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Paperback. Presents a collection of the colorful and vivacious interviews that the author gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355395
- ISBN
- 9780817355395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.68
€ 31.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. A collection of essays and commentaries that addresses several issues, including the anthology as a critical and polemical tool; the intersection of poetry with art, performance, and politics, in both contemporary and traditional practice; and the poetics of Jewish mysticism as a traditional form of conceptual and language poetry. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355074
- ISBN
- 9780817355074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. A work of American ethnography, a cultural collage of artifacts, moments, episodes, and voices - historical and private - that capture the dizzying evolution of America's social, cultural, and literary consciousness. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354930
- ISBN
- 9780817354930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.04
€ 46.04
Paperback. Contains stories that explore dimensions of the human landscape, including tales inspired by the midrashic tradition of biblical interpretation, which investigate the eternal human drama through the prisms of scripture, history, and folklore. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354473
- ISBN
- 9780817354473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Explores philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354305
- ISBN
- 9780817354305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Argues that contemporary language-oriented writing implies a marked change in the way we think about our poetic tradition on one hand and in the future of criticism on the other. This book focuses on Walter Benjamin and Gertrude Stein as important intellectual resources because both see the history of poetry as a crisis of the present. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354084
- ISBN
- 9780817354084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.46
€ 42.46
Paperback. Gaddis (1922-1998) is often cited as the link between literary modernism and postmodernism in the United States. This work includes essays which address subjects as diverse as cybernetics, the law, media theory, race and class, music, and the perils and benefits of globalization. It also contains an interview with Gaddis. Editor(s): Tabbi, Joseph; Shavers, Rone. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354060
- ISBN
- 9780817354060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.72
€ 41.99
€ 39.72
Paperback. Among the early Spanish chroniclers who contributed to images of the New World was the Amerindian-Spanish historian and literary writer, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. In this volume, the author explores El Inca's rationale and motivations in writing his chronicle. He suggests that El Inca was trying to influence events by influencing discourse. Num Pages: 144 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352578
- ISBN
- 9780817352578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.95
€ 30.95
Paperback. A collection of case studies examining specific incidents of silence and the impasses it creates in the poetic and academic landscape. It looks at the issue of professionalism, in both poetic practice and the academy, which has become the caretaker of much of modern and contemporary poetry and their competing values. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351984
- ISBN
- 9780817351984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Paperback. Women throughout the history of rhetoric have represented themselves as fulfilling roles that range from dependents or enablers of male authority to autonomous agents acting on their own. These essays examine the tactics women have employed in self-representation and the feminist rhetorics that result. Editor(s): Miller, Hildy; Bridwell-Bowles, Lillian. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351830
- ISBN
- 9780817351830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.70
€ 37.70
Paperback. An analysis of the sustaining vitality behind contemporary American poetry from 1975 to the 2003, these 12 essays examine both exemplary innovators and the social context in which innovation is resisted, acclaimed, or taken for granted. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350307
- ISBN
- 9780817350307
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Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. Examines the literary output of American writers - major and minor - who treated the Civil War in their works. The author seeks to understand why this devastating and defining military conflict has failed to produce more literature of a notably high and lasting order. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350024
- ISBN
- 9780817350024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.44
€ 54.44
Hardback. A collection of essays about the body: the author's own body, female and Jewish; those of her parents, the bodies she came from; and the collective body, with all its historical, social, and political implications. What, she asks, does this whole mess of bones, muscles, organs, and soul mean? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DNF; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105277
- ISBN
- 9780226105277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Hardback. Many Jewish artists and writers contributed to the creation of popular comics and graphic novels, and in "The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel," Stephen E. Tabachnick takes readers on an engaging tour of graphic novels that explore themes of Jewish identity and belief." Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318215
- ISBN
- 9780817318215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.75
€ 48.75
Sounding Real: Musicality and American Fiction at the Turn of the Twen...
Dr. Cristina L. Ruotolo Ph.D.
Hardcover. Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, "Sounding Real "sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317980
- ISBN
- 9780817317980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Hardback. Both intensely personal and deeply rooted in recognizable events of a personal, familial, or national significance, "The Afterlife of Objects" is a kind of dreamed autobiography. Dan Chiasson divulges the enigmas of the mind through a beautifully constructed poetic voice. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103778
- ISBN
- 9780226103778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of Katherine Anne Porter s troubled relationship to her Texas origins and southern roots, " South by Southwest" offers a fresh look at this ever-relevant author." Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317829
- ISBN
- 9780817317829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Hardcover. "Circling Faith" is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Editor(s): Reed, Wendy; Horne, Jennifer. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 203.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317676
- ISBN
- 9780817317676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.43
€ 31.99
€ 27.43
Hardcover. "Chapter 3 is a revised version of an essay that first appeared in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 7 (2009)."-- T.p. verso. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317614
- ISBN
- 9780817317614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317133
- ISBN
- 9780817317133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.04
€ 41.99
€ 35.04