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Paperback. Human, hunger, happiness, hope, heart, and Halliday all start with h, as does ham. Accident? Maybe! But seldom have the flour of the humanistic and the egg yolk of honesty mixed more swellingly with the yeast of desire and the salt of self-doubt - not to mention the olive paste of ambition. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313863
ISBN
9780226313863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Hardcover. Combines historical literary analysis and political theory in order to demonstrate that democratic practices of deliberation are rooted in the civic rhetoric that flourished in the early American republic. This title offers a mode of historical and textual analysis that displays the wide range of resources imaginative language. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226311296
ISBN
9780226311296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.62

Paperback. This English translation of the "Discourse" is the first version published in any form since 1586. It displays an incredibly far-sighted view of women's education, with advice on spirituality, morality, health and beauty required by a well-bred lady-in-waiting. Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310558
ISBN
9780226310558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. During the second half of the 18th century, the social role of educated women and the nature of domesticity were the focus of widespread debate in Britain. This work explores how small changes in the meaning of patriotism permitted educated women to imagine themselves as political subjects. Num Pages: 354 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226310527
ISBN
9780226310527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. This work explores Shakespeare's deep fascination with dangerous and disorderly forms of speaking - especially rumour, slander, insult, vituperation and curse - and through them offers a vision of the work of words in his plays. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309897
ISBN
9780226309897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309743
ISBN
9780226309743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. In the spirit of Blake's vow of 'mental fight,' this work contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309736
ISBN
9780226309736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Hardcover. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308975
ISBN
9780226308975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308951
ISBN
9780226308951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. Offers translations of Euripides' "Medea", "The Children of Heracles", "Andromache", and "Iphigenia among the Taurians", fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles' "The Trackers". In this title, introductions for each play offer information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. Editor(s): Griffith, Mark; Most, Glenn W. Series Editor(s): Grene, David; Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Complete Greek Tragedies. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308777
ISBN
9780226308777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Paperback. A collection of Fulke Greville's short poems that includes the whole of his lyric sequence, "Caelica", along with choruses from some of his verse dramas. Editor(s): Gunn, Thom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308463
ISBN
9780226308463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. From Ulysses' Argo to Freud's Lun, these stories explore the mysterious and often intense relationship between human beings and dogs. Illustrating a broad knowledge of literary dog lovers, and elaborating on their insights, Grenier's volume abounds with humour and history. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 132 x 11. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226308289
ISBN
9780226308289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes-of claims for the absolute authority of scripture, monarch, and God, and the authority of fathers over wives and children, the old over the young, and the gentle over the baseborn. Greenblatt shows that Shakespeare was averse to such absolutes and constantly probed the possibility of freedom from them. Series: The Rice University Campbell Lectures. Num Pages: 164 pages, 4 colour plates, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306667
ISBN
9780226306667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306476
ISBN
9780226306476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brian, John. Num Pages: 353 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; AC; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226306223
ISBN
9780226306223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. The third and fourth books of Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" deal with the nature and management of emotion. He presents the insights of Greek philosophers on the subject, reporting the views of Epicurians and Peripatetics and giving a detailed account of the Stoic position. Translator(s): Graver, Margaret (Assistant Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College, USA). Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSK; HPCA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305783
ISBN
9780226305783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Attempts to unearth the ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it. This book shows that various conflicts of our culture wars echo and recycle controversies over how literature should be taught. It also presents a history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBT; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
20 Anv
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226305592
ISBN
9780226305592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Explores the ways in which three novelists of empire - Paul Scott, V.S. Naipaul and Salman Rushdie - have charted the blurred boundaries of identity in the wake of British imperialism. This text provides readings of post-colonial fiction, showing how imperialism shaped British national identity. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226304755
ISBN
9780226304755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300689
ISBN
9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. This is the second volume of two, Harold C. Goddard takes the reader on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his plays and genius. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 305 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1960
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300429
ISBN
9780226300429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. This is the first volume of two, Harold C. Goddard takes the reader on a tour through the works of William Shakespeare, celebrating his plays and genius. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 407 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1951
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300412
ISBN
9780226300412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.82

Hardcover. How did slavery and race impact American literature in the 19th century? This book argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers like Frederick Douglass wrestled with the demands for silence and circumspection that accompanied the antebellum fear of disunion and the postwar reconciliation between the North and South. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226294131
ISBN
9780226294131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293981
ISBN
9780226293981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.80
€ 59.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 108 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293967
ISBN
9780226293967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

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