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Paperback. Presents the text of Chapman's translation of the "Odyssey" (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. This book also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the "Odyssey". Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048918
ISBN
9780691048918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Paperback. George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the "Iliad", making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. It also provides an introduction and a glossary. Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 648 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Princeton pbk. ed
Number of pages
741
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002361
ISBN
9780691002361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Paperback. The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles' great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War, encapsulating the brutality of war. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers, and this new translation is elegant and accurate, respecting the original line numbers, and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter. Translator(s): Verity, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645213
ISBN
9780199645213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
60177th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208995
ISBN
9780872208995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. While preserving the basic narrative of the Iliad, this bare-bones abridgement highlights the epic's high poetic moments and essential mythological content, and will prove especially useful in surveys of world literature, and in Western civilization surveys. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205420
ISBN
9780872205420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Unabridged
SKU
KLJ0001372
ISBN
9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

paperback. Identifies and explains a surprising affinity for medievalism and medieval studies among the leading figures of critical theory. This book contains original essays by Bataille and Bourdieu - translated English - that testify in various ways to the strange persistence of medievalisms in French postwar avant-garde writings. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226349749
ISBN
9780226349749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. In Savoring the Salt, a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision played a vital role in shaping African American culture in the last quarter of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Holmes, Linda Janet; Wall, Cheryl A. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781592136254
ISBN
9781592136254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Edition
First Edition, Second Printing
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571314444
ISBN
9781571314444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Univ Tennessee Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572337497
ISBN
9781572337497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.13

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 153. .
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509815760
ISBN
9781509815760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 76 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 211 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140. 76 pages. Hollie McNish's poetry moves with the rhythms, the excitements and disappointments of contemporary life. Deeply committed to the idea of language as a tool of self-expression and communication, her poems are accessible but crackling with a passion and wit all her own. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 182 x 211 x 7. Weight: 140.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
76
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075675
ISBN
9781906075675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.99

Hardcover. Keywords: Russia
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Scott, Foresman And Co. Chicago
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KHS0055835
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Features poems collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, and was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Translator(s): Hollander, Lee M. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292764996
ISBN
9780292764996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Looks at how contemporary travel writing reflects gender, cultural history, and social class Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472087068
ISBN
9780472087068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

Paperback.
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783191291
ISBN
9781783191291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.22

Hardcover. Nabati poetry, though composed in an artistic variant of ordinary Bedouin speech, historically descends from the pre-Islamic Classical Arabic poetry of antiquity, and its modern exponents still compose in the traditional genres of boasting, praise, satire, elegy, advice and guidance, love and lyric poetry. Editor(s): Holes, Professor Clive; Abu Athera, Said Salman. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Garnet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Har/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863723780
ISBN
9780863723780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113241
ISBN
9781551113241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. Editor(s): Kane, Paul. Series: The Australian Poets Series. Num Pages: 145 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
George Braziller Inc United States
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807600023
ISBN
9780807600023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.79

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637198
ISBN
9780691637198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.72

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