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Paperback. This colloquium volume celebrates an Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century BCE poet Posidippus. Included in this collection are an unusual collection of voices and perspectives - papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary and aesthetic. Editor(s): Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin; Baumbach, Manuel; Kosmetatou, Elizabeth. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011052
- ISBN
- 9780674011052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.96
€ 35.96
Paperback. A facsimile of Giambattista Bodoni's first type specimen, "Fregi e Majuscole" of 1771, two copies of which were given to the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Houghton Library by William Bentinck-Smith, Class of 1937. Num Pages: 76 pages. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 185. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976492511
- ISBN
- 9780976492511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.48
€ 12.48
Paperback. Flieger attempts to illuminate the structure of The Silmarillion, allowing the reader to appreciate its broad, overarching design and its careful, painstaking construction. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388245
- ISBN
- 9780873388245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Paperback. Collects the commentary of the later years and last days of one of America's most powerful and unique poets. This book synthesizes the author's views on poetic experimentation, the distinction between consciousness and sensibility, and "heretical" intellection, which is to say the components of his poetics of aggression. Editor(s): Richey, Joseph. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068623
- ISBN
- 9780472068623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Paperback. With discussions of Edward Albee's famous plays, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Three Tall Women", as well as his lesser known works, this guide reveals the heart of his drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069194
- ISBN
- 9780472069194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.77
€ 27.77
Paperback. Since her suicide, fascination with the poet Sylvia Plath has never waned. Plath has been the subject of a novel ("Wintering", by Kate Moses), a feature film ("Sylvia", starring Gwyneth Paltrow), and a film documentary. This book provides an assessment of Plath's life and work, offering essays by leading critics and scholars. Editor(s): Helle, Anita. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069279
- ISBN
- 9780472069279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Hardcover. A lively and diverse collection of prose by an esteemed poet-teacher Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472097265
- ISBN
- 9780472097265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.17
€ 93.17
Hardcover. A sharp analysis of how Herodotus' narrative participates in the rhetoric of shaping public attitudes about the present Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472112036
- ISBN
- 9780472112036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.06
€ 112.06
Hardcover. Collects a series of lectures by the author on Swift, Pope, Fielding, and others. This work showcases the authors views of American sensibilities by using his lectures and essays written for an American audience. It is compiled by means of a comparative study of relevant documents - from the first published appearance to the last edition. Editor(s): Harden, Edgar F. Series: The Thackeray Edition S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472116126
- ISBN
- 9780472116126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.58
€ 116.58
Hardcover. Deeds not words: an extraordinary ordinary life Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC; HBT; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119035
- ISBN
- 9780472119035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.69
€ 94.69
Paperback. Elegizes the martyrs of the civil rights movement, whose names are inscribed on the stone table of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. This title includes poems that are elegies for individuals, and those that consider the violence of a racist culture and the determination to resist that racism. Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809328376
- ISBN
- 9780809328376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.92
€ 15.99
€ 14.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816513611
- ISBN
- 9780816513611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816519286
- ISBN
- 9780816519286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.29
€ 21.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the complex fate of black and white Americans caught, as ever, in a racial history they can neither surmount nor escape". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DNF; FV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492707
- ISBN
- 9781558492707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
Paperback. Presents Emily Dickinson as one of America's great thinkers. This book weaves together many strands in Dickinson's intellectual culture - philosophy, lexicography, religion, experimental science, the female Bildungsroman - and shows how she developed a lyricized and conversational hermeneutics suited to rethinking the discourses of her time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496842
- ISBN
- 9781558496842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.06
€ 42.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 359 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810109940
- ISBN
- 9780810109940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99
€ 46.99
Paperback. In the first half of the 20th century, many Chinese lost themselves in tales of scandal, romance and martial gallantry - standard reading for city dwellers craving escape. The stories selected and translated here are a record of what urban life was like, as well as what readers wished it to be. Translator(s): Wong, Timothy C. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824826901
- ISBN
- 9780824826901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.12
€ 28.12
Hardcover. This anthology brings together in a single volume mostly new translations of some of the best and most important Edo texts. This volume offers an accessible and engaging entry into the varied genres and authors of the period. The literature, generally te Editor(s): Jones, Sumie; Watanabe, Kenji. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824836290
- ISBN
- 9780824836290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.72
€ 93.72
Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299171247
- ISBN
- 9780299171247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.70
€ 29.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 190 pages, port. BIC Classification: DS; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Karolinum Press, Charles University
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024614472
- ISBN
- 9788024614472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.01
€ 19.99
€ 19.01