Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Presents Transcendentalism as a living movement, evolving out of such origins as New England Unitarianism and finding inspiration in European Romanticism. This work conveys the movement's expectations that its radical spirituality would lead to personal perfection and also inspire solutions to national problems like slavery and disfranchisement. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329581
- ISBN
- 9780820329581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.76
€ 38.99
€ 34.76
Hardcover. Approaches John Ashbery's critically neglected poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun "you" and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. This book argues the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329734
- ISBN
- 9780820329734
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.98
€ 52.99
€ 52.98
Paperback. Takes a wry look at middle-class sexual mores and a witty appreciation of the art of the hack novel. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330136
- ISBN
- 9780820330136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.21
€ 25.99
€ 24.21
Paperback. Contains readings of more than twenty-five major essays, explaining how we can appreciate and understand what this literary form reveals about the "art of living." This book offers advice on the specific demands essays make and the opportunities they offer, especially for college courses. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330303
- ISBN
- 9780820330303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.16
€ 38.99
€ 35.16
Paperback. Spiritual conversions figure heavily in such novels as Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland" and Toni Morrison's "Paradise". What connects such varied works is that their convert-characters are disenchanted with secularism yet apprehensive of dogmatic religiosity. This work is a study to identify a body of contemporary fiction in such terms. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330334
- ISBN
- 9780820330334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.31
€ 32.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of "pure" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work--how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire, and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Editor(s): Specq, Francois; Walls, Laura Dassow; Granger, Michele. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820344294
- ISBN
- 9780820344294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.16
€ 38.99
€ 35.16
Hardcover. "Tidwell and Williams analyze the causal relationships in her interactions with Langston and other family members through the use of psychiatrist Murray Bowen's Family Systems Theory (FST). . . . The editors have grouped the 250 letters chronologically into four sections, each preceded by a brief contextual introduction" -- Editor(s): Tidwell, John Edgar; Williams, Carmaletta M. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345659
- ISBN
- 9780820345659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.24
€ 55.24
Paperback. This work examines the wide scope of Griggs s influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs s five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers." Editor(s): Chakkalakal, Tess; Warren, Kenneth W. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345987
- ISBN
- 9780820345987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Gianquitto, Tina; Fisher, Lydia. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; GTC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ of Georgia Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820346755
- ISBN
- 9780820346755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.87
€ 49.87
Paperback. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820347615
- ISBN
- 9780820347615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.63
€ 32.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, "p'ansori" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates "p'ansori" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; AVGE; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825119
- ISBN
- 9780824825119
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Condition: New
€ 75.40
€ 75.40
Paperback. This is a detailed account of the Hmong experience in Laos and the US. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 455.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836153
- ISBN
- 9780824836153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Paperback. A guide to books that inform young readers. The author has selected over 200 books whose text and illustrations are skillfully combined to create literary works of art. The selected works are arganized into categories such as the natural world, and numbers and arithmetic. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; GLH; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Amer Library Assn Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838907740
- ISBN
- 9780838907740
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Condition: New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback. Presenting seven works from the Elizabethan age including Dekker's "Lantern and Candle-light" and Rid's "Art of Juggling", this book discusses these and other Elizabethan "protonovels" and assesses their influence on writers such as Shakespeare. Illustrator(s): Lawrence, John. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- n Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237188
- ISBN
- 9780870237188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.32
€ 41.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. These essays set out to explore the connections between autobiography and postmodernism. They examine the response of various writers to the culturally specific pressures of genre; how these constraints are negotiated; and what self-representation reveals about the politics of identity. Editor(s): Ashley, Kathleen M.; Gilmore, Leigh; Peters, Gerald (all Professors of English, University of Southern Maine, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870239007
- ISBN
- 9780870239007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.32
€ 38.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. C.S. Lewis is best known as the creator of the fanciful world of Narnia and writer of literary criticism and Christian apologetics. This book examines Lewis's early writings, under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton, analyzing the influence of his formative poetic aspirations upon his later prose. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- Rev and Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386814
- ISBN
- 9780873386814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. What would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time. Num Pages: 152 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL; HBA; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386838
- ISBN
- 9780873386838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. Series: Translation Studies. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386951
- ISBN
- 9780873386951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.52
€ 29.52
Hardcover. These letters to "Michal", Charles Williams's endearing name for his wife, from "Serge", a moniker by which his close friends addressed him, are more than just a collection of love letters. They throw light on the man himself, his work, and Williams in the context of his literary contemporaries. Num Pages: 324 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387125
- ISBN
- 9780873387125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Film...
Professor Of English David Seed
Hardcover. This study of literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era reviews science fiction, Korean War fiction, and The Manchurian Candidate film. It explores how views on brainwashing changed from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the US government. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388139
- ISBN
- 9780873388139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19