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Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that post-World War II American fiction eschewed the economic for the psychological or the spiritual. This title shows how both the form and content of postwar fiction responded to the transformation of the American middle class from small property owners to white-collar employees. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121468
- ISBN
- 9780691121468
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. African literature has commonly been seen as representationally naive vis-a-vis modernism, and canonical modernism as reactionary vis-a-vis postcolonial literature. What brings these two bodies of work together, argues the author, is their disposition toward Utopia or the horizon of a radical reconfiguration of social relations. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122120
- ISBN
- 9780691122120
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Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.46
€ 53.29
€ 42.46
Paperback. The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. This work shows that the voice of poetry resonates with profound themes at the very heart of democratic culture. As part of the entertainment industry, it concludes, poetry will always be small and overlooked. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122632
- ISBN
- 9780691122632
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Explores the relationship between jazz and literature, looking at jazz musicians and the themes literature has garnered from them by appropriating the style, tones, and innovations of jazz, and demonstrating that the poetics of jazz has both been assimilated into, and affected, the development of twentieth-century American literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AVGJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123578
- ISBN
- 9780691123578
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Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.18
€ 65.14
€ 51.18
Paperback. The Austen heroine must suppress her wit to become the one and not the other, to become, that is, a person fit to be tied in a conjugal knot. But for herself, Austen refuses personhood, with all its constraints and needs, and disappears into the sourceless anonymity of her style. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123875
- ISBN
- 9780691123875
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Presents an English translation of selected poems by one of the most important and unusual modern poets of South Korea. Pak Chaesam's work is characterized by portraits of place, nature, childhood, and human relationships, and by indirection, nostalgia, and reflectiveness. He writes with a spareness of presentation, but a cornucopia of imagery. Translator(s): McCann, David R.; Shin, Jiwon. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124469
- ISBN
- 9780691124469
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.50
€ 17.99
€ 14.50
Hardback. Jaime Saenz is arguably the greatest Bolivian writer of the twentieth century. His poetry is apocalyptic, transcendent, hallucinatory, and brilliant. This title offers a translation of Saenz's work, "The Night", in English, which is the last he wrote before his death in 1986. Translator(s): Gander, Forrest; Johnson, Kent. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 160 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124834
- ISBN
- 9780691124834
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Features Thomas Jefferson's papers from the end of his presidency until his death, covering the period from 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810. This title includes both incoming and outgoing letters, totaling 518 documents. Editor(s): Looney, J. Jefferson. Series: Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Num Pages: 816 pages, 8 halftones. 6 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124902
- ISBN
- 9780691124902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.17€ 126.73
€ 168.17
€ 126.73
Hardback. A study of Catullus's influence on Horace, this work shows that the earlier poet was probably the important source of inspiration for Horace's "Odes", the later author's magnum opus. By illustrating how Horace often found his own voice even as he acknowledged Catullus's genius, it guides us to an appreciation of the earlier poet as well. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125374
- ISBN
- 9780691125374
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Condition: New
€ 76.98€ 59.26
€ 76.98
€ 59.26
Paperback. What is it about Germany and the travel book that puts them seemingly at odds? This book offers a traveler's tale of Germany while testing the limits of the travel narrative as a literary form. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126173
- ISBN
- 9780691126173
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.03
€ 42.99
€ 31.03
Paperback. Bringing together Thomas Bernhard's second and third books of poetry, this collection contains short, untitled lyrics presenting his early explorations of themes that would continue to preoccupy him in his novels, plays, and other writings - especially his intense ambivalence toward the land and people of Austria and their then-recent Nazi past. Translator(s): Reidel, James. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126425
- ISBN
- 9780691126425
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardback. Argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. This work proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse rooted in the mother tongue. It demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126821
- ISBN
- 9780691126821
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Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 55.14
€ 71.06
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Hardback. Reveals the role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. This book shows how the ideological and psychological dynamics of empire, particularly its reorganization of class identities at the colonial periphery, depended on figurations of masochism. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127125
- ISBN
- 9780691127125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 55.14
€ 71.06
€ 55.14
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127408
- ISBN
- 9780691127408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.98€ 59.77
€ 76.98
€ 59.77
Paperback. One of Italy's most important contemporary poets, Erba is approachable yet complex, distinctively and artfully combining traditional and informal means in his lyrics. This edition contains the comprehensive and representative selection of Erba's poetry. With a preface, introduction, and notes, it serves as an introduction to a modern Italian poet. Translator(s): Robinson, Peter. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127644
- ISBN
- 9780691127644
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.14
€ 19.99
€ 16.14
Paperback. Traces how our understanding of the causes of human behavior has changed radically over the course of European and American cultural history since 1830. This work examines the causal factors or motives for murder - ancestry, childhood, language, sexuality, emotion, mind, society, and ideology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127682
- ISBN
- 9780691127682
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. On the night of September 22, 1912, Franz Kafka wrote his story "The Judgment," which came out of him "like a regular birth." This act of creation struck him as an unmistakable sign of his literary destiny. This title traces the implications of Kafka's literary breakthrough. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127804
- ISBN
- 9780691127804
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.89
€ 52.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. In a globalizing age, studying American literature in isolation from the rest of the world seems less and less justified. But is the conceptual box of the nation dispensable? And what would American literature look like without it? This book takes up this debate. Editor(s): Dimock, Wai-chee; Buell, Lawrence. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128528
- ISBN
- 9780691128528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. The simple yet grand language of the King James Bible has pervaded American culture from the beginning. This book traces the ways that American novelists ranging from Melville, and Faulkner to Marilynne Robinson, and Cormac McCarthy - have drawn on the resources of the canonical English Bible to fashion their own styles and visions of reality. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128818
- ISBN
- 9780691128818
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Condition: New
€ 28.71
€ 28.71
Hardback. Hugo von Hofmannsthal is one of the modern era's important writers, but his fame as Richard Strauss' collaborator on such operas as "Der Rosenkavalier" and "Die Frau ohne Schatten" has obscured his other remarkable writings. This title is an introduction to the enormous range of this artist. It is a collection of his writings in English. Editor(s): McClatchy, J. D. Num Pages: 520 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129099
- ISBN
- 9780691129099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.48
€ 59.21
€ 46.48