Narrative Semiotics in the Epic Tradition: The Simile
by Nimis, Stephen A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0253339979
- ISBN 13
- 9780253339973
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1987. Scholarly study of 'how' texts signify, examining the use of simile in epic poems, including Homer's Iliad, the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, Vergil's Aeneid, Dante's Commedia, Milton's Paradise Lost. Hardcover, full orangey cloth, black titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows fading, light rubbing, minor edgewear. Text clean; [12], 211 pages; index, bibliography, notes.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- r0350
- Title
- Narrative Semiotics in the Epic Tradition: The Simile
- Author
- Nimis, Stephen A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0253339979
- ISBN 13
- 9780253339973
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication
- Bloomington & Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Literature, Texts, Codes, Intertextuality
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
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