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Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082792
- ISBN
- 9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.10
€ 42.99
€ 31.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 535 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 535
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088268
- ISBN
- 9780231088268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51€ 86.12
€ 112.51
€ 86.12
Paperback. Part of a detailed compendium of late-Roman learning in each of the seven liberal arts, set within an amusing mythological-allegorical tale of courtship and marriage among the pagan gods. The text provides an understanding of medieval allegory and the components of a medieval education. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 389 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096362
- ISBN
- 9780231096362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Hardback. Examining Jewish presence in French literature, this book explores the many shapes and forms in which Jews are perceived, spoken, and written about. It looks at strains of antisemitism running through French literature, analyzing such antecedents as the nihilism of the 1880s and its meditation on death and absence. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103084
- ISBN
- 9780231103084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.18
€ 65.14
€ 51.18
Hardback. Linking narrative theory, theories of sexuality, and gay and lesbian theory, this text explores the place of homosexuality, in particular the lesbian, in the tradition of the Western narrative. The author shows how sexuality and narrative must be disentangled to alter oppressive social practices. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104364
- ISBN
- 9780231104364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51€ 85.47
€ 112.51
€ 85.47
Hardback. This second volume of Gramsci's prison notebooks contains Notebooks Three, Four and Five. It features Gramsci's entire cluster of notes on Dante, the first set of critical texts on the question of the intellectual, and the first of a series of reflections called "Notes on Philosophy". Editor(s): Buttigieg, Joseph A. Translator(s): Buttigieg, Joseph A. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 728 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780231105927
- ISBN
- 9780231105927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.98
€ 132.98
Paperback. Elfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231107532
- ISBN
- 9780231107532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. Linguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Julia Kristeva explores one aspect of 20th-century culture - rebellion - in this text. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three 20th-century writers: Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Aragon and Roland Barthes. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109963
- ISBN
- 9780231109963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.41
€ 104.22
€ 79.41
Paperback. Distinguished poet and novelist Jay Parini presents some of his best writings-both classic and previously unpublished works-on topics ranging from baseball to Frost and Emerson to the culture of creative writing. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231110716
- ISBN
- 9780231110716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. One of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical--and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars Poetica unavailable elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111720
- ISBN
- 9780231111720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.41
€ 104.22
€ 79.41
Paperback. A study of post-Vietnam American literature and culture focusing on narratives of bodily trauma evident in a wide range of texts by and about other white men. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112932
- ISBN
- 9780231112932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Hardback. A memoir of a life in exile. Anca Vlasopolos recounts her life's journey from Romania to Paris and Brussels, then on to the United States. She writes about the peculiar attributes of displacement in the comtemporary world; the ambiguous identities, and the nostalgia for places dimly recalled. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121309
- ISBN
- 9780231121309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 46.48
€ 59.21
€ 46.48
Paperback. A clarifying account of the general landscape of critical theory in the United States over the last 30 years ending with the current eclipse of deconstruction. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121354
- ISBN
- 9780231121354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
paperback. Taking as its starting point the long-standing characterization of Milton as a "Hebraic" writer, this book probes the limits of the relationship between Milton and his Jewish antecedents. It shows how Milton's text can inform a more nuanced reading of midrash just as midrash can offer new insights into "Paradise Lost". Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HRAX; HRC; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123297
- ISBN
- 9780231123297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Priya Joshi demonstrates how a paradoxical legacy has shaped the works of Indian writers such as Krupa Satthianadhan, Ahmed Ali and Salman Rushdie, a process she calls the "indigenization" of the English novel. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125840
- ISBN
- 9780231125840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 90.47
€ 118.43
€ 90.47
Hardback. The third book in Kristeva's trilogy on female genius,Colette interlaces commentary on the life and work of this notorious French novelist who made it possible for women to write erotic literature. The result is an elegant and sophisticated critique filled with psychoanalytic insight. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 38. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231128964
- ISBN
- 9780231128964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95€ 82.87
€ 108.95
€ 82.87
Hardback. Weaves varied reflections to reveal an understanding of the relationships among literature, the past, and the world around us. Describing trips to such diverse destinations as Namibia; Afghanistan; Bellagio, Italy; and the Bellagio in Las Vegas, this book conveys the apprehension of visiting new places. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133845
- ISBN
- 9780231133845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. Traces the emergence of Woolf's art and thought against Bloomsbury's public thinking about Europe's future in a period marked by two world wars and rising threats of totalitarianism. This book explores Virginia Woolf's narrative journey from her first novel, "The Voyage Out", through her last, "Between the Acts". Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134446
- ISBN
- 9780231134446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95€ 82.87
€ 108.95
€ 82.87
Hardback. Kuhns approaches Decameronfrom a variety of literary, philosophical, and historical perspectives. He argues that Decameroncontains a theory of storytelling and reveals the ways in which Decameron'scomic and sexual elements lead into philosophical debate and moral argument. Kuhns also suggests that Decameronis one of the first self-conscious creations of a "total work of art." Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 half-tone. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136082
- ISBN
- 9780231136082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.82
€ 65.14
€ 50.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139656
- ISBN
- 9780231139656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93