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Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789965
- ISBN
- 9780226789965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.64
€ 36.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Poetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds the reader of a poem differ from, say, the slang or patois that captivates listeners of hip-hop? This book examines the shared incomprehensibilities of poetry and slang. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226803104
- ISBN
- 9780226803104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick's unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries in American life, of what it means to be an Italian American woman who became a scholar and literary critic. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808307
- ISBN
- 9780226808307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.13
€ 31.99
€ 25.13
Hardcover. Regarded as one of Europe's most important poets of the late nineteenth century, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) provided the modern poetic foundations for the reemergence of Catalan literature after three centuries of the language's suppression by Spain's absolutist monarchs. This book presents the translation of Verdaguer's works into English. Editor(s): Puppo, Ronald. Translator(s): Puppo, Ronald. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Bilingual edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226853000
- ISBN
- 9780226853000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.56
€ 43.99
€ 33.56
Hardcover. Uncovers the history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, this title offers an exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226857923
- ISBN
- 9780226857923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.47€ 50.01
€ 59.47
€ 50.01
Hardcover. Of all the writings on theory and aesthetics - ancient, medieval, or modern - the most important is indisputably Aristotle's "Poetics", the first philosophical treatise to propound a theory of literature. The author offers a fresh interpretation of the lost second book of Aristotle's "Poetics". Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226875088
- ISBN
- 9780226875088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899497
- ISBN
- 9780226899497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.26
€ 40.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 85.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902272
- ISBN
- 9780226902272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.09
€ 23.99
€ 19.09
Paperback. The notion of the disposable camera permeates the entire book, where the author considers the instabilities in even our deepest attachments. Here gulfs expand, for instance, between twins, between the musician and his instrument, between the recluse and his inconsolable solitude. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924113
- ISBN
- 9780226924113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.35
€ 24.99
€ 20.35
Hardback. Expands the ways in which we interpret medieval manuscripts, examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works. In this book, the author argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924915
- ISBN
- 9780226924915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Hardback. Demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts points to a deep engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. This book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othella. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924939
- ISBN
- 9780226924939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Paperback. Andrea Zanzotto is widely considered Italy's most influential living poet. This book includes the very best poems from fourteen of his major books of verse and a selection of thirteen essays that helps illuminate themes in his poetry as well as elucidate key theoretical underpinnings of his thought. Editor(s): Barron, Patrick. Translator(s): Feldman, Ruth; Harrison, Thomas J.; Swann, Brian; Welle, John P.; Wilkins, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 482 pages, 12 halftones, 41 line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226978857
- ISBN
- 9780226978857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Hardback. Compiling in one volume the basic writings of these three seminal thinkers of ancient China, each from a different philosophical school, this book reveals the richness and diversity of the ancient Chinese intellectual world. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231025157
- ISBN
- 9780231025157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.74€ 56.83
€ 73.74
€ 56.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231029889
- ISBN
- 9780231029889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. A family cookbook with over five hundred recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; DSBD; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231049313
- ISBN
- 9780231049313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.20
€ 40.99
€ 29.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051040
- ISBN
- 9780231051040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.40€ 102.08
€ 134.40
€ 102.08
Hardback. Translator(s): Carlson, Mona; Hedges, Jane T. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231052429
- ISBN
- 9780231052429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.91€ 109.08
€ 143.91
€ 109.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Num Pages: 498 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722. An Anthology. 498 pages, Ill. Editor(s): Jayyusi, Salma Khadra. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DC. Dimension: 238 x 177 x 28. Weight: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231052733
- ISBN
- 9780231052733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.24
€ 50.99
€ 36.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231053785
- ISBN
- 9780231053785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.66€ 78.73
€ 104.66
€ 78.73
Hardback. Collects letters, novellas, essays, criticism, and a play by a leading intellectual of the Romantic period. Translator(s): Folkenflik, Vivian. Num Pages: 411 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055864
- ISBN
- 9780231055864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.93€ 90.70
€ 118.93
€ 90.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 385 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231056830
- ISBN
- 9780231056830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection," "Urvasi Won by Valor," and "Malavika and Agnimitra." Num Pages: 387 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058391
- ISBN
- 9780231058391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.92
€ 54.99
€ 39.92
Hardback. Challenges the conventional critical reading of the American poetic project as an engagement with or reaction against Emersonian thought. Rowe demonstrates how ideals of individualism, intellectualism, and otherworldiness inevitably undermine any political effectiveness that a writer may seek to achieve. Num Pages: 318 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058940
- ISBN
- 9780231058940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.99€ 86.32
€ 112.99
€ 86.32