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Literary essays
Hardback. This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career. Editor(s): Regan, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202486
- ISBN
- 9780631202486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.70
€ 172.70
Paperback. This reader provides the student with a comprehensive selection, charting Terry Eagleton's distinctive intellectual development. It includes a chronological arrangement of key materials from Eagleton's major books, including selections from the output of a prolific journalistic career. Editor(s): Regan, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202493
- ISBN
- 9780631202493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 395 pages, 1facsim,1port. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. .
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press Ohio
- Number of pages
- 395
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228306
- ISBN
- 9780821409602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Addressed to educators and general readers - the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life, this book explores the value and uses of literature in our time. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press Bloomington
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Edition
- New Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253200884
- ISBN
- 9780253200884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Translator(s): Ambler, Wayne. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487507
- ISBN
- 9780801487507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Translator(s): Causa-Steindler, Mariangela; Mauch, Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062761
- ISBN
- 9780226062761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714642468
- ISBN
- 9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.92
€ 72.92
Paperback. A powerful yet refreshing essay collection centred around themes of confession, illness, violence and sentimentality from an exciting new American talent Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847088420
- ISBN
- 9781847088420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.54
€ 13.00
€ 11.54
Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258624
- ISBN
- 9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.02
€ 42.99
€ 36.02
Paperback. A newly translated epic about the premier leader of the Songhay Empire. Editor(s): Hale, Thomas. Series: African Epic. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209900
- ISBN
- 9780253209900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.32
€ 15.32
paperback. Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140432169
- ISBN
- 9780140432169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write. This title discusses Montaigne's themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, and coaches and cannibals. Editor(s): Screech, M. A. Translator(s): Screech, M. A. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, summary of the symbols. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446029
- ISBN
- 9780140446029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
paperback. Presents a range of Swift's writing, including not only the major literary prose works but also substantial poetic and political writings. This title includes a selection of contemporary materials, along with criticism, a chronology and bibliography. Editor(s): Rawson, Claude; Higgins, Ian. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 1 map, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780393930658
- ISBN
- 9780393930658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.34
€ 26.99
€ 20.34
Hardback. A collection seeks to examine exactly what Levinas' writings mean for both Jews and Christians. It takes a snapshot of the state of Jewish-Christian dialogue, using Levinas as the rationale for the discussion. It represents three generations of Levinas scholars. Editor(s): Hart, Kevin. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230150
- ISBN
- 9780823230150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Paperback. What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see the Titanic slide beneath the waves? This title offers an account from memoirs, travel books and newspapers. Editor(s): Carey, John. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 46. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571141630
- ISBN
- 9780571141630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.12
€ 25.99
€ 19.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaye, F. B. Num Pages: 1074 pages, index. BIC Classification: DNF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 77. Weight in Grams: 1624.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1074
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865970755
- ISBN
- 9780865970755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. A collection of the author's war journalism, covering her reports on the conflicts in Spain, Finland, China and World War II, with later reports on Vietnam, Israel and Central America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JW; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862071506
- ISBN
- 9781862071506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Paperback. Taken from the "Lives", a series of biographies spanning the Graeco-Roman age, this collection describes the twilight of the old Roman Republic from 157-43 BC. Deeply influential on Shakespeare and many other later writers, the works explore corruption, decadence, and the struggle for ultimate power. Editor(s): Seager, Robin. Translator(s): Warner, Rex. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- 9780140449341
- ISBN
- 9780140449341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.08
€ 17.99
€ 12.08
Paperback. Presents a critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain. This work examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141036625
- ISBN
- 9780141036625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.45
€ 10.99
€ 9.45
paperback. Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; DNF; FA; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184142
- ISBN
- 9780141184142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 10.33
€ 19.99
€ 10.33