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Literary studies: general
It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134088
- ISBN
- 9780231134088
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Sister to the king of France, queen of Navarre, gifted writer, religious reformer, and patron of the arts - in her many roles, Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) was one of the most important figures of the French Renaissance. This title offers her biography in English. Num Pages: 448 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134125
- ISBN
- 9780231134125
Condition: New
€ 102.23
€ 102.23
This elegant book traces the two major periods of Jane Austen's work in order to demonstrate the fundamental impact and influence of British Romanticism on the later novels. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134149
- ISBN
- 9780231134149
Condition: New
€ 83.36
€ 83.36
Considers the construction of a theory and the divergent ways religious scholars, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, and cultural theorists drew on totemism to explore and define primitive and modern societies' religious, cultural, and sexual norms. Num Pages: 360 pages, spot art. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134385
- ISBN
- 9780231134385
Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Written by prominent scholars, this title explores the relationship between property and personhood. It considers a range of topics, including: the establishment of the rule of property in US-occupied Iraq; the work of John Locke; and reflections on property and personhood in the art of Jenny Holzer and the novels of Stanislaw Lem. Editor(s): Maurer, Bill; Schwab, Gabriele. Series: Critical Theory Institute Book. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137843
- ISBN
- 9780231137843
Condition: New
€ 83.19
€ 83.19
Hardback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138024
- ISBN
- 9780231138024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Presents a portrait of "The Tale of Genji's" reception and reproduction, taking into consideration a wide variety of genres from no plays to Genji paintings to the modern novel. This volume explores the popularization of the Genji, considering parody, pastiche, and re-creation in various popular and mass media. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 416 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142366
- ISBN
- 9780231142366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.07
€ 149.07
In the half-century between 1890 and 1950, a variety of fields and disciplines, from musicology and literary studies to biology, psychology, genetics, and eugenics, expressed a profound interest in the subject of rhythm. This book examines psychological and physiological experiments that proved that races responded differently to rhythmic stimuli. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142762
- ISBN
- 9780231142762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Series: Masters of Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143264
- ISBN
- 9780231143264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.04
€ 96.04
Drawing on secondary theoretical material as well as her own original research, the author conducts an analysis of the political, narrative, and ideological structures involved in the fictional and cinematic representations of the 2/28 Incident and White Terror. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJP; APFA; DSBH; DSK; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143608
- ISBN
- 9780231143608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1444.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147866
- ISBN
- 9780231147866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149501
- ISBN
- 9780231149501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.76
€ 136.76
"Richard Taylor's 'Fatalism' and the semantics of physical modality"--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Cahn, Steven M.; Eckert, Maureen. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB; HPK; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151566
- ISBN
- 9780231151566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17
Translation previously published in: The Huainanzi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. Translator(s): Meyer, Andrew Seth. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153324
- ISBN
- 9780231153324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.39
€ 105.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416. The Real-Life Story That Inspired "The Children's Hour". 320 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 5SL; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 16. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163255
- ISBN
- 9780231163255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00
Paperback. A collection of sixteen retrospectives which include interviews with some of America's greatest writers as well short literary works and an assortment of their personal photographs spanning several decades of their lives. Editor(s): McElroy, Colleen J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985183
- ISBN
- 9780295985183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.03
€ 40.03
Hardback. Series: Anthologies of English literature. Num Pages: 584 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 44. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312044770
- ISBN
- 9780312044770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312172770
- ISBN
- 9780312172770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.03
€ 124.03
Hardback. This work explores the ability of the virgin body to generate contradictory meanings, both repressive and liberating, depending on who told the tale and how it was told. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312223502
- ISBN
- 9780312223502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardback. This work offers a tour of Romantic visual culture, from the West End stage to the Scottish Highlands, from Leicester Square to the photography studios of Second Empire Paris. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACVC; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226541
- ISBN
- 9780312226541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Hardback. This edition offers original material with scholarly annotation, joining Swift's most important writings on Ireland in both prose and poetry with the full context and significance of each work. Editor(s): Fabricant, Carole; Mahony, Robert. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312228880
- ISBN
- 9780312228880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Hardback. Editor(s): Abdel-Malek, Kamal. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJ; DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312229634
- ISBN
- 9780312229634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 45.61
€ 51.74
€ 45.61
Hardback. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312233839
- ISBN
- 9780312233839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.74
€ 112.74
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234027
- ISBN
- 9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29