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Paperback. Investigating the omnipresent religious theme that runs throughout Russian culture, even in the antireligious Chekhov, the author argues that no other major European literature was as much preoccupied as the Russian with the tensions between religion and rationality. He highlights this unique quality of Russian literature and culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145662
- ISBN
- 9780691145662
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. With an epigraph from Freud comparing the mind to a landscape in which all that ever was still persists, this title offers eloquent testimony to the struggle to make sense of the present through conversation with the past. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146102
- ISBN
- 9780691146102
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.60
€ 26.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. A work on the Whitman disciples - the fascinating, eclectic group of nineteenth-century men and women who regarded Walt Whitman not simply as a poet but as a religious prophet. It presents a colorful portrait of an era of intense religious, political, and sexual passions, focusing on why Whitman's work continues to appeal to so many. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146317
- ISBN
- 9780691146317
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.59
€ 26.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? This title examines the role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146621
- ISBN
- 9780691146621
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.94
€ 43.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. An exploration of Scandinavian literature and art. It guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and artists of Scandinavia over the past two centuries. It helps readers gain fresh perspectives on canonical giants such as Soren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, and Ingmar Bergman. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148243
- ISBN
- 9780691148243
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.87
€ 43.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Offers a fresh way to understand the divisions that organize twentieth-century poetry. The author argues that the most important conflict is not between styles or aesthetic politics, but between poets who seek to preserve or produce the incommensurable particularity of experience by making powerful objects. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148663
- ISBN
- 9780691148663
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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€ 33.37
Paperback. Offers a portrait of academic life in the nineties. This title presents an exploration of the uses and abuses of literary and cultural criticism that offers a running commentary on identity politics and poses serious questions about the state and future of the academy. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149387
- ISBN
- 9780691149387
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Offers poems that attempt to reanimate dead metaphors as blossoms: wild and lovely but also fleeting, mortal, and averse to the touch. This title asserts that the poet's materials - words, objects, phenomena - are sacred, wilting in the moment, yet perennially renewed. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149455
- ISBN
- 9780691149455
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.68
€ 15.99
€ 12.68
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 1032
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150437
- ISBN
- 9780691150437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Hardback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HPM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151588
- ISBN
- 9780691151588
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Delving into the critical role of the theater in the origins of the novel of interiority, this title reinterprets the novel as a record of dissatisfaction with inwardness and an injunction to rethink human identity in radically collective and social terms. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153162
- ISBN
- 9780691153162
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154152
- ISBN
- 9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.64
€ 61.64
Paperback. This bilingual edition of New Impressions of Africa presents the original French text and the English poet Mark Ford's lucid, idiomatic translation on facing pages. It also includes an introduction outlining the poem's peculiar structure and evolution. Translator(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Blg Rep
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156033
- ISBN
- 9780691156033
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. Asks at heart: how does life present itself to us, and how do we create value from our delights and losses? Riding on Kenneth Koch's instruction to "find one true feeling and hang on," this title overtakes the present with candor, meditation, and the classic aspiration to shape lyric into a lasting force. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156637
- ISBN
- 9780691156637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.09
€ 19.99
€ 16.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Fuss, Diana; Gleason, William A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 halftone. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157139
- ISBN
- 9780691157139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.38
€ 104.58
€ 79.38
Hardback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157450
- ISBN
- 9780691157450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157467
- ISBN
- 9780691157467
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. The first narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. Num Pages: 600 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1024.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157894
- ISBN
- 9780691157894
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
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Paperback. Offers a collection of lyrical and narrative poems that celebrate, and mourn the passing of, the world of the small family farm. This book reflects on a long poetic apprenticeship. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159195
- ISBN
- 9780691159195
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; JMS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159539
- ISBN
- 9780691159539
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Opens up readings and ways of reading Milton's epic poem by mapping out the intricacies of its narrative and symbolic designs and by revealing and exploring the deeply allusive texture of its verse. This book shows how Milton radically revises the epic tradition and the Genesis story itself by arguing that it is better to create than destroy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159744
- ISBN
- 9780691159744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
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Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161808
- ISBN
- 9780691161808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
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Hardback. Originally published in Italian as La traccia del modello, 1984 by Giardini editori estampatori in pisa. Translator(s): Marchesi, Ilaria. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword and New After
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161815
- ISBN
- 9780691161815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; 2CSJ; 2CSR; DSBH; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691162485
- ISBN
- 9780691162485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00