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paperback. Explores the idiosyncratic vision that permeates Heller's writings, and maps the dark terrain Heller carved out, novel by novel, with considerable verbal dazzle. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038402
- ISBN
- 9781570038402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. Surveys the career of Julian Barnes - an innovative British novelist who has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize on three occasions. Series Editor(s): Bruccoli, Matthew J. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 13
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570038754
- ISBN
- 9781570038754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.21
€ 27.21
Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039737
- ISBN
- 9781570039737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039829
- ISBN
- 9781570039829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570039881
- ISBN
- 9781570039881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2009 by University of South Carolina Press. Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170184
- ISBN
- 9781611170184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
paperback. Series: Understanding Contemporary British Literature. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611170511
- ISBN
- 9781611170511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.02
€ 31.02
paperback. New edition of highly acclaimed book examining Darwin's work in a literary/cultural context. Num Pages: 312 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 43. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034154
- ISBN
- 9780521783927
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Illustrates the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DNF; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1960
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034158
- ISBN
- 9780140441024
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. This work provides an integral understanding of the political, philosophical and religious context of Dante's "Divine Comedy". Initially written in French in 1981, it brings to light the complexity of Dante's thought and art, and its relation to the central themes of Western civilization. Translator(s): LePain, Marc A. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034166
- ISBN
- 9780739103272
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034188
- ISBN
- 9780749399474
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. 'Mantiqu't-Tair' is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature. In 'The Speech of the Birds', Peter Avery has not only given us a precise and moving translation, but also ample annotation providing much information to fill in what Attar would have expected his readers to know. Translator(s): Avery, Peter. Num Pages: 582 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; DNF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1016. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034344
- ISBN
- 9780946621699
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. This broad-ranging Companion comprises original contributions from some of the best Platonic scholars in the world today and reflects the various ways in which they are dealing with Plato's legacy. The contributions are devoted to topics in Platonic philosophy, ranging from perception and knowledge to politics and cosmology. Editor(s): Benson, Hugh H. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 180 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1046. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034372
- ISBN
- 9781405115216
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. This 1990 book offers rhetorical and literary analyses of four of George Berkeley's (1685-1753) major philosophical texts. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 222 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034406
- ISBN
- 9780521374132
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. A critical edition of the writings of the English philosopher and sage Francis Bacon (1561-1626). It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early 17th century. Editor(s): Rees, The late Graham. Translator(s): Edwards, Michael. Series: The Oxford Francis Bacon. Num Pages: 620 pages, 6 plates, 3 figures and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; DNF; HPCB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1030. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034435
- ISBN
- 9780198122906
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. In AD 986, Earl Hakon, ruler of most of Norway, won a triumphant victory over an invading fleet of Danes in the great naval battle of Hjorunga Bay. Sailing under his banner were no fewer than five Icelandic skalds, the poet-historians of the Old Norse world. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee Milton. Num Pages: 116 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034440
- ISBN
- 9780292776234
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. Dimension: 201 x 134. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811225120
- ISBN
- 9780811225120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.26
€ 16.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. With general introductions, and in some cases, new translations, this collection comprises all of the 38 principle narratives, written from 1634 to 1810, describing the Mohawk valley and its Iroquois inhabitants. It provides a detailed look at an American Indian nation. Editor(s): Snow, Professor Dean R.; etc.; Gehring, Charles T. (Director of New York State Library's New Netherland Project, USA); Starna, William A. (Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York College, Oneonta, USA). Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815604105
- ISBN
- 9780815604105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.79
€ 35.79
Hardcover. This work applies Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of literary discourse and the concept of "carnivalisation" to the work of Flann O'Brien. The author emphasises the political and social implications of the writings, arguing that O'Brien maintained a reflexive focus on language throughout his career. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626657
- ISBN
- 9780815626657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
paperback. A king's decision to sacrifice his daughter and turn the tide of war inflicts lasting damage on his family, culminating in a terrible act of retribution. Editor(s): Stanford, W. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes, glossary, bibliog. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034008
- ISBN
- 9780140443332
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
mass_market. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034009
- ISBN
- 9780140440140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Benjamin and Scholem are regarded as two of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. With material dating from 1918 to 1923, this text aims to make their more obscure work accessible to a wider audience. The topics discussed include messianism, language and divine justice. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJG; DNF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034451
- ISBN
- 9780231126571
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 478 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034461
- ISBN
- 9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. The festival of the Panathenaia, held in Athens to celebrate the birthday of the city's goddess, was the setting for the Homeric "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by professional reciters or "rhapsodes". This text examines the testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these performances. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034472
- ISBN
- 9780674009639
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65