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Hardback. As an investigation of new expressive processes and stylistic experiences, The Invention of Modern Italian Literature situates prominent Italian writers within the context of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091857
ISBN
9780802091857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.56

Paperback. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816649235
ISBN
9780816649235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 209.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730228
ISBN
9780804730228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Hardt, Michael. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
University Of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622351
ISBN
9780816622351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. This latest collection of texts, which focus on the "mystery" of literature, as well as on language as a laboratory for conceiving an ethical-political perspective that places us beyond sovereign power, offer a window onto Giorgio Agamben's most current research. Translator(s): Chiesa, Lorenzo. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 2921. .
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503601642
ISBN
9781503601642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.97

Paperback. Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben looks closely at the literature of the survivors of Auschwitz, probing the philosophical and ethical questions raised by their testimony. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; DNF; DSB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951177
ISBN
9781890951177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Translator(s): Binetti, Vincenzo; Casarino, Cesare. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630363
ISBN
9780816630363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.58

Hardback. "Originally published in Italian in 2014 under the title L'uso dei corpi." Translator(s): Kotsko, Adam. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPS; HRAM2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792349
ISBN
9780804792349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.02

hardcover. This latest collection of texts, which focus on the "mystery" of literature, as well as on language as a laboratory for conceiving an ethical-political perspective that places us beyond sovereign power, offer a window onto Giorgio Agamben's most current research. Translator(s): Chiesa, Lorenzo. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 4522 x 2921. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798716
ISBN
9780804798716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.20

hardcover. This book, by one of Italy's most important and original contemporary philosophers, represents a broad, general, and ambitious undertaking-nothing less than an attempt to rethink the nature of poetic language and to rearticulate relationships among theology, poetry, and philosophy in a tradition of literature initiated by Dante. Translator(s): Heller-Roazen, Daniel. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADL; 2ADT; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730211
ISBN
9780804730211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.76

Hardback. Series: Global Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black and white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252039751
ISBN
9780252039751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.41

Paperback. "If you want the true, mixed, fourteenth-century book that Boccaccio wrote, choose Rebhorn."-Joan Acocella, The New Yorker Editor(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Translator(s): Rebhorn, Wayne A. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393935622
ISBN
9780393935622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Hardback. The availability of The Latin Eclogues in English is a major contribution to the study of the literature and history of the Italian Renaissance. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895623
ISBN
9780801895623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Causa-Steindler, Mariangela; Mauch, Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226062761
ISBN
9780226062761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.10

Hardback. Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1429 - 1503) was an important humanist and scholar of Renaissance Italy and a versatile Latin poet of Quattrocento Italy. The poems that were written celebrated love and all the pleasures of life to be found at the seaside resort of Baiae on the Bay of Naples. This work contains English translation of these poems. Translator(s): Dennis, Rodney G. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021976
ISBN
9780674021976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.13

Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728660
ISBN
9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3226 x 4852 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Thieme Publishing Group Germany
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783132411364
ISBN
9783132411364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.92

Hardcover. Giovanni Marrasio was esteemed in the Renaissance as the first to revive the ancient Latin elegy, and his Angelinetum, or "Angelina's Garden," and other poems explores that genre in all its variety, from love poetry, to a description of a court masque, to political panegyric, to poetic exchanges with famous humanists of the day. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674545021
ISBN
9780674545021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.15

Hardback. British excavations at the important archaeological site of Qasr Ibrim have yielded numerous written sources composed in Greek, Coptic, Old Nubian, and Arabic. However, only a small number of them have been published so far, among them some sixty Old Nubian texts, both literary and documents. They were edited between 1988 and 1991 by Gerald Michael Num Pages: 350 pages, 70 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Journal of Juristic Papyrology Poland
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9788393842513
ISBN
9788393842513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.39

Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140447415
ISBN
9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. 275 pages. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight: 334. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520048508
ISBN
9780520048508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.60

Hardcover. Uncovers the history of male homosexual and homosocial relations in the late imperial era. Drawing particularly on overlooked works of pornographic fiction, this title offers an exploration of the importance of same-sex love and eroticism to the evolution of masculinity in China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226857923
ISBN
9780226857923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.53
€ 50.79

Hardback. These hard-to-find writings afford an inside look at the emergence of Girard's scapegoat theory from his pioneering analysis of rivalry and desire. Girard unbinds the Oedipal triangle from its Freudian moorings, replacing desire for the mother with desire for anyone--or anything--a rival desires. Editor(s): Anspach, Mark R. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747790
ISBN
9780804747790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.44

Hardcover. This book is the second volume of a collection of plays by Girish Karnard, most of which have been published before by OUP. This second colume contains four plays, namely Tale-Danda, The Fire and the Rain, The Dreams of Tipu Sultan, Two Monologues: Flowers and Broken Images Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195673111
ISBN
9780195673111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.29

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