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Paperback. "Originally published in German under the title Die Kreatur, das Heilige, die Bilder." Translator(s): Smith, Chadwick, Principal Chief Cherokee Nation. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
273
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804780605
ISBN
9780804780605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings now in paperback in two parts: part 2 ISBN 0674017463. Series Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Eiland, Howard; Smith, Gary. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015883
ISBN
9780674015883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.23

Paperback. In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, amid economic collapse and mounting political catastrophe, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of the Selected Writings now in paperback in two parts: part 1 ISBN 0674015886. Series Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Smith, Gary; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017467
ISBN
9780674017467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.05

Paperback. However insistently the idea of catastrophe hangs over Benjamin's writings in the final years of his life, the "victories wrested" in this period constitute some of the most remarkable 20th century analyses of the emergence of modern society. This volume ranges from studies of Baudelaire and Brecht to appraisals of photography, film, and poetry. Editor(s): Eiland, Howard; Jennings, Michael W. Num Pages: 496 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DNF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674022294
ISBN
9780674022294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.92

Hardback. This collection of nine essays focuses on those writings of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) on literature and language that have a direct relevance to contemporary literary theory, notably his analyses of myth, violence, history, criticism, literature, and mass media. Editor(s): Ferris, David S. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 507.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725699
ISBN
9780804725699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.31

Paperback. In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. This is an essay about his cemetery, eyewitness accounts of Benjamin's border travails, and the circumstances of his demise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 40 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226790046
ISBN
9780226790046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. This study of Benjamin's "The Origin of German Tragic Drama" views it as a critique of anthropocentric historical thinking, which introduces an ethico-theological dimension. It reconstructs this dimension by analyzing the stones, animals and angels that are scattered throughout his writings. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520226845
ISBN
9780520226845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Loth, Wilfried; Wallace, William; Wessels, Wolfgang; Ruppert, Bryan. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st ed. 1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349266951
ISBN
9781349266951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.30

Hardcover. Explores how Walter Pater and his contemporary aesthetes were influenced by modern philosophies. Repositioning Walter Pater at philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this title presents the discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of modernity in Britain. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646258
ISBN
9780748646258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

Hardback. This book includes critical introductions to some of Scott's most influential poems, and explores the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of his greatest novels. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748626069
ISBN
9780748626069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1908
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662333938
ISBN
9783662333938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.37

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635996
ISBN
9780691635996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.84

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607405
ISBN
9780691607405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907903045
ISBN
9781907903045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.58

Paperback. How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of 'narrative drift' through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; D; DS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464647
ISBN
9781349464647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Hardcover. How and when can a narrative agent or voice be considered unreliable? What happens when narrative authority fails and, just as importantly, why does it? As a means to answering these questions, Wandering Women in French Film and Literature examines the phenomenon of 'narrative drift' through in-depth analysis of twentieth-century novels and films. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339980
ISBN
9781137339980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921632
ISBN
9781628921632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.80
€ 82.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Burns, Tom; Cornelsen, Elcio; Jaeckel, Volker; Gustavo Vieira, Luiz. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JPWS. Dimension: 210 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838206776
ISBN
9783838206776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627653
ISBN
9780748627653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.96
€ 109.07

Hardcover. Examines tangible experiences of war and occupation in recent Iraqi fiction. This provides a historical contextualisation of the Iraqi novel before and after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. It presents an analytical and critical study of a selected corpus of novels about war and occupation in Iraq. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696550
ISBN
9780748696550
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.49

Paperback. John Keegan concentrates in this book on significant war themes: the impact of war on the 20th century and the forms it has taken; the origin of war in human nature and history; the adoption and use of war by states as an instrument of policy; and the experience of war by individuals. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000311
ISBN
9780712665667
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. At a glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations are dominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country as Napoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people are changed forever. Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics. Num Pages: 1440 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 206 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780241265543
ISBN
9780241265543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.27

Hardback. This volume examines Tolstoys unique achievement through a number of thought-provoking essays, and the interplay of the many genres of the text, including historical fiction, war drama, romance and realism. Editor(s): Cooke, Brett. Series: Critical Insights. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Grey House Publishing Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781619253933
ISBN
9781619253933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.70

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 1424 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 49. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375760648
ISBN
9780375760648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.57

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