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Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789972
ISBN
9780226789972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.64

Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226789965
ISBN
9780226789965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 79.56

paperback. Identifies and documents the lives and publications of over one hundred African American women writers in the Garden State from 1836 through 2000. This volume contains biographical and bibliographical information for each author, including the photographs of the authors and citations for the published pamphlets, books, reports, and articles. Num Pages: 256 pages, 71 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
None ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813540191
ISBN
9780813540191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.88

Hardback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634425
ISBN
9780745634425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.38

Paperback. Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, Black Theater: A Cultural Companion 1850 - Today will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. The book takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634432
ISBN
9780745634432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.33

Paperback. It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literature has racial realism at its core. This book aims to show that some celebrated African American authors, such as James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, have resisted this canonical rule. It also presents sixteen short stories and novelettes to demonstrate this act of literary defiance. Editor(s): Jarrett, Gene Andrew. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742884
ISBN
9780814742884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758106
ISBN
9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.67

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409575
ISBN
9781474409575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Guernica Editions,Canada Canada
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550716276
ISBN
9781550716276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.46

paperback. Editor(s): Bodunde, Charles. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 2H; DSB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510661
ISBN
9783927510661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
Edition
1st
Number of pages
348
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212371
ISBN
9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. This work tells the story of the author's six-week journey by skiff along the Ohio river. He covered 1000 miles from Redstone, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Ilinois, where the Ohio river meets the Mississippi. This edition is a reprinting of the original 1897 edition. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 395. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press Illinois
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0212370
ISBN
9780809322688
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. Afghanistan In Ink uses a wide and largely unknown corpus of twentieth century Afghan Dari and Pashto literature to show not only how Afghans have reflected on their modern history, but also how the state has repeatedly sought to dominate the ideological contours of that history through the patronage or exile of writers. Editor(s): Green, Nile; Arbabzadah, Nushin. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 2BXL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042048
ISBN
9781849042048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 42.07

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oliver Arts and Open Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981989174
ISBN
9780981989174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Paperback. Representing the coming of age of a new generation of unashamedly globalised, open-minded and irreverent Afghans, the reportage in this book belongs to one of the most original Afghan voices heard since the toppling of the Taliban. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; DNJ; HBWS4; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042314
ISBN
9781849042314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.49

Paperback. Translator(s): Burk, Drew S. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561178
ISBN
9781937561178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.94

Hardcover. Offers an original approach to a number of nineteenth-century authors in terms of what are seen as the constitutive affective dynamics of their work. The author also draws on themes of ethical subjectivity in the work of Stanley Cavell and Gilles Deleuze to provide essential reading for those involved in nineteenth-century literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194420
ISBN
9781845194420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.82

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230026
ISBN
9780803230026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.44

Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025127
ISBN
9780674025127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 66.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127814
ISBN
9780810127814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.94

Hardback. A rigorous and many-layered study of the works of Blanchot and Adorno in terms of the relation between negativity and autonomy in the work of art with particular reference to literature, which yields a thinking of materiality in language as an ambiguous force of critique and innovation. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269280
ISBN
9780823269280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.50

Paperback. Presents a comparative analysis of the theoretical prose by two major Latin American vanguardist contemporaries, Mario de Andrade (Brazil, 1893-1945) and Vicente Huidobro (Chile, 1893-1948). This title offers a comparative study of two allegorical texts, Huidobro's "Non serviam" and Mario's "Parabola d'A escrava que nao e Isaura". Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 228 x 7. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534224
ISBN
9781557534224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Hardcover. Through a series of provocative conversations, Frederick Luis Aldama and Herbert Lindenberger, who have written widely on literature, film, music and art, locate a place for the discomforting and the often painfully unpleasant within aesthetics. The conversational format allows them to travel informally across many centuries and many art forms. Num Pages: 224 pages, 38 images. BIC Classification: AB; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472073009
ISBN
9780472073009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481068
ISBN
9781611481068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.76

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