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Paperback. This treatise argues that literary criticism must re-establish connections to a wide range of social activities. It sets out a new type of criticism, called ecological literary criticism, which aims to make humanistic studies more socially responsible. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100298
ISBN
9780231100298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. Including the classics of the genre as well as rare period pieces by African Americans and women, and northern and southern patriotic verse and songs, The Columbia Book of Civil War Poetry paints the background of the conflict and its literature, with each poem introduced by a compelling vignette. Editor(s): Frome, Keith. Num Pages: 543 pages, 53 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DC; DSBF; DSC; HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 210 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
543
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231100021
ISBN
9780231100021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.45

Paperback. Here at last is a single volume that reveals the bright thread of gay literature throughout the Western tradition. With hundreds of works by authors ranging from Ovid to James Baldwin, from Plato to Oscar Wilde, The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature presents a wide range of poetry, fiction, essays, and autobiography that depict love, friendship, intimacy, desire, and sex between men. Editor(s): Fone, Byrne R.S. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231096713
ISBN
9780231096713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.11
€ 41.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 646 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
646
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231089241
ISBN
9780231089241
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76
€ 109.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 708 pages, 1port. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 171 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
708
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231089234
ISBN
9780231089234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76
€ 109.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Bullough, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 578 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
578
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088961
ISBN
9780231088961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76
€ 109.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Bullough, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 577 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
3rd Impression
Number of pages
577
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088954
ISBN
9780231088954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76
€ 109.50

Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082235
ISBN
9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. From America's revolutionary period to the Civil War and Reconstruction, this text uncovers the strategies black writers used to create an African American identity and to make their visions and stories accessible to a white audience. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080941
ISBN
9780231080941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.54
€ 81.43

Paperback. This book carefully translates a seminal work of Japanese puppet theater, written in 1747, during the the genre's golden age. The editor includes background information on the play and a bibliography. Editor(s): Jones, Stanleigh H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080538
ISBN
9780231080538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078641
ISBN
9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.54
€ 81.43

Hardback. A comprehensive study of American poetry from colonial times to the present day, which features a wealth of views and reviews by contemporary American literary critics. The poets discussed range from Longfellow and Poe to Ginsberg and Plath. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D.; Millier, Brett Candlish. Num Pages: 894 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
894
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078368
ISBN
9780231078368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.80
€ 55.96

Paperback. This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts. It focuses on the poet's 20-year residence in Brazil, and attempts to provide a new understanding of Bishop's treatment of love, sex and gender. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076630
ISBN
9780231076630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry James's The Bostonians, Castle shows how a lesbian presence can be identified in the literature, history, and culture of the past three centuries. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 307 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076531
ISBN
9780231076531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 190 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075947
ISBN
9780231075947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91
€ 78.02

Hardback. This volume contains a series of close readings of the central works of gay male drama, as written by American and English playwrights. The plays discussed reflect the transformation of gay men in 20th-century British and American societies. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075107
ISBN
9780231075107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91
€ 78.02

Paperback. Including works of varied genres from fiction and poetry to folk stories and elegies, travelogues and jokes to criticism and theory, this wide-ranging collection brings together more than two thousand years of great works in one portable volume. Editor(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 1376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 234 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
1376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074292
ISBN
9780231074292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.07
€ 66.36

Hardback. The first history of America's major literary form offers new views of our literary history and a sophisticated examination of areas of fiction that have only recently begun to receive attention. Editor(s): Elliott, Emory; Davidson, Cathy N.; O'Donnell, Patrick; Smith, Valerie; Wilson, Christopher P. Num Pages: 905 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
905
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231073608
ISBN
9780231073608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.86
€ 99.29

Hardback. -- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University Editor(s): Yampolsky, Philip B. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072601
ISBN
9780231072601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81
€ 88.33

Hardback. More than 450 succinct entries from A to Z help readers make sense of the interdisciplinary knowledge of cultural criticism that includes film, psychoanalytic, deconstructive, poststructuralist, and postmodernist theory as well as philosophy, media studies, linguistics. Editor(s): Childers, Joseph; Hentzi, Gary. Num Pages: 362 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072427
ISBN
9780231072427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.86
€ 99.41

Hardback. This collection of critical essays attempts to construct a comprehensive portrait of Vidal's writings and to determine why his work has been underestimated. It includes an interview with Vidal in which he discusses his career and his troubled relationship with literary reviewers. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072083
ISBN
9780231072083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81
€ 87.63

Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071185
ISBN
9780231071185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.28
€ 74.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Morningside ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071161
ISBN
9780231071161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81
€ 88.23

Hardback. Series: Irvine Studies in the Humanities. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231070867
ISBN
9780231070867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.07
€ 62.71

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