Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Recovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Num Pages: 365 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250000
- ISBN
- 9780520250000
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.09
€ 31.99
€ 23.09
Paperback. Contains commentary on the Purgatorio by various scholars. This book presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. It provides awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements. Editor(s): Mandelbaum, Allen; Oldcorn, Anthony; Ross, Charles. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250567
- ISBN
- 9780520250567
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? This title explores this question. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251861
- ISBN
- 9780520251861
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Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.67
€ 84.37
€ 64.67
Paperback. Offers a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" and "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. This work presents an inspiring portrait of this writer and a testament to the creative process itself. Editor(s): Cope, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252325
- ISBN
- 9780520252325
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253360
- ISBN
- 9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 75.66
€ 99.82
€ 75.66
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Shortly after the third edition of "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, only to emerge two and a half years later. This work reconstructs the forgotten years of Whitman through letters and manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through newspapers and magazines in which he published. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259065
- ISBN
- 9780520259065
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
€ 50.99
€ 36.34
Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259294
- ISBN
- 9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. Presents a major study of the Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892-1938). This title combines readings of Vallejo's writings with cultural, historical, and theoretical analysis, connecting Vallejo - and Latin American poetry - to the broader panorama of international modernism and the avant-garde. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262294
- ISBN
- 9780520262294
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Contains a selection of the author's letters and notes expressing his opinions on the publication of "Tom Sawyer". Illustrator(s): Williams, True W. Editor(s): Baender, Paul. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 163 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 135 Anv
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266124
- ISBN
- 9780520266124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Hardback. Ranging in original publication dates between 1940 and 1985, this title features forty-one titles that reveal a great deal about Duncan's life in poetry - including his impressions of poets whose work he admires, both contemporaries and precursors. Editor(s): Maynard, James. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267732
- ISBN
- 9780520267732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Paperback. For the major poets of Osip Mandelstam's generation, poetry represented a calling in the most tangible sense. This book examines Mandelstam's legacy and lays the groundwork for approaching modernist Russian poetry as a charismatic institution. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269163
- ISBN
- 9780520269163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Series: Flashpoints. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336. The Political Life of Literature in India. Series: Flashpoints. 240 pages, Illustrations, map. Examines Delhi's postcolonial literary world, its institutions, prizes, publishers, writers, and translators, and the cultural geographies of key neighborhoods in light of colonial histories and the globalization of English. This title undertakes a study of literary culture that probes the connections between place, language, and text. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH5. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 14. Weight: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269576
- ISBN
- 9780520269576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback. An anthology that brings together writing about the Grand Canyon - stories, essays, and poems written across five centuries by people inhabiting, surviving, and attempting to understand what one explorer called the 'Great Unknown'. Editor(s): Newman, Lance E. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 b/w drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270787
- ISBN
- 9780520270787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.96
€ 50.99
€ 35.96
Hardback. A biography of the Anglo-American poet and activist Denise Levertov that brings to life one of the major voices of the second half of the twentieth century, when American poetry was a powerful influence worldwide. It chronicles Levertov's role as a passionate social activist in volatile times and her importance as a teacher of writing. Num Pages: 532 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 36. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272460
- ISBN
- 9780520272460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.07
€ 50.99
€ 36.07
Paperback. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304. Essays on Writers and Writing. 218 pages. Addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. This title explores writing as a technic akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275263
- ISBN
- 9780520275263
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Explores the work of N M Rashed, Urdu's renowned modernist poet, whose career spans the last years of British India and the early decades of postcolonial South Asia. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283107
- ISBN
- 9780520283107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.11€ 54.08
€ 70.11
€ 54.08
Hardback. Langston Hughes was an innovator of jazz poetry and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. This book offers a collection of letters between Hughes and four confidantes sheds light on his life and politics. It deals with his life and work. Editor(s): Crawford, Evelyn Louise; Patterson, Mary Louise. Num Pages: 424 pages, 30 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; BJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285330
- ISBN
- 9780520285330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.21
€ 95.07
€ 72.21
Paperback. This book is both a guide to, and interpretation of, the course of modern literary theory. Exploring the various theories of reading which have informed post--war literary criticism, it shows that for all the fervour of current debate about new movements in criticism, all these different approaches share at root a common notion of literary meaning. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631134589
- ISBN
- 9780631134589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Paperback. This book asks us to rethink such a way of understanding Pope. Refusing to accept Popea s version of reality, Laura Brown reads his poems not for what they claim to say, but for what they rationalize away or fail to recognize. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631135036
- ISBN
- 9780631135036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Paperback. Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631139393
- ISBN
- 9780631139393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Paperback. This is a bold and original reinterpretation of almost all of Shakespearea s major plays, in the light of the Marxist, feminist and semiotic ideas of our own time. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631145547
- ISBN
- 9780631145547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.62
€ 52.62