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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Featuring references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work's stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 112 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894664
- ISBN
- 9780801894664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.62
€ 36.62
Paperback. Translator(s): Nichols, James H., Jr. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186. Series: Agora Paperback Editions S. 128 pages. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 8. Weight: 186. Translator(s): Nichols Jr, James H. (Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College, USA).
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485329
- ISBN
- 9780801485329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.47
€ 16.99
€ 16.47
Paperback. Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger and desire lead individuals to violence. Translator(s): Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455519
- ISBN
- 9780140455519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605781
- ISBN
- 9780748605781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.51€ 108.45
€ 112.51
€ 108.45
Paperback. This volume presents a dozen original essays by leading scholars in the fields of the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture, and early Roman imperial history, focused on Petronius' fragmentary work The Satyricon. The essays move from literary studies to cultural studies to historical studies. Editor(s): Repath, Ian D. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118451373
- ISBN
- 9781118451373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.90
€ 44.99
€ 44.90
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350014732
- ISBN
- 9781350014732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.50
€ 16.99
€ 15.50
Hardback. Building on recent Petrarch scholarship and broader studies of medieval poetics, poetic narrativity, and biblical intertextuality, Peterson conducts a rigorous examination of the Fragmenta's poetic language. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; DSBB; DSBD; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500023
- ISBN
- 9781487500023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.58
€ 76.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501700019
- ISBN
- 9781501700019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213174
- ISBN
- 9780253213174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.26
€ 51.99
€ 46.26
Hardcover. In the early spring of 1358 Francis Petrarch was invited by his friend Giovanni Mandelli to go on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Petrarch declined, instead offering Mandelli this pilgrimage guide rather than his companionship. Translator(s): Cachey, Theodore J. Num Pages: 245 pages, 11 halftones, 39pp facsimile. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADT; DSBB; DSK; HRC; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038731
- ISBN
- 9780268038731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
Hardback. A consideration of Petrarch's influence on, and appearance in, French texts - and in particular, his appropriation by the Avignonese. Series: Medievalism. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844563
- ISBN
- 9781843844563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.41
€ 115.41
Paperback. Since the beginnings of Italian vernacular literature, the nature of the relationship between Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374) and his predecessor Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) has remained a fascinating question of both literary and cultural history. This title explores the emergence of an anti-Dantean polemic in Petrarch's work. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; Cachey, Theodore J. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022112
- ISBN
- 9780268022112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.50
€ 51.99
€ 46.50
Paperback. Although Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) is best known today for cementing the sonnet's place in literary history, he was also a philosopher, historian, orator, and one of the foremost classical scholars of his age. This title provides information on each of Petrarch's works, its place in the poet's oeuvre, and an exposition of its defining features. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria; Maggi, Armando. Num Pages: 568 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226437422
- ISBN
- 9780226437422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.19
€ 47.99
€ 37.19
Paperback. "When Bhakkiyam falls in love with a Dalit sub-inspector, death is the only punishment that will satisfy her village panchayat. Pazhani, her father, is ordered to kill her. But how can a father murder his own daughter?"--Amazon.com. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199459520
- ISBN
- 9780199459520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Hardback. Covering much ground, the author brings an original approach to this playwright's drama, incorporating discussion of every play in his canon. Suitable for readers from 'A' level to postgraduates, the book introduces a variety of debates and interpretations, using previously unpublished material. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333681688
- ISBN
- 9780333681688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.11
€ 124.11
Hardcover. Biography of Oxford Classics don who led intriguing life. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908493989
- ISBN
- 9781908493989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.33
€ 26.99
€ 25.33
paperback. Series: Literaturwissenschaft / Kulturwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag Germany
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783835060944
- ISBN
- 9783835060944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Hardcover. Editor(s): Russell, Richard Rankin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531593
- ISBN
- 9780716531593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.84
€ 25.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. This is a revised and expanded edition of Woodcock's accessible study, now including detailed readings of Carey's latest novels, 'Jack Maggs' and 'True History of the Kelly Gang'. Series: Contemporary World Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press England
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227719
- ISBN
- 9780719067983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 648 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801416200
- ISBN
- 9780801416200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.38
€ 238.38
Hardback. At the nexus of Kantian aesthetics, literary analysis, and the history of medicine, Perverse Romanticism makes an important contribution to the study of sexuality in the long eighteenth century. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890413
- ISBN
- 9780801890413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.99€ 56.12
€ 60.99
€ 56.12
Hardback. This study attempts to account for the failed endings of O'Neill's earlier plays and the highly successful closures of his later plays by examining his endings with regard to contemporary closural theories. Nine plays, selected for their relevance to closure from his early, middle, and late periods, are examined extensively. Translator(s): Naydan, Michael M.; Wachtel, Andrew. Series: Contemporary Irish Writers. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 0. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838638330
- ISBN
- 9780838638330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.98
€ 111.98
Paperback. This edition makes available an important poem in the history of the epic and of European colonialism and provides a wealth of contextual material [] for readers, students, and instructors of British Romanticism. Daniel Robinson, Professor of English at Widener University Editor(s): Feldman, Paula R. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Critical ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811281
- ISBN
- 9781554811281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.85
€ 32.99
€ 23.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 161
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754825
- ISBN
- 9780838754825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.09
€ 115.09