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The Pursuit Of Signs

The Pursuit Of Signs

by Jonathan Culler

Callaloo

Callaloo

by Charles H Rowell

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Sisters In Literature

Sisters In Literature

by Hirai, Masako

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory

by Selden, Raman and Peter Widdowson (editors)

Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf,. Paperback. 244pp. An introduction to 8 of the major schools of literary theory: New Criticism, Russian Formalism, Reader-orientated theories, Marxist theories, structuralist theories, poststructuralist theories, postmodernist and postcolonialist theories, feminist theories. Clean and neat. Good+, sound copy . Paperback. 1993.
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Truth to Life: The Art of Biography in the Nineteenth Century.

Truth to Life: The Art of Biography in the Nineteenth Century.

by Cockshut, A. O. J

London: Collins,. 220pp. Heavily sunned to spine and edges of dust wrapper. A little rubbed. Very good copy in Good dw. . Hardcover. 1974.
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Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

by Murray, Janet H

Free Press, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very good condition with the exception of a small 1/4 inch edge rip on rear dust jacket corner. Otherwise minimal wear. Clean and tight. No writing or marking..
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Mosaic V/I

Mosaic V/I

by R.G. Collins; Kenneth McRobbie (eds.)

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1971. As new! Paper bound, illustrated, Pp167. An unmarked, near fine copy of this very early issue. Review editor is Ralph T. Berry and Peter M. Horowitz is associate editor. Contents include: Synge in the West of Ireland; Synge The Dramatist; John Millington Synge: The Man and His Background; Synge's Poetic Use of Language; New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature; Myth and Tragi-Comedy in Beckett's Happy Days;... Read more about this item
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£16.44
Callaloo : A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Volume 27, Number 2 (Spring 2004)

Callaloo : A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters, Volume 27, Number 2 (Spring 2004)

by Rowell, Charles H. (ed.), Reetika Vazirani, Douglas Field (on James Baldwin), Rita Dove, Madison Smart Bell, et al

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Tall 8vo, 238pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes Douglas Field essay on James Baldwin, memorial tributes to Reetika Vazirani by Rita Dove and others, etc. Unmarked, internally clean copy with a bit of edge wear.
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£20.56
Callaloo:  A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters.  Issue No. 34 - Volume 11, Number 4 - Fall 1988

Callaloo: A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters. Issue No. 34 - Volume 11, Number 4 - Fall 1988

by Rowell, Charles H. [editor]

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. Scholarly quarterly including art, interviews, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and book reviews by African Americans or of interest to African Americans. Featured in this issue are: Al Young; Charles H. Rowell; Olympe Bhely-Quenem; Valerie Smith; Janet Sims-Wood; VeVe A. Clark; Janis A. Mayes; others. Softcover with color artwork on front cover. Light shelfwear, internally very clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good.... Read more about this item
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£13.97
Alien Plots : Female Subjectivity and the Divine in the Light of James  Tiptree's `A Momentary Taste of Being'

Alien Plots : Female Subjectivity and the Divine in the Light of James Tiptree's `A Momentary Taste of Being'

by van der Spek, Inez

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press,. Paperback. 241pp. Part of the Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies series. A series of close readings of the science fiction story `A Momentary Taste of Being' by James Tiptree (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon-Bradley). Draws strongly on feminist literary theory particularly the work of Julia Kristeva. Near fine, bright copy. . Paperback. 2000.
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£10.00
Deconstruction: Theory and Practice

Deconstruction: Theory and Practice

by Norris, Christopher

London: Routledge,. Paperback. 157pp. Very light annotation. New Accents Series. Very good copy. . Paperback. 1982.
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£3.25
Veil and the Mask: Essays on Culture and Ideology

Veil and the Mask: Essays on Culture and Ideology

by Merquior, J. G

London: Routledge Kegan Paul,. Hardback. 161pp. Multidisciplinary approach to cultural and literary theory drawing on sociology, psychology, philosophy and Marxism. Pale yellow boards with gilt titles to spine and some finger marks. Dw is a little tanned and has the remains of an old price label to front. Very good copy in Good+ dw. . Hardcover. 1979.
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£6.50
Our Halcyon Dayes: English Prerevolutionary Texts and Postmodern Culture

