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paperback. Covers radical public poems of Leopardi on history and politics; philosophical satires; his great, dark, despairing odes such as "To Silvia"; and, later masterworks such as "The Setting of the Moon", written not long before Leopardi's death. Translator(s): Galassi, Jonathan. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193878
ISBN
9780141193878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Features translations of poems of Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) that render into modern English verse - the work of a writer who is regarded as one of the greatest lyric poet in the Italian literary tradition. Translator(s): Grennan, Eamon. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 171.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016443
ISBN
9780691016443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. First published in 1831, and here presented in a dual-language edition with some of his lesser-known unpublished poems, Leopardi's poetical masterpiece is an unsurpassed anatomy of man's unhappiness on earth. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494672
ISBN
9781847494672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. Seducer, gambler, necromancer, swindler, swashbuckler, poet, self-made gentleman, bon vivant, Giacomo Casanova was a notorious lover of the Western world. This title contains the highlights of Casanova's life: his youth in Venice as a precocious ecclesiastic; his dabbling in the occult; his imprisonment and escape; and his amorous conquests. Editor(s): Pizzamiglio, Gilberto. Translator(s): Sartarelli, Stephen; Hawkes, Sophie. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140439151
ISBN
9780140439151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Ink Drawings. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Parallax Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937006310
ISBN
9781937006310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.07

Paperback. In this luminous bilingual collection of poems, Ghareeb Iskander offers a personal response to the The Epic of Gilgamesh. Iskander's modern-day Gilgamesh is a nameless Iraqi citizen who witnessed the fall of the dictatorship, who exists in a constant state of threat, and who dreams, not about eternity, but simply about life. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610717
ISBN
9780815610717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816614974
ISBN
9780816614974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC; HRE; VXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Snow Lion Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559392594
ISBN
9781559392594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DNF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837635171
ISBN
9783837635171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.60
€ 80.26

Hardback. Editor(s): Phinn, Gervase. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430. An Anthology of Childhood Memories. 160 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Phinn, Gervase. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 24. Weight: 430.
Publisher
Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855682535
ISBN
9781855682535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Reveals the writer's thoughts about the energy and mobility of the American people, the effect of modernism on literary form, the nature of history and its recording, and the inventiveness of the English language - in particular, its American variant. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771540
ISBN
9780226771540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. A selection of the works of the author taken from the period between 1905 and 1936, when he was engaged in an astounding number of still-surprising literary experiments, whose innovations continue to influence various arts. Editor(s): Retallack, Joan. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248069
ISBN
9780520248069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.96

Paperback. This volume contains a collection of Stein's works. It also includes her essay "Plays", in which she reflects on the experience in the theatre of seeing and hearing, and on emotion and time. She envisioned a new dramaturgy, beginning with the pictorial conception of a play as a landscape. Series: PAJ Books. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
536
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801849855
ISBN
9780801849855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.12

paperback. .
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Corrected Centennial ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866355
ISBN
9780872866355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Hardcover. Edward Burns here provides a new account of the origins and nature of Restoration comedy as a distinct genre. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1987th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333397473
ISBN
9780333397473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.39

Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185361
ISBN
9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DN; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 146 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486298979
ISBN
9780486298979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.82

Paperback. Suitable for readers and critics alike, this title unravels the mystery of George Eliot's final creation - "Daniel Deronda" - and of Eliot herself. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594035968
ISBN
9781594035968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.21

Hardback. Examines why a woman who was firmly labeled an unbeliever would take up the cause of Judaism and its promise of nationhood and statehood. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594032516
ISBN
9781594032516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.46

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear, wear to cover and spine and yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Penguin London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009730
ISBN
9780140400281
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

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