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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Much ink has been spilled lamenting or championing the decline of printed books. The author shows that the rich history of reading itself offers unexpected clues to what lies in store for books. From medieval manuscript books to today's interactive urban fictions, he explores the manifold ways that physical media have shaped how we read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103488
ISBN
9780226103488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Examining novels, critical editions, gift books, translations, and illustrated volumes, as well as the communities who made them, this title tells a wide-ranging story of the book's identity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103518
ISBN
9780226103518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, x, 178 p. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104591
ISBN
9780226104591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

Hardcover. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106908
ISBN
9780226106908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.58
€ 104.74

Hardcover. This text demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theatre" as we understand the term today. The author contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBB; DSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226110301
ISBN
9780226110301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.35
€ 62.02

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 466 pages, vi, 464 p. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112541
ISBN
9780226112541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Hardcover. Presents an interdisciplinary look at the story of a generation of philosophers, poets, and intellectuals who turned away from theology, reason, common sense, and empirical observation to provide a purely metaphysical justification of marriage. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; DSBD; HPCD; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136936
ISBN
9780226136936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. Elsie Clews Parsons was a pioneering feminist, eminent anthropologist and ardent social critic who challenged Americans to develop flexible and dynamic gender, family and social arrangements. This biography examines the connections linking Parsons' intellectual commitments to her life experience. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 538 pages, 52 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226139081
ISBN
9780226139081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 402 pages, 9 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226141367
ISBN
9780226141367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. As the end of the 20th century approaches, many predict that it will mirror the 19th-century decline into decadence. The author of this text finds a closer analogy with the culture wars of France in the 1690s - a battle of the books known as the "Quarrel between the Ancients and Moderns". Num Pages: 236 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HBA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226141381
ISBN
9780226141381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Paperback. The concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan de Jean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in seventeenth century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226141411
ISBN
9780226141411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Late-20th-century critical work on the late-Victorian period has furnished a vocabulary for discussing gender and sexuality. Terms include homo/hetero and patriarchal/feminist. This text exploits that framework to show how Victorians imagined difference in ways that continue to challenge. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142272
ISBN
9780226142272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy. Num Pages: 382 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142548
ISBN
9780226142548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. "The Story of Sapho" makes available for the first time in modern English a self contained section from Scudery's novel "Artamene ou le Grand Cyrus". This edition also includes a translation of an oration in which Sapho extols the talents of women to persuade them to write. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143996
ISBN
9780226143996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardcover. Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226146188
ISBN
9780226146188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Hardcover. One of the most memorable Shakespearean characters is Edgar in King Lear. The author asks us to rethink all those received ideas - and thus to experience King Lear as never before. He argues that Edgar is Shakespeare's most radical experiment in characterization - and also his most exhaustive model of both human and theatrical possibility. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226150642
ISBN
9780226150642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

Hardcover. In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. The author offers a comprehensive study of all the names of people and places - real and imaginary. It offers a fresh understanding of Austen's technique of creative anachronism. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226157832
ISBN
9780226157832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Paperback. Dubey argues that for African American studies, postmodernity best names a period, beginning in the early 1970s, marked by acute disenchantment with the promises of urban modernity and of print literacy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167275
ISBN
9780226167275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. Shows how The Trial provides an uncanny lens through which to consider flaws in the American criminal justice system today. The author begins with the story, at once funny and grim, of Josef K, caught in the Law's grip and then crushed by it. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167473
ISBN
9780226167473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Dubrow, Heather; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167664
ISBN
9780226167664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.13

Hardcover. The digital humanities is a rapidly growing field that is transforming humanities research through digital tools and resources. This book offers guidance on how the theories and methodologies of rhetorical studies can enhance all work in digital humanities, and vice versa. Editor(s): Ridolfo, Jim; Hart-Davidson, William. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226176550
ISBN
9780226176550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.37

Paperback. Presents the psychoanalyst's therapeutic directives against his more visionary impulses in a magisterial comparative study of such writers as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Emerson, and Keats. Cross-fertilizing psychological doctrine with the literary canon, this volume offers an understanding of Freud's writings on the self. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184616
ISBN
9780226184616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Presents an accessible introduction to Marjorie Perloff's critical thought. In this book, fourteen interviews cover a broad spectrum of topics in the study of poetry: its nature as a literary genre, its current state, and its relationship to art, politics, language, theory, and technology. Editor(s): Bayot, David Jonathan Y. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226199412
ISBN
9780226199412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. An account of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", interpreting the text as displaying the human need to pursue an ideal of expressive freedom within the limits set by culture. The author sees Wittgenstein as a Romantic protagonist pondering on the nature of intentional consciousness. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226203133
ISBN
9780226203133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

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