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Literary theory
Paperback. The "postmodernist context" of contemporary literary studies has seemed to push religious ideas to the margins. Nevertheless, religious concerns are deeply embedded in literature. This is an account of the literary and the religious, providing two ways of imagining our relationship with the divine. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 309.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788505690
- ISBN
- 9780788505690
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€ 44.63
€ 44.63
Paperback. Can we truly claim that metaphysics is over? Through a close reading of Levinas's masterpiece Totality and Infinity and a careful elaboration of Levinas's concept of the "nocturnal event" that surpasses the light of understanding, Raoul Moati opens the possibility of a revival of metaphysics after the "end of metaphysics." Translator(s): Wyche, Daniel. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPJ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 278 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273201
- ISBN
- 9780823273201
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€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. Contains contributions from an international conference held at the University of Aarhus. This title covers topics from historic-systematic considerations over the concept of the work's theoretic legitimacy, to readings of motives in precise works. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779343078
- ISBN
- 9788779343078
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€ 12.53
€ 12.53
Paperback. Explains that it was Lenin who made Karl Marx's thought explicitly political, who extended it beyond the confines of Europe, who put it into practice. This title demonstrates that truth and partisanship are not mutually exclusive as is often suggested. Editor(s): Budgen, Sebastian; Kouvelakis, Stathis; Zizek, Slavoj. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 268 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339410
- ISBN
- 9780822339410
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€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J.; Mirabella, M. Bella. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JPFF; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231065665
- ISBN
- 9780231065665
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€ 128.19€ 95.92
€ 128.19
€ 95.92
Hardcover. The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein's 1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft and makes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgenstein's oeuvre. Editor(s): Zamuner, Edoardo; Di Lascio, Ermelinda Valentina; Levy, D. K. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118842676
- ISBN
- 9781118842676
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Condition: New
€ 97.18
€ 97.18
Paperback. Takes an approach - 'New Historicism' drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. This book charts the evolution of that approach and provides an exploration of a contradictory epoch. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415771603
- ISBN
- 9780415771603
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€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816631179
- ISBN
- 9780816631179
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€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. In his exhibition and accompanying essay for the "Taking Sides" programme at the Louvre, Jean Starobinski explores the theme of largesse in its broadest sense. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771366
- ISBN
- 9780226771366
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 49.58
€ 58.80
€ 49.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492044
- ISBN
- 9780801492044
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
Hardback. This book examines an ambivalence to language deeply rooted in Western culture, as seen in the writings of Eliot, Beckett, and Celan, and in the context of age-old metaphysical biases against body, history, time, and the mundane as these continue to shape our system of values and moral commitments. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804723879
- ISBN
- 9780804723879
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Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649235
- ISBN
- 9780816649235
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€ 24.99€ 22.82
€ 24.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Applying an eclectic theoretical framework, ranging from Raymond Williams to Anthony Giddens to Judith Butler and Jacques Derrida, this study illustrates why the male confessional novel is too complex a phenomenon to be solely interpreted in terms of retrosexism. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837611618
- ISBN
- 9783837611618
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€ 51.99€ 37.14
€ 51.99
€ 37.14
Paperback. Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the postmodern turn, the unstated agenda of neoconservative cultural theory and a discussion of Walter Benjamin's place in cultural studies are included in the text. Series: Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture S. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870239908
- ISBN
- 9780870239908
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Condition: New
€ 39.74
€ 39.74
Book. Editor(s): Walter, Scott; Nabonnand, Philippe; Mawhin, Jean; Volkert, Klaus. Num Pages: 500 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764371685
- ISBN
- 9783764371685
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Condition: New
€ 164.66
€ 164.66
Paperback. With examples from the paintings of Van Gogh and Picasso, the work of contemporary feminist painters, the photography of Bill Henson and the film and animation work of Van Sowerine, author demonstrates how Kristeva can illuminate the relationships between artist and art object, between artists, artworks and audiences, and between art and knowledge. Series: Contemporary Thinkers Reframed. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 bw integrated. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845116606
- ISBN
- 9781845116606
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€ 25.99€ 22.44
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Paperback. Provides useful discussions of the main areas of literary, critical and cultural theory. This title presents the student of literary and critical studies with a range of accessible, precise and definitions of the significant terms and concepts used in psychoanalytic, poststructuralist, Marxist, feminist, and postcolonial literary studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668397
- ISBN
- 9780748668397
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Canuel draws interesting connections between the debate about beauty and justice and issues in cosmopolitanism, queer theory, and animal studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405872
- ISBN
- 9781421405872
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Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 48.92
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Paperback. Is academic writing, particularly in the disciplines of literary theory and cultural studies, needlessly obscure? "Just Being Difficult?" provides learned and thoughtful analyses of the entire question of how critical writing relates to its intended publics and to audiences beyond them. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliog references, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804747103
- ISBN
- 9780804747103
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
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Hardback. This book appraises the relationship between contemporary feminism and Julia Kristeva, a major figure in Continental thought. It addresses the conflicting range of feminist responses to Kristeva's key ideas and Kristeva's equally conflicting as well as ambiguous position vis-a-vis feminism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640898
- ISBN
- 9780748640898
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Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 112.54
€ 117.61
€ 112.54