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Paperback. Fusing Marxist and capitalist perspectives in a manner that anticipates aspects of the current global market expansion, the author evokes a world in which nothing is private and everything is for sale. Translator(s): Rolleston, James; Evers, Kai. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326908
ISBN
9780822326908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. An exploration into representations of the Amazon, and how they were essential to homoerotic and heterosexual social constructions in early English texts. This book takes up a range of literary, historical, and theoretical texts in order to examine the relationship between Amazon myth and the social conventions that governed gender and sexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press Durham
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325994
ISBN
9780822325994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Writing involves risks - the risk of being persecuted, the risks of being made a champion for causes in which one does not believe, and the risk of inadvertently supporting a reader's prejudices. This title illuminates the process by which writers negotiate difficult path to free themselves from the ideological and contextual traps. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions / Latin America in Translation. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325208
ISBN
9780822325208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. The controversy generated in Italy by the writings of Ludovico Ariosto and Torquato Tasso during the sixteenth century was the a historically important debate on what constitutes modern literature. This book re-examines these two poet-thinkers, the debate they inspired, and the reasons why that debate remains relevant. Editor(s): Finucci, Valeria. Series: Duke Monographs in Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322955
ISBN
9780822322955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Presents a study of detective fiction written by American women between the Civil War and World War II. This book shows how women writers blended Gothic elements into domestic fiction. It focuses on the narrative qualities of the domestic novel tradition and the ways in which it reflected ideologies of domesticity and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322719
ISBN
9780822322719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Theoretically sophisticated: How often has this term been used to distinguish a work of contemporary criticism and what, exactly, does it mean? This book shows how the politics of sophistication pervades contemporary culture both in the mainstream and at the academic margins. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
First American Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320166
ISBN
9780822320166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319993
ISBN
9780822319993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822317395
ISBN
9780822317395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316749
ISBN
9780822316749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. In the decade that followed 1972, the journal boundary 2 consistently published many of the most distinguished and most influential statements of an emerging literary postmodernism. This title gathered many of those foundational essays. Editor(s): Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316497
ISBN
9780822316497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315704
ISBN
9780822315704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313427
ISBN
9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. A critical study of the work of contemporary American novelist Don DeLillo, which includes the comments of rock critics, syndicated columnists and scholars of American literature. It contains an expanded "Rolling Stone" interview with the author and extracts from his novels. Editor(s): Lentricchia, Frank. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311447
ISBN
9780822311447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311218
ISBN
9780822311218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BK; DNJ; JFD; KNTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421772
ISBN
9780821421772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Paperback. In nineteenth-century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. This book focuses on the mysterious ways of male associational culture as it examines such topics as fraternity, sophistication, nostalgia, social capital, celebrity, gossip, and male professionalism. Num Pages: 256 pages, photographs, b&w drawings. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420942
ISBN
9780821420942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919) was a gifted writer, poet, naturalist, and artist with a keen perspective on Appalachian life and culture. She and her husband Frank lived on Walden's Ridge in southeast Tennessee, where they struggled to raise a family in the difficult mountain environment. Editor(s): Cox, Steven. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420867
ISBN
9780821420867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

Hardback. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and evolve? What do they tell us about actual medical practices? This book explores the ways in which language constructs and stabilizes these slippery terms. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419908
ISBN
9780821419908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardback. Concludes the major phase of a great scholarly project: the accurate preservation and transmission of the poet's works for future generations of readers. This book begins with author's last collection of poems, Asolando: Fancies and Facts, published on the day of the poet's death, 12 December 1889. Editor(s): Dooley, Allan C.; Crowder, Ashby Bland. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 520 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419816
ISBN
9780821419816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.83

Hardback. Paying close attention to the historical contours of Romantic and Victorian meters, as well as to the minute workings of the verse line, this book presents a perspective on a subject that figured significantly in the century's literature, and in its culture. Editor(s): Hall, Jason David. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419687
ISBN
9780821419687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. During Poland's century-long partition and in the interwar period of Poland's re-emergence as a state, Polish writers on both sides of the ocean shared a preoccupation with national identity. This analysis of these forgotten works examines the immigrant community's own competing visions of itself. Series: Polish and Polish-American Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGP; 3JH; 3JJG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 407. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821414705
ISBN
9780821414705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. This study argues that, due to the 1842 Parliamentary bluebook on mines with its images of women at work, the female industrial worker became more dangerous to represent than the prostitute or male radical, because she exposed contradictions in the class and gender ideologies of the period. Num Pages: 233 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821413883
ISBN
9780821413883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821411285
ISBN
9780821411285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696826
ISBN
9780816696826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

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