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Paperback. History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly--as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman argues in this rewarding new study, a sensitive reading of the entirety of Camus's writings reveals both a power and unity of philosophical purpose. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159319
- ISBN
- 9781405159319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.32
€ 33.32
Paperback. How do Bengali women love in times of social transition and political upheaval? Editor(s): Wright, Carolyne. Series: Companions for the Journey. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893996939
- ISBN
- 9781893996939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.60
€ 16.99
€ 14.60
Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209671
- ISBN
- 9780872209671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.83
€ 40.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. The resourceful hero of "The Country Wife" is Horner, the scourge of stupid husbands and the hope of unhappy wives. Through a single simple ruse, Horner helps one woman after another settle accounts with a foolish spouse. Margery, the country wife, upsets his plans when she learns the manners of the city and begins to apply them herself. Editor(s): Fujimura, Thomas Hikaru. Num Pages: 153 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253711
- ISBN
- 9780803253711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, xii, 174 p. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092287
- ISBN
- 9780226092287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.73
€ 33.99
€ 26.73
Hardcover. Focuses on Language poetry, reassessing its relationship with surrealism and providing a scholarly, intelligent way of understanding the movement. This title discusses poets such as: Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Michael Palmer and Barrett Watten. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 213 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311154
- ISBN
- 9781846311154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.52
€ 135.52
Paperback. A new translation of one of Euripides' most neglected plays which takes as its subject the figure of Heracles and explores the nature of heroism and myth by portraying the story of the murder of his own wife and children. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682339
- ISBN
- 9780856682339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.94
€ 33.99
€ 29.94
Hardback. This study puts Shakespearean drama into the context of one of the centuryOs greatest preoccupations, the study and use of rhetoric Num Pages: 369 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460315
- ISBN
- 9781611460315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.10
€ 144.10
Paperback. Good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear, previous owners bookplate to half title page, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0020456
- ISBN
- 9780140430424
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 296 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555977399
- ISBN
- 9781555977399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.94
€ 17.99
€ 14.94
paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Katabasis United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904872378
- ISBN
- 9780904872378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.97
€ 9.97
Hardback. Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory. Editor(s): Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl; Kjaeldgaard, Lasse Home; Moller, Lis; Ringgaard, Dan; Rosing, Lilian Munk; Simonsen, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 927.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474271974
- ISBN
- 9781474271974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.99
€ 125.99
Hardback. Through a subtle reading of the writings of Homer, Virgil, and Hannah Arendt, Barbara Cassin produces an in-depth analysis, at once scholarly and personal, of nostalgia. Where does nostalgia come from? Where do we truly feel at home? Cassin explores the notion that nostalgia has less to do with place and more to do with language. Translator(s): Brault, Pascale-Anne. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269501
- ISBN
- 9780823269501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.33
€ 92.33
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628158
- ISBN
- 9780691628158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Hardcover. Keywords: Subjects - Fiction - General
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0048423
- ISBN
- 9780670031641
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478659
- ISBN
- 9780801478659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. A study of J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious and cultural ideas, which provided the seeds for his own fiction. It discusses not only such classics as "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Silmarillion", but focuses on his minor works as well. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 357.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190204
- ISBN
- 9780813190204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.08
€ 32.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Driftwood Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900055072
- ISBN
- 9780900055072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.95
€ 13.99
€ 12.95
![Gary Westfahl - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders [3 volumes] - 9780313329500 - V9780313329500](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780313329500.jpg "Gary Westfahl - The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders [3 volumes] - 9780313329500 - V9780313329500")
Multiple-component retail product. Includes 400 alphabetically arranged entries on themes, followed by 200 alphabetically arranged entries on classic works of science fiction and fantasy, including novels, films, and television shows. Num Pages: 1612 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FL; FM; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 102. Weight in Grams: 3760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 1612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313329500
- ISBN
- 9780313329500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.84
€ 262.84
Paperback. "Paul Giles .. describes episodes of literary exchange between Britain and America not as case studies in reproduction or disavowal but as moments of 'transnational convergence.'.. A rich and reasoned understanding of what these influences may be and of the often inspired anxiety the produce." -Modern Language Quarterly Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217674
- ISBN
- 9780812217674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.82
€ 38.99
€ 34.82
Paperback. Spanning the fifth century to the sixteenth, and ranging from Afghanistan to Spain, this collection provides an insight into the vitality of Classical Arabic literature. It explores such traditional themes as lovesick yearning and fated doom, and considers subjects as the etiquette of falling in love with slave-girls and the terrors of the sea. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441887
- ISBN
- 9780141441887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.43
€ 19.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. This book looks at the roots of this particular form of celebrity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press New Jersey
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048697
- ISBN
- 9780691048697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.25
€ 45.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. One of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical--and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars Poetica unavailable elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111737
- ISBN
- 9780231111737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.67
€ 43.67
Paperback. Focuses on the appeasers of the 1930s, the leading culprits being Baldwin, Chamberlain and Halifax who had left the country so ill-prepared, and who, by their pusillanimity, had emboldened Hitler and Mussolini; and in the case of the last two still favoured some accommodation with the fascist dictators. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJH; DNF; HBJD1; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571270200
- ISBN
- 9780571270200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.69
€ 17.69