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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Paperback. This text presents eight Nigerian women writers and proposes a vernacular theory based on their work. Flora Nwapa, Adaora Lily Ulasi, Buchi Emecheta are some of the writers included. The importance of children and community in the literary tradition of African womanism is assessed. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226620855
ISBN
9780226620855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, viii, 256 p. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226873985
ISBN
9780226873985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231029889
ISBN
9780231029889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231053785
ISBN
9780231053785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.80

Hardback. This collection of critical essays attempts to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal's writings and to determine why his work has been underestimated. It includes an interview with Vidal in which he discusses his career and his troubled relationship with literary reviewers. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072083
ISBN
9780231072083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 90.24

Hardback. The first history of America's major literary form offers new views of our literary history and a sophisticated examination of areas of fiction that have only recently begun to receive attention. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory; Davidson, Cathy N.; O'Donnell, Patrick; Smith, Valerie; Wilson, Christopher P. Num Pages: 905 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
905
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231073608
ISBN
9780231073608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.28
€ 100.69

Paperback. Uncovers the connections between the Chicago school of sociology - exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park and Robert Redfield - and the great Chicago novelists of the 1930s, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and James T. Farrell, all of whom integrated sociological theories into their own work. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081290
ISBN
9780231081290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Not only a meditation on Proust, this is a commentary on how the experience of literature is manifested in time and sensation. Kristeva uses Proust as a starting point to reflect upon broader notions of character, time, sensation, metaphor, and history. Translator(s): Guberman, Ross. Series: European Perspectives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102513
ISBN
9780231102513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. For Smith, "lesbian panic" is often a fear of losing one's identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of "lesbian panic" through key works: The Voyage Out and Mrs. Dalloway; The Little Girls and Eva Trout; King of a Rainy Country; The Golden Notebook; and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106214
ISBN
9780231106214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Levy explores the classic Chinese novel The Story of the Stone(also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber), illuminating the work by interpreting its four major themes: the inversion of traditional family dynamics, the function of illness and medicine in a Buddhist society, the role of poetry in a dynastic Chinese society, and the use of poetry as a vehicle for spiritual retribution. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114066
ISBN
9780231114066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114158
ISBN
9780231114158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115438
ISBN
9780231115438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116954
ISBN
9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Michel de Montaigne's (1533-1592) Essais, was a profound study of human subjectivity. More than three hundred years before the advent of psychoanalysis, Montaigne embarked on a remarkable quest to see and imagine the self from a variety of vantage points. This title traces Montaigne's development of the Western concept of the self. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119924
ISBN
9780231119924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121576
ISBN
9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, this is a guide to contemporary African American literature. It presents information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231124720
ISBN
9780231124720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125314
ISBN
9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was an influential poetry critic. This book examines his work, situating him among peers. It examines the social context of his aesthetic choices, examining events ranging from teen culture to the Cuban missile crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125949
ISBN
9780231125949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Hardback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles five writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with them with autobiographical observations and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126106
ISBN
9780231126106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.48

Paperback. Presents an introduction to Japanese fiction. This book profiles the writers Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Ko bo, and Shiba Ryo taro. It also describes the author's personal encounters with thesm and his literary and cultural analysis. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126113
ISBN
9780231126113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126564
ISBN
9780231126564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.47

Paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126571
ISBN
9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
327
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126915
ISBN
9780231126915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of Jacques Derrida. This book merges the biography and textual commentary in a portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverly Bie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128247
ISBN
9780231128247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.84

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