Our Halcyon Dayes: English Prerevolutionary Texts and Postmodern Culture

by Venuti, Lawrence

Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press,. Paperback. 1st edn., 9'' x 6'', 320 pp. An examination of Marxist theory and English Renaissance texts such as Philip Massinger and Cavalier love poetry. Indexed. Some edge wear. Spine uncreased. Clean and sound. Good+, sound copy. . Paperback. 1989.
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£9.00
Callaloo : A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, Volume 24, Number 1 (Winter 2001) - The Confederate Flag Controversy

Callaloo : A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, Volume 24, Number 1 (Winter 2001) - The Confederate Flag Controversy

by Rowell, Charles H. (ed.), Ernest J. Gaines, Madison Smartt Bell, Guy Davenport, George Garrett, Reynolds Price, et al

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tall 8vo, xii+288pp, printed wrappers. This stout issue includes content related to the Confederate Flag Controversy. Unmarked, internally clean copy, light edgewear.
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£49.33
Callaloo : A Black South Journal of Arts and Letters 17 (Volume 6, Number 1; February 1983) - inciudes a Special Section on Aime Cesaire : Caribbean Poet

Callaloo : A Black South Journal of Arts and Letters 17 (Volume 6, Number 1; February 1983) - inciudes a Special Section on Aime Cesaire : Caribbean Poet

by Rowell, Charles H. (ed.), Aime Cesaire, Clayton Eshleman, Annette Smith, John Edgar Wideman, Brenda Marie Osbey, Charles Johnson, Nathaniel Mackey, et al

Lexington, KY: Callaloo, 1983. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, [ii]+190pp, printed wrappers. This scarce early issue of Callaloo includes a special section devoted to Aime Cesaire. Unmarked copy, light reading wear, some rubbing to covers.
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£28.78
Tjomnyj Genij Vsevolod Mejerhol’d = The Dark Genius of Vseovold Meyerhold.

Tjomnyj Genij Vsevolod Mejerhol’d = The Dark Genius of Vseovold Meyerhold.

by Elagin, Juri

London, England: Overseas Publications Interchange Ltd, 1982. . 8vo. 455pp. Soft Covers. Very Good. Text in Russian.
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£37.00
The Reign of Ideology

The Reign of Ideology

by Goodheart, Eugene

New York: Columbia University Press,. Paperback. 203pp. Includes chapters on the New York intellectuals, Leslek Kolakowski, Kenneth Burke, Matthew Arnold and Richard Rorty etc. Hint of rubbing. Very good+ copy. . Paperback. 1997.
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£6.00
THE CULTURE OF THE PASSIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL

THE CULTURE OF THE PASSIONS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL

by SILL, Geoffrey

Cambridge University Press, 2001. 8vo, 261pp. A near fine hardback copy in like dust jacket.
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£10.59
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English

by Ousby, Ian

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,. Hardback. 1056pp. Foreword by Doris Lessing. Detailed biographical and critical articles not only on writers and their works as substantial coverage is also given to such literary genres as popular fiction, science fiction, detective novels, and children's classics. Over 4,500 alphabetical entries, cross-referenced throughout . Includes all literature in English - British, Irish, American, Australian, African, Canadian, New Zealand, Indian and Caribbean.... Read more about this item
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£9.50
Poems of Robert Frost: An Explication

Poems of Robert Frost: An Explication

by Marcus, Mordecai

G. K. Hall & Co., 1991. Book. Good. Hardcover. Good reference or reading copy. Book is Ex-Library with typical stamps, stickers and markings. Some underlining and markings in text pages. All intact..
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£16.44£13.16
Callaloo : A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, Volume 18, Number 2 (Spring 1995) - Remembering Ralph Ellison

