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THREE ARCHAIC POETS Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho
by Burnett, Anne Pippin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0715616943
- ISBN 13
- 9780715616949
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Duckworth. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0715616943 . Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). DJ spine is sunned. ; 328 pages; Toward the beginning of the seventh century B. C. There was a flowering of "personal" poetry marked by a passion and a candor that are in striking contrast to the epic tradition. Burnett presents a convincing new interpretation of the three most important poets of the period. .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36736
- Title
- THREE ARCHAIC POETS Archilochus, Alcaeus, Sappho
- Author
- Burnett, Anne Pippin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0715616943
- ISBN 13
- 9780715616949
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0715616943, Literature & Fiction, Criticism & Theory, History & Criticism, Poetry, Greece, Greek Literature, Poetry, Sappho, Lyric Poetry
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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