UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004: Similar Items


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1.	Requires cookie*	Title: Chaucer's Dante: allegory and epic theater in The Canterbury tales Author: Neuse, Richard Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature \| English Literature \| European Literature \| Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: Richard Neuse here explores the relationship between two great medieval epics, Dante's Divine Comedy and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales . He argues that Dante's attraction for Chaucer lay not so much in the spiritual dimension of the Divine Comedy as in the human.Borrowing Bertolt Brecht's phrase "epic . . . [more] Similar Items
2.	Requires cookie*	Title: Chaucer and the fictions of gender Author: Hansen, Elaine Tuttle 1947- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Literature \| English Literature \| Gender Studies \| Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: Hansen challenges both the long-standing myth of Chaucer as the tolerant, wise Father of English poetry and the recent arguments that Chaucer was a protofeminist, subversive of the misogyny of his day. Hansen argues that these mistaken interpretations inhibit readings of Chaucer that respond to femi . . . [more] Similar Items
3.	Requires cookie*	Title: The disenchanted self: representing the subject in the Canterbury tales Author: Leicester, H. Marshall (Henry Marshall) 1942- Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature \| Literary Theory and Criticism \| Medieval Studies Publisher's Description: The question of the "dramatic principle" in the Canterbury Tales , of whether and how the individual tales relate to the pilgrims who are supposed to tell them, has long been a central issue in the interpretation of Chaucer's work. Drawing on ideas from deconstruction, psychoanalysis, and social the . . . [more] Similar Items
4.	Requires cookie*	Title: The naked text: Chaucer's Legend of good women Author: Delany, Sheila Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: Literature \| Literary Theory and Criticism \| Medieval Studies \| English Literature \| Gender Studies Publisher's Description: A sequel to her seminal book on Chaucer's House of Fame , Sheila Delany's elegant and innovative study of Chaucer's Legend of Good Women explores what it meant to be a reader and a writer, and to be English and a courtier, in the late fourteenth century. The richness of late medieval art, philosophy . . . [more] Similar Items
5.	Requires cookie*	Title: Laughing out loud: writing the comedy-centered screenplay Author: Horton, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts \| Film \| Writing Publisher's Description: Whoever wrote "Make 'em laugh!" knew that it's easier said than done. But people love to laugh, and good comedy will always sell. With the help of this complete and entertaining guide, writers and would-be writers for film and television can look forward to writing comedy that goes far beyond stereo . . . [more] Similar Items
6.	Requires cookie*	Title: Comedy/cinema/theory Author: Horton, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts \| Film Publisher's Description: The nature of comedy has interested many thinkers, from Plato to Freud, but film comedy has not received much theoretical attention in recent years. The essays in Comedy/Cinema/Theory use a range of critical and theoretical approaches to explore this curious and fascinating subject. The result is a . . . [more] Similar Items
7.	Requires cookie*	Title: War, memory, and the politics of humor: the Canard enchaîné and World War I Author: Douglas, Allen 1949- Published: University of California Press, 2002 Subjects: History \| French Studies \| European History \| European Literature \| Print Media Publisher's Description: War, Memory, and the Politics of Humor features carnage and cannibalism, gender and cross-dressing, drunks and heroes, militarism and memory, all set against the background of World War I France. Allen Douglas shows how a new satiric weekly, the Canard Enchaîné, exploited these topics and others to . . . [more] Similar Items
8.	Requires cookie*	Title: A flowering tree: and other oral tales from India A.K. Ramanujan ; edited with a preface by Stuart Blackburn and Alan Dundes Author: Ramanujan, A. K 1929- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Literature \| Fiction \| Language and Linguistics \| Asian Literature \| Folklore and Mythology \| South Asia Publisher's Description: This book of oral tales from the south Indian region of Kannada represents the culmination of a lifetime of research by A. K. Ramanujan, one of the most revered scholars and writers of his time. The result of over three decades' labor, this long-awaited collection makes available for the first time . . . [more] Similar Items
9.	Requires cookie*	Title: The enchantments of love: amorous and exemplary novels Author: Zayas y Sotomayor, María de 1590-1650 Published: University of California Press, 1990 Subjects: Literature \| European Literature Publisher's Description: An instant best-seller in Spain in 1637, The Enchantments of Love is a collection of shrewd and timeless tales in the tradition of Bocaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales . Although some of the tales have appeared in English through the centuries, this delightful translation by H. Patsy . . . [more] Similar Items
10.	Requires cookie*	Title: Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India Author: Hansen, Kathryn Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature \| Cultural Anthropology \| South Asia Publisher's Description: The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play , Kathryn Hansen draws on fie . . . [more] Similar Items
