Perspectives Criticism: First Edition (98 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Used - Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First. Like new condition.

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 167pp. Small chip & crack bottom spine; owner name ffep.; light foxing top edge. Dj extremities lightly rubbed; front inner flap Dj clipped. Endnotes & index. Dj in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Prior owner label on front pastedown. Dust jacket covered in protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 296 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Georges Vigarello maps the evolution of Western ideas about fat and fat people from the Middle Ages to the present, paying particular attention to the role of science, fashion, fitness crazes, and public health campaigns in shaping these views. While hefty bodies were once a sign of power, today those who struggle to lose weight are considered poor in character and weak in mind. Vigarello traces the eventual equation of fatness with infirmity and the way we have come to define ourselves and others in terms of body type. Vigarello begins with the medieval artists and intellectuals who treated heavy bodies as symbols of force and prosperity. He then follows the shift during the Renaissance and early modern period to courtly, medical, and religious codes that increasingly favored moderation and discouraged excess. Scientific advances in the eighteenth century also brought greater knowledge of food and the body's processes, recasting fatness as the "relaxed" antithesis of health. The body-as-mechanism metaphor intensified in the early nineteenth century, with the chemistry revolution and heightened attention to food-as-fuel, which turned the body into a kind of furnace or engine. During this period, social attitudes toward fat became conflicted, with the bourgeois male belly operating as a sign of prestige but also as a symbol of greed and exploitation, while the overweight female was admired only if she was working class. Vigarello concludes with the fitness and body-conscious movements of the twentieth century and the proliferation of personal confessions about obesity, which tied fat more closely to notions of personality, politics, taste, and class.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Second Printing. Minor shelf wear to binding & edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Paperback. Condition: FINE. Pages crisp and clean. Very mild wear due to age. Discusses the tensions between evangelicals, scholarship, and the Bible in America.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Nice Copy. On the inside of the back cover the owner wrote a note about where he got the book - there is no other writing in the book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/white spine titles. Fine and unmarked book in Near Fine DJ w/ 1/" tear bottom front. 316pp; illustrated in photos, drawings. 316 p. Book.

Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Printing. Ex-library copy is clean and unmarked except for library stamping on page edges and library sleeve on back board.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Printing. Book is a clean tight copy of vintage essays by leading American, English and European literary critics.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Columbia University Press, 2005; First Printing with full number line; xviii, 247pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of black cloth boards, gold foil titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. Very good paperback copy, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Light shelfwear. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Green cloth with gilt titles. [xvii] 395 pages, with Index. Contents organized in sections by type of critic: The Historical Critic, The Formalist Critic, The Sociocultural Critic, The Psychological Critic, and The Myopoeic Critic.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brand new book. Small remainder dot on bottom spine, otherwise pristine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First printing. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block with large stain on foredge. Text is unmarked. Dj lightly worn & toned with long scratch on front panel in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; ndj in mylar (price-clipped); 144 clean, unmarked pages/index; Concentrating upon Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, the author demonstrates from the manner as well as from the matter of the two texts what Joyce's attitude was toward social, political, and family power, and toward the literary styles of his predecessors. The book shows that Joyce's anti-authoritarianism entailed not only his movement toward the writing of comedy but also the increasing obscurity of his language.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Two-tone olive paper-covered boards, lettered in black. As issued. Dust jacket essentially as issued, with clipped front flap that appears to be original to issue, now in mylar. 2nd ptg. ix,167 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good, with only light rubbing to corners and edges. Original glassene dust jacket, chipped at heel, head and rear. First volume of the famous Perspectives in Criticism series.

Hard Bound Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. first edition Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Good. first edition Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback, has shallow creasing with a slight bow to the front cover, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and edgewear to the covers with light staining to the front. Overall, a solid, unmarked, Good+ copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. First Edition. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2006. First printing (with full number line). xviii.+ 247pp with Index. Near Fine with slight signs of wear & handling. corners & spine ends are lightly bumped, board edges show slight shelf wear, binding & hinges are firm. DJ has some wear to edges & sunning to spine but is clean & intact. Translated by William McCuaig. …