Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. Translator(s): Nabokov, Vladimir. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 1056 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DCF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1026.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691019048
- ISBN
- 9780691019048
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Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 51.06
€ 64.66
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691016795
- ISBN
- 9780691016795
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€ 64.66€ 50.63
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Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015972
- ISBN
- 9780691015972
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€ 76.42€ 59.46
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Paperback. How is the growing body of Asian American works to be read? What holds them together to constitute a tradition? What distinguishes this tradition from the 'mainstream' canon and other 'minority' literatures? This book explores their implications for the multiculturalist agenda. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015415
- ISBN
- 9780691015415
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€ 52.90€ 41.45
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Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015255
- ISBN
- 9780691015255
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Condition: New
€ 70.54€ 55.15
€ 70.54
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Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014944
- ISBN
- 9780691014944
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€ 52.99€ 37.69
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Paperback. Includes a poem that tells how Hades, lord of the underworld, abducted the goddess Persephone and how her grieving mother, Demeter, the goddess of grain, forced the gods to allow Persephone to return to her for part of each year. Editor(s): Foley, Helene P. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014791
- ISBN
- 9780691014791
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€ 52.90€ 42.14
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature S. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013527
- ISBN
- 9780691013527
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardcover. Aristophanes has enjoyed a conspicuous revival in nineteenth - and twentieth-century Greece. This book provides an analysis of his role in modern Greek culture. It addresses the issues reflected in the poet's revival: political and linguistic nationalism, literary and cultural authenticity versus creativity, censorship, and social strife. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBB; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009568
- ISBN
- 9780691009568
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€ 111.69€ 85.47
€ 111.69
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Paperback. Offers an investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography', a literary genre that presents an exploration of religious experiences. This book translates and studies the autobiographies by a Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798). Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 halftones 1 map 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; DSBD; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009483
- ISBN
- 9780691009483
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€ 64.66€ 51.06
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Hardcover. Comprises annotations on more than fifty books and manuscripts (from "Valckenaer" to "Zwick", and "Addenda"). This book includes comments on Wordsworth's "Benjamin the Waggoner," "The Prelude," and "Translation of Virgil's Aeneid," as well as on William Godwins's verse drama "Abbas." Editor(s): Jackson, H. J. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 760 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 46. Weight in Grams: 999.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 732
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004952
- ISBN
- 9780691004952
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Condition: New
€ 289.21€ 215.49
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Hardcover. Poetry in its many guises is at the center of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's multifarious interests. This edition contains his complete poetical works. It opens with an introduction and chronological tables. Each poem is accompanied by a headnote and commentary that together provide its historical-biographical context and offer key textual variants. Editor(s): Mays, J. C. C. Series: Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Num Pages: 1616 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2158.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004839
- ISBN
- 9780691004839
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Condition: New
€ 382.08€ 295.41
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Essays on the Arts. Num Pages: 201 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AFC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003153
- ISBN
- 9780691003153
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Condition: New
€ 68.19€ 53.36
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Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002637
- ISBN
- 9780691002637
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Condition: New
€ 103.46€ 79.12
€ 103.46
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Paperback. George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the "Iliad", making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. It also provides an introduction and a glossary. Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 648 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Princeton pbk. ed
- Number of pages
- 741
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002361
- ISBN
- 9780691002361
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.47
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Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of classical rhetoric. This work begins by identifying the rhetorical features of early Greek literature that anticipated the formulation of "metarhetoric," or a theory of rhetoric, in the fifth and fourth centuries and then traces the development of that theory through the Greco-Roman period. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000596
- ISBN
- 9780691000596
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Condition: New
€ 58.78€ 46.71
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Paperback. Presents current thinking on some of the theoretical issues and dilemmas in the conception and writing of literary history, by scholars from Europe, Australia and North America. Topics covered include the role of literary history in "new" societies and the problem of literary classification. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674879133
- ISBN
- 9780674879133
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.56
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Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847118
- ISBN
- 9780674847118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
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Paperback. Studies in Biography, a volume in the series Harvard English Studies, contains eleven essays which point to some of the new directions biography and biographical criticism have taken since the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Aaron, Daniel. Series: English Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674846524
- ISBN
- 9780674846524
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.63
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Hardback. A detailed discussion by the editor complements this critical edition and translation of the phonetical treatise (Pratisakhya) of the Saunaka Samhita, one of two versions of the second oldest Indian text, the Saunaka Atharvaveda. Translator(s): Deshpande, Madhav M. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 826 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DNF; DSBB; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 826
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674789876
- ISBN
- 9780674789876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.53€ 70.43
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€ 70.43