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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction examines all the major aspects of Dante's work, emphasizing the features that have made him such an important point of reference for modern writers and their readers. Exploring and explaining The Divine Comedy, they also discuss his life and poetry as well as issues of truth, humanity, politics, and religion. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Approx 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 165 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199684779
- ISBN
- 9780199684779
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. For over seven centuries, Dante and his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, have held a special place in Western culture. The poem is at once a vivid journey through hell to heaven, a poignant love story, and a picture of humanity's relationship to God. It is so richly imaginative that a first reading can be bewildering. Series: Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. Num Pages: 200 pages, 19. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130523
- ISBN
- 9781405130523
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Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636986
- ISBN
- 9780691636986
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Condition: New
€ 159.33€ 120.54
€ 159.33
€ 120.54
Hardback. This book explores the wide range of Dante's reading and the extent to which he transformed what he read, whether in the biblical canon, in the ancient Latin poets, in such Christian authorities as Augustine or Benedict, or in the "book of the world"-the globe traversed by pilgrims and navigators. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734929
- ISBN
- 9780804734929
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Condition: New
€ 181.62
€ 181.62
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640013
- ISBN
- 9780691640013
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Condition: New
€ 171.32
€ 171.32
Paperback. A wide-ranging and intelligent examination of one of the most important poets in the Western tradition, this book will be of interest to scholars and poetry-lovers alike. Editor(s): Barolini, Teodolinda. Translator(s): Lansing, Richard. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626195
- ISBN
- 9781442626195
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259987
- ISBN
- 9780226259987
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Offers perspectives focused on the relationship between theology and poetry in the Commedia. Examining Dante's treatment of questions of language, personhood, and the body, this title argues for the close intersection of theology and poetry as well as the importance of theology for Dante studies. Editor(s): Montemaggi, Vittorio; Treherne, Matthew. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035198
- ISBN
- 9780268035198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
paperback. It also includes extracts from a wealth of poems inspired by his work - including Spenser's Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Ezra Pound's Cantos and T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140423884
- ISBN
- 9780140423884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.36
€ 23.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; CFB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025540
- ISBN
- 9780268025540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; CFB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025533
- ISBN
- 9780268025533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Hardcover. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932334
- ISBN
- 9781403932334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349515967
- ISBN
- 9781349515967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Offers the study of the legal structure crucial to Dante's Divine Comedy. This title makes the compelling case that Dante deliberately exploits this highly structured legal system to explore the phenomenon of exceptions to it, introducing Dante to crucial current debates about literature's relation to law, exceptionality, and sovereignty. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226071091
- ISBN
- 9780226071091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 239 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226362069
- ISBN
- 9780226362069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Hardcover. From the artistic practice of improvisation to the politics of nationalism, the essays in this volume break new ground and significantly extend our understanding of the relations between British and Italian culture in its analysis of the reception of Dante and Italian literature in British Romanticism. Editor(s): Burwick, Frederick; Douglass, Paul. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 267 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114487
- ISBN
- 9780230114487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228530
- ISBN
- 9780631228530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228523
- ISBN
- 9780631228523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172193
- ISBN
- 9781590172193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
paperback. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as provide a passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571234912
- ISBN
- 9780571234912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 8.66
€ 11.99
€ 8.66
Paperback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408040
- ISBN
- 9781421408040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933102
- ISBN
- 9781403933102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838757680
- ISBN
- 9780838757680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.49
€ 145.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSC; JFC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523320
- ISBN
- 9781349523320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13