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Literary essays

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Grube, G. M. A. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201361
ISBN
9780872201361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.18

Paperback. "The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced society and individual. It combines argument with myth to advocate a life organized by reason rather than dominated by leisures and appetites. Translator(s): Davies, John Llewelyn; Vaughan, David James. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Edition
New Ed
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264832
ISBN
9781853264832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.05

Hardcover. Essays by historians on aspects of republicanism in Ireland (north and south) from the early 20th century to the present. Splits, schism and rivalry emerge as a significant dynamic of the political culture and republican organizations are shown to be ideologically incoherent and opportunist. Editor(s): McGarry, Fearghal. Num Pages: 224 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; HBJD1; HBLW; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
1st.ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621946
ISBN
9781900621946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr Dublin
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621953
ISBN
9781900621953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. A collection of word portraits of significant political, historical and literary figures by the columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner, Paul Greenberg. Among those who are discussed are Beckett, Gromyko, Fulbright, Lincoln, Orwell and Swaggart. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331532
ISBN
9780896331532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.06
€ 58.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 147 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855752446
ISBN
9780855752446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807621
ISBN
9780875807621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Hardcover. Editor(s): Canfield, Douglas J.; Hunter, Paul J. Num Pages: 200 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes bibliographical references. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133745
ISBN
9780874133745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.30

Hardcover. Contains important statements regarding the poet's personality, Roman sexual morality, attitudes to love and marriage, and the practice and psychology of ancient religion. This work subjects the two poems to analysis, and yields insights into the ritual drama enacted, the mythical and erotic dimensions, and the depiction of male and female. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772882888
ISBN
9788772882888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.49

Hardback. Ranging in original publication dates between 1940 and 1985, this title features forty-one titles that reveal a great deal about Duncan's life in poetry - including his impressions of poets whose work he admires, both contemporaries and precursors. Editor(s): Maynard, James. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 231 x 39. Weight in Grams: 924.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267732
ISBN
9780520267732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 45.72

Paperback. Rock My Religion collects eighteen of Graham's essays from all periods of his work, beginning with his essays on minimalist artists such as Dan Flavin and Donald Judd, continuing with his writings on punk rock and popular culture, and concluding with his more recent considerations of architecture, urban space, and power. Editor(s): Wallis, Brian. Series: Writing Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 230. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AGB; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 267 x 191 x 19. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262571067
ISBN
9780262571067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.64

Hardcover. A collection of essays from a "great poet-critic-intellectual" (Daily Beast). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 151 x 30. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243468
ISBN
9780393243468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. Representing 40 years of work with modern French art and formalistic theory, these essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, from Fry's influential promotion of post-Impressionism to art education, museums, architecture, decorative art, literature and dance. Num Pages: 452 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226266428
ISBN
9780226266428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.90

Paperback. An introduction to the thinking of the French intellectual, Roland Barthes, as applied to such diverse topics as Gide, Garbo, striptease, photography and the Eiffel Tower. The pieces in this collection were written over a period of three decades. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099224914
ISBN
9780099224914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 116 x 25. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
482
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1950
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994270
ISBN
9780674994270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.19

Hardcover. The main aim of Dionysius of Halicarnassus "Roman Antiquities," which began to appear in 7 BCE, was to reconcile Greeks to Roman rule. Of the twenty books (from the earliest times to 264 BCE) we have the first nine complete; most of 10 and 11; extracts; and an epitome of the whole. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 116 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1945
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994102
ISBN
9780674994102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.15

Hardcover. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), c. 150 235 CE, was born in Bithynia. Little of his "Roman History" survives, but missing portions are partly supplied from elsewhere and there are many excerpts. Dio s work is a vital source for the last years of the Roman republic and the first four Roman emperors. Translator(s): Cary, E. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 507 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 116 x 27. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
507
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1916
Edition
New issue of 1916 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674990739
ISBN
9780674990739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.18

Paperback. Presents four works that offers the preoccupations of the German Romantic movement. Goethe's "Fairy Tale" depicts an ethereal underground realm and the marriage of a beautiful man and woman. In "Eckbert the Fair", two outsiders seek refuge in the solitude of dark woods to conceal their incestuous passion from the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447323
ISBN
9780140447323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. With an introduction, notes and references, this title combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century, which together form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. It argues against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099734314
ISBN
9780099734314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.78

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