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Paperback. Offers perspectives focused on the relationship between theology and poetry in the Commedia. Examining Dante's treatment of questions of language, personhood, and the body, this title argues for the close intersection of theology and poetry as well as the importance of theology for Dante studies. Editor(s): Montemaggi, Vittorio; Treherne, Matthew. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268035198
- ISBN
- 9780268035198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.34
€ 45.99
€ 45.34
Hardback. This concise companion introduces students to the most important poetic figures, movements, contexts, and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry, providing a much-needed reference point in a sprawling and often contentious field. Editor(s): Blanton, C. D.; Alderman, Nigel. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129244
- ISBN
- 9781405129244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.72
€ 116.72
Paperback. This text of the fourth book of the "Aeneid" includes a detailed commentary. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198721116
- ISBN
- 9780198721116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.27
€ 43.27
Paperback. Critically engaging the thought of Heidegger, Gadamer and others, this work contributes both to the criticism of Dante's "Divine Comedy", and to the theory of interpretation. It uses hermeneutical theory to provide a reading of the poem, focusing on Dante's address to the reader. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HPCB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226259987
- ISBN
- 9780226259987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.91
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Vosburg, Nancy; Collins, Jacky. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480207
- ISBN
- 9781611480207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.05
€ 134.05
Hardback. In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the original Companion, some 80 of the very best modern scholars come together to offer an original assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture. Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 1264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187626
- ISBN
- 9781405187626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.11
€ 101.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637853
- ISBN
- 9780691637853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. The relationship between religion and poetics is pursued, particularly the nature of religious language, and the hermeneutic, epistemological and linguistic theories of biblical interpretation. The book won the 1987 MLA Conference on Christianity and Literature Prize. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000735
- ISBN
- 9780521368384
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823242146
- ISBN
- 9780823242146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.23
€ 68.23
Paperback. Editor(s): Laskaya, Anna; Salisbury, Eve. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781879288621
- ISBN
- 9781879288621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.69
€ 24.69
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152105
- ISBN
- 9780231152105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.41
€ 94.41
Paperback. Using the literary work of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Italian Futurist movement and an early associate of Mussolini, the author explores the point of contact between a "progressive" aesthetic practice and a "reactionary" political ideology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726979
- ISBN
- 9780804726979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Duncan, W. Jack; Taylor, Frank H. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823212705
- ISBN
- 9780823212705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Hardback. Presents biographical sketches and analytical overviews of 145 of the best-known American and Canadian writers of long fiction from the 19th and 20th centuries, arranged alphabetically by name. This volume surveys the novelists, whose works are included in core curricula of high school and undergraduate literature studies. Num Pages: 1536 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 184 x 140. Weight in Grams: 2910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salem Press Inc
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587653933
- ISBN
- 9781587653933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 340.51
€ 340.51
Hardback. In so doing, Machor takes us ever closer to understanding the particular and varying reading strategies of historical audiences and how they impacted authors' conceptions of their own readership. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898747
- ISBN
- 9780801898747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.38€ 68.57
€ 76.38
€ 68.57
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; GTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005167
- ISBN
- 9780674005167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.43
€ 42.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. This book is a new translation, in contemporary English, of Miguel de Unamuno's 1920 masterpiece book-length poem about another masterpiece of Western Civilization, Diego Velazquez's "The Christ of San Placido," which is commonly known as "The Christ of Velazquez." Translator(s): Little, William Thomas. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761822868
- ISBN
- 9780761822868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.21
€ 141.21
Paperback. The Sinai peninsula emerged in late antiquity as a distinct region of the Christian holy land, identified from the fourth century onward as the Old Testament place where the Hebrews had wandered, and God's Majesty descended'. This book explores the particular ideals and dangers associated with this remote political and religious frontier. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312168
- ISBN
- 9781846312168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.41
€ 39.41
Paperback. To find out more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 99 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 99
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556128059
- ISBN
- 9781556128059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Fox, Paul. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray; Sazalan, Azden. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898215732
- ISBN
- 9783898215732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.66
€ 41.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. In this new interpretation of the Education of Cyrus, in which Xenophon theorized about leadership, Sandridge considers Xenophon's portrait of Cyrus as sincerely laudatory though not idealized. He explores the wider context in which Xenophon's Theory of Leadership was conceived, as well as the problems of leadership he sought to address. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674067028
- ISBN
- 9780674067028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.74
€ 27.99
€ 23.74
Hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes V and VI cover the period from July 1884 to September 1890. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 452 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300061918
- ISBN
- 9780300061918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.78
€ 48.99
€ 34.78
Paperback. History (much like his contemporaries) has tended to judge Camus harshly--as mediocre philosopher, conflicted man of the left and, worst of all, apologist for French imperialism. Yet, as David Sherman argues in this rewarding new study, a sensitive reading of the entirety of Camus's writings reveals both a power and unity of philosophical purpose. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; HPCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159319
- ISBN
- 9781405159319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.32
€ 33.32
These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096966
- ISBN
- 9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57