Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
hardcover. The Roman historian C. Sallustius Crispus, better known as Sallust, decided to write about the war against the Numidian king Jugurtha, 'because it was a long and cruel struggle in which fortune swung from side to side; and secondly, because it was then for the first time that a stand was taken against the arrogance of the nobles'. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686375
- ISBN
- 9780856686375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.14
€ 178.14
Hardback. The commentary in this edition of one of Plutarchs Lives concentrates on the historical aspects of the work and includes much detailed comparison of Plutarch's narrative with those of other sources such as Herodotos, Thucydides, Diodorus and Cornelius Nepos. Greek text with facing translation. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686764
- ISBN
- 9780856686764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.49
€ 180.49
Hardback. Gappian wrote his Roman History in the second century AD as a series of books arranged geographically to chronicle the rise of the Roman empire. His Iberike, of which this is the first translation with historical commentary in English, deals with the Romans' wars in the Iberian peninsula from the third to the first centuries BC. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, text, translation and commentary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687198
- ISBN
- 9780856687198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.14
€ 178.14
paperback. "Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DD; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687235
- ISBN
- 9780856687235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91
Paperback. Feasting, wine, revellers and dancing girls; the modern image of ancient Greek symposia is an enduring one. Many symposia were more formal affairs; drinking-parties after which a komos, or procession of revellers often took place, with much protocol involved. Many accounts survive in ancient literature, as well as depictions on vase paintings. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687723
- ISBN
- 9780856687723
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Condition: New
€ 82.28
€ 82.28
Hardback. Juan Ramon Jimenez, 1956 winner of the Nobel Prize, published Platero and I in 1914. Like Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland , Platero and I is a book not only for children, but for adults as well. It is an allegory of the deepest human emotions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688348
- ISBN
- 9780856688348
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Condition: New
€ 180.11
€ 180.11
Hardback. Juan Valera y Alcala-Galiano (1824-1905), one of nineteenth-century Spain's most respected authors, lived an international life-a career in the diplomatic service, with postings to more than a half dozen countries in Europe and the Americas. Editor(s): Fedorchek, Robert M. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 208 x 33. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688591
- ISBN
- 9780856688591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.84
€ 181.84
Hardback. The Libro de Alexandre is an epic poem about the life of Alexander the Great, written by an anonymous Spanish cleric in the thirteenth century. It is the most substantial poem (and almost certainly the first) composed in the learned cuaderna via verse form and provides a unique insight into the intellectual world from which it sprang. Editor(s): Such, Peter. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 718 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 718
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688645
- ISBN
- 9780856688645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.99
€ 184.99
Medieval and Renaissance Spanish Literature: Selected Essays of Keith ...
Whinnom, Keith. Ed(S): Hunter, W.f.; Snow, Jo...
hardcover. A collection of articles that ranges from sentimental romance, narrative religious verse and cancionero love lyric to the problem of the bestseller in Golden Age literature. Editor(s): Hunter, W.F.; Snow, Joseph T. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DNF; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859892193
- ISBN
- 9780859892193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.11
€ 178.11
Hardback. Contains eight essays by British scholars on a central theme in medieval literary studies. This book presents texts that range from the Brendan to a late-medieval treatise on princely behaviour. Editor(s): Trotter, D. A. Num Pages: 104 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893336
- ISBN
- 9780859893336
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Condition: New
€ 178.11
€ 178.11
paperback. Uncovers connections between an assortment of subjects with classical associations, ranging from Plato to Anthony Powell. Num Pages: 262 pages, 15 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893756
- ISBN
- 9780859893756
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Condition: New
€ 57.15
€ 57.15
Hardback. Presents studies of medieval translation theory and practice. This title includes essays that represent work in the important and expanding field of translation studies. Num Pages: 275 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894128
- ISBN
- 9780859894128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.11
€ 178.11
paperback. Chapbooks formed the staple reading matter of ordinary people during the eighteenth and much of the nineteenth centuries. This book includes six chapbooks that were derive from romances which were current in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, and provide a window on the mental world of rural England and America before the advent of mass media. Editor(s): Simons, John. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894456
- ISBN
- 9780859894456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.04
€ 48.04
Hardback. The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is a landmark of European literature. This book supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition and offers both a rapid survey of trends in the study of Beowulf and a more sustained exploration of selected problems. Editor(s): Bjork, Robert E.; Niles, John D. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 478 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895439
- ISBN
- 9780859895439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.11
€ 178.11
Paperback. Rutilius Gallicus was chief of police, poet and courtier of the Roman Emperor Domitian. He is a unique figure in that he can be studied in detail through both text and inscription, thereby fusing literature with history, and linking poetry with epigraphy. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895651
- ISBN
- 9780859895651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.62
€ 49.62
The Voyage of St. Brendan. Representative Versions of the Legend in En...
. Ed(S): Barron, W. R. J.; Burgess, Glyn S.
Hardback. Over the years Brendan's voyage has become increasingly popular as a topic of interest, not only in medieval studies, but also within the history of travel literature in general. This volume collects the important versions of the voyage from a variety of cultures. Editor(s): Barron, W. R. J.; Burgess, Glyn S. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896566
- ISBN
- 9780859896566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.14
€ 178.14
Hardback. Introduces the reader, as well as the student of Classics, to one of the masterpieces of European literature, the Iliad of Homer, in the English translation of Richmond Lattimore. This book provides a step-by-step guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured its popularity since its composition in 750 BC. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896832
- ISBN
- 9780859896832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.29
€ 181.29
paperback. Presents translations, in rhyming couplets, of all six extant plays by this Latin author, dating from the period 166-60 BC. This title offers a literary translation, the versions remain very close to Terence's texts; consequently they can be enjoyable to the general reader, and also great value to the student of classics. Translator(s): Clayton, Frederick. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897631
- ISBN
- 9780859897631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript. Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gaw...
. Ed(S): Andrew, Malcolm; Waldron, Ronald
Hardback. Includes an introduction providing historical, literary and cultural contexts for the poems. This book incorporates a revised and updated bibliography, minor changes to the text and glossary, and significant revision and updating of the explanatory notes. Editor(s): Andrew, Malcolm; Waldron, Ronald. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 5 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897907
- ISBN
- 9780859897907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.17
€ 183.17
hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875800110
- ISBN
- 9780875800110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.98
€ 29.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875800530
- ISBN
- 9780875800530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.42
€ 56.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801490
- ISBN
- 9780875801490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.34
€ 34.99
€ 30.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875801742
- ISBN
- 9780875801742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.73
€ 34.99
€ 29.73
The Rise of the Russian Novel. Carnival, Stylization, and Mockery of t...
Gasperetti, David W. (Associate Professor Of ...
Hardback. Overturning the view of early Russian prose fiction as a pale imitation of European models, this discussion locates the origins of the Russian novel in 18th century indigenous writing. Tracing the novel's development, it analyzes the prose of Fedor Emin, Mikhail Chulkov and Matvei Komarov. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802305
- ISBN
- 9780875802305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.73
€ 53.73