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Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046061
ISBN
9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment and laughter. This study of Pindar's language applies performance as a method for the ethnographic description and interpretation of entextualized records of verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036277
ISBN
9780674036277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036055
ISBN
9780674036055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.76

Hardback. The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. This book features some 500 articles by a range of scholars, that investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Editor(s): Grafton, Anthony; Most, Glenn W.; Settis, Salvatore. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 928 pages, 165 color illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; GBA; HBLA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 213 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035720
ISBN
9780674035720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.36
€ 76.62

Hardback. Demonstrates the decline in Ralph Waldo Emerson's creative powers after 1865; the strain caused by the preparation of a poetry anthology and delivery of lectures at Harvard during this time; the devastating effect of a house fire in 1872; and, how the Emerson children and Cabot worked together to enable Emerson to complete a book. Editor(s): Johnson, Glen M.; Myerson, Joel. Series: Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
670
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035607
ISBN
9780674035607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.03
€ 184.28

Paperback. Includes essays that focus on the tenth book of the Iliad, which has been doubted, ignored, and even scorned. This title uses approaches based on oral traditional poetics to illuminate many of the interpretive questions that literary approaches find unsolvable. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035591
ISBN
9780674035591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. In the years between 1880 and 1950, Americans recited poetry at family gatherings, school assemblies, church services, camp outings, and civic affairs. This book presents a portrait of the uses of verse in America. It shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced readers' lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet's words. Num Pages: 488 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 31. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035126
ISBN
9780674035126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Hardback. Presents a reconceptualization of the American project of conversion that begins with the story of Henry 'Opukaha'ia, the first Hawaiian convert to Christianity. The author argues that 'Opukaha'ia's conversion is both remarkable and prototypically American, because he dared to redefine himself via this drive to rebirth. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033436
ISBN
9780674033436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.26
€ 48.67

Paperback. The poetry of the Late Tang often looked backward, and many poets of the period distinguished themselves through the intensity of their retrospective gaze. Chinese poets had always looked backward to some degree, but for many Late Tang poets the echoes and traces of the past had a singular aura. This book presents the literary history of the Tang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033283
ISBN
9780674033283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. Focuses on the career of Kobayashi Hideo (1902-1983), one of the seminal figures in the history of modern Japanese literary criticism, whose interpretive vision was forged amidst the cultural and ideological crises that dominated intellectual discourse between the 1920s and the 1940s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032842
ISBN
9780674032842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.42

Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032804
ISBN
9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.58
€ 55.91

Hardback. From his forays into science fiction to his psychological novels and films, Abe Kobo weaves together a range of 'voices': the styles of science and the language of literary forms. This book argues that the crisis of identity and postwar anomie in Abe's works is inseparable from the need to marshal these different scientific and literary voices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032781
ISBN
9780674032781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.42

Hardback. Examines the revolution in Sanskrit poetics initiated by the ninth-century Kashmiri Anandavardhana who replaced the formalist aesthetic of earlier poeticians with one stressing the unifunctionality of literary texts, arguing that all components of a work should subserve a single purpose - the communication of a single emotional mood (rasa). Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 470 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032736
ISBN
9780674032736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.58
€ 55.91

Hardback. Tao Yuanming (365-427), although dismissed as a poet following his death, is now considered one of China's greatest writers. This book studies the posthumous reputation of a central figure in Chinese literary history, the mechanisms at work in the reception of his works, and the canonization of Tao himself. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031845
ISBN
9780674031845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Hardback. A study of visuality in early modern and modern China. It identifies three distinct constellations of visual concerns corresponding to the late imperial, mid-twentieth century, and contemporary periods, respectively. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031746
ISBN
9780674031746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.46

Hardback. A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture. It focuses on the Sunday lives of a number of prominent British and American writers - and what they have had to say about Sunday. It also examines such observant Christians as George Herbert, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Hannah More, and Jonathan Edwards. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031685
ISBN
9780674031685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Hardback. Fiction and drama repeatedly pose questions concerning relations both among people and between people and their possessions: What ties individuals together, whether permanently or temporarily? When can ownership be transferred, and when does an object define its owner? This book traces how these political questions were addressed in fiction. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031562
ISBN
9780674031562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Solomon, famous from the Bible is pit against a wily peasant named Marcolf. The king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and blasphemer bandy back and forth questions and comments. Whereas Solomon is solemn and pompous, Marcolf resorts to low language and earthy topics. Marcolf tricks Solomon time and again. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: Harvard Studies in Medieval Latin/ Harvard University Department of Classics. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028425
ISBN
9780674028425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardback. When a master novelist, essayist, and critic searches for the wellsprings of his own work, where does he turn? Here, the author a Peruvian writer, presidential contender, and public intellectual - answers this most personal question with elegant concision in this collection of essays. Series: The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature. Num Pages: 152 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028364
ISBN
9780674028364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the "Odyssey's" characters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028128
ISBN
9780674028128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Hardback. The displacement in science of positivist notions of observation by a realist model of knowledge provided inspiration for Japanese writers. This work looks at the ideological incarnations of scientific realism in modernist works. It focuses on the struggle of science and art to reclaim the invisible as an object of representation and belief. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027947
ISBN
9780674027947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Trodd, Zoe. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 576 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027633
ISBN
9780674027633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
847
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027121
ISBN
9780674027121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.10
€ 64.19

Hardback. The writer Nakagami Kenji (1946-1992) rose to fame in the mid-1970s for his vivid stories about a clan scarred by violence and poverty on the underside of the Japanese economy. This book is a study of Nakagami's life and oeuvre delving into the writer's literary world, exploring the genres, forms, and themes with which Nakagami worked. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674026032
ISBN
9780674026032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

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