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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224079266
- ISBN
- 9780224079266
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Butler, Shane. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474260510
- ISBN
- 9781474260510
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416. The Annotated 'Murphy'. 264 pages, Illustrations. Originally published: Tallahassee, Fla.: Journal of Beckett Studies Books, c2004. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641505
- ISBN
- 9780748641505
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Deneen, Patrick J.; Romance, Joseph. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 186 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742532595
- ISBN
- 9780742532595
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Condition: New
€ 72.16
€ 72.16
Paperback. With tactile eroticism coursing through, this work presents poems that never give up hope; they exhibit a tenacious optimism - or at least a steely pragmatism - that says: we have what we are given, there is no alternative, and we all must find what joy we can in life, and in its living. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224081719
- ISBN
- 9780224081719
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.10
€ 11.99
€ 10.10
Paperback. Presents the Philippic and Olynthiac speeches--deliberative speeches denouncing Philip of Macedon--plus a letter from Philip to the Athenians Translator(s): Trevett, Jeremy. Series: Oratory of Classical Greece. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292729094
- ISBN
- 9780292729094
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866674
- ISBN
- 9781901866674
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Condition: New
€ 32.00€ 25.25
€ 32.00
€ 25.25
Paperback. How does a writer compose a suicide note? This account gives us a description of the author's descent into mental anguish, and his eventual success in overcoming a little-understood yet very common condition. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK; JM; VFJB; VFJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 110 x 5. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784872618
- ISBN
- 9781784872618
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Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.78
€ 8.99
€ 7.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910996089
- ISBN
- 9781910996089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.42
€ 20.99
€ 19.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGP; DS; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138278332
- ISBN
- 9781138278332
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Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. This title reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. It assembles a compendium of Arabic writing to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF; DSBH; JFSL; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226509594
- ISBN
- 9780226509594
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.98
€ 26.99
€ 21.98
Hardcover. These essays treat the use of Ovidian themes, texts and tropes in medieval Latin, Old French and in the writings of Boccaccio and Chaucer. They address the social and rhetorical construction of desire in amatory literature while they investigate the usage and value of contemporary critical theory. Editor(s): Paxson, James J.; Gravlee, Cynthia A. Num Pages: 239 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910130
- ISBN
- 9781575910130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.59
€ 115.59
Paperback. Provides a unique perspective on cultural life during the German Occupation, & offers crucial insights into the mind and art of one of the most original writers in the second half of the twentieth century Translator(s): Holand, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251001
- ISBN
- 9780823251001
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. A tale of mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity in which Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer, Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's steward Manston. Editor(s): Rimmer, Mary. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435238
- ISBN
- 9780140435238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. "No currently available anthology addresses the topic of the metaphysical detective story so directly, so fully, or so relevantly."-Brian McHale, West Virginia University Editor(s): Merivale, Patricia; Sweeney, Susan Elizabeth. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216769
- ISBN
- 9780812216769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.95
€ 36.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Examines the Spiritualist movement's role in disseminating eugenic and hard hereditarian thought Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HRQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639656
- ISBN
- 9780748639656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.06
€ 111.73
€ 107.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KAK0010916
- ISBN
- 9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540495
- ISBN
- 9780199540495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Michael Holquist's masterly study draws on all of Bakhtin's known writings, providing a comprehensive account of his achievement. This edition includes a new introduction, concluding chapter and a fully updated bibliography. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415280082
- ISBN
- 9780415280082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63