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Paperback. Poses fundamental questions about reading habits we have come to take for granted. Featuring illustrations from Dickinson's manuscripts, this book makes a contribution to the study of Dickinson and of nineteenth-century American poetry. It also maps out the future for work in historical poetics and lyric theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119915
- ISBN
- 9780691119915
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Designed for students, teachers, scholars, poets, and readers with a general interest in poetics, this book presents an intellectual history of the theory of lyric reading that has circulated both within and beyond the classroom, wherever poetry is taught, read, discussed, and debated today. Editor(s): Jackson, Virginia; Prins, Yopie. Num Pages: 680 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412009
- ISBN
- 9781421412009
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Condition: New
€ 53.88€ 50.13
€ 53.88
€ 50.13
Paperback. This new translation by poet Len Krisak of Virgil's classic of pastoral verse captures both the meaning and meter of the original. The text features the English and original Latin on facing pages and an introduction by Gregson Davis. Translator(s): Krisak, Len. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222173
- ISBN
- 9780812222173
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. Translator(s): Chew, Kristina. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872206090
- ISBN
- 9780872206090
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.38
€ 18.99
€ 15.38
Paperback. The first detailed single-volume commentary in any language on the final book of Virgil's epic masterpiece. Editor(s): Tarrant, Richard. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 371 pages. Editor(s): Tarrant, Richard. The first detailed single-volume commentary in any language on the final book of Virgil's epic masterpiece. BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 136 x 216 x 17. Weight: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521313636
- ISBN
- 9780521313636
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Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Ganiban, Randall Toth; Perkell, Christine. Series: The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102273
- ISBN
- 9781585102273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
€ 25.99
€ 19.64
Paperback. Frederick Ahl's new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil's epic poem in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style. Translator(s): Ahl, Frederick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed. /
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199231959
- ISBN
- 9780199231959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.66
€ 13.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143106296
- ISBN
- 9780143106296
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Presents an abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's translation of Virgil's "Aeneid", suitable for use in such courses as those surveys of Roman history or classical mythology in which time may not permit a reading of the epic in its entirety. This book highlights the place of the "Aeneid" in Roman mythology, history, and literature. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207905
- ISBN
- 9780872207905
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.57
€ 16.99
€ 13.57
paperback. A story of arms and heroism that follows the adventures of Aeneas, who flees the ashes of Troy to embark upon a tortuous course that brings him to Italy and fulfills his destiny as founder of the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143105138
- ISBN
- 9780143105138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Hardback. First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it. Editor(s): Gillespie, Vincent; Powell, Susan. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843634
- ISBN
- 9781843843634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226107066
- ISBN
- 9780226107066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.48
€ 44.99
€ 34.48
Hardcover. Anthropology has long had a vexed relationship with literature, and nowhere has this been more acutely felt than in France, where most ethnographers, upon returning from the field, write not one book, but two: a scientific monograph and a literary account. The author puzzles out this phenomenon. Translator(s): Izzo, Justin. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226106908
- ISBN
- 9780226106908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.70€ 104.74
€ 126.70
€ 104.74
paperback. A collection of essays that question how the human sciences, particularly anthropology and psychoanalysis, articulate their fields of study; Crapananzo addresses the enormous problem of describing the self in both its individual and collective projections. Num Pages: 404 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674389816
- ISBN
- 9780674389816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.04€ 48.51
€ 52.04
€ 48.51
Hardcover. Though Alexander the Great lived more than 17 centuries before the onset of Iberian expansion into Muslim Africa and Asia, he loomed large in the literature of late medieval and early modern Portugal and Spain. This title shows that the story of Alexander sowed the seeds of Iberian empire and foreshadowed the decline of Spanish influence. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226037363
- ISBN
- 9780226037363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.21€ 50.62
€ 59.21
€ 50.62
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606880
- ISBN
- 9780691606880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Ringrose, Chris. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HPQ. Dimension: 152 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838208473
- ISBN
- 9783838208473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.65
€ 34.99
€ 25.65
Hardback. Translation of: Lexique nomade [a collection of short meditations by contemporary novelists at the 3rd Assises internationales du roman] Editor(s): Villa Gillet; Le Monde. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150804
- ISBN
- 9780231150804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.32
€ 18.99
€ 15.32
Hardback. From Conrad to Rushdie, from Du Bois, to Nggi, Worlds Within explores the changing form of novels, nations, and national identities, by attending to the ways in which political circumstances meet narratives of the psyche. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754903
- ISBN
- 9780804754903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
Paperback. Modernism, Fashion and Women's Writing deliberately works against conventional notions of historical periodisation and challenges conceptions that pit modernist elitism against middlebrow consumerism as mutually defining opposites. It draws on material from writers personal and professional archives to tell the stories of five women novelists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427425
- ISBN
- 9781474427425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.38
€ 38.99
€ 35.38
Hardback. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474427418
- ISBN
- 9781474427418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.49€ 108.45
€ 112.49
€ 108.45
Hardcover. Offers a study of the English translations of Hans Christian Andersen's "Tales and Stories", and of the people who made them. This book demonstrates the interdependence of the English translations, many of which prove to have been made with little or no use of the original Danish text. Num Pages: 389 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 185 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778388568
- ISBN
- 9788778388568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Presents a range of approaches to Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) and his works. This volume focuses on Andersen in his time, the Andersen influences, Andersen in terms of cultural history - including aspects of literary and social history, genre, linguistics, translation and style. Num Pages: 576 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; BG; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 176 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778384492
- ISBN
- 9788778384492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.76
€ 43.99
€ 31.76
Hardback. Why do we hate Milton's God? The author reengages with a perennial problem in Milton studies, one whose genealogy dates back at least to the Romantics, but which finds its most cogent modern expression in William Empson's revulsion at Milton's God and Stanley Fish's defense. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044873
- ISBN
- 9780691044873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.46€ 109.68
€ 144.46
€ 109.68