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The Fiction of Narrative traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies. Editor(s): Doran, Robert. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894794
ISBN
9780801894794
Condition: New

€ 66.02
€ 60.63

From the pre-Socratics to Ovid and Plotinus, and from Shakespeare to Hegel, Schelling, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida, this title traces the secret tradition of the idea of eternal recurrence and situates it as the grounding thought of Western philosophy and literature. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; HPJ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322733
ISBN
9780822322733
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Structures of Feeling in Seventeenth-Century Cultural Expression explores how artists made use of various cultural forms - notably the visual arts, poetry, theatre, music, and dance - to grapple with human values in the increasingly heterodox world of the 1600s. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones; 1 figure. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442640627
ISBN
9781442640627
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Paperback. This is a new English translation of a classic work of medieval Islamic learning. In this rich allegorical fable the animals pursue a case against humanity. They rebuke and criticise human weakness, deny man's superiority, and make powerful demands for greater justice and respect for animals. Editor(s): Goodman, Lenn E.; McGregor, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; FC; HBLA1; HBLC1; HP; HRHT; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199642519
ISBN
9780199642519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.51

Paperback. The ninth winner of the Yale Drama Series is a searing and powerful drama of slave litigation, injustice, institutional racism, and the rule of law. Series: Yale Drama Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197068
ISBN
9780300197068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.45

Paperback. Presenting the feats of the hero Mwindo, this title covers an epic which was sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Zaire. It provides insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people. Editor(s): Biebuyck, Daniel; Mateene, K.C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520020498
ISBN
9780520020498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.45

Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 36. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Universe Publishing United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789331328
ISBN
9780789331328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.67

Paperback. This work seeks to attain a true understanding of the postmodern predicament. Peter Lawler reflects on the flaws of postmodern thought, the futility of pragmatism, and the spiritual emptiness of existentialism. He examines postmodernism by interpreting the writings of five American authors. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847694266
ISBN
9780847694266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardcover. This book shows just how closely late nineteenth-century American women's ghost stories engaged with objects such as photographs, mourning paraphernalia, wallpaper and humble domestic furniture. Featuring uncanny tales from the big city to the small town and the empty prairie, it offers a new perspective on an old genre. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137323972
ISBN
9781137323972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

A Companion to Tudor Literature presents a collection of thirty-one newly commissioned essays focusing on English literature and culture from the reign of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603. Editor(s): Cartwright, Kent. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405154772
ISBN
9781405154772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.20

paperback. Translator(s): Hartley, Christine Schwartz. Series: The Griot Project Book Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB; GTB; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611486285
ISBN
9781611486285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.37

Paperback. Written in the wake of Ireland's 2008 economic collapse, Thomas McCarthy's Pandemonium moves between lament and protest in search of a meaningful response in language. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 2. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784102968
ISBN
9781784102968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.16

paperback. Translated, this correspondence, from 1863-76, is unique in the history of French literature. Never have two great writers set down their ideas so candidly and over so long a period on the most varied topics, including the genesis of their own writings, a commentary on the Paris theatre, gossip from the literary world and their own domestic lives. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvill Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846555619
ISBN
9781846555619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

hardcover. This work contributes importantly to several fields: literature, cultural history, history of medical science, the semiotics of medieval Russian, and Dostoevsky studies. Editor(s): Murav, Harriet. Num Pages: 228 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720595
ISBN
9780804720595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.62

Paperback. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 606 pages, Ill. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 38. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295968506
ISBN
9780295968506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.54

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141718
ISBN
9780691141718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

Paperback. This version of the poems of St John of the Cross is aimed at all who wish to pray through the poems, the source of all St John's work, but one that also features the popular "romance" (ballad) metre beloved of St John himself. Spanish and English text is on facing pages. Translator(s): Jones, Kathleen. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; HRCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Burns & Oates
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860122104
ISBN
9780860122104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Press Porcepic,Ontario Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888784025
ISBN
9780888784025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The Dundurn Group Canada
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889241947
ISBN
9780889241947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The Dundurn Group Canada
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889242593
ISBN
9780889242593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The Dundurn Group Canada
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889242746
ISBN
9780889242746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.66

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920474594
ISBN
9780920474594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.24

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Natural Heritage Books Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780920474839
ISBN
9780920474839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.66

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350022317
ISBN
9781350022317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.33

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