Barbara Leavy (61 results)

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First trade paper edition, second printing of this of the works of Ruth Rendell. In fine unread condition.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Revised Edition (2012). A new trade paperback. No remainder marks.

Hardcover. 350pp. VG+ / VG+ dj.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Printing. book is tight with no markings, minor soiling to top page edge, great copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Shelf wear to the covers including creasing to the rear cover at the lower leading edge corner. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xi, 237 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical and Ethical Significance of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year -- 3. The Diseased Soul in Chaucer, Boccaccio, and Poe. "The Pardoner's Tale" (Geoffrey Chaucer). The Frame of the Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio). "The Masque of the Red Death" and other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe) -- 4. Ibsen's Ghosts and the Ghosts of Ibsen. Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen). As Is (William Hoffman). An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen). The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer) -- 5. Microparasites, Macroparasites, and the Spanish Influenza. "Chip off the Old Block" (Wallace Stegner). Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Katherine Anne Porter) -- 6. Plague, Physician, Writer, and the Poison Damsel. Damaged Goods (Eugene Brieux). "Rappaccini's Daughter" (Nathaniel Hawthorne) -- 7. Medicine and Humanism in Albert Camus's The Plague. Subjects; Communicable diseases in literature. Diseases and literature. Literature and society. Literature Psychological aspects. AIDS (Disease). Diseases. Illness. Literature. Communicable diseases in literature. Diseases and literature. Literature and society. Literature Psychological aspects. Literature Psychology. Society in literature. Medicine in literature. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Maladies infectieuses dans la litte?rature. Maladies et litte?rature. Litte?rature et socie?te? Litte?rature Psychologie. Sida. Me?decine dans la litte?rature. Society in literature. Medicine in literature. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. 350pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: New York University Press, (1988). Near fine.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xi, 237 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. Contents; 1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical and Ethical Significance of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year -- 3. The Diseased Soul in Chaucer, Boccaccio, and Poe. "The Pardoner's Tale" (Geoffrey Chaucer). The Frame of the Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio). "The Masque of the Red Death" and other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe) -- 4. Ibsen's Ghosts and the Ghosts of Ibsen. Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen). As Is (William Hoffman). An Enemy of the People (Henrik Ibsen). The Normal Heart (Larry Kramer) -- 5. Microparasites, Macroparasites, and the Spanish Influenza. "Chip off the Old Block" (Wallace Stegner). Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Katherine Anne Porter) -- 6. Plague, Physician, Writer, and the Poison Damsel. Damaged Goods (Eugene Brieux). "Rappaccini's Daughter" (Nathaniel Hawthorne) -- 7. Medicine and Humanism in Albert Camus's The Plague. Subjects; Communicable diseases in literature. Diseases and literature. Literature and society. Literature Psychological aspects. AIDS (Disease). Diseases. Illness. Literature. Communicable diseases in literature. Diseases and literature. Literature and society. Literature Psychological aspects. Literature Psychology. Society in literature. Medicine in literature. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Maladies infectieuses dans la littérature. Maladies et littérature. Littérature et société. Littérature Psychologie. Sida. Médecine dans la littérature. Society in literature. Medicine in literature. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hbk 350pp dj very slightly shelfworn now in protective sleeve otherwise an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked text in as new condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. "A sensitive, intelligent book." Sander L. Gilman, Professor of Humane Studies, Cornell University How is AIDS treated in the contemporary plays of Larry Kramer and William Hoffman? How important is the Black Death to a reader of Boccaccio's Decameron? How have the historical and current outbreaks of contagious disease affected the creation of literature, and how has this literature in turn shaped our response to disease? Original and moving, To Blight with Plague addresses these and other central questions raised by literary works whose main themes revolve around contagious, epidemic disease and its social and psychological consequences.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New. In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy believes that, in the societies in which the tale and its variants endured, woman was the other--the outsider trapped in a society that could never be her own. Leavy shows how the tale, though rarely explicitly recognized, is frequently replayed in modern literature. Beautifully written, this book reveals the myriad ways in which the folktales of a society reflect its cultural values, and particularly how folktales are allegories of gender relations. It will interest anyone involved in literary, gender, and cultural studies.…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. To Blight with Plague: Studies in a Literary Theme. Book.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender. Book.

Condition: new.

Condition: new.

Paperback. Condition: New. In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a mortal man who holds the key to her imprisonment. When she manages to regain this key, she escapes to the otherworld, never to return. These tales have most often been interpreted as depicting exogamous marriages, describing the girl from another tribe trapped in a world where she will always be the outsider. Barbara Fass Leavy believes that, in the societies in which the tale and its variants endured, woman was the other--the outsider trapped in a society that could never be her own. Leavy shows how the tale, though rarely explicitly recognized, is frequently replayed in modern literature. Beautifully written, this book reveals the myriad ways in which the folktales of a society reflect its cultural values, and particularly how folktales are allegories of gender relations. It will interest anyone involved in literary, gender, and cultural studies.…

Soft cover. 8vo. pp xiv, 350. Large format paperback. ISBN: 081474169X Fine.

Condition: New. pp. 252.

Condition: New. pp. 388.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.