Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Sounding Real: Musicality and American Fiction at the Turn of the Twen...
Dr. Cristina L. Ruotolo Ph.d.
Hardcover. Examining American realist fiction as it was informed and shaped by the music of the period, "Sounding Real "sheds new light on the profound musical and cultural change at the turn of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317980
- ISBN
- 9780817317980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.70
€ 42.70
Hardback. Many Jewish artists and writers contributed to the creation of popular comics and graphic novels, and in "The Quest for Jewish Belief and Identity in the Graphic Novel," Stephen E. Tabachnick takes readers on an engaging tour of graphic novels that explore themes of Jewish identity and belief." Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318215
- ISBN
- 9780817318215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Hardback. A collection of essays about the body: the author's own body, female and Jewish; those of her parents, the bodies she came from; and the collective body, with all its historical, social, and political implications. What, she asks, does this whole mess of bones, muscles, organs, and soul mean? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DNF; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105277
- ISBN
- 9780226105277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.07
€ 23.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. Examines the literary output of American writers - major and minor - who treated the Civil War in their works. The author seeks to understand why this devastating and defining military conflict has failed to produce more literature of a notably high and lasting order. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350024
- ISBN
- 9780817350024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65
€ 54.65
Paperback. An analysis of the sustaining vitality behind contemporary American poetry from 1975 to the 2003, these 12 essays examine both exemplary innovators and the social context in which innovation is resisted, acclaimed, or taken for granted. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350307
- ISBN
- 9780817350307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.20
€ 38.20
Paperback. Women throughout the history of rhetoric have represented themselves as fulfilling roles that range from dependents or enablers of male authority to autonomous agents acting on their own. These essays examine the tactics women have employed in self-representation and the feminist rhetorics that result. Editor(s): Miller, Hildy; Bridwell-Bowles, Lillian. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351830
- ISBN
- 9780817351830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
Paperback. A collection of case studies examining specific incidents of silence and the impasses it creates in the poetic and academic landscape. It looks at the issue of professionalism, in both poetic practice and the academy, which has become the caretaker of much of modern and contemporary poetry and their competing values. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351984
- ISBN
- 9780817351984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.79
€ 42.79
Paperback. Among the early Spanish chroniclers who contributed to images of the New World was the Amerindian-Spanish historian and literary writer, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. In this volume, the author explores El Inca's rationale and motivations in writing his chronicle. He suggests that El Inca was trying to influence events by influencing discourse. Num Pages: 144 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817352578
- ISBN
- 9780817352578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.06
€ 31.06
Paperback. Gaddis (1922-1998) is often cited as the link between literary modernism and postmodernism in the United States. This work includes essays which address subjects as diverse as cybernetics, the law, media theory, race and class, music, and the perils and benefits of globalization. It also contains an interview with Gaddis. Editor(s): Tabbi, Joseph; Shavers, Rone. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354060
- ISBN
- 9780817354060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.16
€ 43.16
Paperback. Argues that contemporary language-oriented writing implies a marked change in the way we think about our poetic tradition on one hand and in the future of criticism on the other. This book focuses on Walter Benjamin and Gertrude Stein as important intellectual resources because both see the history of poetry as a crisis of the present. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354084
- ISBN
- 9780817354084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Paperback. Explores philosophical and aesthetic issues germane to the writings of three major modern literary figures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354305
- ISBN
- 9780817354305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.34
€ 25.34
Paperback. A collection of essays and commentaries that addresses several issues, including the anthology as a critical and polemical tool; the intersection of poetry with art, performance, and politics, in both contemporary and traditional practice; and the poetics of Jewish mysticism as a traditional form of conceptual and language poetry. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355074
- ISBN
- 9780817355074
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Condition: New
€ 38.20
€ 38.20
Paperback. Presents a collection of the colorful and vivacious interviews that the author gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355395
- ISBN
- 9780817355395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.79
€ 31.99
€ 27.79
Paperback. George Oppen, a crucial figure in the founding of the Objectivist movement, is considered by many critics and poets to be one of the foremost innovators of 20th-century American poetry. This title offers a testament to Oppen's place in 20th and 21st - century poetic culture. It is suitable for those interested in Oppen's life or poetry. Editor(s): Shoemaker, Steve. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355463
- ISBN
- 9780817355463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Paperback. The first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert Murray Editor(s): Baker, Barbara A. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pebble Hill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355937
- ISBN
- 9780817355937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
Paperback. "Radical Affections" is a study of six poets central to the New American poetry--Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Robin Blaser, and Susan Howe--with an eye both toward challenging the theoretical lenses through which they have been viewed and to opening up this counter tradition to contemporary practice. Series Editor(s): Bernstein, Charles; Lazer, Hank. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356217
- ISBN
- 9780817356217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.06
€ 49.06
Paperback. The essays in "Phenomenal Reading "entice readers to cross accepted barriers, and highlight the work of poets who challenge language-as-usual in academia and the culture at large. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356941
- ISBN
- 9780817356941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.70
€ 37.70
Paperback. "Fieldworks" offers a historical account of the social, rhetorical, and material attempts to ground art and poetry in the physicality of a site. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357320
- ISBN
- 9780817357320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.71
€ 49.71
Paperback. "The Darkness of the Present" includes essays that collectively investigate the roles of anomaly and anachronism as they work to unsettle commonplace notions of the contemporary in the field of poetics." Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357337
- ISBN
- 9780817357337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.14
€ 43.14
Paperback. In the first biographical and literary assessment of writer Frances Newman (1883-1928), biographer Barbara Wade draws from Newman's personal correspondence and newspaper articles to reveal a vibrant, independent woman who simultaneously defied and was influenced by the traditional southern society she satirized in her writing. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357399
- ISBN
- 9780817357399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.70
€ 31.70