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Paperback. Simon Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers in the archives of a deceased philosopher friend of his. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. Num Pages: 72 pages, 8 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780992974718
- ISBN
- 9780992974718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.17
€ 19.99
€ 10.17
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Smith/Doorstop Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906613853
- ISBN
- 9781906613853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Dickel, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; AB; DSBH; JFCA; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628937
- ISBN
- 9783837628937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.28
€ 50.99
€ 36.28
Paperback. Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy. Num Pages: 382 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142548
- ISBN
- 9780226142548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.64
€ 46.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226146188
- ISBN
- 9780226146188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.43
€ 93.81
€ 77.43
Paperback. This book argues that political democracy has not fulfilled its promise and that we should therefore re-examine literature's long conservative hostility to it. It offers new accounts of the ethos of refusing political democracy, as well as innovative readings of writers including Tocqueville, Disraeli, George Eliot, E.M. Forster and Saul Bellow. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 13. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780823242559
- ISBN
- 9780823242559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.45
€ 33.99
€ 33.45
paperback. Offering a critique of Foucault and the literary studies that have been influenced by him, Simon During takes in Foucault's studies of 'transgressive' writing from Sade and Artaud to the French 'new novelists' of the 1960s. Num Pages: 271 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415012423
- ISBN
- 9780415012423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. A team of expert contributors draws on the latest research in order to offer a cogent, transcontinental narrative. Editor(s): Eliot, Simon; Rose, Jonathan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DS; GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192781
- ISBN
- 9781405192781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.31
€ 43.99
€ 42.31
Paperback. Contains the translations of the Epistle to Foma and the lessons and sermons of Kirill, as well as an rendering of the Sermon on Law and Grace. Series: Harvard Library of Early Ukrainian Literature. Num Pages: 326 pages, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 2AGC; DSBB; HRCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932650082
- ISBN
- 9781932650082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
€ 33.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Frost, Simon; Rix, Robert W. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763535106
- ISBN
- 9788763535106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. From Oscar Wilde's unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray's quest to post himself, this title uncovers a host of stories that capture the enchantment of this irreplaceable art (with a supporting cast including Pliny the Younger, Ted Hughes, Virginia Woolf, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lewis Carroll, Jane Austen). Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: DN; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857868619
- ISBN
- 9780857868619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
hardcover. An entertaining and authoritative exploration of how and why time has come to rule our lives from the bestselling author of Just My Type Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DN; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 315 x 36. Weight in Grams: 494. Good copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper with minor edge wear but remains good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0008941
- ISBN
- 9781782113195
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The first book in English to examine one of the most important and influential texts from a literary perspective. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843528
- ISBN
- 9781843843528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. This book demonstrates that these two areas of modernity were surprisingly entwined. Num Pages: 392 pages, 73 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KJ; DSB; HBTS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New in Paper ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160979
- ISBN
- 9780691160979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.02
€ 40.99
€ 29.02
Hardback. Challenges the conventional belief that the English-language literary traditions of East Africa are restricted to the former British colonies of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. This book begins with a chronology of key historical events and an overview of the emergence and transformation of literary culture in the region. Series: Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125208
- ISBN
- 9780231125208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.50€ 74.64
€ 98.50
€ 74.64
Hardback. Through Victorian art, opera, and novels, this title examines how sexuality and desire, the politics of culture, and the role of religion in society were considered and debated through the Victorian obsession with antiquity. It offers insights into how the Victorian sense of antiquity and our sense of the Victorians came into being. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 color illus. 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 247 x 30. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149844
- ISBN
- 9780691149844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49€ 49.91
€ 64.49
€ 49.91
Paperback. From the stages of Broadway and London to university campuses, Paris, and the bourgeoning theaters of Africa, Greek tragedy remains constantly in production. This title explains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance. It summarizes what we know about how their tragedies were actually staged. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; ANH; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226301280
- ISBN
- 9780226301280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.01
€ 20.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. A stirring anthology of speeches from every period of British history. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 black and white photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DQ; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857383273
- ISBN
- 9780857383273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. The third and final volume of Simon Hornblower's magisterial commentary on the history of the first 20 years of the Peloponnesian War written by the great fifth-century BC Greek historian Thucydides. Volume III covers the years 421-411 BC (Books 5.25 to 8.109). All Greek is translated, and there is a thematic Introduction. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Frontispiece, 6 figures, 8 maps. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199594450
- ISBN
- 9780199594450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138774957
- ISBN
- 9781138774957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.80
€ 26.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. This is the first study of the literary theories of H. G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his entire career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history, politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, one black-and-white halftone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606597
- ISBN
- 9780199606597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.30
€ 171.30
Paperback. This is the second poem to appear from among a small set entitled The Calendar. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910392119
- ISBN
- 9781910392119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107083882
- ISBN
- 9781107083882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.44
€ 108.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425276
- ISBN
- 9780226425276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.49
€ 30.99
€ 24.49