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Paperback. Mieke Bal has had a significant impact on every field she has touched. This work reflects the fields that Bal has most profoundly influenced: literary study, interdisciplinary methodology, visual analysis, and postmodern theology. This work brings together a collection of her work that distills her broad interests and areas of expertise. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035857
ISBN
9780226035857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.32

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: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035765
ISBN
9780226035765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.89

Paperback. Series: Black Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035437
ISBN
9780226035437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Baker offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its vernacular level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic undertones are both central to the American narrative and characteristic of the Afro-American way of telling it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2ABM; AV; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035383
ISBN
9780226035383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. Baker perceives the Harlem Renaissance as a crucial moment in a movement, predating the 1920's, when Afro-Americans embraced the task of self-determination and in so doing gave forth a distinctive form of expression that still echoes in a broad spectrum of 20th-century Afro-American arts. Num Pages: 142 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226035253
ISBN
9780226035253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.50

Hardcover. Offers an account of Dickens and early American film by tracing the unexpected history and intricate strategies of the sentimental mode and showing how it has been reimagined over the past three centuries. This title begins with a look at Frank Capra and the Capraesque in American public life. Num Pages: 392 pages, 68 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; APFA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226034959
ISBN
9780226034959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 42.14

Paperback. A collection of eleven fairy tales by Victorian women. Editor(s): Auerbach, Nina; Knoepflmacher, U. C. Num Pages: 380 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSY; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226032047
ISBN
9780226032047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Reveals how "Oriental" tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024493
ISBN
9780226024493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.97

Hardcover. Reveals how Oriental tales, pseudo-ethnographies, sexual fantasies, and political satires took Europe by storm during the eighteenth century. Naming this body of fiction Enlightenment Orientalism, this title poses a range of questions that uncovers the interdependence of Oriental tales and domestic fiction. Num Pages: 352 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226024486
ISBN
9780226024486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.07
€ 87.71

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in early modern literature or the history of food, this title tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. It features illustrations and a handful of recipes. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021270
ISBN
9780226021270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Comprehensively engaging with Murdoch's work this volume gathers contributions from philosophers, theologians, and a literary critic to explore the significance of her ideas for contemporary thought. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021133
ISBN
9780226021133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Presents the essays that range from front-line interventions in debates on poetics to fugitive pieces from the '60s and '70s. From Andy Warhol to Allan Kaprow, Mark Rothko to Ludwig Wittgenstein, this title takes the reader on an idiosyncratic, personal journey through twentieth-century culture. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 326 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020976
ISBN
9780226020976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This text examines public and private expressions of female same-sex sexuality in 16th- and 17th-century England. The author outlines the vernacular through which female same-sex erotics first entered verbal consciousness by examining travel narratives, anatomies and marital advice books. Series: Sexuality, History & Society S. Num Pages: 268 pages, 4 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226020099
ISBN
9780226020099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Features an extended poem with a bold political dimension and great intellectual ambition. This book fuses the poet's point of view with Walt Whitman's to narrate a decentered time-traveling collage about Rock Creek, a tributary of the Potomac that runs through Washington, DC. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226017013
ISBN
9780226017013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.87

Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014418
ISBN
9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.87

Hardcover. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. "Lines on a Half-Painted House" made it into the magazine - but not before Kumin was asked to produce, via her husband's employer, verification that the poem was her original work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014074
ISBN
9780226014074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11
€ 54.20

Paperback. This work offers not only important statements by composers and critics, but also musical speculations by poets, novelists, philosophers, and others - all of which combine with Daniel Albright's commentary to place modernist music in the context of a broader intellectual history. Num Pages: 440 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: AV; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226012674
ISBN
9780226012674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.50

Paperback. With helpful annotations to the poetry, as well as a selected bibliography containing the most important editions and translations from all three of the main Iberian languages, this volume is suitable for both specialists and students in comparative literature. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent; Bajus, Mark; Malik, Cici. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent; Bajus, Mark; Malik, Cici. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226011332
ISBN
9780226011332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.04

Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007724
ISBN
9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.64

Paperback. An actor's deepest desire is to be understood. But when asked to pronounce such words as "chanson," "phantasime," or "quaestor," many otherwise unflappable actors can be rendered speechless. This book aims to untie those tongues and help anyone speak Shakespeare's language with ease. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226006314
ISBN
9780226006314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of contact, exchange, conflict, and disavowal among cultures that span the borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005522
ISBN
9780226005522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.18

Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.22

Paperback. A meditation on the nature of betrayal, the constraints of identity, and the power of narrative, the lyric monologues in "Troy", this title offers a retelling of Chaucer's tragedy "Troilus and Criseyde". Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001203
ISBN
9780226001203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Stimpson, Catharine R. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226000817
ISBN
9780226000817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.53

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