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Paperback. "Active Romanticism" is a collection of essays highlighting the pervasive, yet often unacknowledged, role of Romantic poetry and poetics on modern and contemporary innovative poetry. Editor(s): Carr, Julie; Robinson, Jeffrey C. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357849
- ISBN
- 9780817357849
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Condition: New
€ 48.08
€ 48.08
Paperback. This collection examines the intersection of male and female spheres in American literature, arguing that more common ground exists than critics have previously recognized. Editor(s): Elbert, Monika M. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357795
- ISBN
- 9780817357795
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Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. "Stubborn Poetries" is a study of poets whose work, because of its difficulty, apparent obduracy, or simple resistance to conventional explication, remains more-or-less firmly outside the canon. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357481
- ISBN
- 9780817357481
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Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63
Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realis...
Professor Nicolas S. Witschi
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357412
- ISBN
- 9780817357412
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Condition: New
€ 36.95
€ 36.95
Paperback. In the first biographical and literary assessment of writer Frances Newman (1883-1928), biographer Barbara Wade draws from Newman's personal correspondence and newspaper articles to reveal a vibrant, independent woman who simultaneously defied and was influenced by the traditional southern society she satirized in her writing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357399
- ISBN
- 9780817357399
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Condition: New
€ 31.58
€ 31.58
Paperback. "Fieldworks" offers a historical account of the social, rhetorical, and material attempts to ground art and poetry in the physicality of a site. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357320
- ISBN
- 9780817357320
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Condition: New
€ 49.51
€ 49.51
Paperback. The first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert Murray Editor(s): Baker, Barbara A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pebble Hill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355937
- ISBN
- 9780817355937
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Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Paperback. Presents a collection of the colorful and vivacious interviews that the author gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355395
- ISBN
- 9780817355395
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.68
€ 31.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Explores philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354305
- ISBN
- 9780817354305
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Condition: New
€ 24.49
€ 24.49
Paperback. Argues that contemporary language-oriented writing implies a marked change in the way we think about our poetic tradition on one hand and in the future of criticism on the other. This book focuses on Walter Benjamin and Gertrude Stein as important intellectual resources because both see the history of poetry as a crisis of the present. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354084
- ISBN
- 9780817354084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.46
€ 42.46
Paperback. Gaddis (1922-1998) is often cited as the link between literary modernism and postmodernism in the United States. This work includes essays which address subjects as diverse as cybernetics, the law, media theory, race and class, music, and the perils and benefits of globalization. It also contains an interview with Gaddis. Editor(s): Tabbi, Joseph; Shavers, Rone. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354060
- ISBN
- 9780817354060
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Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Paperback. Among the early Spanish chroniclers who contributed to images of the New World was the Amerindian-Spanish historian and literary writer, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. In this volume, the author explores El Inca's rationale and motivations in writing his chronicle. He suggests that El Inca was trying to influence events by influencing discourse. Num Pages: 144 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352578
- ISBN
- 9780817352578
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Condition: New
€ 30.95
€ 30.95
Paperback. A collection of case studies examining specific incidents of silence and the impasses it creates in the poetic and academic landscape. It looks at the issue of professionalism, in both poetic practice and the academy, which has become the caretaker of much of modern and contemporary poetry and their competing values. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351984
- ISBN
- 9780817351984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Paperback. Women throughout the history of rhetoric have represented themselves as fulfilling roles that range from dependents or enablers of male authority to autonomous agents acting on their own. These essays examine the tactics women have employed in self-representation and the feminist rhetorics that result. Editor(s): Miller, Hildy; Bridwell-Bowles, Lillian. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351830
- ISBN
- 9780817351830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.70
€ 37.70
Paperback. An analysis of the sustaining vitality behind contemporary American poetry from 1975 to the 2003, these 12 essays examine both exemplary innovators and the social context in which innovation is resisted, acclaimed, or taken for granted. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350307
- ISBN
- 9780817350307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. Examines the literary output of American writers - major and minor - who treated the Civil War in their works. The author seeks to understand why this devastating and defining military conflict has failed to produce more literature of a notably high and lasting order. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350024
- ISBN
- 9780817350024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.44
€ 54.44
Hardback. A collection of essays about the body: the author's own body, female and Jewish; those of her parents, the bodies she came from; and the collective body, with all its historical, social, and political implications. What, she asks, does this whole mess of bones, muscles, organs, and soul mean? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DNF; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105277
- ISBN
- 9780226105277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Sounding Real: Musicality and American Fiction at the Turn of the Twen...
Dr. Cristina L. Ruotolo Ph.D.
Hardcover. Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, "Sounding Real "sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317980
- ISBN
- 9780817317980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of Katherine Anne Porter s troubled relationship to her Texas origins and southern roots, " South by Southwest" offers a fresh look at this ever-relevant author." Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317829
- ISBN
- 9780817317829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Hardcover. "Chapter 3 is a revised version of an essay that first appeared in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 7 (2009)."-- T.p. verso. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317614
- ISBN
- 9780817317614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317133
- ISBN
- 9780817317133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.04
€ 41.99
€ 35.04
Hardcover. Offers fresh and critically significant ways of understanding the women writers of the 19th and early 20th centuries and their texts, the distribution of knowledge, and the complicated place of women in modernist institutions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316983
- ISBN
- 9780817316983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Hardcover. American regionalism has become a contested subject in literary studies alongside the ubiquitous triad of race, class, and gender. This book argues that regional writing provided Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather with the means to explore social transformation in a form of fiction already associated with women readers and writers. Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316617
- ISBN
- 9780817316617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Hardback. Charlotte Perkins Gilman has reemerged as a major American literary figure, as evidenced by the republication of many of her stories and novels and an explosion of scholarship on her. This title presents a collection of letters that provides insights into her character through her own words. Editor(s): Knight, Denise D.; Tuttle, Jennifer S. Series Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism. Num Pages: 504 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316488
- ISBN
- 9780817316488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.55
€ 76.55