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Paperback. This study of the writer Stevie Smith, portrays her as a well-connected literary insider who used many genres to resist domestic ideology in Britain. It explores the connections between her work and mass media production, and focuses on such contempories as Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 b&w photographs, 14 drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299152949
ISBN
9780299152949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Paperback. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; BG; DN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
REV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299160845
ISBN
9780299160845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299171247
ISBN
9780299171247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.09

Paperback. Since the 1960 publication of her first novel, "The Country Girls", award-winning Irish writer Edna O'Brien has been both celebrated and maligned. This book situates her in Irish contexts that allow for an appraisal of her contribution to Irish women's literary tradition while attesting to the potency of writing against patriarchal conventions. Editor(s): Colletta, Lisa; O'Connor, Maureen. Series: Irish Studies in Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299216344
ISBN
9780299216344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

Paperback. Reveals the play as a key to Roman social relations centered on many kinds of slavery: to sex, money, and family structure; to masculinity and social standing; to senility and partying; and to jokes, lies, and idiocy. This work includes comprehensive commentary, useful indexes, and a pronunciation guide. Translator(s): Henderson, John. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299219949
ISBN
9780299219949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

Paperback. Examines the changing identity of gay men writing within a historical context. By contrasting the personal experience of these disparate writers, this work illustrates the social transformations that these men helped shape. Series Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299222048
ISBN
9780299222048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.56

Hardcover. Examines the modernist forces within nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe that helped shape both Czech nationalism and artistic interaction among ethnic and social groups - Czechs and Germans, men and women, gays and straights. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 2AGZ; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299222802
ISBN
9780299222802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.95

Paperback. Presenting two plays, "ICSI" and "Taboos", this title dramatizes the social transformations and contested viewpoints created by advances in reproductive science and technology. It includes a DVD that provides video of the ICSI injection process as viewed through a microscope. Num Pages: 136 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299227944
ISBN
9780299227944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.04

Paperback. Surveys the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman onwards. This title guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage. Editor(s): Bergman, David. Series Editor(s): Bergman, David; Larkin, Joan. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 5SG; BG; DSBH; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299230449
ISBN
9780299230449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 34.67

Paperback. Series: Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; CFG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809313549
ISBN
9780809313549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. Series: Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809315796
ISBN
9780809315796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.85

Paperback. In 1772/73, Immanuel Kant began lectures on anthropology, which he continued until 1776. His lecture notes and papers were first published in 1798. This present edition of the "Anthropology" is a translation of the text found in volume seven of the "Kants gesammelte Schriften". Editor(s): Rudnick, Hans H. (Professor of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA). Translator(s): Dowdell, Victor Lyle. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809320608
ISBN
9780809320608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. This work contextualizes, and follows the migration of women's rhetorical accomplishments systematically. To locate these women, it follows the migration of the Western intellectual tradition from its inception and its ultimate appropriation by Christianity into the Church and politics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809321377
ISBN
9780809321377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Hardcover. Timothy Walsh argues here that the use of absence in works of art - of silence, shadow, blankness and void - is a principal means by which the inherent biological limitations of human consciousness and of human language are encoded in aesthetic constructions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809321728
ISBN
9780809321728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. This is a broad overview of the evolving serial killer genre in the two media most responsible for its popularity: literature and cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. The author theorizes that the serial killer genre results from a combination of earlier genre depictions of multiple murderers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809323296
ISBN
9780809323296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.50

Paperback. William Burroughs is one of America's great writers. This book examines the major works Burroughs produced in the 1950s - "Junky", "Queer", "The Yage Letters", and "Naked Lunch" - to piece together a material record of his creative history during his germinal decade as a writer. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327317
ISBN
9780809327317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.94

Paperback. Gathers together both written and sung love poetry from Africa. This book traces the development of African love poetry from antiquity to modernity while establishing a cross-millennial dialog. It bears testimony to poetry's role as conciliator while opening up a fresh area of study for scholars and students. Editor(s): Chipasula, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809328420
ISBN
9780809328420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.31

Paperback. In Volumen 3 of Las literaturas hisp?nicas: Introducci?n a su estudio, Evelyn Picon Garfield and Ivan A. Schulman include selections from more than forty Spanish American authors from the sixteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 661. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814318652
ISBN
9780814318652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.03

Paperback. Presenting an examination of feminist issues in the works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, this text discusses such topics as: obscure points in the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the model nun in the religious literature of Colonial Mexico. Editor(s): Merrim, Stephanie. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814322161
ISBN
9780814322161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. A collection drawn from the experiences of daily life and organized through the context of mathematics. Some of the poems deal with the universal human experience of loss, others discover a fresh perspective on what is easily overlooked, and many seek the goodness and joy that remain in a challenging world. Series: Made in Michigan Writers S. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814333228
ISBN
9780814333228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. Tales of the ghostly and supernatural by some of Michigan's finest fiction writers. Editor(s): Kasischke, Laura; Taylor, Keith. Series: Made in Michigan Writers S. Num Pages: 224 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814334744
ISBN
9780814334744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. A heartbreaking and beautiful meditation on the seasons of life, grief, and memory. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814336205
ISBN
9780814336205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Hardcover. Investigates the religious diversity in early modern English literature and culture in relation to a dominant English Protestant national identity. Editor(s): Goodblatt, Chanita; Marotti, Arthur F. Num Pages: 416 pages, color Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814339558
ISBN
9780814339558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.71

Paperback. This is a study of Arab writers such as Ghada al-Samman, Hanan al-Shaikh, Emily Nasrallah and Etel Adnan. It presents a constructive literary approach to the ravages of the civil war in the Lebanon. The ways in which women's consciousness is awakened in terms of female liberation is a theme. Num Pages: 228 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; DSBH; HBJF1; HBW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603771
ISBN
9780815603771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.44

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