Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- Adapted ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333556
- ISBN
- 9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. This edition of the letters between Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson has been expanded and revised to include 59 letters discovered after the book's original publication in 1979. The additional letters and new annotations clarify the correspondence and illuminate the writers' friendship. Editor(s): Karlinsky, Simon. Num Pages: 398 pages, 26 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Exp
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220805
- ISBN
- 9780520220805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
hardcover. For a work to be considered African American literature, does it need to focus on African American characters? Or is it enough for the author to be identified as African American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries at the cost of critical dismissal or obscurity. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812239737
- ISBN
- 9780812239737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 149 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898218672
- ISBN
- 9783898218672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.01
€ 31.99
€ 23.01
Hardcover. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479828869
- ISBN
- 9781479828869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. Uses the archetypal concept of the carnival as a framework to interpret the evolution of ASL literature. This title shows how Deaf artists and ASL performers have used and continue to use their art as a means to traverse the barriers between disenfranchisement and privilege. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685774
- ISBN
- 9781563685774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 48.40
€ 56.45
€ 48.40
Hardback. The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: 'Hamlet' and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102145
- ISBN
- 9780739102145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.73
€ 169.73
Paperback. The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly Thought: "Hamlet" and the Human Soul traces Hamlet's famous inability to act to his inability to hold together these twin aspects of the soul. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739102152
- ISBN
- 9780739102152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.26
€ 77.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages, 50. BIC Classification: DQ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 181 x 28. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Publisher
- Booth-Clibborn Editions
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861543592
- ISBN
- 9781861543592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.49
€ 26.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415727
- ISBN
- 9781421415727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.19
€ 35.99
€ 30.19
Hardback. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407524
- ISBN
- 9781421407524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.50
€ 54.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. This book explores how modernity gives rise to temporal disorders when time cannot be assimilated and integrated into the realm of lived experience. It turns to Baudelaire and Flaubert in order to derive insights into the many temporal disorders (such as trauma, addiction, and fetishism) that pervade contemporary culture. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740722
- ISBN
- 9780804740722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. This book explores how modernity gives rise to temporal disorders when time cannot be assimilated and integrated into the realm of lived experience. It turns to Baudelaire and Flaubert in order to derive insights into the many temporal disorders (such as trauma, addiction, and fetishism) that pervade contemporary culture. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740715
- ISBN
- 9780804740715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
Paperback. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists and startling juxtapositions, Dead Souls (1842) stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented by a superb introductory essay by the pre-eminent Gogol scholar, Robert Maguire. Editor(s): English, Christopher. Translator(s): English, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554669
- ISBN
- 9780199554669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804799058
- ISBN
- 9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694785
- ISBN
- 9780816694785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694778
- ISBN
- 9780816694778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.87
€ 103.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Gale, Monica R. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688898
- ISBN
- 9780856688898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Identifying sacramentalism as the key to the poetry and spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins, this study suggests that Hopkins most dominantly emphasized the sacramental Mystical Body of the Church and that his poems aspire to see past the outscape of nature and humanity to revelations of spiritual inscape. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DCF; DSBF; DSC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838751381
- ISBN
- 9780838751381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.41
€ 112.41
Paperback. Rooted in a thriving culture of amateur natural history, the keeping of nature journals and diaries flourished in late-eighteenth-and early-nineteenth-century Britain. This book offers a critical study of this genre. Each chapter situates an individual author's journals amid contemporary discourses of natural history. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926131
- ISBN
- 9780813926131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 port. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell Univ East Asia Program
- Edition
- Paper edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445940
- ISBN
- 9781885445940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.72
€ 20.72
Hardcover. Translator(s): Fusco, Peter; Choe, Wolhee. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FPK; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program United States
- Number of pages
- 127
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885445544
- ISBN
- 9781885445544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.27
€ 139.27
Paperback. 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: 157 x 229 x 45. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114394
- ISBN
- 9780231114394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.15
€ 53.48
€ 42.15
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