Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Challenging conventional constructions of the Harlem Renaissance and American modernism, Daylanne English links writers from both movements to debates about eugenics in the Progressive Era. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 illustrations, 2 charts, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855317
- ISBN
- 9780807855317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.72
€ 49.72
Paperback / so. George Eliot and the Landscape of Time: Narrative Form and Protestant Apocalyptic History Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807857274
- ISBN
- 9780807857274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Hardcover. Literary scholars often avoid category of aesthetic in discussions of ethics, believing that aesthetic judgments can vitiate analyses of a literary work's sociopolitical heft. This title reveals that aesthetics formal aspects of literary language that make it senseperceptible are indeed inextricable from ethics in writing of medieval literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015842
- ISBN
- 9780226015842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Hardcover. Examines the relationship between medievalism and colonialism in the nineteenth-century Hispanic American context through the striking case of the Creole Andres Bello (1781-1865), a Venezuelan grammarian whose lifelong philological work on the medieval heroic narrative would later become Spain's national epic, "The Poem of the Cid". Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016214
- ISBN
- 9780226016214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.42
€ 77.42
Hardcover. In this volume Douglas Biow traces the role that humanists played in the development of professions and professionalism in Renaissance Italy, and vice versa. Examining a wide range of treatises, poems and essays, Biow shows how interaction between humanists and professionals was conducted. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226051710
- ISBN
- 9780226051710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.05
€ 81.05
Hardcover. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059686
- ISBN
- 9780226059686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.45
€ 122.45
Hardcover. Putting the practices of communication at the center of this intellectual revolution, this title shows how American patriots - the Whigs - used new forms of communication to challenge British authority before any shots were fired at Lexington and Concord. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226061375
- ISBN
- 9780226061375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. During the Enlightenment, Western scholars racialized ideas, deeming knowledge based on reality superior to that based on ideality. This book brings the unacknowledged history of this racialization to light and shows how, even as we have rejected ethnocentric notions of "the savage," they remain active. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069906
- ISBN
- 9780226069906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.17
€ 121.17
Hardcover. Presents an argument that Additional MS 37049, a Carthusian miscellany housed in the British Library closes the gap between group spectatorship and private study in late medieval England. This book addresses the manuscript's texts and illustrations to examine connections between reading and performance within the solitary monk's cell and outside. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 colour plates, 108 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; ACK; DSBB; DSK; HBJD1; HBLC; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071329
- ISBN
- 9780226071329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.45
€ 80.45
Hardcover. Examines the complex relations between the expansion of trade in Asia and the production of heroic romance in Europe from the second half of the thirteenth century through the late seventeenth century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071572
- ISBN
- 9780226071572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226083872
- ISBN
- 9780226083872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 78.49
€ 94.17
€ 78.49
Paperback. Brings together hundreds of stories from all over the world, from the earliest recorded Hindu and Hebrew texts to the items in the Weekly World News, to show the hilariously convoluted sexual scrapes that people get into and out of. Here you will find wives who accidentally commit adultery with their own husbands. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRLP5; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226156439
- ISBN
- 9780226156439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.35
€ 54.35
Hardcover. "The French Revolution" brings to mind violent mobs, the guillotine, and Madame Defarge, but it was also a publishing revolution: more than 1,200 novels were published between 1789 and 1804, when Napoleon declared the Revolution at an end. This book covers an account of politico-literary moment and its aftermath. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226160580
- ISBN
- 9780226160580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.24
€ 72.24
Hardcover. Placing sensibility in dialogue with classical and early-modern antecedents as well as contemporary animal studies, this book uncovers crucial connections between eighteenth-century poetry; theories of communication; and post-absolutist, rights-based politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226239255
- ISBN
- 9780226239255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.17
€ 121.17
Hardcover. In an age of sound bite, what sort of author could be relevant than a master of epigram? Martial, the influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, was just such a virtuoso of form, but despite his pertinence to culture, his work has been neglected. This book provides an insightful tour of his works, shedding light on Roman poet's world. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252537
- ISBN
- 9780226252537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
Hardcover. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Num Pages: 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 808. Encyclopedic Writing in the Scholastic Age. 424 pages, 5 colour plates, 21 halftones, 3 tables. The thirteenth century saw such a proliferation of new encyclopedic texts that more than one scholar has called in the century of the encyclopedias. In this study, the author examines writings in Latin, Catalan, and French that are connected to the encyclopedic movement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ADC; 2ADF; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 36. Weight: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260686
- ISBN
- 9780226260686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardcover. Political theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book assembles scholars to examine the role played by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and thought in modern conceptions of political theology. Editor(s): Hammill, Graham L.; Lupton, Julia Reinhard. Num Pages: 352 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226314976
- ISBN
- 9780226314976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.80
€ 143.80
Hardcover. It is a common belief that scripture has no place in modern, secular politics. The author challenges this notion, arguing that Moses' constitution of Israel, which created people bound by the rule of law, was central to early modern writings about government and state. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315423
- ISBN
- 9780226315423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.67
€ 78.67
Hardcover. Our thoughts are shaped as much by what things make of us as by what we make of them. This title explores the world of objects and phenomena in nature as expressed in romantic poetry alongside the theme of sentience and sensory deprivation in literature and art. It opens our eyes to what has been previously overlooked in lyric and romantic poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226390666
- ISBN
- 9780226390666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.17
€ 121.17
Hardcover. Jane Austen's lasting appeal to both popular and elite audiences has lifted her to legendary status. This title begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, considering how these artifacts point to an author who is invisible and yet whose image is inseparable from the characters and fictional worlds she created. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462. 224 pages, 35 halftones. Jane Austen's lasting appeal to both popular and elite audiences has lifted her to legendary status. This title begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, considering how these artifacts point to an author who is invisible and yet whose image is inseparable from the characters and fictional worlds she created. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226402031
- ISBN
- 9780226402031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.17
€ 121.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 halftoens, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226477572
- ISBN
- 9780226477572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Hardcover. An essay that focuses on reading in an e-reader world. Contending that our experience of reading belies naive generalizations about the future of books, it offers an elegantly argued and up-to-date tribute to the endurance of books in our ever-evolving digital world. Num Pages: 200 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669786
- ISBN
- 9780226669786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.65
€ 33.65
Hardcover. Investigates eleven sixteenth-century English writers who used sermons, a saint's biography, courtly and popular verse, a traveler's report, a history book, a husbandry book, and a supposedly fictional adventure novel to share the secrets of the heart and tell their life stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761879
- ISBN
- 9780226761879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.78
€ 77.78
Hardcover. Who during the Renaissance could have dissented from the values of reason and restraint, patience and humility, rejection of the worldly and the physical? This title counters the prevalent view of the period as dominated by the regulation of bodies and passions, intending to reclaim the Renaissance as an era happily churning with energies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777511
- ISBN
- 9780226777511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.85
€ 78.85