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Literary studies: general

Paperback. This book, winner of the Robert Penn Warren-Cleanth Brooks award, examines all of Jarrell's work, incorporating new research such as previously undiscovered essays and poems. Burt situates the poet- critic among his peers, including Bishop and Arendt, in literature and cultural criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125956
ISBN
9780231125956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.34

With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123785
ISBN
9780231123785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114387
ISBN
9780231114387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 169.12

Arguing that the personally and culturally complex concepts of love and emotional intimacy offer a more useful perspective for understanding male-male relations of the eighteenth century than scholarship which focuses exclusively on sexual behavior, Haggerty examines several eighteenth -century archetypes of same-sex relations in which sensibility and sexuality emerge as interdependent. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBD; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110426
ISBN
9780231110426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.12

The autobiographical novel and final work of one of the Communist Party's youngest, most popular, and most intellectual members is both an astonishing personal testament and a panoramic view of Russia on the eve of a revolution that transformed the twentieth century. Translator(s): Shriver, George H. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 photos. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107303
ISBN
9780231107303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.58

This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry, occasionally presenting comparative material from other ancient Greek poets. The original Greek text is included in an appendix. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231099943
ISBN
9780231099943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.47

These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096966
ISBN
9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.36

Paperback. A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Translator(s): Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBD; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096331
ISBN
9780231096331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.79

Part detective story, part fable, this novel takes the reader to a mythical post-industrial city where the boundaries between East and West, civilization and barbarianism have been erased. Translator(s): Bray, Barbara. Num Pages: 183 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080200
ISBN
9780231080200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Beginning with British or colonial writers and moving on to early American narratives of explorers and antebellum novelists, this study traces the developing patterns of the American discovery narrative, a form of writing that chronicled the whole cultural perspective of the American frontier. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079969
ISBN
9780231079969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.94

A reanalysis of Sand's major writing, ranging from her early short stories to her later fiction, which identifies her writing as an example of an aesthetic mode often associated with femininity. The study compares Sand's place in the history of the realist novel to that of her male counterparts. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 275 pages, 3 illustrations, 7 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231065221
ISBN
9780231065221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.15

Num Pages: 297 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231052344
ISBN
9780231052344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.99

Paperback. This book explores Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence to reveal an aesthetic vision for American belle-lettres. Features chapters on Some of the Dharma, On the Road, Desolation Angels, and Mexico City Blues with a discussion of his influence on later writers, including Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230623620
ISBN
9780230623620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

Hardcover. This book engages hemispheric approaches, working class perspectives, and transnational comparisons in order to analyze Western literature. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230613430
ISBN
9780230613430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardcover. Analyses literary representations of the American experience in selected works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. Reveals the ambivalence that underlay the cultural and political development of the United States as a former colony. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230338746
ISBN
9780230338746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.09

Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230314405
ISBN
9780230314405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Hardcover. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5, 4 black & white tables, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230293007
ISBN
9780230293007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardcover. Addressing the issue of how gendered spatial relations impact the production of literary works, this book discusses gender implications of spatial categories: the notions of home and away, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation, and the 'quest for place' in women's writing from Argentina from 1920 to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120853
ISBN
9780230120853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.79
€ 45.14

Hardcover. In Robert Southey, Andrews argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115132
ISBN
9780230115132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.61

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