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Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841870
ISBN
9781603841870
Condition: New

€ 54.34
€ 43.08

Paperback. Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Editor(s): Pucci, Joseph. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
155
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841863
ISBN
9781603841863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. The only Latin art of war to survive, Vegetius' Epitome was for long a part of the medieval prince's military education. The core of his proposals, the maintenance of a professional standing army, was revolutionary for medieval Europe, while his theory of deterrence through strength remains the foundation of modern Western defence policy. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DNF; HBJD; HBLA; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 207 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853239109
ISBN
9780853239109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99

Paperback. * Assembles for the first time the best work of Stanley Fish* Includes essays on Milton, the English Renaissance, law and literature, speech--act theory, Shakespeare amongst others* Also includes headnotes written by specialists in the field. . Editor(s): Veeser, H. Aram. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204398
ISBN
9780631204398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.26

Paperback. Celebrates Shakespeare's influence on American culture. This book contains essays which explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. It includes essays from the colonial period, to the adoption of Shakespeare as an "American genius" in the nineteenth century, to twentieth-century musical comedy. Editor(s): Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason; Vaughan, Alden T. Num Pages: 192 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987156
ISBN
9780295987156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Dima, 19, lives with his alcoholic father in a block of flats near the cemetery. Tomorrow he'll join the army and go to fight in Chechnya. Tonight he's trying to have a party. Lera, 20, lives in the same block. She reckons she's won a fortune if she can just borrow 1000 roubles to enter a competition. Translator(s): Dugdale, Sasha. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597885
ISBN
9781854597885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691602943
ISBN
9780691602943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637027
ISBN
9780748637027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.76
€ 197.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Jones, Francis R. Translator(s): Pennington, Anne; Jones, Francis R. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 219 x 39. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856464348
ISBN
9780856464348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

hardcover. Viewing his plays as a series of responses to fundamental aesthetic and political questions within modernism, Begley argues that, collectively, they narrate a prehistory of the postmodern. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802038876
ISBN
9780802038876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431424832
ISBN
9781431424832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431422456
ISBN
9781431422456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Pamphlet. Num Pages: 20 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 232 x 12. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Candlestick Press
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907598357
ISBN
9781907598357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.22

Paperback. Contains a mix of classics and popular favourites, as well as blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. This book includes poems by men about women, women about men, men about men and women about women. Editor(s): Fenton, James. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571218158
ISBN
9780571218158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Paperback. BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever. This book brings together these poems. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571303298
ISBN
9780571303298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, and a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, and Carol Ann Duffy, this book includes love poems speaks to the heart about this most universal of themes. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328093
ISBN
9780571328093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. This anthology contains poems shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prizes 2012, the UK's most valuable annual awards for contemporary poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 179.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571299010
ISBN
9780571299010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 5.38

Paperback. As the year changes, so we change with it. Since time out of mind our daily lives have been shaped and directed by the seasons. This book features poems about harvest and hardship, growth and new life, the warmth of the life-giving sun, Christmas and the closing of the year. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571331864
ISBN
9780571331864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. This anthology comprises five of the best plays from VAULT 2016, London's biggest and most exciting arts festival. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 35. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425538
ISBN
9781848425538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.71

Paperback. First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Various Authors. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415553261
ISBN
9780415553261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.39

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