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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Sadness and Happiness: Poems by Robert Pinsky. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013220
ISBN
9780691013220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.59

Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature S. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691013527
ISBN
9780691013527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Before Recollection. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014371
ISBN
9780691014371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.94

Paperback. Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Editor(s): Foley, Helene P. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014791
ISBN
9780691014791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014944
ISBN
9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Includes essays that extend the author's investigations of the instability of the physical text. This title shows how various texts enters the world under socio-historical conditions that set the stage for a ceaseless process of textual development and mutation. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015187
ISBN
9780691015187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Paperback. Explores the political context and meanings of key works in Western literature. This book covers Virgilian epics of conquest and empire that take the victors' side (the "Aeneid" itself, Camoes's "Lusiadas", Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata") and the countervailing epic of the defeated and of republican liberty. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 fig. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015200
ISBN
9780691015200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.18

Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015255
ISBN
9780691015255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.31

Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015415
ISBN
9780691015415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015972
ISBN
9780691015972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016795
ISBN
9780691016795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand Dante's great masterpiece. This book is illustrated with maps of Italy and the region Dante knew especially, diagrams of the circles of Hell, and plates. Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018959
ISBN
9780691018959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.06

Paperback. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 1056 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DCF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1026.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019048
ISBN
9780691019048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.06

Paperback. Prometheus the god stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him to a rock, where an eagle clawed unceasingly at his liver, until Herakles freed him. For the Greeks, the myth of Prometheus' release reflected a primordial law of existence and the fate of humankind. The author examines the story of Prometheus. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 184 pages, 16 plates. BIC Classification: DSB; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 200 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019079
ISBN
9780691019079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. "First Princeton paperback printing, 1989"--T.p. verso. Illustrator(s): Johnson, L.S. Editor(s): Oden, Thomas C. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691020532
ISBN
9780691020532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Paperback. Examines the saga of the Grail. Exploring the legend's Gnostic roots, this book considers how the legend of the Grail related to fertility rites with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. It traces its origins to a Gnostic text that served as a link between ancient vegetation cults and the Celts and Christians who embellished the story. Editor(s): Segal, Robert A. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691021072
ISBN
9780691021072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Tells the story of Nabokov's life that continues with his arrival in the United States in 1940. He found that supporting himself and his family was not easy - until the astonishing success of Lolita catapulted him to world fame and financial security. Num Pages: 800 pages, 59 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
804
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691024714
ISBN
9780691024714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Presents Wilhelm Dilthey's principal writings on aesthetics and the philosophical understanding of poetry, as well as representative essays of literary criticism. This book includes the essay, "The Imagination of the Poet" which is his attempt to examine the philosophical bearings of literature in relation to psychological and historical theory. Editor(s): Makkreel, Rudolf A.; Rodi, Frithjof. Series: Selected Works. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029283
ISBN
9780691029283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.94

Paperback. From the dawn of European literature, the figure of Medea has inspired artists in all fields throughout all centuries. This work examines the major representations of Medea in myth, art, and ancient and contemporary literature, as well as the philosophical, psychological, and cultural questions. Editor(s): Clauss, James J.; Johnston, Sarah Iles. Num Pages: 376 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSB; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691043760
ISBN
9780691043760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 55.38

Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044569
ISBN
9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

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