×


 x 

Shopping cart

Literature

Results 18433 - 18456 of 31176

Literature

Hardback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990989
ISBN
9780295990989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Paperback. Makes a major contribution to our understanding of how questions of masculinity and gender, the sociology of marriage, and the economics of commodity capitalism converge Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990880
ISBN
9780295990880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.55

Hardback. Details how this marginalized region has gradually become part of modern Europe Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DN; DSB; GTB; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990835
ISBN
9780295990835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.46

Hardback. Features selected poems by Christopher Howell that encompasses three decades of his distinguished work. This book chronicles his wide range of interests, expressed by blending elements of the surreal with biography, imagist economy with a storyteller's informality. It also shows the development of his signature style. Series: Pacific Northwest Poetry Series. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990125
ISBN
9780295990125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.25

hardcover. Includes essays that engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century to the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth, a period in which modern evolution of the arts is coupled with a rise in the significance of music as artistic form. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illus., musical examples. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990057
ISBN
9780295990057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.86

Hardback. Part of a "Pacific Northwest Poetry Series", this book explores the intimacies of the shorter line as well and displays the author's formal inventiveness and emotional range. It addresses our time and human condition in ways both domestic and global. Series: The Pacific Northwest Poetry Series. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989143
ISBN
9780295989143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

hardcover. A collection of stories that provides a vivid panorama of the bustling world of imperial China before the end of the Ming dynasty. Translator(s): Yang, Shuhui; Yang, Yunqin. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DQ; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989037
ISBN
9780295989037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.44

Paperback. Aims to probe beyond the perception of 'love and death' as a constant theme of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian literature, examining what underlies the stereotype about the destructive power of romantic love and why Russian writers so willingly employ this cliche. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988962
ISBN
9780295988962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.74

Paperback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Editor(s): Zalloua, Zahi. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988917
ISBN
9780295988917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.74

Hardback. Essayist Michel de Montaigne is one of the widely read authors from the sixteenth century. This title pursues the idea that theory has altered the scholarly understanding of Montaigne, while Montaigne's ideas have simultaneously challenged the authority of the various interpretive doxa collectively known as 'theory'. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JB; DSA; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988900
ISBN
9780295988900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.94

Paperback. The relationship between writers and artists has long been a collaborative one. Plato used the word ekphrasis to describe what happens when a writer writes creatively, as opposed to critically, about art. This title responds to works of art held in the permanent collection of Seattle's Frye Art Museum or exhibited there. Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca; Knecht, Mary Jane. Series: The Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 104 pages, 14 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6797 x 4531 x 10. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988825
ISBN
9780295988825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.01

paperback. Investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. This book documents the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy and the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988375
ISBN
9780295988375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.28

Paperback. Expectation is an integral part of the reading experience. Drama is a particularly rich and rewarding field for studying the complex ways in which such expectations are created. This book explores these expectations through the lens of twentieth-century Russian drama. Series: Donald W. Treadgold Studies on Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986470
ISBN
9780295986470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.16

Paperback. A bilingual anthology of forty-eight Chinese poems from and about Taiwan, this title offers contrasting views of life in Taiwan. The topics include family and homeland, memory of war, social justice, and the natural world. They present the trauma, travails, and beauties of life, representing different generations, styles, and views and positions. Editor(s): Yeh, Michelle; Mamqvist, N. G. D.; Huizhi, Xu. Num Pages: 212 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; DC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 207 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985879
ISBN
9780295985879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.63

Paperback. A facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne. It features letters dating from February and March 1602, which relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. Editor(s): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert Parker; Flynn, Dennis. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 color illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985107
ISBN
9780295985107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.39

Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985046
ISBN
9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.63

Paperback. A study of autobiographies as sources for Jewish history. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984162
ISBN
9780295984162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Paperback. How do we live, in our dailiness, in our loves, our private and global wars? 'And, in the face of unbearable grief, how can we live?' Attempting to answer these questions, this is the fourth in the "Pacific Northwest Poetry" series. 'How we live' is the book's major inquiry; its illustration, and the poems' major achievement. Series: The Pacific Northwest Poetry Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 6. Weight in Grams: 155.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984001
ISBN
9780295984001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.66

paperback. A collection of poetry and prose from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s from established and emerging Hispanic American authors. Editor(s): Flores, Lauro. Num Pages: 446 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295977461
ISBN
9780295977461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.58

Paperback. Celebrates Pacific Northwest literature through interviews in which 22 authors discuss their work and the region's influence on it. Authors include Ursula Le Guin, Raymond Carver, Tess Gallagher, Tom Robbins, Gary Snyder, and Denise Levertov. Two interviews have been added since the publication of Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
2nd Revised and Expanded ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295977232
ISBN
9780295977232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.25

Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152105
ISBN
9780231152105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148023
ISBN
9780231148023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.88

Paperback. Editor(s): McGee, Micki. Num Pages: 184 pages, 125 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; DSB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147378
ISBN
9780231147378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.62

Hardback. Drawn from a series of lectures that Wm Theodore de Bary delivered in honor of the Chinese philosopher Tang Junyi, this book presents a unique synthesis of essay and debate concerning the future of Chinese education and the potential political uses of Confucianism in the contemporary world. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 128 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DSB; HPD. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141208
ISBN
9780231141208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.94

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!