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Hardcover. Giovanni Marrasio was esteemed in the Renaissance as the first to revive the ancient Latin elegy, and his Angelinetum, or "Angelina's Garden," and other poems explores that genre in all its variety, from love poetry, to a description of a court masque, to political panegyric, to poetic exchanges with famous humanists of the day. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545021
- ISBN
- 9780674545021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Historians and social scientists give an account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages, tracing the changing character of young people in culture, society, economics, politics and art from early times. Editor(s): Levi, Giovanni; Schmitt, Jean-Claude. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HBLC; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674404076
- ISBN
- 9780674404076
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Condition: New
€ 51.63€ 47.59
€ 51.63
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Hardback. Giovanni Pontano (1426--1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HPCB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674054912
- ISBN
- 9780674054912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.75
€ 40.99
€ 33.75
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728660
- ISBN
- 9780674728660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; BGH; HBJH; HBLA1; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 285 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Spanish Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857230788
- ISBN
- 9788857230788
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.49
€ 29.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. Features a treatise on polite behavior. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, this title deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. Num Pages: 144 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226212197
- ISBN
- 9780226212197
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.29
€ 16.99
€ 14.29
Hardback. Given the rise of terrorism and the persistence of extremism in both established and new democracies today, continued research and dialogue on the defense of democracy are necessary for its preservation. Num Pages: 352 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880384
- ISBN
- 9780801880384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. This collection of biographies in Western literature is devoted to women. It affords a glimpse of a moment in history when mediaeval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Translator(s): Brown, Virginia. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; BG; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011304
- ISBN
- 9780674011304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry. It is both the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975590
- ISBN
- 9780674975590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066660
- ISBN
- 9780226066660
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.62
€ 32.99
€ 25.62
Paperback. Explores the identity of the American philosopher. Through informal conversations, leading philosophers discuss the rise of post-analytic philosophy in America and its relations to European thought and to the American pragmatist tradition. Translator(s): Crocitto, Rosanna. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066486
- ISBN
- 9780226066486
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
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Paperback. Num Pages: 782 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 263 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865978898
- ISBN
- 9780865978898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Between Thucydides and Polybius focuses on the contribution of fourth-century authors such as Ephorus, Theopompus, and Xenophon to the development of Greek historiography. Essays examine the interface between historiography and rhetoric, while undermining the claim that historians after Thucydides allowed rhetoric to prevail over research. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674428348
- ISBN
- 9780674428348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.31
€ 27.99
€ 24.31
Hardback. Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities of Ukraine's relationship with Europe and its role the continent's historical and cultural development. Num Pages: 496 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487500900
- ISBN
- 9781487500900
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Condition: New
€ 100.06
€ 100.06
Hardcover. The relationship between the people and the sea in the prehistoric Aegean. This title explores how people understood the sea as an integral part of their way of life and examines the role the sea played in the prehistoric societies of the archipelago. Editor(s): Vavouranakis, Giorgos. Num Pages: 288 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345713
- ISBN
- 9788779345713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.41
€ 33.41
Hardcover. From at least 1700 BC, and for several centuries thereafter, a city of substantial houses flanked the palace of Knossos in north-central Crete. Those immediately adjacent to it, like the Royal Villa or the South House, excavated by Sir Arthur Evans, are well known, as are the Little Palace and Unexplored Mansion to the north-west. Num Pages: 133 pages, half-tone plates 33; figures 23; tables 11. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- British School at Athens
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904887693
- ISBN
- 9780904887693
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199663248
- ISBN
- 9780199663248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.88
€ 38.99
€ 27.88
Paperback. A work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, in which, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man's descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of pre-literate science. Num Pages: 464 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- David R. Godine Publisher Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879232153
- ISBN
- 9780879232153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.61
€ 26.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Straume, Ingerid S. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gazelle Book Services
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787564991
- ISBN
- 9788787564991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.34
€ 25.34
Hardback. In his new collection of essays, Giorgio Agamben addresses the most urgent themes of his recent research. Translator(s): Kishik, David; Pedatella, Stefan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769495
- ISBN
- 9780804769495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.49
€ 91.49