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Literary studies: general

Results 1945 - 1968 of 9773

Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Offers the study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's Divine Comedy. This title makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, introducing Dante to crucial current debates about literature's relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071091
ISBN
9780226071091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.50

Hardcover. Drawing on his experiences as a photographer and author, Brassai discovered a neglected aspect of Proust's interests, offering a study of the role of photography both in Proust's oeuvre and in early 20th-century culture. This translation features photographs from Brassai's "High Society" series. Translator(s): Howard, Richard (Prpfessor, School of the Arts, Columbia University, USA). Num Pages: 148 pages, 16 duotones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 194 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226071442
ISBN
9780226071442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.63

Paperback. This text traces the emergence of a post-absolutist culture in France across a range of works and genres including: Saint-Simon's memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency; Voltaire's first tragedy, "Oedipe"; Watteau's last great painting, "L'Enseigne de Gersaint"; and the plays of Marivaux. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones, notes, index. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226093123
ISBN
9780226093123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.69

Paperback. Argues that they were the carriers of linguistic restriction, and writers from Frederick Douglass to Stephen Crane 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: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226101699
ISBN
9780226101699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Elucidates the uses of autobiography and constructions of personhood in American poetry since World War II, with reference to American literature in general since Emerson. Including essays on Robert Lowell, Frank Bidart, Frank O'Hara, and Louise Gluck, the author intends to bridge the chasm between formal and experimental poetry in the US. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103839
ISBN
9780226103839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.06

hardcover. Latin epics such as Virgil's "Aeneid", Lucan's "Civil War", and Statius' "Thebaid" addressed Roman aristocrats whose dealings in gifts, favors, and payments defined their conceptions of social order. This book argues that these exchanges play a central yet overlooked role in epic depictions of Roman society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111872
ISBN
9780226111872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 55.64

Paperback. Rooted in the age-old problem of the fraught relationship between fathers and sons, this title is about the power of books and theater, the excitement of stories in a young man's life, and the transformative magic of words and performance. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226142234
ISBN
9780226142234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.53

Hardback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184470
ISBN
9780226184470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.40

Paperback. Our common definition of literacy is the ability to read and write in one language. However from the 15th to the 17th centuries print culture led to many disputes over modes of literacy, as the transition from Latin to more vernacular forms of speech and writing escalated. Num Pages: 350 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243122
ISBN
9780226243122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.69

Paperback. Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-sex relations. The work focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature but also includes examinations of contemporary opera, dance and theatre. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; AS; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260921
ISBN
9780226260921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works, this book argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments: as meaningfully constructed objects whose forms and textual contents shed light on the city's literary, social, and more. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269405
ISBN
9780226269405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226269535
ISBN
9780226269535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226290003
ISBN
9780226290003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.09

Paperback. "Blood Talk" shows how race melodrama emerged from race abolitionist works such as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and surprisingly manifested itself in a set of more aesthetically and politically varied works, such as historical romances, sentimental novels and travel literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226293905
ISBN
9780226293905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226307008
ISBN
9780226307008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.44

Paperback. This text looks at the difference that differences make in a globalized world. Gunn uses the work of Henry James, John Dewey and others, as well as postcolonial writings, literature on the Holocaust and other literature to show how pragmatism can better account for the consequences of diversity. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HB; HP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226310640
ISBN
9780226310640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226353296
ISBN
9780226353296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 40.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226357669
ISBN
9780226357669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 90.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226357836
ISBN
9780226357836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.74

Paperback. How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423241
ISBN
9780226423241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437361
ISBN
9780226437361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226447742
ISBN
9780226447742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.50

Paperback. Showing why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy, this text examines works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that undermined the utilitarian ethos of the age. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780226468600
ISBN
9780226468600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.78

Hardcover. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226486956
ISBN
9780226486956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 79.56

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