Literary essays
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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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.38
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Paperback. Here, the author/narrator - a representative, in extremis, of contemporary American obsession with beauty, celebrity, transmitted image - finds himself suspended, fascinated, in the remoteness of our wall-to-wall mediascape. It is a remoteness that both perplexes and enthralls him. Num Pages: 180 pages, 57 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299193645
- ISBN
- 9780299193645
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€ 17.99€ 16.29
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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
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Condition: New
€ 7.33
€ 7.33
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€ 45.16
€ 54.99
€ 45.16
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr Dublin
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621953
- ISBN
- 9781900621953
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.08
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€ 25.08
Paperback. A work that features: reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some interviews given on various occasions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571131204
- ISBN
- 9780571131204
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DNF; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816524914
- ISBN
- 9780816524914
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Ten years of poet and critic Garrett Caples's writing on neglected figures of art and poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; AVC; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wave Books United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933517988
- ISBN
- 9781933517988
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.27
€ 21.99
€ 21.27
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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
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€ 16.65
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
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Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
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
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Condition: New
€ 111.99
€ 111.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559360418
- ISBN
- 9781559360418
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.81
€ 18.99
€ 18.81
Hardcover. The author is celebrated for the part he played in both the American and French Revolutions. Though an Englishman by birth, he reacted violently against the political order of eighteenth-century England and in favour of radical reform. This title elaborates his political and social theories in vivid, simple prose. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151893
- ISBN
- 9781857151893
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.73
€ 17.99
€ 12.73
Hardback. This is a new edition of Rob Roy. It is set in 1715-16, yet it concerns not the conduct of the Jacobite Rising, but the economic and social conditions which gave rise to it. Editor(s): Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 612 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 38. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 612
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605699
- ISBN
- 9780748605699
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Condition: New
€ 140.33€ 131.91
€ 140.33
€ 131.91
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
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Condition: New
€ 80.77
€ 80.77
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€ 24.92
€ 25.99
€ 24.92
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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.39
€ 27.99
€ 24.39
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
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Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
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€ 15.79
€ 21.99
€ 15.79
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
€ 41.40
€ 41.40