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Hardcover. The impact of absent fathers on sons in the black community has been a subject for cultural critics and sociologists who often deal in anonymous data. This book examines the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation as seen in black men's autobiographies and in other constructions of black fatherhood in fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826218216
- ISBN
- 9780826218216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Hardcover. By disclosing how Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy made aesthetic choices based on their Catholicism and their belief that fiction by its very nature is revelatory, the author demonstrates that their work cannot be seen as merely a continuation of the historical aesthetic that dominated southern literature for so long. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826217578
- ISBN
- 9780826217578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.47
€ 62.47
Hardcover. For Caribbean women, the image of sucking salt has long signified how they have endured hardship and found ways to transcend it. This study examines the fiction and poetry of both emigrant and island women to explore strategies they have developed for overcoming the oppression of racism, sexism, and economic deprivation in their lives and work. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826216656
- ISBN
- 9780826216656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.20
€ 69.20
Paperback. This is an examination of the fictional work of one of Latin America's most prolific, yet overlooked, writers. Born in Colombia to parents of mixed ancestry, Zapata Olivella uses his novels to explore the plight of the downtrodden in his nation and by extension the experience of blacks in other parts of the Americas. Series: Afro-romance Writers S. Num Pages: 176 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215789
- ISBN
- 9780826215789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.79
€ 48.79
Hardcover. This is the second volume of Langston Hughes's autobiography, charting the period of his life from age 29 to 35. It is filled with portraits of the people and places Hughes encountered during his travels around the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 42. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214348
- ISBN
- 9780826214348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.34
€ 71.34
Paperback. An analysis of the humour of man known as Mark Twain, this text shows all the facets of the writer, from the his "birth" to his visions in the 1900s of human existence as a state of slavery. Series: Mark Twain and His Circle Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, index, appendix. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214287
- ISBN
- 9780826214287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Autobiography: The Big Sea (Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Vol 13...
McLaren, Joseph, Langston Hughes
Hardcover. This is the first volume of the autobiography of Langston Hughes, covering the years up to 1931. Hughes offers recollections of his childhood in Kansas, his high school years in Cleveland, his sojourn with his father in Mexico, and his initial reactions to New York City and Harlem. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214102
- ISBN
- 9780826214102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
Hardcover. This collection of Eric Voegelin's book reviews reflects in miniature the many problems Voegelin tackled in his essays, articles and books from the 1920s to the 1950s. Some of his reviews are little more than clinical summaries; others are analytic essays. Editor(s): Cooper, Barry. Translator(s): Cockerill, Jodi; Cooper, Barry. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 240 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213655
- ISBN
- 9780826213655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardcover. Interpreting the Nazi era using the basic diagnostic tools provided by the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle, Judaeo-Christian culture, and contemporary German-language writers, this book provides an alternative approach to the topic of the individual German's entanglement with the Hitler regime. Editor(s): Clemens, Detlev; Purcell, Brendan (Lecturer in Philosophy, University College, Dublin, Ireland). Translator(s): Purcell, Brendan M.; Clemens, Detlev. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HPCA; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 671.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212160
- ISBN
- 9780826212160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.71
€ 69.71
Hardcover. Offers a set of photographs which are intended to enhance the reader's knowledge of the largely autobiographical work of Thomas Wolfe. The photographs are of Wolfe's family and close associates (his strong-willed father and Aline Bernstein, the older woman he loved), his childhood and so on. Num Pages: 192 pages, 245 illustrations, bibliography, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AJC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826208934
- ISBN
- 9780826208934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Hardback. Maverick gay poetic icon Thom Gunn (1929-2004) and his body of work have long dared the British and American poetry establishments either to claim or disavow him. This book surveys Gunn's career from his youth in 1930s Britain to his final years in California, from his earliest publications to his later unpublished notebooks. Editor(s): Weiner, Joshua. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226890432
- ISBN
- 9780226890432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.03
€ 122.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962335
- ISBN
- 9780822962335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822962250
- ISBN
- 9780822962250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.91
€ 68.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 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
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226413907
- ISBN
- 9780226413907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79
Hardcover. Num Pages: 234 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 585. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press ohio
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412398
- ISBN
- 9780821412398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 237 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 146 x 661. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821412367
- ISBN
- 9780821412367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; APF; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226346489
- ISBN
- 9780226346489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.88
€ 121.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): King, Roma A., Jr. Series: Complete Works of Robert Browning. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821400746
- ISBN
- 9780821400746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.87
€ 94.87
Hardback. Tales of "how the other half lives" experienced a surge in popularity. People looking to go slumming without leaving home turned to these narratives for revelations of underworld and sordid details about deviants who populated it. This book explores how a group of authors manipulated this genre to evade the confines of sexual identification. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327907
- ISBN
- 9780226327907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Hardback. The triumph of avant-gardes in the 1920s tends to dominate our discussions of the music, art, and literature of the period. In this book, the author offers a compelling account of that movement. Focusing on the works of Stravinsky, Picasso, and T S Eliot, It shows how the turn to classicism manifested itself. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJG; ACQH; AVGC6; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226183985
- ISBN
- 9780226183985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.63
€ 61.63
Paperback. Providing an exhaustive compendium of publications by and citations about Alabama-born writer William March, this title traces in meticulous detail the arc of March's writing, the popular and critical reception of his books and novels, and the abundant scholarship and criticism about March and his oeuvre. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358525
- ISBN
- 9780817358525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.98
€ 36.98
Paperback. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358433
- ISBN
- 9780817358433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Paperback. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358297
- ISBN
- 9780817358297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.09
€ 47.09
The Astonishment Tapes. Talks on Poetry and Autobiography with Robin B...
Blaser, Robin. Ed(S): Nichols, Miriam
Paperback. "The Astonishment Tapes" is the edited transcript of revealing autobiographical audiotapes recorded by the groundbreaking poet Robin Blaser, a founding member of the Berkeley contingent of the San Francisco Renaissance in New American Poetry. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817358099
- ISBN
- 9780817358099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16