Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
"Features the voices .. of twenty-six of the most luminous artists and thinkers in the American cultural firmament, from Eudora Welty, Pete Seeger, and Alice Walker to William Eggleston, Bobby Rush, and C. Vann Woodward .. drawn from one-on-one interviews conducted by folklorist William Ferris over the past forty years"--Dust jacket flap. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: AGB; AJ; AVH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469607542
- ISBN
- 9781469607542
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Putting Monet and Rembrandt into Words: Pierre Loti's Recreation and Theorization of Claude Monet's Impressionism and Rembrandt's Landscapes in Literature Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469613659
- ISBN
- 9781469613659
Condition: New
€ 70.54
€ 70.54
By analyzing a varied body of writing- hagiographies, histories, treatises, and correspondence- in the context of religious colonial culture and European mercantilism, Mario Cesareo shows how Portuguese and Spanish missionaries created a Christian understanding of the colonial process. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530752
- ISBN
- 9781557530752
Condition: New
€ 30.13
€ 30.13
Paperback. A compilation of Irving Howe's interviews during the last fifteen years of his life. It presents what could be viewed as the sequel to Howe's intellectual autobiography, "A Margin of Hope". Editor(s): Goffman, Ethan; Rodden, John. Num Pages: 315 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535511
- ISBN
- 9781557535511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Paperback. Robert Brasillach was executed in 1945 for what he wrote during the Nazi occupation of France. The author raises the question of whether he was condemned for his writing, or singled out as a homosexual; and why he was shot, when those responsible for the murder of thousands were set free. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226424156
- ISBN
- 9780226424156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.73
€ 31.99
€ 24.73
paperback. Examines the emergence of a new generation of Jewish immigrant authors in America, most of whom grew up in formerly communist countries. This collection chronicles and clarifies issues of personal and cultural dislocation and loss, but also affirms the possibilities of reorientation and renewal. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Alvin H. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219817
- ISBN
- 9780253219817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.10
€ 29.99
€ 29.10
paperback. Trailblazing representations of black womanhood Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222466
- ISBN
- 9780253222466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Hardback. This bibliography lists English-language translations of twentieth-century Italian literature published chiefly in book form between 1929 and 1997, encompassing fiction, poetry, plays, screenplays, librettos, journals and diaries, and correspondence. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 635 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 635
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802008008
- ISBN
- 9780802008008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.67
€ 135.67
hardcover. Beyond Spectacle will cement Haywood's deservedly prominent place in the canon of eighteenth-century fiction and position her as a writer whose work speaks not only to female agency, but to eighteenth-century writers, gender relations, and power politics as well. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035400
- ISBN
- 9780802035400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
hardcover. The first work to engage Shakespeare with distinctly Canadian debates addressing nationalism, separatism, cultural appropriation, cultural nationalism, feminism, and postcolonialism. Editor(s): Brydon, Diana; Makaryk, Irena R. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802036551
- ISBN
- 9780802036551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.66
€ 100.66
hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802036780
- ISBN
- 9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.66
€ 75.66
hardcover. This is an important and well-written study that provides a new depth of insight into Victorian ideology and working-class culture. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780802038883
- ISBN
- 9780802038883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.41
€ 79.41
Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature i...
. Ed(S): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas
hardcover. With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, this book is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Editor(s): Baker, Peter S.; Howe, Nicholas. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; CFFD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated.........
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802041531
- ISBN
- 9780802041531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
A Brefe Dialoge bitwene a Christen Father and his stobborne Sonne
Roye, William; Roy, William; Parker, Douglas ...
hardcover. A new critical edition of the first Protestant catechism to be published in English. The editors' introduction establishes the historical, religious, social and cultural contexts out of which the work was born. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043894
- ISBN
- 9780802043894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.44
€ 88.44
hardcover. Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802047045
- ISBN
- 9780802047045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Paperback. Calin explores the 20th-century renaissance of literature in the minority languages of Scots, Breton, and Occitan, and demonstrates that all three literatures have evolved in a like manner, repudiating their romantic folk heritage. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083654
- ISBN
- 9780802083654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 46.42
€ 49.99
€ 46.42
paperback. Drawing on postcolonial, feminist, poststructuralist, and First Nations theory, Hoy raises and addresses questions around 'difference' in relation to texts by contemporary Native women prose writers in Canada. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Soft Cover Edition
- SKU
- V9780802084019
- ISBN
- 9780802084019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.01
€ 43.99
€ 41.01
paperback. This wide-ranging examination of the genres of early modern women's writing embraces translation in the fields of theological discourse, romance and classical tragedy, original meditations and prayers, letters and diaries, poetry, closet drama, advice manuals, and prophecies and polemics. Series: Women's Writing in English. Num Pages: 480 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086648
- ISBN
- 9780802086648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.77
€ 40.99
€ 37.77
hardcover. Through close readings grounded in the socio-historical context of each work, Ty studies the techniques of various authors and filmmakers in their meeting of the gaze of dominant culture and their response to the assumptions and meanings commonly associated with Orientalized, visible bodies. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 244 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802088314
- ISBN
- 9780802088314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802090850
- ISBN
- 9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.97
€ 85.97