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Literary essays
Paperback. Contains stories that explore dimensions of the human landscape, including tales inspired by the midrashic tradition of biblical interpretation, which investigate the eternal human drama through the prisms of scripture, history, and folklore. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354473
- ISBN
- 9780817354473
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Condition: New
€ 24.86
€ 24.86
Paperback. No group of writers better represents the problems of Jewish identity than Jewish poets writing in the American modernist tradition - specifically secular Jews: those disdainful or suspicious of organized religion, yet forever shaped by those traditions. This title addresses this often obscured dimension of modern and contemporary poetry. Editor(s): Morris, Daniel; Miller, Stephen Paul. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817355630
- ISBN
- 9780817355630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
Hardcover. The period covered by the essays published in this volume marks the transition in Eric Voegelin's career from Louisiana to Munich. The themes most prominent here reflect the concerns of this transition and the development of Voegelin's understanding of the stratification of reality. Editor(s): Sandoz, Ellis. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826212825
- ISBN
- 9780826212825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.04
€ 68.04
The Novels: Not Without Laughter and Tambourines to Glory (Collected W...
Dolan Hubbaard Langston Hughes
Hardcover. Although best known as a poet, Langston Hughes was also the author of two novels that richly evoke the black experience in America. In his introduction to this combined edition of both novels, Hubbard addresses how a black aesthetic tradition shaped Hughes' art and his imagination. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 320 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213426
- ISBN
- 9780826213426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.74
€ 62.74
Hardcover. Jesse B. Simple sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly "Chicago Defender" column in 1943. This is an examination of Hughes's "Simple stories". Through the conversations between Simple and his foil, Boyd, Hughes makes clear that both are alike - black men in a racially unbalanced society. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; FYB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213709
- ISBN
- 9780826213709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.42
€ 85.42
Hardcover. This volume contains Langston Hughes's collections of biographies for children and young adults - "Famous American Negroes", "Famous Negro Music Makers" and "Famous Negro Heroes of America". These works tell of African Americans who contributed to the construction of the American identity. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 312 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; DNF; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213723
- ISBN
- 9780826213723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardcover. Part of "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" series, this volume features his essays, from his radical pieces praising revolutionary socialist ideology in the 1930s to the more conservative, previously unpublished "Black Writers in a Troubled World". Editor(s): De Santis, Christopher C. (Assistant Professor of American and African American Literature, Illinois State University, USA). Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 632 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826213945
- ISBN
- 9780826213945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.83
€ 83.83
Hardcover. "The Collected Works of Langston Hughes" is a compilation of the novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and other published work by one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential African American authors. This volume contains the later of his Simple stories. Series: The Collected Works of Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 728.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214096
- ISBN
- 9780826214096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardcover. This volume contains essays that were published by Eric Voegelin from 1922 to 1928. They trace his intellectual formation in the 1920s, exemplify key moments in his career and cover a number of topics ranging from the highly speculative to more pragmatic questions. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214423
- ISBN
- 9780826214423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.40
€ 74.40
Gospel Plays, Operas, and Later Dramatic Works (Collected Works of Lan...
Sanders, Leslie Catherine, Langston Hughes
Hardcover. Although Langston Hughes had a lifelong engagement in theatre and other performance arts, his work in this area is the least known of his contributions to African American expressive culture. This volume focuses on Hughes's plays after 1942, along with all of his other work written for performance. Series: The collected works of Langston Hughes vol. 6. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AN; DD; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1193.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214775
- ISBN
- 9780826214775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.19
€ 84.19
Hardcover. This volume of "The Collected Works" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933. They reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism toward a more open philosophical stance. Editor(s): Heilke, Thomas W.; Heyking, John von. Translator(s): Hanak, Miroslav John; Cockerill, Jodi. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826214829
- ISBN
- 9780826214829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.01
€ 80.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826220288
- ISBN
- 9780826220288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.35
€ 25.99
€ 22.35
Paperback. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 399.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424471
- ISBN
- 9780857424471
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Condition: New
€ 26.37
€ 26.37
Paperback. Riveting, finely crafted essays about family and the natural world, and winner of the 2000 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Series: Northwest Reprints Book. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised Edition, New Afterword by
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717086
- ISBN
- 9780870717086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.39
€ 26.39
Paperback. "Novelist and essayist Brian Doyle describes encounters with astounding beings of every sort and shape in this collection of short vignettes. The book gathers previously unpublished work along with selections that have been published in Orion, The Sun, and The American Scholar, among others"-- Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870717543
- ISBN
- 9780870717543
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.98
€ 18.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. A collection of personal essays from one of the most widely published American environmental writers addresses the concerns about the effects of ranching on the environment. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874176278
- ISBN
- 9780874176278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.20
€ 18.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. Here, the author/narrator - a representative, in extremis, of contemporary American obsession with beauty, celebrity, transmitted image - finds himself suspended, fascinated, in the remoteness of our wall-to-wall mediascape. It is a remoteness that both perplexes and enthralls him. Num Pages: 180 pages, 57 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299193645
- ISBN
- 9780299193645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hoopes, Roy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879723279
- ISBN
- 9780879723279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.51
€ 21.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Dewey, Fred. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- re:public / Upset Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976014287
- ISBN
- 9780976014287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.37
€ 14.37
The News from Poems. Essays on the 21st-Century American Poetry of Eng...
. Ed(S): Gray, Jeffrey; Keniston, Ann
Paperback. Examines a subgenre of recent American poetry that closely engages with contemporary political and social issues. This"engaged" poetry features a range of aesthetics and focuses on public topics from climate change to the aftermath of recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the increasing corporatization of US culture. Editor(s): Gray, Jeffrey; Keniston, Ann. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472053186
- ISBN
- 9780472053186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29