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Hardback. He argues for the particular capacity of literature to undertake an imaginative risk on behalf of another that seems the very ground of ethics itself. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879777
- ISBN
- 9780801879777
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Condition: New
€ 55.50€ 51.29
€ 55.50
€ 51.29
hardcover. Examines the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. Based on readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, the author explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany between 1770-1850. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBF; HPCD; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988368
- ISBN
- 9780295988368
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Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Hardback. Although the events of Selma and Birmingham are burned into the nation's consciousness, little has been written about the civil rights events in the surrounding counties, the vast sections of the rural south. Cynthia Fleming addresses this gap by bringing to light the struggle for equality of the citizens of Wilcox County, Alabama. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSW; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508101
- ISBN
- 9780742508101
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Condition: New
€ 176.03
€ 176.03
Paperback. The concept of rapture in literature navigates along a specific trajectory, from rapine status through to 'being carried (away)'. This book deals with the 'states of heightened awareness', and seeks to connect with the notion of addiction as an alternative to the moral law. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191030
- ISBN
- 9781845191030
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Hardback. Tao Yuanming (365-427), although dismissed as a poet following his death, is now considered one of China's greatest writers. This book studies the posthumous reputation of a central figure in Chinese literary history, the mechanisms at work in the reception of his works, and the canonization of Tao himself. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031845
- ISBN
- 9780674031845
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.37
€ 52.99
€ 44.37
Features a wide-ranging series of essays by American, British, and European specialists in a variety of literary fields Written in an approachable and accessible style Covers both classic literary figures and contemporary novelists Provides extensive suggestions for further reading at the end of each essay. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405146913
- ISBN
- 9781405146913
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Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. Brings together Lee Patterson's essays published in various venues over the years. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illustrated halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038373
- ISBN
- 9780268038373
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.12
€ 44.99
€ 39.12
Paperback. Regarded by many as the equal of Shakespeare in poetic imagination and expression, Milton was also a prolific writer of prose, applying his potent genius to major issues of domestic, religious and political liberty. Editor(s): Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 606 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 606
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129312
- ISBN
- 9781405129312
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.91
€ 43.99
€ 42.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DNF; DSB; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788788073218
- ISBN
- 9788788073218
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.58
€ 18.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. Herodotus, one of the earliest and greatest of Western prose authors, set out in the late fifth century BC to describe the world as he knew it. This commentary by leading scholars, originally published in Italian, has been fully revised by the original authors and is now presented for English readers. Num Pages: 800 pages, 44 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199639366
- ISBN
- 9780199639366
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Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Hardback. "What May Words Say..?" contains a comprehensive and in many respects unconventional interpretation of The Merchant of Venice. The play's development of ideas is unfolded in a literary analysis that focuses on the poet's words in their philological, historical, and philosophical contexts. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470000
- ISBN
- 9781611470000
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Condition: New
€ 133.10
€ 133.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 108 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293967
- ISBN
- 9780226293967
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.94
€ 31.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271034096
- ISBN
- 9780271034096
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Condition: New
€ 64.38€ 53.96
€ 64.38
€ 53.96
Paperback. A follow-up to Margaret Forster's "Hidden Lives" (a family memoir of three generations of women), this account takes up the story of her gritty northern father. She looks back at his life and character, evoking incidents from her Cumbrian childhood, his working life and his stubborn old age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000943
- ISBN
- 9780099275749
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Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636993
- ISBN
- 9780691636993
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Condition: New
€ 153.94
€ 153.94
Hardback. This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya. Its contributors investigate how medieval poetic language reflects and shapes social, political, and religious worlds. In addition to new readings of canonical poetic texts, it includes readings of texts that have previously not held a central place in critical attention. Editor(s): Chaganti, Seeta. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823243242
- ISBN
- 9780823243242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.39
€ 57.39
Paperback. A matchless close reading of Remembrance of Things Past and a lesson in how to read the great books profitably and pleasurably. Bowie asserts that Proust's novel is one of the great exercises in speculative imagining in the world's literature and that its originality lies first in the quality of Proust's textual invention -- line after line, page after page. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114912
- ISBN
- 9780231114912
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Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Paperback. This book is about the interpenetration of culture and personality, specifically Alexander I's Russian Empire, a latecomer in post-Napoleonic European history, and Aleksandr Pushkin, virtuoso improvisor yet prisoner of the Golden Age discourses that now bear his name. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727990
- ISBN
- 9780804727990
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.53
€ 50.99
€ 45.53
Paperback. This collection of 15 essays deals with the representations, theories, and problematics of homosexuality in French writing of the 19th and 20th centuries Editor(s): Fisher, Dominique D.; Schehr, Lawrence R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729758
- ISBN
- 9780804729758
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.99
€ 37.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. An introduction to the themes of a still-evolving American ethnic literature Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiativ ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902172
- ISBN
- 9781439902172
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. A survey of the roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis-Singer's works. Biletzky also explores the relationship between Singer and Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, offering an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's thought and writing. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819198297
- ISBN
- 9780819198297
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Condition: New
€ 82.19
€ 82.19
Paperback. Volume of essays, selected from the 2007 International Cather Seminar, exploring the geographic locations and cultures that informed Cather's writing Editor(s): Palleau-Papin, Francoise; Murphy, John J.; Palleau, Francoise; Thacker, Robert. Series: Cather Studies. Num Pages: 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 492
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803230255
- ISBN
- 9780803230255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.24
€ 45.99
€ 41.24
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016552
- ISBN
- 9780674016552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.23
€ 52.99
€ 44.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761814214
- ISBN
- 9780761814214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16