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Hardcover. Explores how Shakespeare's plays were produced both in his own time and in succeeding centuries. This book explains how the Elizabethan playhouse conveyed a sense of place using minimal scenery, from the Forest of Arden in "As You Like It" to the tavern in "Henry IV, Part I". Num Pages: 256 pages, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044781
- ISBN
- 9780226044781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226059846
- ISBN
- 9780226059846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.89
€ 47.99
€ 36.89
Paperback. A full-length study of the visual poetry of the early twentieth century. Bohn illuminates the works of Apollinaire, Josep-Maria Junow, Guillermo de Torre, and others. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11ill.48figs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063256
- ISBN
- 9780226063256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. This bilingual edition of the contemporary master's fifth work, Ce qui fut sans lumi, re, includes an extensive new interview with the poet in English translation. Translator(s): Naughton, John T. Num Pages: 192 pages, x, 180 p. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064482
- ISBN
- 9780226064482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Wayne Booth has selected, and has been inspired by, the works of some prominent writers on the art of growing older. In this anthology he shows that the very making of art is in itself a victory over time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065496
- ISBN
- 9780226065496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.92
€ 36.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065557
- ISBN
- 9780226065557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065724
- ISBN
- 9780226065724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. The poems in this volume are 'spoken' in the imagined voice of the Italian writer Natalia Ginzburg. While much of the poetry is based on Ginzburg's life - her upbringing in Turin, her experience of Fascism and her work as a writer- the rest is pure imagining and invention. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226069654
- ISBN
- 9780226069654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.13
€ 31.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. These essays include discussions of the "Odyssey" and "Ulysses", the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid and Apuleius, Mallarme's English and T.S. Eliot's religion, and the mutually antipathetic minds of Edmund Burke and Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074252
- ISBN
- 9780226074252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.69
€ 43.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074276
- ISBN
- 9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. The author connects the accidents of the poet Wordsworth's life with the originality of his works, tracking the impulses that turned him to poetry after the death of his parents and during his years as an enthusiastic disciple of the French Revolution. Bromwich argues that his political idealism deeply motivated his writings of the 1790s. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075570
- ISBN
- 9780226075570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. Long celebrated as one of "the Three Crowns" of Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) experimented widely with the forms of literature. This title offers a collection of essays that presents Boccaccio's life and creative output in its encyclopedic diversity. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria; Sherberg, Michael; Smarr, Janet Levarie. Num Pages: 520 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226079189
- ISBN
- 9780226079189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.90€ 47.96
€ 55.90
€ 47.96
Paperback. Often overshadowed by the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist is Michelangelo's devotion to poetry. Here is a collection of his poetic works translated to capture all the pathos, complexity, and ardor of both his language and his poetic temperament. Translator(s): Nims, John Frederick. Num Pages: 198 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080307
- ISBN
- 9780226080307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.21
€ 23.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. For centuries, people have been thinking and writing - and fiercely debating - about the meaning of marriage. This book offers a new account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the start of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJC; DSBH; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226085838
- ISBN
- 9780226085838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages, viii, 70 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096155
- ISBN
- 9780226096155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.22
€ 27.99
€ 23.22
Paperback. The evening beyond each chain-lit match seemed to crouch in the shapes of houses, then rose to play havoc in a veil of dogwoods. Based on a logic that considers the atomic symbol an improvised phoneme, this book is keenly attuned to the qualities of voice and concerned with how these improvisations fall on the listening ear. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226096193
- ISBN
- 9780226096193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.33
€ 24.99
€ 20.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226098739
- ISBN
- 9780226098739
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. The year 1819 in England was notable for the quality, value and topicality of its literature, while parliamentary and political reforms were widely demanded, especially by "Romantic" writers. This book argues that the writing demonstrates an awareness of its place both in history, and as history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101095
- ISBN
- 9780226101095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.47
€ 43.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Both intensely personal and deeply rooted in recognizable events of a personal, familial, or national significance, "The Afterlife of Objects" is a kind of dreamed autobiography. Dan Chiasson divulges the enigmas of the mind through a beautifully constructed poetic voice. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103785
- ISBN
- 9780226103785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.12
€ 31.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Whether speaking in the voice of a weaver trying to quell a violent crowd or in his own voice as a mill employee, Michael Chitwood seeks to bring together many social and historical threads to show the pattern of a people and a place that has received little treatment in American poetry. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103983
- ISBN
- 9780226103983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.06
€ 32.99
€ 26.06
Hardcover. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106908
- ISBN
- 9780226106908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.26€ 105.26
€ 127.26
€ 105.26
Paperback. Features poems which suggest that we discover what we love by fighting, by bringing our angry, hungry, imperfect selves into the battle. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109282
- ISBN
- 9780226109282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Hardcover. This text demonstrates that the theatrum repudiated by medieval clerics was not "theatre" as we understand the term today. The author contends that critics have misrepresented Western stage history because they have assumed that theatrum designates a place where drama is performed. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBB; DSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110301
- ISBN
- 9780226110301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.74€ 62.36
€ 73.74
€ 62.36
Paperback. Where are we going? What are we doing here? you don't ask, you don't notice the blur of stations we're racing past, the others out there watching in the dim light, baffled, who for a moment thought the train was theirs. This book offers a collection of poetry. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110639
- ISBN
- 9780226110639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.35
€ 24.99
€ 20.35