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paperback. Skirting the Ethical presents highly original readings of six pivotal works that, disrupting our conventional concept of morality, point us towards a non-prescriptive mode of ethics, as an ever-to-be-renewed rethinking that has much to do with the act of interpretation. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757904
ISBN
9780804757904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.07

Paperback. Umberto Eco explores the intricacies of fictional form and method. With a series of examples, ranging from fairy tales to Mickey Spillane, Eco draws his readers in by making them collaborators in the creation of text, and in the investigation of some of fiction's most basic mechanisms. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674810518
ISBN
9780674810518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.14

hardcover. In Situated Utterances Berger designs an analytical model of New Criticism, shows how it was dismantled after the Second World War, and demonstrates practice in studies of specific works. The scope of the practice is broadened to the connection between cultural representations and institutional change. Plato's dialogues are also covered. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 38. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823224289
ISBN
9780823224289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.70

Paperback. In Situated Utterances Berger designs an analytical model of New Criticism, shows how it was dismantled after the Second World War, and demonstrates practice in studies of specific works. The scope of the practice is broadened to the connection between cultural representations and institutional change. Plato's dialogues are also covered. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 31. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823224296
ISBN
9780823224296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.59

Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074514
ISBN
9780520074514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536549
ISBN
9781557536549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654669
ISBN
9781445654669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.57

Paperback. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674808614
ISBN
9780674808614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.21

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 123 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921427
ISBN
9781628921427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.70

Paperback. Dubey argues that for African American studies, postmodernity best names a period, beginning in the early 1970s, marked by acute disenchantment with the promises of urban modernity and of print literacy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226167275
ISBN
9780226167275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149523
ISBN
9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.27

Electronic book text. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426046
ISBN
9781474426046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.46

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy Eup. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA; DSB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409452
ISBN
9781474409452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.62
€ 105.10

Paperback. A collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy that develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking and Shakespeare's plays. Editor(s): Bates, Jennifer; Wilson, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSG; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695591
ISBN
9780748695591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 38.60

Hardback. Considers how Enlightenment print culture built modern national and racial identity out of images of sexual order and disorder in public life. The title refers to a premise in utopian and exoticist fiction about the southern portion of the globe: sexual order defines the character of the state. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804746632
ISBN
9780804746632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.99

Paperback. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 343 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551110806
ISBN
9781551110806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.99

paperback. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. The extraordinary historical consequences of errors and fictional inventions. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8Col.ill. BIC Classification: CFB; DSA; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 174. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025142
ISBN
9780753808788
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. This international collection focuses on the phallic character of classic and contemporary literary and visual cultures and their invasive nature. It focuses on thrillers, horror cinema, sexual art and photography, erotic literature, female and male body politics, queer pleasures, gender/cross-gender/transgenderism, CCTV and phallic ethnicities. Editor(s): Padva, Gilad; Buchweitz, Nurit. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137363633
ISBN
9781137363633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.03

Paperback. This volume brings together Caminer's letters, poems and journalistic writings, providing an intellectual biography of this remarkable woman, as well as a glimpse into her intimate correspondence. Editor(s): Sama, Catherine M. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226817682
ISBN
9780226817682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322783
ISBN
9780940322783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.91

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