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Directions Home explores the trajectories and tendencies of African-Canadian literature within the Canadian canon and the socio-cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091536
- ISBN
- 9780802091536
Condition: New
€ 106.14
€ 106.14
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Jones revises our understanding of modern China by tracing the ways that evolutionary works developed into a form of vernacular knowledge in modern Chinese literature. From children's primers to print culture, from fairy tales to filmmaking, his analysis offers an innovative and interdisciplinary angle of vision on China's cultural evolution. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047952
- ISBN
- 9780674047952
Condition: New
€ 65.37€ 59.93
€ 65.37
€ 59.93
* Challenges the idea that Modernism was conservative and reactionary. * Relates the modernist impulse to broader cultural and historical crises and movements. * Provides a guide to the development of Modernist literature. * Covers women writers, writers of the Harlem Renaissance and openly gay and lesbian writers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213062
- ISBN
- 9780631213062
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
All those beguiled by the work of William Blake recognise the importance of the Bible for his poetic genius, whether as an object of criticism, or an inspiration. This book attempts to locate Blake within the broad spectrum of Christian biblical interpretation, orthodox, heterodox, and radical. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations & 8 colour images. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSC; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300112603
- ISBN
- 9780300112603
Condition: New
€ 68.40€ 53.43
€ 68.40
€ 53.43
This volume in the definitive edition of Thomas Traherne contains his best-known works, Centuries of Meditations and Select Meditations. Num Pages: 528 pages, 6, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: DCF; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843276
- ISBN
- 9781843843276
Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24
Based on a performance by Djanka Tassey Condae. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; DC; HBJH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664953
- ISBN
- 9781624664953
Condition: New
€ 52.31€ 41.70
€ 52.31
€ 41.70
On Friendship and Freedom contains the first published collection of correspondence between Silone and his longtime friend the philanthropist and art collector Marcel Fleischmann. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649965
- ISBN
- 9781442649965
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530). Editor(s): Estes, James M. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648784
- ISBN
- 9781442648784
Condition: New
€ 185.36
€ 185.36
Better Britons charts an innovative approach to the politics of reproduction by reading an array of works and discourses that reflect on the significance of reproductive behaviours for civic, national, and racial identities. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647022
- ISBN
- 9781442647022
Condition: New
€ 70.69
€ 70.69
In The Lily and the Thistle, William Calin argues for a reconsideration of the French impact on medieval and renaissance Scottish literature. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646650
- ISBN
- 9781442646650
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Past traces the roots of the twentieth-century literature and cinema of crime to two much earlier, diverging interpretations of the criminal: the bodiless figure of Cesare Beccaria's Enlightenment-era On Crimes and Punishments, and the biological offender of Cesare Lombroso's positivist Criminal Man Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643888
- ISBN
- 9781442643888
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
In this groundbreaking collection, ten leading scholars explore the intersections between identity and Latin language and literature in Anglo-Saxon England. Editor(s): Stephenson, Rebecca; Thornbury, Emily Victoria. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; 2ADL; 3F; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637580
- ISBN
- 9781442637580
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of literary works produced in one of most landmark years in literary and cultural history. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193917
- ISBN
- 9781405193917
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective. Num Pages: 530 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; AC; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155496
- ISBN
- 9781405155496
Condition: New
€ 135.61
€ 135.61
With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091574
- ISBN
- 9780802091574
Condition: New
€ 87.08
€ 87.08
Captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's enduring metropolises. This anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets - from Baghdad's founding in the eighth century to the present day. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725218
- ISBN
- 9780674725218
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072482
- ISBN
- 9780252072482
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06
"Hereford Cathedral is proud of its four stained-glass windows commemorating Traherne, but these volumes are as glorious a memorial." Christopher Howse, DAILY TELEGRAPH Editor(s): Ross, Jan. Series: Works of Thomas Traherne. Num Pages: 373 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843825
- ISBN
- 9781843843825
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
In Mannerist Fiction, William Donoghue re-conceptualizes the history of formalism in western literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648012
- ISBN
- 9781442648012
Condition: New
€ 60.37
€ 60.37