Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136396
- ISBN
- 9780231136396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Hardback. Drawn from a series of lectures that Wm Theodore de Bary delivered in honor of the Chinese philosopher Tang Junyi, this book presents a unique synthesis of essay and debate concerning the future of Chinese education and the potential political uses of Confucianism in the contemporary world. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DSB; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141208
- ISBN
- 9780231141208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.06
€ 79.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148023
- ISBN
- 9780231148023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.63
€ 142.63
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152105
- ISBN
- 9780231152105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.33
€ 98.33
Paperback. Celebrates Pacific Northwest literature through interviews in which 22 authors discuss their work and the region's influence on it. Authors include Ursula Le Guin, Raymond Carver, Tess Gallagher, Tom Robbins, Gary Snyder, and Denise Levertov. Two interviews have been added since the publication of Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised and Expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977232
- ISBN
- 9780295977232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
paperback. A collection of poetry and prose from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from established and emerging Hispanic American authors. Editor(s): Flores, Lauro. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977461
- ISBN
- 9780295977461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Paperback. A study of autobiographies as sources for Jewish history. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984162
- ISBN
- 9780295984162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985046
- ISBN
- 9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.02
€ 39.02
John Donne's Marriage Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library
. Ed(S): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert P...
Paperback. A facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne. It features letters dating from February and March 1602, which relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. Editor(s): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert Parker; Flynn, Dennis. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 color illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985107
- ISBN
- 9780295985107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986470
- ISBN
- 9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.54
€ 37.54
paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988375
- ISBN
- 9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.84
€ 40.84
Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988900
- ISBN
- 9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
Paperback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Editor(s): Zalloua, Zahi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988917
- ISBN
- 9780295988917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.25
€ 39.25
Paperback. Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature, examining what underlies the stereotype about the destructive power of romantic love and why Russian writers so willingly employ this cliche. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988962
- ISBN
- 9780295988962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.25
€ 39.25
hardcover. Includes essays that engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century to the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth, a period in which modern evolution of the arts is coupled with a rise in the significance of music as artistic form. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illus., musical examples. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295990057
- ISBN
- 9780295990057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.51
€ 142.51
Hardback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DN; DSB; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990835
- ISBN
- 9780295990835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Hardback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990989
- ISBN
- 9780295990989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24
Hardcover. Examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. This book sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSC; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993690
- ISBN
- 9780295993690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.53
€ 140.53
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DC; DS; HRAX; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994994
- ISBN
- 9780295994994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780345810250
- ISBN
- 9780345810250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.49
€ 37.99
€ 31.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389205975
- ISBN
- 9780389205975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.71
€ 102.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389208822
- ISBN
- 9780389208822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.65
€ 119.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389209386
- ISBN
- 9780389209386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.37
€ 206.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389209775
- ISBN
- 9780389209775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.09
€ 168.09