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Literary studies: general

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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Linking literature, art, psychology and cultural studies, this work investigates Westerners' attraction to "primitive" cultures. Torgovnick explores the stories of Jung, Dinesen, O'Keefe and Lawrence and the ways they use the primitive as a medium for soul searching and personal fulfilment. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226808376
ISBN
9780226808376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.45

Hardcover. More than any other art form, literature defined Eastern Europe as a cultural and political entity in the second half of the twentieth century. Although often persecuted by the state, East European writers' voices were heard and revered inside and outside their countries. This study considers the effects of the end of communism on such writers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 tables, 8halftones. BIC Classification: 1DV; DSB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226867663
ISBN
9780226867663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.34

Paperback. Arguing against Andy Warhol's apparently superficial "pop" image, this study seeks to show that Warhol was deeply engaged with the people around him, and that this was reflected in his art. It looks at the underground culture of poets, artists and film-makers who regularly interacted with Warhol. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 colour plates, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AGB; BG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226904931
ISBN
9780226904931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.03

Hardcover. In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger - the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor - carries a particular urgency, and the force of language used to describe those who are different has become strong. This title reveals the history of encounters with alien figures and our struggles with romantic concerns about the unknown. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922355
ISBN
9780226922355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.78

Hardcover. The central argument of Edward Said's Orientalism is that the relationship between Britain and its colonies was primarily oppositional, based on contrasts between conquest abroad and domestic order at home. This book reveals that romanticism provided a way to resist imperial logic about improvement and moral virtue. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923130
ISBN
9780226923130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Hardcover. Experiencing the Afterlife provides an analysis of depictions of the afterlife written in Italy before the Divine Comedy by authors such as Uguccione da Lodi, Glacomino da Verona, and Bonvesin da la Riva. Manuele Gragnolati uses his readings of these poets to provide an interpretation of Dante's work. Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029647
ISBN
9780268029647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.21

Paperback. Titus Lucretius Carus (ca 99-55 BC) is known primarily as the Roman author of the long didactic poem "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things"). In it, he set out to explicate the universe, embracing and refuting ideas of the Greek philosophers. This Latin text features an introduction to Lucretius' life and work. Editor(s): Leonard, William Ellery; Smith, Stanley Barney. Num Pages: 896 pages, 8 plates. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299003647
ISBN
9780299003647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.83

Paperback. This collection of essays focuses on the contribution of American women to the writing of autiobiography. The authors trace editions of women's life-writing through three and a half centuries, from the narratives of Puritan women to contemporary multicultural literature. Editor(s): Culley, Margo. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3J; BGA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299132941
ISBN
9780299132941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.89

Paperback. Using the methods of Frankfurt School theorists, Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, Suchoff offers new readings of Dickens, Melville and Kafka that underscore the political and social critiques inherent in their novels. He also studies the historical origins of literary theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299140847
ISBN
9780299140847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.44

Paperback. Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, this book exposes the doubleness of Carson McCullers's life. A mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and love of life of their author. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299164447
ISBN
9780299164447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.72

Hardcover. Examines the perspectives of artists, writers, native peoples and ecologists who recognized the beauty of the prairie. The text considers the connections between aesthetics and economics, landscape and culture, politics and ethics, as illustrated by the prairie in American civilization. Editor(s): Sayre, Robert F. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 colour & 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; DSB; RGBC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299164607
ISBN
9780299164607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.69

Paperback. Eamonn Wall arrived in the US in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the "New Irish". In this book he wrestles with his own identity, and comments on the poetry, fiction, essays, and memories of both the New Irish and Americans of Irish heritage. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2AB; BG; DNF; DSB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Wisconsin Pres
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299167240
ISBN
9780299167240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. How much did making it new have to do with making it? For the four "outsider poets" considered here, the connection was everything. Both a social history of literary ambition in America in the 1950s and 1960s and a collective literary biography, this is an account of postwar poetry underground. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 231.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299168445
ISBN
9780299168445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.47

Hardcover. This double biography explores Lawrence and von Richthofen's collision with an industrial world they hated and chronicles their stormy marriage. The strong sexual vitality that inspired Lawrence's art brought both joy and anguish to his marriage. Num Pages: 496 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299177508
ISBN
9780299177508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.44

Paperback. Yair Mazor introduces English-speaking audiences to the poetry of Asher Reich, one of Israel's best contemporary poets. Dominated by themes of stormy sensuality, his dramatic imagery and metaphors interweave Mishnaic, Talmudic, and Biblical references in a colourful, complex poetic texture. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DCQ; DSBH; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299181543
ISBN
9780299181543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.19

Hardcover. In post-WWII America, stranger to her own past, Colette Inez survives a harrowing adolescence and a menacing, abusive adoptive family by defining her solace in a passion for literature. This memoir, spans two continents, a trail of discovery, and a buried secret that allowed her to reconcile her past, present and finally come of age as an artist. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299214203
ISBN
9780299214203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.77

Paperback. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics (Paperback). Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299248246
ISBN
9780299248246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.64

Hardcover. Acclaimed writer Floyd Skloot offers an intimate, faceted memoir of debilitating vertigo and other experiences that knocked him awry from childhood to late middle age. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299299507
ISBN
9780299299507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.58

Hardcover. Argues that the story of Hylas - a famous episode of the Argonauts' voyage - was used by poets throughout classical antiquity to reflect symbolically on the position of their poetry in the literary tradition. Certain elements of the story, including the characters of Hylas and Hercules themselves, functioned as metaphors of the art of poetry. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299305406
ISBN
9780299305406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardcover. Knapp reads Anna Karenina with other texts, including ones that strongly influenced Tolstoy, to illuminate his understanding of the interconnectedness of human lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299307905
ISBN
9780299307905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Hardcover. Illuminates how James Joyce s Ulysses was influenced not just by Homer s Odyssey but by Virgil s Aeneid, as both authors confronted issues of nationalism, colonialism, and political violence, whether in imperial Rome or revolutionary Ireland." Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADL; DSBB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299308001
ISBN
9780299308001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.33

Hardback. Series: The pamphlets of Lewis Carroll. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 36. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930326098
ISBN
9780930326098
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.83

Paperback. The first in-depth examination of the theatrical achievements of this acclaimed playwright Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472030101
ISBN
9780472030101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Collects writing by leading international critics and scholars on the theater of the late icon, activist, and playwright, Arthur Miller, and the ways his work reflects the moral equations of his time. This book's essays and interviews treat the breadth of Miller's work, including his early political writings. Editor(s): Brater, Enoch. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472031559
ISBN
9780472031559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.84

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