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Paperback. A satire of the medical profession. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140450279
ISBN
9780140450279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. A.S. Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. This volume contains "The Glass Coffin" and "Gode's Tale" of the Breton Baie des Trepasses, together with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings, including the title tale. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099521310
ISBN
9780099521310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. How has literature become established as a separate domain within the university? Demonstrating that these questions of division are intricately related, Peggy Kamuf explores in this text, the space that the university devotes to the study of literature. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423241
ISBN
9780226423241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

paperback. Depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. In this title, the author encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Editor(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140448955
ISBN
9780140448955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. A rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell. It re-creates for the modern reader the meanings that the poem had for Dante's contemporaries. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780142437223
ISBN
9780142437223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the "Paradiso". This work provides a profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have confused readers of "The Divine Comedy". Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed. in 2 Vols
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019130
ISBN
9780691019130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Suitable for students as well as the general reader who is coming to the great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time, this title examines the questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197494
ISBN
9780141197494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

paperback. Guided by the poet Virgil, the author plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned, who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in his life. Editor(s): Sayers, Dorothy L. Translator(s): Sayers, Dorothy L. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140440065
ISBN
9780140440065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page). Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 872 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 146 x 51. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
872
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed. in 2 Vols
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019109
ISBN
9780691019109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page). Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed. in 2 Vols
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019093
ISBN
9780691019093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand Dante's great masterpiece. This book is illustrated with maps of Italy and the region Dante knew especially, diagrams of the circles of Hell, and plates. Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 696 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 41. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
712
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018959
ISBN
9780691018959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Paperback. Presents the Italian text of the "Purgatorio". Fifteen short essays explore special topics and controversial issues, including Dante's debts to Virgil and Ovid, his radical political views, his original conceptions of homosexuality, of moral growth, and of eschatology. Illustrator(s): Turner, Robert. Num Pages: 720 pages, numerous line drawings & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195087451
ISBN
9780195087451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Presents a prose translation of Dante's epic. This translation is about Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell. It includes Italian text on facing pages, and features fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects. Illustrator(s): Turner, Robert. Editor(s): Martinez, Ronald L. Num Pages: 672 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 962.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
682
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195087444
ISBN
9780195087444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.10

Paperback. Writing his "Comedy" (the epithet "Divine" was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, Dante aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. It tells the story of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman. Translator(s): Cary, H. F. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Wordsworth Classics
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221664
ISBN
9781840221664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.12

Hardcover. Prints all three parts of author's poem about the journey of the soul - Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. Illustrator(s): Botticelli, Sandro. Editor(s): Armour, Peter. Translator(s): Mandelbaum, Allen. Num Pages: 798 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; ACND; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 134 x 46. Weight in Grams: 838.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
798
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151831
ISBN
9781857151831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.98

Leather / fine binding. A landmark of world literature, The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly Beatrice, he learns the meaning of evil, sin, damnation and forgiveness through a series of unforgettable encounters. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Translator(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 712 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435162068
ISBN
9781435162068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.90

paperback. Continuing his soul's search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice, Dante progresses through the spheres of Paradise. Examining eternal questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, Dante exercised all his learning and wit, wrath and tenderness in his creation of these Christian allegories. Editor(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140448979
ISBN
9780140448979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.30

paperback. Dante relates his mystical interpretation of the heavens, and his moment of transcendent glory, as he journeys, first with Beatrice, then alone, toward the Trinity. Including an interpretive commentary, a glossary and bibliography, this translation seeks to clarify the theological themes and make Dante accessible to the English-speaking public. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444438
ISBN
9780140444438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, this work relates his ascent to the Mount of Purgatory. Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a better man. The second part of an epic poem, it is a Christian allegory of sin, redemption and enlightenment. Editor(s): Musa, Mark. Translator(s): Musa, Mark. Num Pages: 428 pages, illustrations, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444421
ISBN
9780140444421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871407412
ISBN
9780871407412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.77

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