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Paperback. Olga M. Davidson's major reassessment of the classical Persian epic the Shahnama argues that its poet is actually a character in the work who coexists with the heroes and kings celebrated in the poem. Documenting the text's oral performance tradition, Davidson shows that the heroic style of the Shahnama stems from ancient Indo-European traditions. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073210
- ISBN
- 9780674073210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.56
€ 27.99
€ 24.56
Hardback. In this study of the "Agronautica", Albis examines the structural elements of the text that recreate phenomena associated with composers and performers of epic much earlier in the Greek tradition. It includes analyses of the Homeric influence on Apollonius and Apollonius' influence on Virgil. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847683154
- ISBN
- 9780847683154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.07
€ 142.07
Hardback. CP Cavafy (Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis) is one of the most important Greek poets since antiquity. This title plays with the complexities of ironic Socratic thought, suffused with the honesty of unadorned iambic verse. It offers a translation of the complex linguistic registers of Cavafy's Canon into English. Editor(s): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios. Translator(s): Chioles, John. Series: Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard Department of the Classics United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053267
- ISBN
- 9780674053267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.47
€ 33.99
€ 28.47
Paperback. Prynne is Britain's leading late Modernist poet. New expanded edition of his Poems, acclaimed as a landmark in modern poetry. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780371542
- ISBN
- 9781780371542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.81
€ 33.99
€ 23.81
Hardcover. 360pp. Previous owner's signature. Usual library markings
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- P J Kenedy & Sons
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1896
- Edition
- [New ed.]
- SKU
- KHS1004245
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Hardcover. 474pp. 18th edition with his posthumous poems. With an introductory essay by Rev.John Talbot Smith, and an appreciation by John Moran. With new portrait of the poet on frontis., and additional poems. Decorated boards, with gilt title on spine. Keywords: Poetry - Household edition of the poets
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- P J Kenedy
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KHS1004500
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 36.00
€ 36.00
Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth.rare
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- E. Ponsonby Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1917
- SKU
- KEX0265341
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 95.00
€ 95.00
Hardcover. 88pp. Selected from the writings of G. F. Savage-Armstrong , the Poet of Wicklow and Down. Foreword by Sir James H Campbell. Fore and bottom edges uncut
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- E. Ponsonby Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1917
- SKU
- KHS1003883
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 76.00
€ 76.00
hardcover. In publishers half leather over cloth boards. Spine is ribbed and in gilt. Light shelfwear. With frontispeice and tissue guard
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Printed for Scott, Webster and Geary
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1835
- SKU
- KST0031185
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. A collection of poems which includes the text of "View With a Grain of Sand" and 64 additional translations, as well as the author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Translator(s): Baranczak, Stanislaw; Cavanagh, Clare. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571196685
- ISBN
- 9780571196685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 14.44
€ 20.99
€ 14.44
Paperback. Presents a English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of promise and originality, one who would come to be regarded as one of the greatest of nineteenth-century writers. This title testifies to the blazing talents for which Verlaine is celebrated. Translator(s): Kirchwey, Karl. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144863
- ISBN
- 9780691144863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 626
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890876
- ISBN
- 9788772890876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.64€ 49.94
€ 63.64
€ 49.94
Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 425
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890463
- ISBN
- 9788772890463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.82
€ 52.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: New Directions Poetry Pamphlets. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811221771
- ISBN
- 9780811221771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
paperback. BIC Classification: DCQ; HRCR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Kevin Mayhew Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844177172
- ISBN
- 9781844177172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.54
€ 16.54
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.21€ 43.00
€ 54.21
€ 43.00
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€ 17.86
€ 23.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Much borrowed and rarely returned, this is a very popular book for reading aloud in very good company, preferably after a dram or twa! Editor(s): Atkinson, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946487004
- ISBN
- 9780946487004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.09
€ 7.09
Hardback. The perfect companion volume to sit alongside the highest selling poetry book of 2014, Poems That Make Grown Men Cry Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471148637
- ISBN
- 9781471148637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.02
€ 11.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471148644
- ISBN
- 9781471148644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74