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Heroic Poetry
by Bowra, C. M
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0333093976
- ISBN 13
- 9780333093979
- Seller
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London, England, U.K.: Macmillan Press, 1978. This book is a comparative study of one of the oldest forms of poetry, the narrative poem of great exploits; it examines the technique and contents of poems from many different countries and shows how heroic poets tended to compose in much the same ways; 600 pages (pictorial cover with illustration from the Parthenon on the front; slight edge wear and faint creases, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- House of Our Own Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005130
- Title
- Heroic Poetry
- Author
- Bowra, C. M
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0333093976
- ISBN 13
- 9780333093979
- Publisher
- Macmillan Press
- Place of Publication
- London, England, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literary Criticism;
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...