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Paperback. Grete Tartler is a young Romanian poet with two collections of verse published in her own country. This is the first time her poems have been translated into English, by the New Zealand poet Fleur Adcock, who taught herself Romanian in order to be able to translate the work. Translator(s): Adcock, F. Series: Oxford Poets S. Num Pages: 55 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 5. Weight in Grams: 92. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- OxfordPoets
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- SKU
- KEX0281290
- ISBN
- 9780192826992
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316695
- ISBN
- 9780822316695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443763
- ISBN
- 9780801443763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Follows the evolution of the Orient as a positive literary device in German literature and demonstrates how it was used to explore subjectivity and the possibility of wholeness. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 338 pages, 2, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135940
- ISBN
- 9781571135940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472684
- ISBN
- 9781611472684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.00
€ 131.00
Paperback. This work explores the interweaving of the child-hero and the fortunes of a nation, as these are portrayed in a wide selection of novels and national narratives in the French and English traditions. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002630
- ISBN
- 9780674002630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.65
€ 21.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. Translator(s): Bary, Brett De. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313236
- ISBN
- 9780822313236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.55
€ 27.99
€ 26.55
Paperback. This is the story of the Orkneymen of Norwegian extraction who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland for several centuries. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140443837
- ISBN
- 9780140443837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199650736
- ISBN
- 9780199650736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.99
€ 10.99
€ 9.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Waldman, Guido. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199540389
- ISBN
- 9780199540389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.65
€ 21.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. With a kaleidoscope of adventures, ogres, monsters, barbaric splendor, and romance, this poem stands as one of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations, map, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140443103
- ISBN
- 9780140443103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.98
€ 20.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. A translation of "Orlando Furioso" ("Mad Orlando"). It introduces readers to Ariosto's now neglected masterpiece - a poem whose impact on Western literature can scarcely be exaggerated. It was a major influence on Spenser's "Faerie Queene". William Shakespeare borrowed one of its plots. More recently, Italo Calvino drew inspiration from it. Translator(s): Slavitt, David R. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 145 x 42. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- TRA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060128
- ISBN
- 9780674060128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.11
€ 35.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Develops a sustained meditation on late-Enlightenment debates concerning political liberty, women's rights, conventions of sex-gender, and their relation to the reshaping of an Atlantic world in the throes of transformation. This edition includes "Alcuin (1798)", a dialogue on women's rights and marriage. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841252
- ISBN
- 9781603841252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.14
€ 32.99
€ 24.14
Develops a sustained meditation on late-Enlightenment debates concerning political liberty, women's rights, conventions of sex-gender, and their relation to the reshaping of an Atlantic world in the throes of transformation. This edition includes "Alcuin (1798)", a dialogue on women's rights and marriage. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841269
- ISBN
- 9781603841269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.17€ 53.88
€ 68.17
€ 53.88
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635101
- ISBN
- 9780691635101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.43
€ 156.43
Hardcover. A clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear. Dustjacket in good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Konemann UK Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KRF0004558
- ISBN
- 9783829009027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298. Very good copy showing light age and shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001779
- ISBN
- 9780140433388
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Amber Lane Press Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872868257
- ISBN
- 9781872868257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Hardback. Investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas - William Faulkner, Edouard Glissant, Toni Morrison, and Saint-John Perse - to show how these descendants from slaves and from slaveholders wrote both in relation and in resistance to the violence of plantation slavery. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926407
- ISBN
- 9780813926407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.12
€ 79.12
Paperback. Today's poets provide a new spin on Greek myths. Editor(s): DeNicola, Deborah. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ABM; DCQ; DSC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874519181
- ISBN
- 9780874519181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.06
€ 32.99
€ 26.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811219396
- ISBN
- 9780811219396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.66
€ 17.99
€ 17.66
Paperback. This volume takes the reader through the journey of a myth - where Orpheus becomes an Orpheus-Christus, a courtly knight and the writer of love lyrics. Num Pages: 265 pages, 34 b&w photographs, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628255
- ISBN
- 9780815628255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.67
€ 34.99
€ 34.67
Hardcover. A collection of essays which celebrate the liberatory and utopian possibilities that poetry's autonomy offers. Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472099986
- ISBN
- 9780472099986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.72
€ 89.72
Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951689
- ISBN
- 9781845951689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.65
€ 21.99
€ 16.65