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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
€ 21.99€ 17.86
€ 21.99
€ 17.86
Hardback. Venantius Fortunatus, a master of the short praise poem and a canonical Christian Latin poet, wrote eleven volumes of hymns, epigrams, elegies, and other religious and epistolary verses addressed to kings, bishops, and abbesses. This volume presents for the first time in English translation all of his poetry, apart from a single long saint's life. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674974920
- ISBN
- 9780674974920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.11
€ 40.99
€ 34.11
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.88€ 43.45
€ 53.88
€ 43.45
Hardback. Based on manuscripts of this treatise on classical Sanskirt poetics. It was composed by the famous 11th-century King Bhoja of Malwa, a patron of traditional learning. It is interesting as a text because of the theoretical treatment of the erotic sentiment (srngara) in classical Sanskrit texts. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 916 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 75. Weight in Grams: 1990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 916
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674833401
- ISBN
- 9780674833401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.35€ 93.77
€ 98.35
€ 93.77
paperback. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn (City College of New York). Series: Field Translation Series. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oberlin College Press United States
- Edition
- Trans. from the French ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932440891
- ISBN
- 9780932440891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.47
€ 16.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. * A collection of poetry and essays on war by one of the most prominent women writers from that period, author of the famous TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. A commemorative edition, out now in paperback Editor(s): Bostridge, Mark. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40pp of b/w. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084142
- ISBN
- 9781844084142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
€ 14.99
€ 11.92
Hardback. This collection of revisionist essays charts the evolving political, psychological, and sexual identity of the English Puritan writer John Bunyan in light of the traumatic impact of regicide on seventeenth-century England. Editor(s): Camden, Vera J. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757850
- ISBN
- 9780804757850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.80
€ 87.80
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451494788
- ISBN
- 9780451494788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.71
€ 30.99
€ 23.71
Hardcover. Examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing an analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from the period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch's power. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235506
- ISBN
- 9781936235506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.08
€ 157.08
Paperback. A study of Helene Cixous that adopts a chronological and expository approach, bravely taking on the daunting task of presenting to non-French-speaking readers an author who specializes in word-play. Num Pages: 197 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263451
- ISBN
- 9780803263451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.57
€ 17.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100774
- ISBN
- 9781585100774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. 88pp
- Publisher
- Scotus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780954719432
- ISBN
- 9780954719432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.42
€ 10.42
Paperback. A new expanded edition of Tolkien's most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. Num Pages: 320 pages, With index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007582914
- ISBN
- 9780007582914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardback. Poetry Broadsheet, 14 x 18 cm (Framed, 40x35cm). Signed by the author. Part of a portfolio that covers virtually every important English 20 century poet alive at the time. Poem of the Month 1970 - 1975. Keywords: Poetry - Broadsheets - Literature
- Publisher
- Poem of the Month Club London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KHS0056631
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Shoestring Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904886020
- ISBN
- 9781904886020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313427
- ISBN
- 9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548471
- ISBN
- 9781857548471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. Num Pages: portrait (black and white). BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Parthian Books
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909844056
- ISBN
- 9781909844056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBL; JFD; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349485307
- ISBN
- 9781349485307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259871
- ISBN
- 9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.73
€ 33.73
Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537157
- ISBN
- 9781557537157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26