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Hardback. A thorough examination of the manner in which three of the most unsettling modern writers-Aragon, Sartre, and Barthes-affirm their personal rebellion followed by Kristeva's own ideas on the future of rebellion. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBTV; JFC; JMAF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114141
- ISBN
- 9780231114141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Hardback. Presents seven works from the Armenian stage. This book aims to explore such themes as science and religion, socioeconomic injustice, women's emancipation, and political reform through the medium of various European dramatic genres. It provides an introduction to the history of Armenian drama, giving an overview of its development. Editor(s): Cowe, S. Peter. Num Pages: 480 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 169 x 31. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116305
- ISBN
- 9780231116305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.99
€ 84.99
Hardback. During John Dewey's lifetime (1859-1952), one public opinion poll after another revealed that he was esteemed to be one of the ten important thinkers in American history. This book recaptures the unity of Dewey's life and work, tracing themes through philosopher's childhood years, family history, religious experience, and influential friendships. Num Pages: 592 pages, 50 photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF5; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116763
- ISBN
- 9780231116763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.18
€ 96.18
Paperback. A fresh, multicultural reading of the work of women writers of the Progressive era that places their fiction in the context of their reform journalism and political activism. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 174 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118514
- ISBN
- 9780231118514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.87
€ 43.99
€ 30.87
Hardback. A collection of nearly 400 poems by more than 100 different writers, this text synthesizes and celebrates an entire era of poetry by women in America. The anthology includes America's most recognized poets as well as those emerging as exciting new artists of contemporary verse. Editor(s): Aizenberg, Susan; Belieu, Erin. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119627
- ISBN
- 9780231119627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.66
€ 147.66
paperback. This collection challenges our ideas about male emotion. Through readings of works by Thoreau, Lowell and W.E.B. Du Bois, and of 20th century authors such as Hemingway and Kerouac, this book questions the persistence of the emotionally alienated male in narratives of white middle-class masculinity. Editor(s): Shamir, Milette; Travis, Jennifer. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120357
- ISBN
- 9780231120357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Hardback. Taneda Santoka's poetry attracted limited notice during his lifetime (1882-1940), but there has been a remarkable upsurge of interest in his life and writings. Including 245 poems and selected diary excerpts, For All My Walking makes Santoka's work available to English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125161
- ISBN
- 9780231125161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.78
€ 103.78
Hardback. Presenting an historical overview of major developments, this is a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to major Asian American writers and their works. It covers Canadian and US writers with cultural and ethnic origins in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands. It includes a bibliography at the end. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126205
- ISBN
- 9780231126205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.48
€ 100.48
Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129800
- ISBN
- 9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.60
€ 99.60
Hardback. During its 250-year history, Columbia University has been home to and has produced an array of writers, poets, scientists, and statesmen - many of whom have written about their experiences at the university. Excerpting memoirs, novels, and poems, this work collects a range of these reminiscences into a collective portrait of the university. Editor(s): Green, Ashbel. Series: A Columbia University Publication. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134866
- ISBN
- 9780231134866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.06
€ 57.06
Paperback. For more than a quarter century, William Logan has delivered clear-eyed and razor-sharp assessments of contemporary and classic poetry. Combining the sensibilities of poet and critic, Logan vividly conveys what he finds most memorable and most damning in a poet's work. Poets discussed include Shakespeare, Whitman, Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, Rita Dove, Seamus Heaney, and Czeslaw Milosz. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136396
- ISBN
- 9780231136396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.81
€ 43.81
hardcover. Provides a representative sampling of stories, essays, and poems from each of Taiwan's nine indigenous tribes. This book explores such themes as the decline of traditional ways of life in Taiwan's aboriginal communities, residual belief in ancestral spirits, assimilation into a society dominated by Han Chinese, and others. Editor(s): Balcom, John; Balcom, Yingtish. Translator(s): Balcom, John. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136501
- ISBN
- 9780231136501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.05
€ 99.05
Hardback. Features poems which speak of the thrills of a skyscraper's observation deck and the privations of teeming tenements in New York. Editor(s): Wolf, Stephen. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140645
- ISBN
- 9780231140645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.69
€ 93.69
Hardback. Drawn from a series of lectures that Wm Theodore de Bary delivered in honor of the Chinese philosopher Tang Junyi, this book presents a unique synthesis of essay and debate concerning the future of Chinese education and the potential political uses of Confucianism in the contemporary world. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DSB; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141208
- ISBN
- 9780231141208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.51
€ 75.51
Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148023
- ISBN
- 9780231148023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.12
€ 136.12
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152105
- ISBN
- 9780231152105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.89
€ 93.89
Paperback. Celebrates Pacific Northwest literature through interviews in which 22 authors discuss their work and the region's influence on it. Authors include Ursula Le Guin, Raymond Carver, Tess Gallagher, Tom Robbins, Gary Snyder, and Denise Levertov. Two interviews have been added since the publication of Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised and Expanded ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977232
- ISBN
- 9780295977232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.44
€ 33.44
paperback. A collection of poetry and prose from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from established and emerging Hispanic American authors. Editor(s): Flores, Lauro. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295977461
- ISBN
- 9780295977461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.97
€ 38.97
Paperback. How do we live, in our dailiness, in our loves, our private and global wars? 'And, in the face of unbearable grief, how can we live?' Attempting to answer these questions, this is the fourth in the "Pacific Northwest Poetry" series. 'How we live' is the book's major inquiry; its illustration, and the poems' major achievement. Series: The Pacific Northwest Poetry Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 6. Weight in Grams: 155.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984001
- ISBN
- 9780295984001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.38
€ 19.99
€ 17.38
Paperback. A study of autobiographies as sources for Jewish history. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984162
- ISBN
- 9780295984162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985046
- ISBN
- 9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.95
€ 36.95
John Donne's Marriage Letters in the Folger Shakespeare Library
. Ed(S): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert P...
Paperback. A facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne. It features letters dating from February and March 1602, which relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. Editor(s): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert Parker; Flynn, Dennis. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 color illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985107
- ISBN
- 9780295985107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.91
€ 36.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. A bilingual anthology of forty-eight Chinese poems from and about Taiwan, this title offers contrasting views of life in Taiwan. The topics include family and homeland, memory of war, social justice, and the natural world. They present the trauma, travails, and beauties of life, representing different generations, styles, and views and positions. Editor(s): Yeh, Michelle; Mamqvist, N. G. D.; Huizhi, Xu. Num Pages: 212 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 207 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985879
- ISBN
- 9780295985879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.96
€ 35.96
Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986470
- ISBN
- 9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.68
€ 35.68