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Romance, Italic & Rhaeto-Romanic languages

Hardback. "The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." In this discussion of Petronius' masterful use of parody, the author offers an interpretation of the "Satyricon" as a whole. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520207158
ISBN
9780520207158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.02
€ 45.80

Paperback. The "High Book of the Grail" (Perlesvaus) is one of the most fascinating of medieval Arthurian romances. The framework of the romance is the struggle of Arthur and his knights to impose - by force - the New Law of Christianity in place of the Old Law. This work presents this view of the Arthurian world to students of medieval literature. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843841210
ISBN
9781843841210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.94

Hardback. First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Editor(s): Kempf, D.; Bull, M. G. Num Pages: 195 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843838081
ISBN
9781843838081
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996380
ISBN
9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996373
ISBN
9780674996373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Hardcover. A unique opportunity for rare book collectors and medieval scholars to own a stunning facsimile copy of this enchanting illuminated manuscript. Num Pages: 432 pages, 338 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; ACN; AGR; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 222 x 37. Weight in Grams: 970.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244072
ISBN
9781851244072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.23
€ 89.31

Paperback. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340. 275 pages. Tells the story of the Malavoglia, a family of poor Sicilian fisherman. This book renders the theme of mankind's struggle for self-betterment, the dignity of the struggle in the face of poverty and hardship, and the tragedy that the struggle inevitably incurs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight: 334. Translator(s): Rosenthal, Raymond.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520048508
ISBN
9780520048508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. When Bernarda's husband dies, she locks all the doors and windows. She tells her grown-up daughters to sew and be silent. There are eight years of mourning ahead of us. While it lasts not even the wind will get into this house. Translator(s): Clifford, Jo. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848421813
ISBN
9781848421813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.30

Hardcover. Argues that the sublime is important in understanding the late 19th-century shift from romanticism to modernism. The author studies the work of three French authors conventionally considered pivotal figures in the trajectory from romanticism to modernism: Hugo, Baudelaire and Lautreamont. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5563 x 3633 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780804717861
ISBN
9780804717861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.77

Paperback. Writing his "Comedy" (the epithet "Divine" was added by later admirers) in exile from his native Florence, Dante aimed to address a world gone astray both morally and politically. It tells the story of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman. Translator(s): Cary, H. F.; Griffith, Tom. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 2ADT; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853267871
ISBN
9781853267871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardback. Through a series of theoretically informed readings, this book explores the uncanny effectivity of history in its seeming absence in canonical works by Burke, Wordsworth, Keats, and Baudelaire written in the shadow of the French Revolution and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725446
ISBN
9780804725446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Hardback. The Italian Antimafia, New Media, and the Culture of Legality is the first book to examine the online battles between the mafia and its growing cohort of opponents. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSB; HBJD; JF; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487501105
ISBN
9781487501105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. Aims to unearth the life story of the creator of "The Leopard", one of the novels of the twentieth century. This book stands as a meditation on what it is that makes a writer. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Eland Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955010514
ISBN
9780955010514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.04

Paperback. This text is intended to help those students who have progressed beyond introductory course books to translate from Latin into English. There are explanations of each Latin construction, graded exercises, plus notes and exercises on Latin words and usages which cut across several constructions. Num Pages: 192 pages, grammatical tables, vocabulary, pronunciation guide, exercises, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KHT; CFP; CJBG; YQF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Oliver & Boyd Essex
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780050042878
ISBN
9780050042878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445404
ISBN
9780140445404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. Includes Edward Gallagher's prose translations of "The Lays of Marie de France"; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays - The Lay of Melion and The Lay of Tyolet; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialised terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French. Translator(s): Gallagher, Edward J. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
193
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841887
ISBN
9781603841887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.18

Paperback. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322899
ISBN
9780940322899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.87

Hardcover. A path-breaking analysis of hybridity in the literatures of the Francophone Pacific. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MK; 2ADF; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380376
ISBN
9781781380376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Paperback. Thisis a series of meditations on the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing by one of the major voices in modern French poetry. Translator(s): Waldro, Rosmarie; Waldrop, Rosmarie. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726849
ISBN
9780804726849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.26

Paperback. A poem and commentary on the soul's response to God, which is a classic of Spanish literature. Introduction by Baroness Caroline Cox. Series: Christian Classics Library. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSC; HRCS1; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281077113
ISBN
9780281077113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.47

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