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Paperback. This new, parallel-text prose translation of a generous selection of Martial's witty and satiric epigrams pulls no punches and matches the boldness of the originals. They bring Imperial Rome vividly to life. The edition establishes Martial's originality as a literary author and includes a full introduction and notes. Translator(s): Nisbet, Gideon. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645459
ISBN
9780199645459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's "Epigrams" and "The Forest". Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 197.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547054
ISBN
9781857547054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.16

Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691653556
ISBN
9780691653556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.78

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483000
ISBN
9781611483000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.80

Hardback. Epic Negation examines the dialectical turn of modernist poetry over the interwar period, arguing that late modernism inverts the method of Ezra Pound's "poem including history" to conceive a negated mode of epic, predicated on the encryption of disarticulated historical content. Series: Modernist Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199844715
ISBN
9780199844715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.69

Paperback. A smart, funny play about love, friendship and growing up, from the author of WINK and Fury. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 9. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425972
ISBN
9781848425972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Hardback. Rigorous archival research, careful readings, and long chronologies of genre define this magisterial work, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of American studies, American poetry, and literary history. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404899
ISBN
9781421404899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.21
€ 67.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638744
ISBN
9780691638744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.27

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125227
ISBN
9781905125227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933823058
ISBN
9781933823058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118785119
ISBN
9781118785119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Hardback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405193078
ISBN
9781405193078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.73

Paperback. Explores the political context and meanings of key works in Western literature. This book covers Virgilian epics of conquest and empire that take the victors' side (the "Aeneid" itself, Camoes's "Lusiadas", Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata") and the countervailing epic of the defeated and of republican liberty. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 fig. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015200
ISBN
9780691015200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.31
€ 50.75

Hardback. A book, in which, the authors read some of the classics in the Russian novelistic tradition against a critique of the Lukacs-Bakhtin view of epic, all the while demonstrating the modernity of epic as a literary mode and arguing how some key Russian novels challenge or outgrow their generic form to re-imagine or re-invent a new, monumental one. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235537
ISBN
9781936235537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.22

Paperback. This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. It traces epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415587396
ISBN
9780415587396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.55

Hardcover. Ephrem the Syrian is the most important poet and theologian of the Syriac Christian tradition. This translation of twenty poems offers an introduction to Ephrem's work. Arranged according to his concept of salvation history, this book allows readers to explore his poetry in both its original language and in a contemporary English translation. Editor(s): Brock, Sebastian P.; Kiraz, George A. Series: Eastern Christian Texts. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Brigham Young University
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934893657
ISBN
9780934893657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410633
ISBN
9781572410633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback / so. Translator(s): Sipitanou, Lina. Num Pages: 73 pages. BIC Classification: DC; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Three Rooms Press United States
Number of pages
73
Condition
New
SKU
V9780988400801
ISBN
9780988400801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.30

Paperback.
Publisher
CLO IAR
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
An Chéad Chló
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900693288
ISBN
9781900693288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.22

Hardcover. 1st edition. Good, clean copy in dust wrapper. DW showing signs of shelfwear with rubbing and minor nicks to spine
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1905
SKU
KSG0004242
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 70.00

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