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Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660199
ISBN
9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975319
ISBN
9781555975319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.16

hardcover. This collection reflects on developments in criticism which bear on a debate between different modes of knowledge: a science model and its place in the university versus other ways of conceiving knowledge for which the arts have traditionally been seen as vehicles. Editor(s): Fuller, David; Waugh, Patricia. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198186397
ISBN
9780198186397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.17

Paperback. Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life", "Vanity Fair" and "The New Yorker", earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humourists of his time. This is a collection of pieces, selected by his son Nathaniel. Num Pages: 346 pages, 48 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042183
ISBN
9780226042183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. "Also available as an ebook" -- Verso title page. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479813193
ISBN
9781479813193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Drawing from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources, this textbook offers a comprehensive and systematic historical overview of aesthetic theory. Editor(s): McQuillan, Colin; Tanke, Joseph J. Num Pages: 720 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1068. 720 pages, ill. Editor(s): McQuillan, Colin; Tanke, Joseph J. Drawing from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary sources, this textbook offers a comprehensive and systematic historical overview of aesthetic theory. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 46. Weight: 1070.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441138262
ISBN
9781441138262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03

Hardback. Examining the AIDS pandemic and Japanese A-bomb literature, this book asks the question of how the experience of unimaginable and unrepresentable loss affects the experience and constitution of the social and the discourses of history. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727167
ISBN
9780804727167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Examining the AIDS pandemic and Japanese A-bomb literature, this book asks the question of how the experience of unimaginable and unrepresentable loss affects the experience and constitution of the social and the discourses of history. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727280
ISBN
9780804727280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. In this text, Eric Jager traces the history and psychology of the self-as-text concept from antiquity to the late 20th century. He focuses on the Middle Ages, when the metaphor of a "book of the heart" modelled on the manuscript codex attained its most vivid expressions in literature and art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226391175
ISBN
9780226391175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Featuring essays originally published in La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, this collection clearly demonstrates why Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742245
ISBN
9780804742245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Featuring essays originally published in La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, this collection clearly demonstrates why Maurice Blanchot was a key figure in exploring the relation between literature and philosophy. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804742238
ISBN
9780804742238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Hardback. An innovative and moving study, The Calendar of Loss illuminates how AIDS mourning confounds and traverses how we have come to think about loss and grief, insisting that the bereaved can confront death in the face of shame and stigma in eloquent ways that imply a fierce political sensibility and a longing for justice. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416557
ISBN
9781421416557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.32

Paperback. Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HRH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205154
ISBN
9780520205154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Paperback. This second edition will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 312 pages. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek. This second edition will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight: 514.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521545532
ISBN
9780521545532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.17

Paperback. This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. This Companion aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521669610
ISBN
9780521669610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Paperback. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction. Editor(s): James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 326 pages. Editor(s): James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight: 536.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
323
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521016575
ISBN
9780521016575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions. Editor(s): Kothe, Ana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349369669
ISBN
9781349369669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Confronts widespread assumptions about lyric, exploring such topics as its relationship to its audiences, the impact of material conditions of production and other cultural pressures, lyric's negotiations of gender, and the interactions and tensions between lyric and narrative. It is of interest to students across a range of historical fields. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400426
ISBN
9781421400426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634715
ISBN
9780691634715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345496
ISBN
9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

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