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Hardcover. This recreation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem is achieved by retelling it in modern verse form; by providing pictorial images of the world of Germanic antiquity, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon art, artifacts and scenery; by supplying an historical and geographical commentary on the times. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300048766
- ISBN
- 9780300048766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.63€ 45.42
€ 57.63
€ 45.42
Paperback. Translator(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 105 x 15. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780451530967
- ISBN
- 9780451530967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.93
€ 6.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. Dimension: 209 x 155. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393320978
- ISBN
- 9780393320978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.87
€ 16.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. Composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, this work is the narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. It is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main - bilingual edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230419
- ISBN
- 9780571230419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.64
€ 16.99
€ 12.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Gordon, R. K. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages, geneal table. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 4. Weight in Grams: 58.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486272641
- ISBN
- 9780486272641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.72
€ 6.72
Paperback. Composed towards the end of the first millennium of our era, the Anglo-Saxon poem "Beowulf" is a Northern epic and a classic of European literature. In this new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is true, line by line, to the original poem. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203765
- ISBN
- 9780571203765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. A translation of "Beowulf" that captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. It provides an approximation of the acoustic features - and power - of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208933
- ISBN
- 9780872208933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
€ 18.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. Editor(s): Tolkien, Christopher. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HARPER COLLINS
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007590094
- ISBN
- 9780007590094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.58
€ 13.99
€ 10.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433777
- ISBN
- 9780140433777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Used Copy Covers. Good Clean Copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- A Mentor Classic
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KDK0015453
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Already read but good clean copy with dustjacket
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- VALLENTINE MITCHELL & CO LTD
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- SKU
- KDK0016870
- ISBN
- 9780853031208
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. Cooley, with his deft, playful command of language, and his typographic exuberance, demonstrates his mastery of the long prairie poem. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644701
- ISBN
- 9780888644701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.25
€ 26.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. Series: Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 120 x 6. Weight in Grams: 96. Series: Plays. 80 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DD. Dimension: 183 x 120 x 6. Weight: 94.
- Publisher
- Amber Lane Press
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- First British Edition - Softcover
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906399095
- ISBN
- 9780906399095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.46
€ 16.46
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476594
- ISBN
- 9780801476594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.24
€ 43.99
€ 39.24
Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046061
- ISBN
- 9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
Recreating Benjamin Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, the author chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. The author samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBF; DSK; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123714
- ISBN
- 9780813123714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.62
€ 30.99
€ 30.62
Hardcover. December 2004 marked the bicentenary of Benjamin Disraeli's birth. This work examines Disraeli's novels in order to construct a portrait of the man, his context and enduring reputation. His literary career ran from 1826 to 1880. His novels can be read as the breeding ground for his ideas, gestated away from the pressure cooker of Parliament. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900307
- ISBN
- 9781903900307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92. 60 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 5. Weight: 92.
- Publisher
- Indigo Dreams
- Number of pages
- 60
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907401794
- ISBN
- 9781907401794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.22
€ 10.22
paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199782840
- ISBN
- 9780199782840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Paperback. This new guide to the English renaissance's most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623020
- ISBN
- 9780748623020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. This volume offers an abundant and representative selection of the verse of Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets. Editor(s): MacLean, Hugh. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002243
- ISBN
- 9780393093087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Ben Jonson (1572-1637) was born in London, and became a leading poet, playwright and essayist of the Elizabethan age. In 1598 he killed an actor in a duel but escaped hanging by pleading benefit of the clergy, and by 1616 had re-established enough Court favour to be awarded a pension by James I - in effect making him the first Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Gunn, Thom. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 143.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226795
- ISBN
- 9780571226795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.70
€ 4.70
Hardcover. Good clean copy. Fine in fine dustjacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOC0002214
- ISBN
- 9780316848077
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * A black but funny examination of marriage Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 122 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007689
- ISBN
- 9780349112633
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95