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Paperback. Poems deal with writing, death and immortality, literature, city life, illness, war, and the past. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Ecco
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876858639
ISBN
9780876858639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.40

Paperback. Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles. He writes of the housewife, the bum, the gambler and the celebrity to evoke a portrait of Los Angeles Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Ecco
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876857946
ISBN
9780876857946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. This collection of previously unpublished poems offers the author's take on squabbling neighbours, off-kilter lovers, would-be hangers-on, and the loneliness of a man afflicted with acute powers of observation. The tone is gritty and amusing, spiralling out towards a cock-eyed wisdom. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574231656
ISBN
9781574231656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. This second posthumous collection from Charles Bukowski takes readers deep into the raw, wild vein of writing that extends from the early 70s to the 1990s. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574231052
ISBN
9781574231052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Develops a sustained meditation on late-Enlightenment debates concerning political liberty, women's rights, conventions of sex-gender, and their relation to the reshaping of an Atlantic world in the throes of transformation. This edition includes "Alcuin (1798)", a dialogue on women's rights and marriage. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841252
ISBN
9781603841252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
353
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209749
ISBN
9780872209749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. In addition to the UVA text of Brown's novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. It also includes several of Brown's writings on such subjects as somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
267
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208537
ISBN
9780872208537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.75

Paperback. With excerpts from his major booksoBlue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathingoas well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden's entire career Editor(s): Almeranti, Erin; Miles, Mary Martha. Num Pages: 297 pages, 1 b&w Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292721982
ISBN
9780292721982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

paperback. Series: Bayreuth African Studies. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bayreuth African Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9783927510692
ISBN
9783927510692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Features works written on the evening of September 11, 2001, and in response to the war in Iraq. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044293
ISBN
9780226044293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226332086
ISBN
9780226332086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044101
ISBN
9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. Addresses the state of contemporary humanities, the teaching of unconventional forms, fresh approaches to translation, the history of language media, and the connections between poetry and visual art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044774
ISBN
9780226044774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This selection of poems from "Les Fleurs du mal" demonstrates the range of Baudelaire's gift, from the quatrains to the formal challenges of his sonnets. The poems are presented in both French and English, accompanied by the work of illustrator David Schorr. Illustrator(s): Schorr, David. Translator(s): Shapiro, Norman R. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 engravings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039268
ISBN
9780226039268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486270920
ISBN
9780486270920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. Translator(s): Varese, Louise. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
New Directions
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200073
ISBN
9780811200073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.79

Paperback. A collection of fifty prose poems provided with accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. It includes an introductory essay, explanatory notes, and a bibliography that show the development of Baudelaire's work over time. It also features a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, "La Fanfarlo". Translator(s): MacKenzie, Raymond N. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 124 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
135
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209480
ISBN
9780872209480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Translator(s): McGowan, James N. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535583
ISBN
9780199535583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. The poems of Charles Baudelaire are filled with explicit and unsettling imagery, depicting with intensity every day subjects ignored by French literary conventions of his time. This title intends to show Baudelaire as one of the most influential poets of the nineteenth century. Editor(s): Clark, Carol. Translator(s): Clark, Carol. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446241
ISBN
9780140446241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Brand-new translation by acclaimed translator Anthony Mortimer here presented in a dual language edition. Translator(s): Mortimer, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Alma Classics
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847495747
ISBN
9781847495747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.69

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468020
ISBN
9780226468020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.25

Paperback. Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems. * Encourages readers to identify with the modernists' sense of the revolutionary possibilities of their art. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121071
ISBN
9781405121071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Hardcover. Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems. * Encourages readers to identify with the modernists' sense of the revolutionary possibilities of their art. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121064
ISBN
9781405121064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478727
ISBN
9780801478727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

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