Literary essays
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Literary essays
Paperback. This edition includes a translator's preface, note on the text, and suggestions for further reading. Translator(s): Young, David. Num Pages: 129 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915145973
- ISBN
- 9780915145973
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Paperback. Translator(s): Jordon, M.D. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HRCC1; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268015039
- ISBN
- 9780268015039
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.93
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843916185
- ISBN
- 9781843916185
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€ 13.99€ 13.05
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872201880
- ISBN
- 9780872201880
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.03
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Paperback. A collection of essays, that casts a reflective eye on the author's experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With erudition, it explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. It also includes a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, and more. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241952719
- ISBN
- 9780241952719
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€ 19.99€ 14.74
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Paperback. Thomas Carlyle's "On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History" considers how heroes are created and conveys his ideas on the importance of heroic leadership. In six reevaluative essays, the authors argue that Carlyle's concept of heroism actually repudiates its own authoritarian roots and stresses the hero's spiritual dimension. Editor(s): Sorensen, David R.; Kinser, Brent E. Series: Rethinking the Western Tradition. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300148602
- ISBN
- 9780300148602
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€ 24.99€ 18.60
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Paperback. In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283836
- ISBN
- 9780099283836
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€ 17.99€ 14.15
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Paperback. Translator(s): Pinton, Giorgio A.; Shippee, Arthur W. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; DNF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480874
- ISBN
- 9780801480874
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€ 32.99€ 29.39
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Paperback. Editor(s): Bannister, Robert C. Num Pages: 423 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971011
- ISBN
- 9780865971011
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€ 14.99€ 12.52
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Paperback. In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co New York
- Number of pages
- 314
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393312850
- ISBN
- 9780393312850
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Paperback. Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. These three dialogues here are among the most accessible of Cicero's philosophical works. Editor(s): Griffin, Miriam T. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199644148
- ISBN
- 9780199644148
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€ 17.99€ 16.62
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Paperback.
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631001
- ISBN
- 9781578631001
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Paperback. Editor(s): Morrison, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539048
- ISBN
- 9780199539048
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Paperback. De Quincey's seminal 1827 work was greatly influential on such writers as Poe, Baudelaire and Borges, and the trace of its impact can still be found today in modern satire, black humour and crime and detective fiction. Series: Quirky Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publisher
- Alma Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847496850
- ISBN
- 9781847496850
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Paperback. St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics contains translations of carefully chosen and central selections from The Summa Against the Gentiles, On Kingship or The Governance of Rulers, and The Summa of Theology. Editor(s): Sigmund, Paul E. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393952438
- ISBN
- 9780393952438
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Paperback. Marcel Proust's fiction is threaded through with evidence of his belief in the importance of reading. This book contains a special selection of Proust's own writings about reading, along with a key Ruskin essay 'Of Kings' Treasuries'. Translator(s): Searls, Damion. Series: On. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843916161
- ISBN
- 9781843916161
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Paperback. Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, and the importance of sleep. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 10. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043852
- ISBN
- 9780141043852
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Anthony; etc. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210. 240pp. Keywords: Irish poetry, anthology
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KHS1011326
- ISBN
- 9780948339851
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Condition: Used, Like New
€ 19.00
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Paperback. Editor(s): O'Brien, Anthony; etc. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210. . Very good copy with light shelf wear. Previous owners name to FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0011978
- ISBN
- 9780948339851
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
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Paperback. This volume brings together Cicero's tentative and undogmatic reflections on the good life, in which he discusses duty, friendship, the training of a statesman, and the importance of moral integrity in the search for happiness. Translator(s): Grant, Michael. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, bibliography. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442441
- ISBN
- 9780140442441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
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