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Paperback. The Roman poet Propertius is best known as the writer who perfected the Latin love elegy. A contemporary of Virgil and Horace, Propertius has influenced scores of poets - from Ovid to Housman to Pound. This work contains poems that pay tribute to Cynthia, Propertius's romantic obsession, but the scope of these 107 elegies is broad. Translator(s): Katz, Vincent. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 520 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115825
- ISBN
- 9780691115825
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
hardcover. This volume presents a complete text of all Milton's verse. Coleridge linked Milton and Shakespeare as the greatest of English poets, and even in our time Milton continues to exert a powerful influence, both on the writing of poetry and on critical debate. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Number of pages
- 630
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150971
- ISBN
- 9781857150971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. John Scattergood's The Complete English Poems of John Skelton (Penguin, 1983) has long been out of print, and at present no other complete edition of the poems is available. This welcome new edition brings together the poems, and many of the Latin paratexts, along with an entirely new introduction and updated reading list and notes. Editor(s): Scattergood, John. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319488
- ISBN
- 9781846319488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.08
€ 50.99
€ 46.08
Paperback. "The Frame translation of the complete essays was initially published in 1957 in The complete works of Montaigne."--T.p. verso. Editor(s): Frame, Donald M. Translator(s): Frame, Donald M. Num Pages: 908 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5766 x 3887 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1225.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press Stanford, CA
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 906
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804704861
- ISBN
- 9780804704861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
paperback. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, the author creates a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. It shows you a wily fox being outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock the author. Editor(s): Temple, Robert K.G. Translator(s): Temple, Olivia; Temple, Robert K.G. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140446494
- ISBN
- 9780140446494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.75
€ 11.99
€ 9.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Walker, Pierre A.; Zacharias, Greg W. Series: The Complete Letters of Henry James. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4039 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269859
- ISBN
- 9780803269859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Hardcover. At long last we have Craig Williamson's beautiful and haunting translations of all of the Old English poems into modern strong-stress, alliterative verse, along with his introductions, his essay on translation, and noted medievalist Tom Shippey's introduction on the literary scope and vision of these timeless poems. Translator(s): Williamson, Craig. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 3D; 3F; 3H; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 247 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1870.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248470
- ISBN
- 9780812248470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.23
€ 163.23
Hardcover. This edition of Shakespeare's complete works aims to combine accessibility with scholarship. Each play or poetry collection has an introduction which includes textual and literary-historical issues and there are same-page notes for ease of reference. Editor(s): Harbage, Alfred. Num Pages: 1520 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1918.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141000589
- ISBN
- 9780141000589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.88€ 72.75
€ 78.88
€ 72.75
Paperback. Combines the Christian with the classical in its description of the fall of Man. This title draws a parallel with the author's own life in the hero's struggle to renew his faith in God. Editor(s): Leonard, John. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1024
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433630
- ISBN
- 9780140433630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. A collection of poems that take a wide range of themes from metaphysics to melancholy, social climbing to political satire, and from love to loss. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140189629
- ISBN
- 9780140189629
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Centennial Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871401786
- ISBN
- 9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Brings together Philip Larkin's poems. In this book, due prominence is given to the poet's comments on his poems, which often outline the circumstances that gave rise to a poem, or state what he was trying to achieve. Editor(s): Burnett, Archie. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571240074
- ISBN
- 9780571240074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.34
€ 33.99
€ 22.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590306130
- ISBN
- 9781590306130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Suitable for those who seek to understand Roman culture and sexuality and the origins of Western poetry, this title provides the necessary historical and social background to the poet's life and works. Translator(s): Putnam, Michael C. J.; Dennis, Rodney G. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272545
- ISBN
- 9780520272545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. It is in the works included in this volume that the recognizable and characteristic voice of Shelley emerges-unmistakable, consistent, and vital. Editor(s): Reiman, Donald H.; Fraistat, Neil; Crook, Nora; Curran, Stuart; O'Neill, Michael; Neth, Michael J.; Brookshire, David. Num Pages: 1152 pages, 15, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1758.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1152
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401362
- ISBN
- 9781421401362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.82
€ 171.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146746
- ISBN
- 9780231146746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.64€ 80.25
€ 104.64
€ 80.25
Hardcover. Horace Walpole was letter writer so energetic and fertile that his collected correspondence occupies forty volumes. His letters provide one of the most vivid pictures we have of the late eighteenth-century Britain. This collection contains 434 letters, arranged under sixteen headings for ease of reference. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152326
- ISBN
- 9781857152326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: DC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 82 x 41. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Annotated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535798
- ISBN
- 9780199535798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardback. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 634 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844006
- ISBN
- 9781843844006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.36
€ 176.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300689
- ISBN
- 9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.23
€ 27.99
€ 23.23
Paperback. Presenting an English translation of the literary compositions ascribed to Liudprand, the bishop of Cremona from 962 to 972, this work offers insight into society and culture in western Europe during the iron century. It reveals European attitudes toward the Byzantine Empire and the culture of its refined capital city. Translator(s): Squatriti, Paolo. Series: Medieval Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813215068
- ISBN
- 9780813215068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.74
€ 39.74
Hardback. Volume XI of The Complete Works of Robert Browning contains two strikingly disparate long poems from the 1870s, Fifine at the Fair and Red Cotton Night-Cap Country. As always in this series of critical editions, a complete record of textual variants is provided, as well as extensive explanatory notes. Editor(s): Bright, Michael. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821418390
- ISBN
- 9780821418390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. Concludes the major phase of a great scholarly project: the accurate preservation and transmission of the poet's works for future generations of readers. This book begins with author's last collection of poems, Asolando: Fancies and Facts, published on the day of the poet's death, 12 December 1889. Editor(s): Dooley, Allan C.; Crowder, Ashby Bland. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 520 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419816
- ISBN
- 9780821419816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821402207
- ISBN
- 9780821402207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36