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Literary studies: general

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

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Hardback. This guide to the literatures of Eastern Europe since 1945 includes an overview of literary themes and trends in historical context; a chronology of major political events; an A-Z section of articles on the most important and influential 700 writers; and an index. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 512 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DV; 3JJP; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114042
ISBN
9780231114042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.36
€ 102.15

Hardback. Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others-and reflecting upon subjects ranging from social attitudes towards racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships-the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113328
ISBN
9780231113328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 90.75

Hardback. With more than one hundred articles that show how a host of authors and literary movements have contributed to the general literary development of their respective countries, this companion is an essential starting point for the study of East Asian literatures. Editor(s): Mostow, Joshua S. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2G; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113144
ISBN
9780231113144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.88
€ 109.15

Paperback. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today, and he is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition contains four of his most important plays including three popular domestic dramas and one history play. Translator(s): Keene, Donald. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111010
ISBN
9780231111010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Presents a collection of three "Turk" plays namely "Selimus, Emperor of the Turks"; "A Christian Turned Turk"; and "The Renegado". It represents Islamic power and wealth in scenes of piracy on the high seas, on-stage execution by strangulation, and rites of religious conversion. It is useful for understanding the English identity. Editor(s): Vitkus, Daniel J. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illus; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110297
ISBN
9780231110297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political and psychoanalytic theory, as well as a wide range of texts and theories. Editor(s): Lane, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109475
ISBN
9780231109475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

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
€ 27.68

Paperback. This translation presents the Analects in a revolutionary new format that, for the first time in any language, distinguishes the original words of the Master from the later sayings of his disciples and their followers, enabling readers to experience China's most influential philosophical work in its true historical, social, and political context. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 342 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HPD; HRKN1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231104319
ISBN
9780231104319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

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
€ 31.19

Paperback. This treatise argues that literary criticism must re-establish connections to a wide range of social activities. It sets out a new type of criticism, called ecological literary criticism, which aims to make humanistic studies more socially responsible. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100298
ISBN
9780231100298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Including the classics of the genre as well as rare period pieces by African Americans and women, and northern and southern patriotic verse and songs, The Columbia Book of Civil War Poetry paints the background of the conflict and its literature, with each poem introduced by a compelling vignette. Editor(s): Frome, Keith. Num Pages: 543 pages, 53 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBF; DSC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 210 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100021
ISBN
9780231100021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082235
ISBN
9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

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
€ 29.52

Hardback. From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, this text uncovers the strategies black writers used to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to a white audience. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080941
ISBN
9780231080941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography. Editor(s): Jones, Stanleigh H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080538
ISBN
9780231080538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts. It focuses on the poet's 20-year residence in Brazil, and attempts to provide a new understanding of Bishop's treatment of love, sex and gender. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076630
ISBN
9780231076630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076531
ISBN
9780231076531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075947
ISBN
9780231075947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.49

Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075107
ISBN
9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Paperback. Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074292
ISBN
9780231074292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.23
€ 68.61

Hardback. -- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University Editor(s): Yampolsky, Philip B. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072601
ISBN
9780231072601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.91
€ 90.75

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

€ 118.91
€ 90.75

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