Callaloo : A Journal of African-American and African Arts and Letters, Volume 18, Number 2 (Spring 1995) - Remembering Ralph Ellison

by Rowell, Charles H. (ed.), Ralph Ellison, Rita Dove, Marilene Phipps, Nathaniel Mackey (interviewed), Reginald McKnight, Astrid Roemer, et al

Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tall 8vo, 318pp, printed wrappers. This thick issue includes a special section memorializing Ralph Ellison. A corrected masthead leaf is laid in (as issued). Unmarked, internally clean copy, light reading wear.
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£24.67
Callaloo:  A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters.  Volume 13, Number 2 - Spring, 1990

Callaloo: A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters. Volume 13, Number 2 - Spring, 1990

by Rowell, Charles H. [editor]

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Scholarly quarterly including art, interviews, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and book reviews by African Americans or of interest to African Americans. Featured in this issue are: Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Yusef Komunyakka; Clarence Major; Wynton Marsalis; John McCluskey; many others. Softcover with color artwork on front cover. Light shelfwear, internally very clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over... Read more about this item
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£13.97
Sisters in Literature: Female Sexuality in  Antigone ,  Middlemarch ,  Howards End  and  Women in Love

Sisters in Literature: Female Sexuality in Antigone , Middlemarch , Howards End and Women in Love

by Masako Hirai

Hardback. New. A unique study of how novels by Lawrence, Forster and George Eliot can be read as rewritings of Sophocles's Antigone : each is presented as a socially and sexually involving argument between two sisters.
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£104.00
Callaloo:  A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters.  Volume 13, Number 3 - Summer, 1990

Callaloo: A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters. Volume 13, Number 3 - Summer, 1990

by Rowell, Charles H. [editor]

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Scholarly quarterly including art, interviews, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and book reviews by African Americans or of interest to African Americans. Featured in this issue are: Alvin Aubert; Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Tahar Ben Jelloun; Marjorie Thorpe; many others. Softcover with color artwork on front cover. Light shelfwear, internally very clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -... Read more about this item
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In Search of Authority  A Beginner's Introduction to Literary Theory

In Search of Authority A Beginner's Introduction to Literary Theory

by Bonnycastle, Stephen

Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1991. Trade Paperback. 0921149808 . In Near Fine condition with very light scuffing to the cover. Tightly bound with an unmarked interior. "The overall argument of the book is to reproblematize the general notion of authority. We should not approach literary texts or literary theories, Bonnycastle suggests, looking for an external authority. Rather we must realize that authority is a social construction, that we all play a... Read more about this item
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£10.15
Callaloo:  A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters.  Volume 13, Number 1 - Winter, 1990

Callaloo: A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters. Volume 13, Number 1 - Winter, 1990

by Rowell, Charles H. [editor]

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990. Scholarly quarterly including art, interviews, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and book reviews by African Americans or of interest to African Americans. Featured in this issue are: Paule Marshall; Leopold S. Senghor; John Edgar Wideman; Chinua Achebe; Wilson Harris; many others. Softcover with color artwork on front cover. Light shelfwear, internally very clean and free from names or other markings.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over... Read more about this item
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£13.97
Beyond Poststructuralism: The Speculations of Theory and the Experience of  Literature

Beyond Poststructuralism: The Speculations of Theory and the Experience of Literature

by Harris, Wendell V. (editor)

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press,. Hardback. 445pp. 19 essays. Blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Hint of superficial rubbing One minor ding to fore-edge. Very good copy. . Hardcover. 1996.
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£16.50
Mosaic V/4

Mosaic V/4

by R.G. Collins; Kenneth McRobbie (eds.)

Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1972. Paper bound, illustrated, Pp204. A tight, unmarked, very good or better copy of this early issue. Contents include: Numerology and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde; Undoing Substantial connection: The Late Medieval Attack on Analogical Thought; Trends and Problems in the Study of Emblematic Literature; Strindberg's The Ghost Sonata and Sonata Form; Aristotle to Gertrude Stein: the Arts of Poetry; Giraudoux Entre Deux Nationalismes: Quelques Aspects de la... Read more about this item
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£16.44