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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Shewring's superb prose translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow. Translator(s): Shewring, Walter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536788
ISBN
9780199536788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. While preserving the basic narrative of the Iliad, this bare-bones abridgement highlights the epic's high poetic moments and essential mythological content, and will prove especially useful in surveys of world literature, and in Western civilization surveys. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205420
ISBN
9780872205420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.57

Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Unabridged
SKU
KLJ0001372
ISBN
9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

Paperback. A translation that presents Homer's poem, recounting the great wandering of Odysseus during his ten-year voyage back home to Ithaca, after the Trojan War. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 560 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; FC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140268867
ISBN
9780140268867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.59

Paperback. Offers a translation of one of our prime sources for archaic Greek mythology, ritual, cosmology, and psychology. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First PB Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207257
ISBN
9780872207257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. One of the epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. In his introduction, the author observes that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it co-exists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 153 x 46. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140275360
ISBN
9780140275360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.57

Hardcover. A show stopper a classic work: the edition translated by A.T. Murray that is cited in BCL3 (this revision is by by George E. Dimock). This set is in the handy, even cuddly, standard Loeb..Library format (4.5 x 6.5"). The facing Greek and English text is crisply printed on soothing off-white paper, Editor(s): Murray, A.T. Translator(s): Murray, A.T. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 110 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1919
Edition
Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995628
ISBN
9780674995628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Paperback. Powell's translation renders the Homeric Greek with a simplicity and dignity reminiscent of the original. Lucid and fast, the text immediately engrosses the reader, with a tight and balanced rhythm that sings and with a closeness to the original that allows the reader to hear the incantatory repetitions in the Greek. Translator(s): Powell, Barry B. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199925865
ISBN
9780199925865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.79

Paperback. Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340839829
ISBN
9780340839829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Hardback. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596. Egypt 1892-2007. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. 224 pages. A nuanced understanding of literary imaginings of masculinity and femininity in the context of the 'national' canon of Egypt. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 239 x 22. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639267
ISBN
9780748639267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.95
€ 124.71

Hardcover. This volume, the tenth of Hippocrates' invaluable texts on the practice of medicine in antiquity, provides essential information about human reproduction and reproductive disorders and expounds a general theory of physiology and pathology, in five Greek treatises presented with facing English translation. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 115 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996830
ISBN
9780674996830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.76

Hardcover. Offers information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DN; DSBB; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 119 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996403
ISBN
9780674996403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.92

Hardback. Assessing the impact of fin-de-siecle Jewish culture on subsequent developments in literature and culture, this book is the first to consider the historical trajectory of Austrian-Jewish writing across the 20th century.. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
340
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857451811
ISBN
9780857451811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.36

Paperback. In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a "History of the Danes". This title provides a full English edition featuring introductory summaries, and a commentary on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet. Editor(s): Davidson, Hilda Ellis. Translator(s): Fisher, Peter. Num Pages: 526 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 798. Bks.1-9. 526 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Davidson, Hilda Ellis. In the early years of the thirteenth century the Danish writer Saxo Grammaticus provided his people with a "History of the Danes". This title provides a full English edition featuring introductory summaries, and a commentary on the folklore and life and customs of twelfth-century Denmark - including the sources of Hamlet. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; JFHF. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight: 756. Translator(s): Fisher, Peter.
Publisher
D.S.Brewer
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859915021
ISBN
9780859915021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 49.90

Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
476
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644588
ISBN
9781442644588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Caldwell, Richard. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102884
ISBN
9781585102884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.11

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Information Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051002
ISBN
9780941051002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Edition for students of this important book whose centre-piece is the Battle of Salamis. Editor(s): Bowie, A. M. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521575713
ISBN
9780521575713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.80

Hardcover. Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Blakeney, E.H. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857152340
ISBN
9781857152340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.97

Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449082
ISBN
9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
848
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535668
ISBN
9780199535668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.56

Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199533541
ISBN
9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099732518
ISBN
9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.14

Hardback. This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. The depth of these original perspectives on the literature, art, politics, science, and philosophy of transatlantic nineteenth-century culture will foster future conversations. Editor(s): Almeida, Hermione de. Num Pages: 374 pages, 31 black & white halftones, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611495409
ISBN
9781611495409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.84

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