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Paperback. Photography has transformed the way we picture ourselves. This text tracks the impact of photography on the formation of the self-image through the study of four literary autobiographers concerned with the power of photography. All four writers tried to reconcile the image with the self. Num Pages: 286 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: AJ; DSB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731476
ISBN
9780226731476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Russell, Rinaldina. Translator(s): Russell, Rinaldina. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 34. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226735085
ISBN
9780226735085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Translator(s): Mainland, W.F. Series: German Literary Classics in Translation. Num Pages: 190 pages, xxxiv, 156 p. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738017
ISBN
9780226738017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. When "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. The author uses the story of "Vestiges" to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the view of its readers. Num Pages: 624 pages, 155 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226744117
ISBN
9780226744117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749679
ISBN
9780226749679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750279
ISBN
9780226750279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. Revealing a world troubled by difference while struggling toward commonality, from the mythic past to the abrasive intimacies of the present, this collection of poems charts the ways social and sexual identities are formed, threatened, altered and preserved. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 104 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750316
ISBN
9780226750316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Offers an understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. This title seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone. Num Pages: 842 pages, 45 halftones, 16 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
842
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752532
ISBN
9780226752532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226759463
ISBN
9780226759463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Debates about the nature of the Enlightenment date to the eighteenth century, when Immanuel Kant himself addressed the question, 'What is Enlightenment'? This book offers a paradigm-shifting answer to that query: Enlightenment is an event in the history of mediation. It establishes mediation as the condition of possibility for enlightenment. Editor(s): Siskin, Clifford; Warner, William. Num Pages: 568 pages, 24 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPCD1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761473
ISBN
9780226761473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.93
€ 80.32

Paperback. In "The Chain", Sleigh explores the nature of memory and its ability to recast events in contradictory ways as it links individual lives to history. The book takes the form of a series of elegies, portraits and love poems. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 104 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226762418
ISBN
9780226762418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Explores the question: How do poems end? This work examines numerous individual poems and examples of common poetic forms in order to reveal the relationship between closure and the overall structure and integrity of a poem. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 17. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763439
ISBN
9780226763439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSB; DSGS; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Paperback
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763668
ISBN
9780226763668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. In this journey into the sound-worlds of Shakespeare's contemporaries, the text explores the physical aspects of human speech (ears, lungs, tongue) and the surrounding environment (buildings, landscape, climate), as well as social and political structures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 32 halftones, 2 tables, 25 musical notations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763774
ISBN
9780226763774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

Hardback. From Shakespeare's 'green-eyed monster' to the 'green thought in a green shade' in Andrew Marvell's "The Garden," the color green was curiously prominent and resonant in English culture during the 16th and 17th centuries. This title considers the significance of the color in the literature, visual arts, and popular culture of early modern England. Num Pages: 315 pages, 30 colour plates, 25 halftones, 8 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 2. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763781
ISBN
9780226763781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 45.53

Paperback. From Tuscaloosa west to Mississippi then north to Memphis through country as unmusical as I was unloved by the decorous ardor of the South and the voice of one whose griefs were Cherokee, absentee, left in the Chevy and secret. She didn't love my love like Shiva's everywhere and blue and many-handed, some with knives and some with billet-doux. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764351
ISBN
9780226764351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. This text, using examples ranging from Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen to Donald Barthelme and Anita Brookner, examines the influence that the concept of "boredom" exerts on the literary imagination. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768540
ISBN
9780226768540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. This collection of major essays spans Hortense Spiller's work from the early 1980s, in which she pioneered a broadly poststructuralist approach to African American literature. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226769806
ISBN
9780226769806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.19

Paperback. Gaspara Stampa (1523-1554) is one of the finest female poets ever to write in Italian. This title translation of Stampa into English collects all of her passionate and lyrical verse. Editor(s): Tower, Troy; Tylus, Jane. Translator(s): Tylus, Jane. Num Pages: 490 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226770727
ISBN
9780226770727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. In his exhibition and accompanying essay for the "Taking Sides" programme at the Louvre, Jean Starobinski explores the theme of largesse in its broadest sense. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771366
ISBN
9780226771366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 50.25

Paperback. Seven decades after his death, German Jewish writer, philosopher, and literary critic Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) continues to fascinate readers and influence academic writing, both stylistically and conceptually. This title offers a comprehensive and sophisticated introduction to the oeuvre of this perpetually relevant theorist. Translator(s): Winkler, Michael. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772226
ISBN
9780226772226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. This study shows that sentimental, melodramatic and gothic novels written in the wake of the American Revolution can be read as an emotional history of the early Republic, reflecting the hate, fear and grief which tormented the federalist era, and giving voice to a collective mourning process. Num Pages: 306 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773117
ISBN
9780226773117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. "The Smoking Book" is built on the foundation of two questions: how does it feel to smoke, and what does smoking mean? Lesley Stern muses on these questions through intersecting stories and essays. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773339
ISBN
9780226773339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

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