Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349949625
- ISBN
- 9781349949625
Hardback
Condition: New
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Paperback. A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature. Editor(s): Fuller, John. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230709
- ISBN
- 9780571230709
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€ 4.99
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Paperback. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 294 pages. For much of its history, philosophy was not merely a theoretical discipline but a way of life, an 'art of living'. This title provides an incisive reevaluation of Socrates' place in the Western philosophical tradition and shows the importance of Socrates for Montaigne, Nietzsche, and Foucault. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; HPC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224902
- ISBN
- 9780520224902
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
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Paperback. Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055889
- ISBN
- 9780674055889
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.25
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Paperback. This book gives a radically new reading of Russia s cultural history. Alexander Etkind traces how the Russian Empire conquered foreign territories and domesticated its own heartlands, thereby colonizing many peoples, Russians included. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSB; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651309
- ISBN
- 9780745651309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674282483
- ISBN
- 9780674282483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.91€ 50.62
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Paperback. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this guide to Roy's novel offers an introduction to the text and contexts of "The God of Small Things". It also presents a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text. It is aimed at those beginning detailed study of "The God of Small Things". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415358439
- ISBN
- 9780415358439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.80
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Paperback. In his thoughtful introduction, Novikoff explores the term "twelfth-century renaissance" and whether or not it should be applied to a range of thinkers with differing outlooks and attitudes. Series: Readings in Medieval Civilizations & Cultures. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442605466
- ISBN
- 9781442605466
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.82
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Paperback. Originally published in Italian as La traccia del modello, 1984 by Giardini editori estampatori in pisa. Translator(s): Marchesi, Ilaria; Fox, Matt. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176123
- ISBN
- 9780691176123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
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Paperback. For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of writing for the British stage. This work is the study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio. Arguing that he is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, it provides an account of the playwright's work, as well as an account of each of Crimp's plays. Series: Critical Companions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775887
- ISBN
- 9780413775887
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408184417
- ISBN
- 9781408184417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129265
- ISBN
- 9781408129265
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
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Paperback. The book traces the process of creating of a new German memory of the Holocaust after the fall of the Wall. Combining theoretical analysis with historical case studies, the book revisits crucial debates and controversial issues out of which Germany's new 'memory culture' emerged as a collective project and work in progress. Translator(s): Clift, Sarah. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267286
- ISBN
- 9780823267286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.01
€ 41.99
€ 41.01
Hardback. Aldus Manutius was the most innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. This ITRL edition contains all of his prefaces to his editions of the Greek classics, translated for the first time into English. They provide unique insight into the world of scholarly publishing in Renaissance Venice. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Mul
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088672
- ISBN
- 9780674088672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.57
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Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405801713
- ISBN
- 9781405801713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. Father Joseph was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. This title explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSK; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099477822
- ISBN
- 9780099477822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
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Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874139709
- ISBN
- 9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Paperback. Suitable for those who seek to understand Roman culture and sexuality and the origins of Western poetry, this title provides the necessary historical and social background to the poet's life and works. Translator(s): Putnam, Michael C. J.; Dennis, Rodney G. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272545
- ISBN
- 9780520272545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
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Paperback. Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. This title explores the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the author read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300172089
- ISBN
- 9780300172089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841958217
- ISBN
- 9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.38
€ 14.99
€ 11.38