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Paperback. Maxwell uncovers both black literature's debt to Communism and Communism's debt to black literature, reciprocal obligations first incurred during the Harlem Renaissance. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSL3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114257
- ISBN
- 9780231114257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.97
€ 36.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher, scholar, and former administrator. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JNK; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115223
- ISBN
- 9780231115223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 45.72
€ 58.40
€ 45.72
Paperback. Ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. This title takes as its central conceit a famous anecdote about Ernest Hemingway's early work: Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, going by train from their apartment in Paris to visit him in Switzerland, brought along, at his request, a suitcase full of his work-in-progress. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115438
- ISBN
- 9780231115438
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116954
- ISBN
- 9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Argues that World War II blurred the boundaries between battleground and home front bringing women and civilians into war discourse. This book discusses the interplay of fascination and disapproval in the texts of twentieth-century war and the way in which homage to war hero and victim contends with revulsion at war's horror and waste. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119382
- ISBN
- 9780231119382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.80€ 88.27
€ 116.80
€ 88.27
Hardback. Traces Shakespeare's legendary wit-combats with Ben Jonson to their source during the Poets' War. This book offers a reevaluation of this "War of the Theaters", revealing Shakespeare as a playwright intimately concerned with the production of his plays, the opinions of his rivals, and the impact his works had on their original audiences. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231122429
- ISBN
- 9780231122429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.98€ 99.33
€ 131.98
€ 99.33
Hardback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123242
- ISBN
- 9780231123242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.80€ 88.27
€ 116.80
€ 88.27
Hardback. Examining figures from Thomas More to Stephen Greenblatt, from George Hickes to Seamus Heaney, from George Eliot to Paul de Man, this book illuminates the wanderings of exiles, emigres, dissenters, and the socially estranged as they helped form the modern university disciplines of philology and rhetoric, literary criticism and literary theory. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA; HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123723
- ISBN
- 9780231123723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.45€ 81.45
€ 107.45
€ 81.45
Paperback. With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123792
- ISBN
- 9780231123792
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. From Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison to Colson Whitehead and Terry McMillan, this is a guide to contemporary African American literature. It presents information about the major authors, texts, movements, and ideas that have shaped contemporary African American fiction. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124720
- ISBN
- 9780231124720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 71.25
€ 93.44
€ 71.25
Hardback. Challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. This book begins with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125208
- ISBN
- 9780231125208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.11€ 74.64
€ 98.11
€ 74.64
Hardback. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was an influential poetry critic. This book examines his work, situating him among peers. It examines the social context of his aesthetic choices, examining events ranging from teen culture to the Cuban missile crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125949
- ISBN
- 9780231125949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.45€ 81.45
€ 107.45
€ 81.45
Hardback. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126861
- ISBN
- 9780231126861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78€ 78.05
€ 102.78
€ 78.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126915
- ISBN
- 9780231126915
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130462
- ISBN
- 9780231130462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.11€ 74.53
€ 98.11
€ 74.53
Paperback. Figures such as E M Forster, Roger Fry, Oscar Wilde, James McNeill Whistler and Virginia Woolf attempted to rethink Victorian design and reconstruct the form, function, and meaning of the home to meet the demands of modernity. This study reveals the personal and aesthetic connections among modern British writers, interior designers and architects. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133050
- ISBN
- 9780231133050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
Hardback. Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134408
- ISBN
- 9780231134408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.96€ 84.01
€ 110.96
€ 84.01
Paperback. Traces the emergence of Woolf's art and thought against Bloomsbury's public thinking about Europe's future in a period marked by two world wars and rising threats of totalitarianism. This book explores Virginia Woolf's narrative journey from her first novel, "The Voyage Out", through her last, "Between the Acts". Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134453
- ISBN
- 9780231134453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Hardback. 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: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136389
- ISBN
- 9780231136389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.78€ 78.05
€ 102.78
€ 78.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138789
- ISBN
- 9780231138789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.24€ 49.96
€ 64.24
€ 49.96