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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Amid thorny issues of translation and appropriation, imperial rivalry, the rise of commercial authorship, and anxieties about authenticity, Barbara Fuchs traces how early modern English writers borrowed Spanish literary models, triumphantly reimagining the transnational appropriation as heroic looting. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244755
ISBN
9780812244755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.06

paperback. Editor(s): Pavel, Thomas G. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816613755
ISBN
9780816613755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273355
ISBN
9780823273355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.37

Paperback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274314
ISBN
9780823274314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.37

Hardback. In his second critical study of modern Spanish poetry, Mayhew explores the literary self-consciousness of several major poets - Guillen, Salinas, Aleixandre, Valente, Gil de Biedma, and Guillermo Carnero. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480757
ISBN
9781611480757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.48

Hardback. Emperor Taizong (r 626-49) of the Tang is remembered as an exemplary ruler. This title focuses on Taizong's literary writings that speak directly to the relationship between cultural form and sovereign power, as well as on the question of how the Tang negotiated dynastic identity through literary stylistics. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056084
ISBN
9780674056084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.88
€ 49.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149303
ISBN
9780231149303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 50.41

Paperback. Examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements. This book illuminates the poetic imperatives of pragmatism by tracing the ways in which Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens capture the moment of transition. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322962
ISBN
9780822322962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604855
ISBN
9780691604855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.85

Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265381
ISBN
9780199265381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719063015
ISBN
9780719063015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.65

Hardback. Encompassing discussion of more than two hundred individual poems, this study offers a coherent framework for understanding the body of work created by a major, late twentieth-century poet. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472530
ISBN
9781611472530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.90

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623009
ISBN
9780691623009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 49.90

Paperback. Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 205 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877407
ISBN
9780948877407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114. .
Publisher
Wisdom Publications,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614293316
ISBN
9781614293316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322. 256 pages. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645497
ISBN
9780748645497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Hardback. The "kissing-poem" genre was wide-spread in Renaissance literature; this book surveys its form and development. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844662
ISBN
9781843844662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.41

Paperback. The original edition of this work was entitled "A Student's Guide to Seamus Heaney". It has been revised throughout and contains additional chapters on each of Heaney's poetry collections published since the first edition, as well as separate discussions of his work as a translator and essayist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571177479
ISBN
9780571177479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841058
ISBN
9781906841058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.23

Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
52
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075057
ISBN
9781906075057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.24

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