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Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841870
- ISBN
- 9781603841870
Condition: New
€ 53.23€ 42.78
€ 53.23
€ 42.78
Hardback. Based on manuscripts of this treatise on classical Sanskirt poetics. It was composed by the famous 11th-century King Bhoja of Malwa, a patron of traditional learning. It is interesting as a text because of the theoretical treatment of the erotic sentiment (srngara) in classical Sanskrit texts. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 916 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 75. Weight in Grams: 1990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 916
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674833401
- ISBN
- 9780674833401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.84
€ 140.84
Paperback. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn. Series: Curbstone Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810130081
- ISBN
- 9780810130081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.08
€ 19.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. * A collection of poetry and essays on war by one of the most prominent women writers from that period, author of the famous TESTAMENT OF YOUTH. A commemorative edition, out now in paperback Editor(s): Bostridge, Mark. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40pp of b/w. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844084142
- ISBN
- 9781844084142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Hardback. This collection of revisionist essays charts the evolving political, psychological, and sexual identity of the English Puritan writer John Bunyan in light of the traumatic impact of regicide on seventeenth-century England. Editor(s): Camden, Vera J. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757850
- ISBN
- 9780804757850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
Hardcover. Examines the interaction between power and poetry in creating the imperial image of Catherine the Great, providing an analysis of a wide range of Russian literary works from the period, particularly the main Classical myths associated with Catherine as well as how these Classical subjects affirmed imperial ideology and the monarch's power. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235506
- ISBN
- 9781936235506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.72
€ 143.72
paperback. Offering a radical revision of the Greek myth of the first woman, the author argues that Pandora leaves a decisive mark on ancient poetics and shows that we can unravel the profound impact of Pandora's image once we recognize that she embodies the very id Series Editor(s): Aylward, William; Cahill, Nicholas D.; Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299224141
- ISBN
- 9780299224141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.61
€ 40.61
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846317545
- ISBN
- 9781846317545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.38
€ 175.38
Paperback. A study of Helene Cixous that adopts a chronological and expository approach, bravely taking on the daunting task of presenting to non-French-speaking readers an author who specializes in word-play. Num Pages: 197 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263451
- ISBN
- 9780803263451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.71
€ 40.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585100774
- ISBN
- 9781585100774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
€ 15.20
Paperback. 88pp
- Publisher
- Scotus Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780954719432
- ISBN
- 9780954719432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.42
€ 10.42
Paperback. A new expanded edition of Tolkien's most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text. Num Pages: 320 pages, Index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007582914
- ISBN
- 9780007582914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.28
€ 12.99
€ 11.28
Paperback. Tolkien's concern with time - past and present, real and "faerie" - captures the wonder of travel into other worlds and other times. This work shows that he was not just a mythmaker and writer of escapist fantasy but a man whose relationship to his own century was troubled and critical. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873386999
- ISBN
- 9780873386999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press,Canada Canada
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887547690
- ISBN
- 9780887547690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.04
€ 21.04
Hardback. Poetry Broadsheet, 14 x 18 cm (Framed, 40x35cm). Signed by the author. Part of a portfolio that covers virtually every important English 20 century poet alive at the time. Poem of the Month 1970 - 1975. Keywords: Poetry - Broadsheets - Literature
- Publisher
- Poem of the Month Club London
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- KHS0056631
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Shoestring Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904886020
- ISBN
- 9781904886020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.26
€ 12.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313427
- ISBN
- 9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.20
€ 42.20