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paperback. In this study, Marian Demos seeks to demonstrate the significance of three famous lyric quotations within their respective contexts in the dialogues of Plato. These passages include the Simonides poem in the "Protagoras" and the misquotation of Pindar in the "Gorgias". Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033303
- ISBN
- 9780847689095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. This is a study of the main literary theories of the late Italian Renaissance that seek to define a poetics of dialogue. Important because it subverts the conventional understanding of what is literary or not, dialogue has ties to Platonism, the dialectic and imaginative fiction. Num Pages: 316 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033530
- ISBN
- 9780804714594
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Reinterpretation of the significance of the figure of St Bernard in Dante's Commedia. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033615
- ISBN
- 9780521434546
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Building on Edward Said's 'Orientalism', which defined Orientalism as a form of Western knowledge directly linked to imperial power, Todd Kontje offers a more nuanced version as seen through the lens of German literature of the last 1500 years. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033810
- ISBN
- 9780472113927
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. A Graphic Guide that takes readers on a tour through the world of Will. Illustrator(s): Piero. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, B/w throughout. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 118 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848311152
- ISBN
- 9781848311152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.02
€ 10.99
€ 6.02
paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848311787
- ISBN
- 9781848311787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
paperback. Introducing Joyce provides an introduction to the life and work of the great pioneer of modernism. Illustrator(s): Flint, Carl. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, Throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848313514
- ISBN
- 9781848313514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
hardcover. In the past 50 years ancient Greek philosophy has flourished, but the sophists remain neglected. Robert Mayhew redresses the balance in a new translation and commentary on Prodicus of Ceos. He presents the definitive resource for the study of this intriguing philosopher, and reassesses Prodicus' life and thought on language, religion, and ethics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC; HPCA; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033811
- ISBN
- 9780199607877
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. Translator(s): Ambler, Wayne. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033866
- ISBN
- 9780801487507
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. In order to explore the literature of this world, Brotherston uses primary sources that have traditionally been ignored because they have not conformed to Western definitions of oral and written literature. Num Pages: 494 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 922. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033884
- ISBN
- 9780521307604
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Maintaining that Joyce is the greatest modern "interpreter" of Vico, Verene demonstrates how images from Joyce's work offer keys to Vico's philosophy. Verene presents Vico's philosophical thought as it develops in his major works, with Joyce's words and insights serving as a guide. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 625. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033924
- ISBN
- 9780300099584
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 699. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. In illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033932
- ISBN
- 9780739146866
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 591. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033943
- ISBN
- 9780195327328
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
paperback. This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture. Editor(s): Bernstein, J. M. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 246. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034113
- ISBN
- 9780415253802
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. An astonishingly candid book from the Nobel Laureate about what has shaped his interpretation of literature and the world. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330522984
- ISBN
- 9780330522984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.35
€ 17.99
€ 13.35
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 178 x 127. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Translation
- SKU
- V9780811221122
- ISBN
- 9780811221122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
hardcover. Brings to life the rich variety of pre-modern Arabic social and cultural life, where secular texts happily coexisted with religious ones Series: Library of Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- NYU Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770276
- ISBN
- 9780814770276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.06
€ 100.06
Paperback. The earliest Turkish verses, dating from the sixth century A.D., were love lyrics. Since then love has dominated the Turks' poetic modes and moods - pre-Islamic, Ottoman classic, folk, modern. In style, form and sensibility, this collection offers a broad spectrum. Editor(s): Halman, Talat Sait; Warner, Jayne L. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages, preface, bibliographic notes. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815608356
- ISBN
- 9780815608356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Paperback. Few scholars have analysed class in children's literature. This definitive collection remedies that by defining and exemplifying historical materialist approaches to children's literature. The thirteen essays analyse a wide range of texts using concepts in historical materialism from class struggle to the commodity. Editor(s): Hubler, Angela E. Series: Children's Literature Association Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC; DSY; JFCA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496807830
- ISBN
- 9781496807830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
hardcover. This volume gathers 23 interviews with the British novelist and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) by some of the last half-century's foremost critics, academics and journalists. Gillian Dooley introduces the collection with an analysis of Murdoch's work. Editor(s): Dooley, Gillian. Num Pages: 300 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570034992
- ISBN
- 9781570034992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.44
€ 42.44
Paperback. "Understanding Martin Amis" is a guide to the novels, short stories and non-fiction by one of Britain's most highly acclaimed and controversial authors. James Diedrick draws on personal interviews, reviews and criticism to map the distinctive features of Martin Amis's imaginative landscape. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliographic references, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 2 New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570035166
- ISBN
- 9781570035166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three and is best remembered for her celebrated novels "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" and "The Member of the Wedding." This book provides a balanced introductory study of her major fiction and shows her as more than a lesbian novelist. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570036156
- ISBN
- 9781570036156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
paperback. Presents an introduction to Richard Powers - one of the important and admired writers to emerge in the post-Pynchon era of American literature. This title places Powers in context as a major voice in the first generation born entirely within the era of television and the computer. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037849
- ISBN
- 9781570037849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. A guide to the life and work of the author of "The Remains of the Day". It reveals Ishiguro's novels to be intricately crafted, psychologically absorbing, hauntingly evocative works that betray the author's grounding not only in the literature of Japan but also in the 20th-century British and Irish masters - Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037948
- ISBN
- 9781570037948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21