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Literary studies: general

Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292705456
ISBN
9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. This title creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292709652
ISBN
9780292709652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. In San Diego, a group of Chicana women participated in a political theatre group whose plays addressed social, gender, and political issues of the working class and the Chicano Movement. This memoir tells the story of this troupe through chapters featuring the history and story of each of the main actors and writers. Editor(s): Garcia, Laura E.; Gutierrez, Sandra M.; Nunez, Felicitas. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; AN; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780292717442
ISBN
9780292717442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Placing texts of Chicana/o indigenism and nationalism alongside European and Euro-American ethnographic, travel, and journalistic writing, this is the first comprehensive, comparative literary study of its kind Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292717978
ISBN
9780292717978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292725089
ISBN
9780292725089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.75

Paperback. The first collection of its kind in scope and ambition, this volume brings together the most prominent western writers of the current generation to create new visions of the American West--"the West that is still becoming" Editor(s): Stegner, Lynn; Rowland, Russell. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726864
ISBN
9780292726864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.86

Hardback. Offering an intriguing new approach to American cultural history through one of its enduring icons, Larzer Ziff traces the rise and flourishing of an ideal type once represented by such figures as George Washington and Tom Sawyer - a type immensely popular before antiheroes like Holden Caulfield captured our imagination Series: Discovering America. Num Pages: 154 pages, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292738928
ISBN
9780292738928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

paperback. Bringing cognitive methodologies to the analysis of Chicano/a fiction for the first time, this book maps ethics of "persistence" and "transformation" in the fiction of Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Denise Chavez, Rolando Hinojosa, Arturo Islas, John Rechy, Alfredo Vea, and Helena Maria Viramontes Series: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743977
ISBN
9780292743977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. A stark and classic tragedy set against the exotic backdrop of a mythological Persia Translator(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
revised edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295975672
ISBN
9780295975672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Considers the intellectual renaissance at the close of the 17th century that caused the shift in the portrayals and perceptions of mountains in prose and poetry, from ugly protuberances to glorious heights. Examines various writers from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, and traces both the causes Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295975771
ISBN
9780295975771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Written to entertain, the short informal hsiao-p'in essays reflect the growing individualism in the late 15th century Ming period that evoked censorship in later eras. This unique anthology of 70 of the genre includes English and Chinese language references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, Translator(s): Yang, Ye. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 13. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780295977331
ISBN
9780295977331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. Embodies the very nature of Indian storytelling, which is circular, drawing upon the personal experiences of the narrator at various turns, to argue that contemporary Native American literary criticism is stalled. This title portrays Indians stereotypically, assuming that the experiences of tribal groups have largely been the same. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780295981321
ISBN
9780295981321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
856
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295983509
ISBN
9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. Contains nine short stories painting an array of locals caught up in failed dreams of financial success and romantic fulfilment. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985275
ISBN
9780295985275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. The phenomenon of 'literary Chinatown' - the ghettoization of Chinese American literature - was produced by the same dynamics of race and representation that ghettoized the Chinese American community into literal Chinatowns. This book examines the dynamic relationship between reader expectations of Chinese American literature. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987064
ISBN
9780295987064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988351
ISBN
9780295988351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

hardcover. Examines the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. Based on readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, the author explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany between 1770-1850. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988368
ISBN
9780295988368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. 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: AV; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990064
ISBN
9780295990064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Introduces the art of extra-illustration and explores what this personalized form of book design reveals about the history of reading. This work includes an introduction to the concept of designing and creating a unique book by adding external material and an overview of the phenomenon's history and its heyday in the later 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 40 pages, 20 color illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AKLB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 296 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990231
ISBN
9780295990231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.33

Hardcover. Illuminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish plays Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 243 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295991320
ISBN
9780295991320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.71

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