11.	Requires cookie*	Title: Sentinel for health: a history of the Centers for Disease Control Author: Etheridge, Elizabeth W Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History \| Medicine Publisher's Description: In the only history of its kind, Etheridge traces the development of the Centers for Disease Control from its inception as a malaria control unit during World War II through the mid-1980s . The eradication of smallpox, the struggle to identify an effective polio vaccine, the unraveling of the secret . . . [more] Similar Items
12.	Requires cookie*	Title: Cervantes and the burlesque sonnet Author: Martín, Adrienne Laskier Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature \| Poetry \| Renaissance Literature Publisher's Description: Until now the great renown of Cervantes as a prose humorist has eclipsed his skill as a humorous poet. Cervantes and the Burlesque Sonnet amply illustrates the comic genius of Cervantes the poet, and at the same time establishes criteria by which comic poetry can be analyzed and evaluated.Adrienne M . . . [more] Similar Items
13.	Requires cookie*	Title: Play it again, Sam: retakes on remakes Author: Horton, Andrew Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts \| Film Publisher's Description: Play It Again, Sam is a timely investigation of a topic that until now has received almost no critical attention in film and cultural studies: the cinematic remake. As cinema enters its second century, more remakes are appearing than ever before, and these writers consider the full range: Hollywood . . . [more] Similar Items
14.	Requires cookie*	Title: An Ottoman tragedy: history and historiography at play Author: Piterberg, Gabriel 1955- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: History \| Middle Eastern History \| Historiography \| Middle Eastern Studies Publisher's Description: In the space of six years early in the seventeenth century, the Ottoman Empire underwent such turmoil and trauma - the assassination of the young ruler Osman II, the re-enthronement and subsequent abdication of his mad uncle Mustafa I, for a start - that a scholar pronounced the period's three-day-l . . . [more] Similar Items
15.	Requires cookie*	Title: A carnival of parting: the tales of King Bharthari and King Gopi Chand as sung and told by Madhu Natisar Nath of Ghatiyali, Rajasthan Author: Nath, Madhu Natisar Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Anthropology \| Cultural Anthropology \| Folklore and Mythology \| Hinduism \| South Asia Publisher's Description: Madhu Natisar Nath is a Rajasthani farmer with no formal schooling. He is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. At the center of A Carnival of Parting are Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal. Both c . . . [more] Similar Items
16.	Requires cookie*	Title: Six screenplays Author: Riskin, Robert Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts \| Film Publisher's Description: Screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897-1955) was a towering figure even among the giants of Hollywood's Golden Age. Known for his unique blend of humor and romance, wisecracking and idealism, Riskin teamed with director Frank Capra to produce some of his most memorable films. Pat McGilligan has collected . . . [more] Similar Items
17.	Requires cookie*	Title: Speak, bird, speak again: Palestinian Arab folktales Author: Muhawi, Ibrahim 1937- Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Anthropology \| Literature in Translation \| Middle Eastern Studies \| Folklore and Mythology Publisher's Description: Were it simply a collection of fascinating, previously unpublished folktales, Speak, Bird, Speak Again: Palestinian Arab Folktales would merit praise and attention because of its cultural rather than political approach to Palestinian studies. But it is much more than this. By combining their respect . . . [more] Similar Items
18.	Requires cookie*	Title: Hazardous metropolis: flooding and urban ecology in Los Angeles Author: Orsi, Jared 1970- Published: University of California Press, 2004 Subjects: History \| California and the West \| Urban Studies \| Water \| Urban Studies Publisher's Description: Although better known for its sunny skies, Los Angeles suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little-known chapter in the city's history - the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth century. Despite the city's 114 debris dams, 5 floo . . . [more] Similar Items
19.	Requires cookie*	Title: Tiny game hunting: environmentally healthy ways to trap and kill the pests in your house and garden Author: Klein, Hilary Dole 1945- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: EcologyEvolutionEnvironment \| Gardening \| Entomology \| Plants \| Environment Publisher's Description: Every year Americans use a staggering five hundred million pounds of toxic pesticides in and around their homes, schools, parks, and roads - a growing health risk for people and the environment. But are these poisons really necessary? This book, appealing to the hunter in us all, shows how to triump . . . [more] Similar Items
20.	Requires cookie*	Title: Permitted and prohibited desires: mothers, comics, and censorship in Japan Author: Allison, Anne 1950- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology \| Gender Studies \| Popular Culture \| Japan Publisher's Description: This provocative study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Anne Allison . . . [more] Similar Items