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Paperback. In this work, originally published in 1600, the author creates a conversation among seven Venetain noblewomen. The dialogue explores women's experience in both theoretical and practical terms. The women take as their broad theme men's curious hostility towards women and the possible cures for it. Editor(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Translator(s): Cox, Virginia (Lecturer in Italian, Christ's College, Cambridge University). Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DST; DNF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226256825
- ISBN
- 9780226256825
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€ 36.99€ 28.67
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Paperback. Life in America at the turn of the 19th century has been characterised as distinctly male orientated. Fleissner disputes this popular view and uncovers a new understanding of the era through naturalism, the prominent literary style of the time. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226253107
- ISBN
- 9780226253107
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€ 43.99€ 33.29
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Paperback. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, this book offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as it focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252230
- ISBN
- 9780226252230
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€ 27.99€ 22.99
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Paperback. Brings together the poems/translations of American poet, David Ferry. The text includes his books "Strangers" and "Dwelling Places", selections from "On the Way to the Island" and selections from his translations of the Babylonian epic "Gilgamesh", the "Odes of Horace" and Virgil's "Eclogues". Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 666.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244877
- ISBN
- 9780226244877
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
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€ 24.82
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 7. Weight in Grams: 141.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 74
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244792
- ISBN
- 9780226244792
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€ 27.99€ 22.94
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Paperback. A collection of poems that focus on feelings of intimacy and familiarity. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 6. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244709
- ISBN
- 9780226244709
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.17
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Paperback. Although "Paradise Lost" is one of the greatest poems in the English language, it is also among the most difficult and intimidating, especially to unsophisticated readers. One of the most accessible critical studies of Paradise Lost and one frequently recommended by those teaching Milton is Anne Ferry's "Milton's Epic Voice."" Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244686
- ISBN
- 9780226244686
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. This collection is based on the idea that irony now extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. The essays cover the limits to irony's liberating qualities as well as irony's more positive dimensions. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244235
- ISBN
- 9780226244235
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
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Paperback. Ferguson argues that the emergence of pornography as a literary phenomenon in Western culture can be tied to the development of utilitarian philosophy. He contends that considering the usefulness of something rather than its individual essence diverts our attention from individual identities. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226243214
- ISBN
- 9780226243214
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 9. Weight in Grams: 170.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226241180
- ISBN
- 9780226241180
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
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Paperback. The cariacatures of feminists as grim-faced ideologues destroying the study of literature are comprehensively rebutted in this work, offering instead a clear assessment of the relative merits of various feminist approaches to literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226241159
- ISBN
- 9780226241159
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€ 32.99€ 26.02
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Paperback. Offers a collection of formal poems and measured free verse unified by its investigation of our poetic, mythic, and scientific fascination with birds of prey: hawks, eagles, owls, vultures, and falcons. Drawing on his own experience working at a raptor rehabilitation center, the author shows these killing birds to be mirrors for humanity. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226240398
- ISBN
- 9780226240398
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€ 24.99€ 20.11
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Paperback. By the end of the 15th century Cassandra Fedele was arguably the most famous woman writer and scholar in Europe. This collection of letters reveals the central, mediating role Cassandra Fedele occupied in a community of scholars otherwise inaccessible to women. Translator(s): Robin, Diana. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; BJ; DNF; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239323
- ISBN
- 9780226239323
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
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€ 36.99€ 28.58
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Paperback. Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222646
- ISBN
- 9780226222646
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€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218212
- ISBN
- 9780226218212
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
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Paperback. Explaining how the empty, unvisualized spaces of early modern prose were transformed into the elaborate landscapes and richly upholstered interiors of the Victorian novel, the author argues that the shift involved not just literary representation but an evolution in cultural perception. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 232 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226215273
- ISBN
- 9780226215273
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€ 34.99€ 27.72
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Paperback. Proposes a new way to read the emotions of the early modern stage so that contemporary readers may recover some of the historical particularity in early modern expressions of emotional self-experience. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213828
- ISBN
- 9780226213828
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€ 32.99€ 25.76
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Paperback. With Aristotle's Teaching in the "Politics," the author offers a masterly new interpretation of this classic philosophical work. With the Politics, he argues, Aristotle seeks to lead his students down a deliberately difficult path of critical thinking about civic republican life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226213651
- ISBN
- 9780226213651
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€ 32.99€ 26.02
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Paperback. Based on the Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference held at the University of Chicago in 2012, this title includes essays from prominent scholars on topics such as media archaeology, theories of the image, popular forms, the history of aesthetics, and transmedia dynamics in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and early twenty-first-century contexts. Editor(s): Chute, Hillary L.; Jagoda, Patrick. Num Pages: 272 pages, 97 colour plates, 110 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208466
- ISBN
- 9780226208466
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.87
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Paperback. Was a convicted criminal executed on stage during a beheading scene? Was an unfortunate actor driven insane while playing a madman? Did a theatrical enactment of a crucifixion result in a real one? Did an androgynous young man seduce a priest when portraying a female saint? Death by Drama answers these and other questions while presenting a. Num Pages: 354 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207889
- ISBN
- 9780226207889
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
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Paperback. An account of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", interpreting the text as displaying the human need to pursue an ideal of expressive freedom within the limits set by culture. The author sees Wittgenstein as a Romantic protagonist pondering on the nature of intentional consciousness. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226203133
- ISBN
- 9780226203133
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
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Paperback. Presents an accessible introduction to Marjorie Perloff's critical thought. In this book, fourteen interviews cover a broad spectrum of topics in the study of poetry: its nature as a literary genre, its current state, and its relationship to art, politics, language, theory, and technology. Editor(s): Bayot, David Jonathan Y. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226199412
- ISBN
- 9780226199412
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
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Paperback. Presents the psychoanalyst's therapeutic directives against his more visionary impulses in a magisterial comparative study of such writers as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Emerson, and Keats. Cross-fertilizing psychological doctrine with the literary canon, this volume offers an understanding of Freud's writings on the self. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184616
- ISBN
- 9780226184616
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.01
€ 31.99
€ 25.01