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Hardback. Explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger. This book centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and promoted his poetry. It describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883026
- ISBN
- 9780801883026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.94
€ 76.94
Hardcover. Introduces readers to the ancient rhetorical tradition by investigating key questions about the origins, nature and importance of rhetoric. This book explores the role of the orator, especially the two greatest figures of the tradition, Demosthenes and Cicero. It also investigates the place of rhetoric at the center of ancient education. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235149
- ISBN
- 9780631235149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.38
€ 116.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903364697
- ISBN
- 9781903364697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.38€ 72.02
€ 93.38
€ 72.02
hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1986th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333345986
- ISBN
- 9780333345986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.54
€ 195.54
hardcover. A study of popular print and visual materials produced between 1865 and 1910 representing homoerotic and homosocial behavior among men of all ethnicities in the American West. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293406
- ISBN
- 9780312293406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Three of the most renowned praise poems to the Prophet, the mantle odes span the arc of Islamic history from Muhammad's lifetime, to the medieval Mamluk period, to the modern colonial era. This book not only demonstrates the relevance of these poems to contemporary scholarship but also reveals their power and beauty to the modern reader. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSB; DSC; HRHC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222060
- ISBN
- 9780253222060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.78
€ 29.78
Paperback. Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, select poetic contemporaries variously illuminate the scope of Hobbes's writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSC; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536856
- ISBN
- 9781349536856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book, now with a new preface, offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361492
- ISBN
- 9780230361492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937243
- ISBN
- 9780813937243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.98
€ 89.98
Paperback. The sister of King Arthur goes by many names: sorceress, kingmaker, death-wielder, mother, lover, goddess. The Myth of Morgan la Fey reveals her true identity through a comprehensive investigation of the famed enchantress' evolution - or devolution - over the past millennium and its implications for gender relations today. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464807
- ISBN
- 9781349464807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardcover. Long celebrated as one of "the Three Crowns" of Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) experimented widely with the forms of literature. This title offers a collection of essays that presents Boccaccio's life and creative output in its encyclopedic diversity. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria; Sherberg, Michael; Smarr, Janet Levarie. Num Pages: 520 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226079189
- ISBN
- 9780226079189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.86€ 48.07
€ 54.86
€ 48.07
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.00€ 25.44
€ 28.00
€ 25.44
paperback. Discusses 15 works of Latin-American playwrights. This book highlights the problems inherent in writing under politically repressive governments. It also illustrates through the writers' experiences that gender difference entails both loss and profit. Editor(s): Larson, Catherine; Vargas, Margarita. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSBH; DSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212405
- ISBN
- 9780253212405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.95
€ 25.99
€ 23.95
Hardcover. With striking photographs of each writer, Reading Writers Reading offers a sublime voyage into the heart of literary creation. Editor(s): Schaub, Danielle. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 285 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644596
- ISBN
- 9780888644596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.36€ 49.87
€ 58.36
€ 49.87
Paperback. Offers an introduction to the life and ideas of one of Ireland's great thinkers and patriots - AE Russell. This book studies the man that was AE through his thoughts and ideas. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; HRQC5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845885434
- ISBN
- 9781845885434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Culleton, Claire A.; Leick, Karen. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370764
- ISBN
- 9781349370764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847062635
- ISBN
- 9781847062635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.92
€ 88.92
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271048413
- ISBN
- 9780271048413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.16€ 78.84
€ 92.16
€ 78.84
Paperback. Series: Body & Soul. Num Pages: 350 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Travelers' Tales, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885211187
- ISBN
- 9781885211187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.44
€ 19.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methodsentailed in theidea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events.Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works." Editor(s): Davis, J. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294473
- ISBN
- 9781349294473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 109.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663002451
- ISBN
- 9783663002451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.89
€ 70.89
Hardback. The only complete compilation of material by and about Archibald MacLeish, one of America's most accomplished literary artists. Contains over 2000 entries grouped by type of publication and extensive indexes. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830226
- ISBN
- 9780810830226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.33
€ 169.33
Paperback. The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive new textbook providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183758
- ISBN
- 9781405183758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.31
€ 33.31
Paperback. "Women and Romance" includes historical as well as contemporary selections, personal letters as well as theoretical essays, and social science perspectives as well as literary criticism of the novel and the popular mass-market romance. Editor(s): Weisser, Susan Ostrov. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 34. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814793558
- ISBN
- 9780814793558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53