Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Traces the historically specific, intertextual pathways of a single, if polyvalent, philosophical term, emptiness, as it is transformed within 20th-century American poetry and poetics. Formulating interpretive frames as hybrid as the texts being read, this book unveils one of important yet largely unknown stories of American poetry and poetics. Series: American Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231447
- ISBN
- 9780823231447
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€ 94.72
€ 94.72
Hardback. Tracks the crises of sovereign power as it migrates out of the state to become a constitutive feature of the public sphere. Bringing together literature and political theory, this title argues that the antebellum public sphere emerges as a spectacle with investments in both punishment and entertainment. Series: American Literature Initiative. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 519.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230990
- ISBN
- 9780823230990
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€ 100.16
€ 100.16
Hardback. A collection of interviews and occasional papers given by Castoriadis between 1974 and 1997. It provides a resume of his political ideas. It includes a chapter that presents the concept, central to his thinking, of 'imaginary significations' as what make a society 'cohere'. Editor(s): Escobar, Enrique. Translator(s): Arnold, Helen. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSK; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230938
- ISBN
- 9780823230938
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Condition: New
€ 122.37
€ 122.37
Paperback. Analyzes the ways in which literature and philosophy draw boundaries around identity. This book features the works of Gloria Anzaldua, Cherrie Moraga, and Ana Castillo that enable us to examine how identities shift and intersect with others through processes of 'incarnation'. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFFG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230853
- ISBN
- 9780823230853
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Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardback. Can the subaltern joke? This book answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep hidden-whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrought sex change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229550
- ISBN
- 9780823229550
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Condition: New
€ 101.29
€ 101.29
Hardback. Offers the study of a largely ignored legacy. Scouring archives, discovering diaries, and memoirs in private houses and forgotten drawers, this title recovers the voices of the generation - bootblacks and poets, film directors and farmers, miners, anarchists, and seamstresses - compelled to tell their stories. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; BGA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226788
- ISBN
- 9780823226788
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Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Hardback. Examines the possibility of writing the other and explores whether an ethical writing that preserves the other as such is possible. This book also discusses what the implications are for an ethically inflected criticism. It examines how the question of the other engages the very limits of philosophy, rationality, and power. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226719
- ISBN
- 9780823226719
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Condition: New
€ 89.10
€ 89.10
hardcover. Providing an array of essays, this book explores the dimensions and implications of the work of J. Hillis Miller, one of the most eminent literary scholars in America. These essays offer important resources for grasping the question of language in historical perspective and in contemporary life - a task essential for any democratic future. Editor(s): Cohen, Barbara. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823224319
- ISBN
- 9780823224319
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Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Paperback. In Situated Utterances Berger designs an analytical model of New Criticism, shows how it was dismantled after the Second World War, and demonstrates practice in studies of specific works. The scope of the practice is broadened to the connection between cultural representations and institutional change. Plato's dialogues are also covered. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 31. Weight in Grams: 767.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823224296
- ISBN
- 9780823224296
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Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
hardcover. In Situated Utterances Berger designs an analytical model of New Criticism, shows how it was dismantled after the Second World War, and demonstrates practice in studies of specific works. The scope of the practice is broadened to the connection between cultural representations and institutional change. Plato's dialogues are also covered. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 38. Weight in Grams: 896.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823224289
- ISBN
- 9780823224289
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Condition: New
€ 124.58
€ 124.58
Hardback. In the context of Holderlin's poetics of alienation, exile, and wandering, Gosetti-Ferencei poses a phenomenologically sensitive theory of poetic language and a "new poetics of Dasein," or being there. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSC; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223602
- ISBN
- 9780823223602
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Condition: New
€ 106.13
€ 106.13
Hardback. Clearly written, this incisive critical study opens a new analytic window not only to the rhetoric of medieval Italian poetry but also to a richer understanding of one of the most important strands of medieval European culture. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223251
- ISBN
- 9780823223251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.91
€ 97.91
Hardback. These essays, written in honour of 18th-century Romantic scholar John L. Mahoney, explore the intersection of Romanticism and religion. They range from broad considerations of this relationship in several Romantic writers, to close readings of individual poems. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 295 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; ACVT; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 22. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222285
- ISBN
- 9780823222285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.78
€ 105.78
Hardback. Focuses on the problematic faith in the works of Kafka, Celan, and Jabs to reevaluate the notions of God and covenant in light of Nietzsche's death of Godhypothesis, the divine-human relation. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823222001
- ISBN
- 9780823222001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.69
€ 105.69
Hardback. "An excellent consideration of the religious dimension of symbol in Coleridge's thought and its relation to English Romanticism."-Library Journal Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 329.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221127
- ISBN
- 9780823221127
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Condition: New
€ 104.46
€ 104.46
Hardback. Close reading and analysis of ten major life stories, from Mohandas Gandhi and Black Elk to Dorothy Day, Malcolm X, and Rigoberta Menchu. Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823219933
- ISBN
- 9780823219933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.02
€ 89.02
Hardback. A wonderfully helpful and stimulating book.. Highly recommended.-ChoiceOne of the most comprehensive and valuable interpretations of deconstruction to date. Highly recommended.-Library Journal Editor(s): Caputo, John D. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 419.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217540
- ISBN
- 9780823217540
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Condition: New
€ 105.03
€ 105.03
Hardback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 627.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217151
- ISBN
- 9780823217151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.05
€ 112.05
Hardback. Described as Tasso's most ambitious project, this epic poem, part history, part fiction, is based on the events of the First Crusade, and was composed upon his release from a seven year confinement in Ferrara. This translation into English also contains the original Italian text. Translator(s): Passaro, Maria Pastore. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216338
- ISBN
- 9780823216338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.29
€ 106.29
Hardback. The scope of The Forged Feature is two-fold: to bring together a representative selection of critical essays bearing on Belitt's interests as poet, critic, teacher, and translator; and to furnish an on-going review of his concern with the encoding of languages and the exigencies of their imaginative retrieval. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 593.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216031
- ISBN
- 9780823216031
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Condition: New
€ 106.13
€ 106.13
Hardback. Looking at the period of the early 16th century, the juncture of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this collection of essays focuses on the unique link between humanism and the literary works of the period - in particular, the patristic scholarship inherent in Erasmus' ideals of reform. Num Pages: 105 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HP; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 15. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 105
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823216000
- ISBN
- 9780823216000
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Condition: New
€ 93.32
€ 93.32
Hardback. Gooch examines the American legal system, banks, labor; American policy toward Native Americans and blacks; he includes a condemnation of New York City government and its electoral process, among other topics. Num Pages: 237 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215942
- ISBN
- 9780823215942
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Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardback. This collection of essays attempts to illustrate the art and complexity of the work of American poet, Robinson Jeffers, while presenting insights into his work and its perception amongst his contemporaries. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215652
- ISBN
- 9780823215652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.86
€ 105.86
Hardback. In 1580, Montaigne presented a new literary project to the public - a collection of essays with himself as the subject. This study discusses how Montaigne revealed his "mind in motion" and examines how his task of introspection included the formulation of a view of humanity and its ethics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; HPCB; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 607.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215508
- ISBN
- 9780823215508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61