Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, this book revises the history of the modern library by focusing on its origins in medieval and early modern England. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226781709
- ISBN
- 9780226781709
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Paperback. This text explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. The author challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized worlds of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; HRCC2; HRCC7; HRCC9; HRCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789699
- ISBN
- 9780226789699
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
€ 34.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. This title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789965
- ISBN
- 9780226789965
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
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Paperback. Considering the singular experience of the African American writer, this title argues that African American literature did not develop apart from canonical Western literary traditions but instead grew out of those literatures, even as it adapted and transformed the cultural traditions and religions of Africa and the African diaspora along the way. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226789972
- ISBN
- 9780226789972
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. Marianna De Marco Torgovnick's unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries in American life, of what it means to be an Italian American woman who became a scholar and literary critic. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808307
- ISBN
- 9780226808307
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Hardcover. Uncovers the history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, this title offers an exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226857923
- ISBN
- 9780226857923
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Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 50.66
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, viii, 256 p. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226873985
- ISBN
- 9780226873985
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
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Paperback. 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: 155 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226890449
- ISBN
- 9780226890449
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
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Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895260
- ISBN
- 9780226895260
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.64
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paperback. In examining the principles governing Gothic literature, this book proposes three new premises: that Gothic is poetic, not novelistic, in nature; that there are two parallel Gothic traditions - Male and Female; and that the Gothic and the Romantic represent a single literary tradition. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 half-tones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899077
- ISBN
- 9780226899077
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
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Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 85.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902272
- ISBN
- 9780226902272
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.30
€ 23.99
€ 19.30
Hardback. Expands the ways in which we interpret medieval manuscripts, examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works. In this book, the author argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924915
- ISBN
- 9780226924915
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.49
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Paperback. This study explores the influential literary texts of the archaic and classical periods ranging from epic and didactic poetry to the theatrical productions of tragedy and comedy in 5th-century Athens. The workings of gender as a factor in Greek social, religious and cultural practices are explored. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226979229
- ISBN
- 9780226979229
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
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Hardback. Compiling in one volume the basic writings of these three seminal thinkers of ancient China, each from a different philosophical school, this book reveals the richness and diversity of the ancient Chinese intellectual world. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Num Pages: 480 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HPDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231025157
- ISBN
- 9780231025157
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Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 57.15
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Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231029889
- ISBN
- 9780231029889
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
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Paperback. A family cookbook with over five hundred recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; DSBD; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231049313
- ISBN
- 9780231049313
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
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Hardback. Num Pages: 381 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231051040
- ISBN
- 9780231051040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.28€ 100.69
€ 134.28
€ 100.69
Hardback. Translator(s): Carlson, Mona; Hedges, Jane T. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231052429
- ISBN
- 9780231052429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.79€ 107.60
€ 143.79
€ 107.60
Hardback. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231053785
- ISBN
- 9780231053785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.80
€ 104.58
€ 79.80
Paperback. This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection," "Urvasi Won by Valor," and "Malavika and Agnimitra." Num Pages: 387 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 387
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231058391
- ISBN
- 9780231058391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41