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Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241602
- ISBN
- 9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 51.34
€ 65.27
€ 51.34
Hardback. In this eccentric etiquette guide, aphorisms, suggestions, and cautionary tales culled from Mark Twain's personal letters, speeches, and novels are dispensed on topics such as dress, health, food, childrearing, and safety. Editor(s): Salamo, Lin; Fischer, Victor; Frank, Michael B. Series: Jumping Frogs: Undiscovered, Rediscovered, and Celebrated Writings of Mark Twain. Num Pages: 221 pages, 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242456
- ISBN
- 9780520242456
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Written as a response to the economic crisis of the 1840s - closure of factories, loss of jobs, the growth of slums in industrial centers, the starving poor, this title provides a trenchant articulation of the political, social, religious, and economic climate of the mid-nineteenth century and a prophetic vision of the future. Series: Norman & Charlotte Strouse Edition of the Writings of Thomas Carlyle. Num Pages: 968 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242500
- ISBN
- 9780520242500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.26€ 65.36
€ 84.26
€ 65.36
Hardback. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242647
- ISBN
- 9780520242647
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. Offers a study of Japanese cultural expression. This title reveals how a particular, often seemingly innocent aesthetic sensibility - present in novels, essays, popular songs, film, and political writings - helped create an 'aesthetic of fascism' in the years leading up to World War II. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJF; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245051
- ISBN
- 9780520245051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.26€ 65.19
€ 84.26
€ 65.19
Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245181
- ISBN
- 9780520245181
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.52
€ 40.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Ko Un, the preeminent Korean poet of the twentieth century, embraces Buddhism with the versatility of a master Taoist sage. This work draws from a poetic reservoir filled with memories and experiences ranging over seventy years of South Korea's tumultuous history from the Japanese occupation to the Korean war to democracy. Translator(s): You, Clare; Silberg, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246133
- ISBN
- 9780520246133
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Recovers Twain's final years as they really were - lived in the shadow of deception and prejudice, but also in the light of the author's unflagging energy and enthusiasm. Num Pages: 365 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250000
- ISBN
- 9780520250000
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Contains commentary on the Purgatorio by various scholars. This book presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. It provides awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements. Editor(s): Mandelbaum, Allen; Oldcorn, Anthony; Ross, Charles. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250567
- ISBN
- 9780520250567
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardback. What can the performance of a single play on one specific night tell us about the world this event inhabited so briefly? This title explores this question. Num Pages: 312 pages, 68 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AN; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520251861
- ISBN
- 9780520251861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.26€ 65.36
€ 84.26
€ 65.36
Paperback. Offers a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" and "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. This work presents an inspiring portrait of this writer and a testament to the creative process itself. Editor(s): Cope, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252325
- ISBN
- 9780520252325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A collection of profiles and essays, which proffers observations on writers and writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the "New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, and Jonathan Franzen. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252370
- ISBN
- 9780520252370
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253360
- ISBN
- 9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.69€ 76.74
€ 99.69
€ 76.74
Paperback. Whether viewed as an influence or in and for themselves, the Symbolists are a tantalizing group. The poetry itself is the movement's best definition. Including bilingual text en face, an introduction, and notes, this work contains some forty selected poems of that movement. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 50 Blg
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254206
- ISBN
- 9780520254206
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Traces Herman Melville's response to an array of nineteenth-century writings that includes literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. This book shows how Melville raised with verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSK; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1 Reprint
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254558
- ISBN
- 9780520254558
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Includes sequential and serial poems which demonstrate ideas and inventions in writing, and how one writing invention leads to the next. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 257 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254626
- ISBN
- 9780520254626
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Features poems about gardens, particularly the 17th century French baroque gardens designed by the father of the form, Andre Le Notre. Using the imagery of the garden, this title considers topics ranging from human society to the formal structure of poetry. It probes the 2 senses of Le notre to discover where they intersect, overlap, or blur. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 118
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254640
- ISBN
- 9780520254640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Features works by Jack London and lays out the social, economic, and political contexts for his writings. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255463
- ISBN
- 9780520255463
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. A compilation of Robin Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258259
- ISBN
- 9780520258259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.88
€ 36.99
€ 26.88
Hardback. Shortly after the third edition of "Leaves of Grass" was published in 1860, Walt Whitman seemed to drop off the literary map, only to emerge two and a half years later. This work reconstructs the forgotten years of Whitman through letters and manuscripts, as well as mapping his associations through newspapers and magazines in which he published. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259065
- ISBN
- 9780520259065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259294
- ISBN
- 9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.34€ 46.96
€ 59.34
€ 46.96
Paperback. Records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990). This offers an anguished response to Chile's violent history. Translator(s): Deeny, Anna. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 27.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259737
- ISBN
- 9780520259737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06