Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. An examination of the cultural influence of string theory in scientific and popular discourse Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSB; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118663
- ISBN
- 9780472118663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Hardcover. A fascinating study of one of the greatest German woman writers of the twentieth century Series: Social History, Popular Culture and Politics in Germany. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472112159
- ISBN
- 9780472112159
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Condition: New
€ 94.15
€ 94.15
Hardcover. A collection of essays which celebrate the liberatory and utopian possibilities that poetry's autonomy offers. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472099986
- ISBN
- 9780472099986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.66
€ 90.66
Paperback. An exploration of the possibilities of hypertext fiction as art form and entertainment Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 695.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472088461
- ISBN
- 9780472088461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.31
€ 32.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. A celebrated study of Elizabeth Bishop's genius, as revealed through her literary friendships Editor(s): Hemenway, R. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087204
- ISBN
- 9780472087204
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.22
€ 31.99
€ 28.22
Paperback. Examining ideals of polite masculine conduct, the figure of the salon man, representations of male same-sex desire, and the case of a male cross-dresser, this title shows how elite men defined themselves in relation to women and other men, and argues that dominant masculinity cannot always eclipse marginalized masculinities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050581
- ISBN
- 9780472050581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.49
€ 34.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Transcends the limitations of current books, combining the best of three types of poetry-writing guides: textbooks for academic use, general guides to writing poetry, and guides to writing in form. It goes further than any form guide now available to give readers a thorough, eclectic, and exciting introduction to poetic form. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 968.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033645
- ISBN
- 9780472033645
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Condition: New
€ 57.75
€ 57.75
Paperback. A collection of essays on the literary and cultural impact of the early modern rogue. Under various names - rogues, vagrants, molls, doxies, vagabonds, cony-catchers, masterless men - this group of marginal figures, poor men and women with no clear social place or identity, exploded onto the scene in 16th century English history and culture. Editor(s): Dionne, Craig; Mentz, Steve. Num Pages: 424 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031771
- ISBN
- 9780472031771
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.39
€ 33.99
€ 30.39
Hardback. Series: The pamphlets of Lewis Carroll. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 36. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930326098
- ISBN
- 9780930326098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.83
€ 104.83
Living at the Edge: A Biography of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richt...
Lynn K. Talbot Michael Squires
Hardcover. This double biography explores Lawrence and von Richthofen's collision with an industrial world they hated and chronicles their stormy marriage. The strong sexual vitality that inspired Lawrence's art brought both joy and anguish to his marriage. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299177508
- ISBN
- 9780299177508
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Condition: New
€ 39.60
€ 39.60
Hardcover. Examines the perspectives of artists, writers, native peoples and ecologists who recognized the beauty of the prairie. The text considers the connections between aesthetics and economics, landscape and culture, politics and ethics, as illustrated by the prairie in American civilization. Editor(s): Sayre, Robert F. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 colour & 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; DSB; RGBC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299164607
- ISBN
- 9780299164607
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Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Hardcover. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029647
- ISBN
- 9780268029647
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Condition: New
€ 108.49
€ 108.49
Hardcover. More than any other art form, literature defined Eastern Europe as a cultural and political entity in the second half of the twentieth century. Although often persecuted by the state, East European writers' voices were heard and revered inside and outside their countries. This study considers the effects of the end of communism on such writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 tables, 8halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226867663
- ISBN
- 9780226867663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.56
€ 43.99
€ 33.56
Hardcover. Chinese-Western comparative literature has been recognized as a formal academic discipline, but little has been done to develop a viable, common basis for comparison between these disparate literatures. This book establishes repetition as the ideal perspective from which to compare the poetry and poetics from these two traditions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780207
- ISBN
- 9780226780207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.47€ 50.51
€ 59.47
€ 50.51
Hardcover. Draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226083872
- ISBN
- 9780226083872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 78.71
€ 95.15
€ 78.71
Paperback / so. George Eliot and the Landscape of Time: Narrative Form and Protestant Apocalyptic History Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807857274
- ISBN
- 9780807857274
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Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
hardcover. Amorous Acts uses psychoanalytic concepts to show how queer theory is operating to put in place a non-heterosexist social order. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751827
- ISBN
- 9780804751827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.34
€ 43.34
paperback. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? This volume explores the problems and prospects of representing Jewish experiences through such media as Holocaust memoirs and Jewish museums. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292789
- ISBN
- 9780803292789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Paperback. Marie de France, Mme De Sevigne, and Mme De Lafayette achieved international reputations during periods when women in other European countries were able to write only letters, translations, religious tracts, and miscellaneous fragments. This title describes the lives and careers of 52 literary figures from the 12th century to the late 20th. Editor(s): Sartori, Eva Martin; Zimmerman, Dorothy Wynne. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 38. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292246
- ISBN
- 9780803292246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
paperback. In African Francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the French assimilationist system and those influenced by Negritude, the African-culture affirmation movement. This title discusses African-language literatures and treats the question of the language of African literatures. Editor(s): Owomoyela, Oyekan. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803286047
- ISBN
- 9780803286047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67