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Part detective story, part fable, this novel takes the reader to a mythical post-industrial city where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarianism have been erased. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080200
- ISBN
- 9780231080200
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
Editor(s): Krapp, George Philip. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1932
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231087698
- ISBN
- 9780231087698
Condition: New
€ 130.15
€ 130.15
Paperback. A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Translator(s): Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBD; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096331
- ISBN
- 9780231096331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.79
€ 50.79
These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096966
- ISBN
- 9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36
€ 109.36
This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry, occasionally presenting comparative material from other ancient Greek poets. The original Greek text is included in an appendix. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231099943
- ISBN
- 9780231099943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.47
€ 136.47
The autobiographical novel and final work of one of the Communist Party's youngest, most popular, and most intellectual members is both an astonishing personal testament and a panoramic view of Russia on the eve of a revolution that transformed the twentieth century. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231107303
- ISBN
- 9780231107303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.58
€ 137.58
The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DQ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231108720
- ISBN
- 9780231108720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.84
€ 169.84
Arguing that the personally and culturally complex concepts of love and emotional intimacy offer a more useful perspective for understanding male-male relations of the eighteenth century than scholarship which focuses exclusively on sexual behavior, Haggerty examines several eighteenth -century archetypes of same-sex relations in which sensibility and sexuality emerge as interdependent. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBD; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110426
- ISBN
- 9780231110426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.12
€ 136.12
The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 698
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114387
- ISBN
- 9780231114387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 169.12
€ 169.12
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. From Restoration...
Rimer, J. Thomas; Gessel, Van C.
Collects works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay-writing from a pivotal time in Japanese history. This book reflects the political, social, and intellectual changes that occurred in Japanese society during this period. It reveals the influences in the development of Japanese literature. It includes biographical introductions for each writer. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1543.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118606
- ISBN
- 9780231118606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.96
€ 188.96
The first major anthology of criticism devoted exclusively to poetry. Spanning thousands of years and including some of the most influential critical essays ever written, this is a collection of influential writings on poetry ranging from Aristotle to Laura (Riding) Jackson. Editor(s): Harmon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123709
- ISBN
- 9780231123709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.08
€ 150.08
With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123785
- ISBN
- 9780231123785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Potter, Nicholas. Series: Columbia Critical Guides. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124294
- ISBN
- 9780231124294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.76
€ 34.76
Presents the literary works on the subject of female homosexuality. This book explores the emergence and transformation of the "idea of lesbianism": its conceptual origins and how it has been transmitted, and transformed. Editor(s): Castle, Terry. Num Pages: 1110 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DQ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 70. Weight in Grams: 2315.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125109
- ISBN
- 9780231125109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 183.58
€ 183.58
Paperback. This book, winner of the Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks award, examines all of Jarrell's work, incorporating new research such as previously undiscovered essays and poems. Burt situates the poet- critic among his peers, including Bishop and Arendt, in literature and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125956
- ISBN
- 9780231125956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.34
€ 45.34
The poems of Du Fu (712-77) had a diverse range of subject matter, from personal detail to historical fact, expressed with a richness of language that stretched from the elegant to the colloquial, and from the allusive to the direct. This selection includes both famous and lesser-known works. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128285
- ISBN
- 9780231128285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.26
€ 117.26
Spivak demonstrates how critics interested in social justice should pay close attention to literary form and offers new interpretations of classics such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own. The book offers close readings of texts not only in English, French, and German, but also in Arabic and Bengali. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129442
- ISBN
- 9780231129442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.39
€ 105.39
The Last of the Whampoa Breed. Stories of the Chinese Diaspora.
David Der-Wei . Ed(S): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang
Stories born of the trials and heartache of exile in Taiwan. Editor(s): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang, David Der-Wei. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130028
- ISBN
- 9780231130028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.56
€ 49.56
Dudley Randall, one of the great success stories of American small-press history, was also poet laureate of Detroit, a civil-rights activist, and a force in the Black Arts Movement. This book through Randall's poetry and interviews, affords unique insights into the life and work of this crucial figure. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 photos. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130264
- ISBN
- 9780231130264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.18
€ 84.18
Paperback. Offering an account of works by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Robert Browning, and Joseph Conrad, this title explains why many Victorians nursed a hostile vision of man and society and how misanthropy - once a means of conveying integrity and justified disdain of society's excesses - turned immoral and quasi-criminal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130653
- ISBN
- 9780231130653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.38
€ 42.38
Offer readings of Auden's works and illuminates his use of stylistic registers and poetic genres. This book traces the ideas and ideologies that animated and overwhelmed Auden's poetry. It considers the influence of left-liberal politics, psychoanalytic and evolutionary theory, and Christian theology that characterized Auden's poems of the 1940s. Editor(s): Burt, Stephen. Series: A Columbia University Publication. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130783
- ISBN
- 9780231130783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Contemporary Taiwanese literature has often been neglected and misrepresented by literary historians both inside and outside of Taiwan. Chang provides a comprehensive and fluent history of late twentieth-century Taiwanese literature by placing this vibrant tradition within the contexts of a modernizing local economy, a globalizing world economy, and a postcolonial and post-Cold War world order. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132343
- ISBN
- 9780231132343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.80
€ 94.80
It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134088
- ISBN
- 9780231134088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Sister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts - in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. This title offers her biography in English. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134125
- ISBN
- 9780231134125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.23
€ 102.23