "wild card" as a formative element in Russian cultural mythology. Editor(s): Nepomnyashchy, Catharine; Trigos, Ludmilla A.; Svobodny, Nicole. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119710
- ISBN
- 9780810119710
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Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. A poet, critic and theoretician during the Silver Age of Russian poetry, Viacheslav Ivanov was praised for his erudition, sumptuous and elusive poetry and brilliant essays. This volume covers a range of Ivanov's interests, including the aesthetics of Symbolism, theatre and culturalogical concerns. Editor(s): Wachtel, Michael; Emerson, Caryl. Translator(s): Bird, Robert. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810120839
- ISBN
- 9780810120839
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Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. An intimate biography of the great American writer, Dos Passos, who rose from a childhood as the illegitimate son of a financial titan to become the man Sartre called "the greatest writer of our time." Num Pages: 688 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 47. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810122000
- ISBN
- 9780810122000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
The Literary Animal. Evolution and the Nature of Narrative.
. Ed(S): Gottschall, Jonathan; Wilson, David ...
Paperback. The goal of this book is to overcome some of the misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically. It attempts to show how the human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a true evolutionary problem. Editor(s): Gottschall, Jonathan; Wilson, David Sloan. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 375 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810122871
- ISBN
- 9780810122871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. Offers a sustained meditation on the role of interruption in modernity. This book departs from and elaborates an important but overlooked dimension of Walter Benjamin's discourse: the question of style as it bears upon temporality and spatiality. This work suggests that the time has come to revise existing paradigms. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AMA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123342
- ISBN
- 9780810123342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Examining Stein's notebooks, manuscripts and letters, this book asks questions and explores fresh ways of reading Stein. It also examines the process of the making and remaking of Stein's texts as they move from notepad to notebook to manuscript. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125261
- ISBN
- 9780810125261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810128552
- ISBN
- 9780810128552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. "The publication also includes a DVD of video samples for each of the performances documented, discussed, and analyzed within"--Introduction. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Rivera-Servera, Ramon H. Num Pages: 432 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: ANB; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129474
- ISBN
- 9780810129474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129535
- ISBN
- 9780810129535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.45
€ 37.45
Paperback. Arguably the greatest African-American poet of the century, Sterling Brown was instrumental in bringing the traditions of African-American folk life to readers all over the world. This is the definitive collection of Brown's poems, and the only edition available in the U.S. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Triquarterly
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810150454
- ISBN
- 9780810150454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09