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Paperback. Examining the intolerance of homosexuality in the early medieval period, this study challenges the long-held belief that the early Middle Ages tolerated same-sex relations. The work focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature but also includes examinations of contemporary opera, dance and theatre. Num Pages: 380 pages, 12 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; AS; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260921
ISBN
9780226260921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309743
ISBN
9780226309743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Hardcover. In the spirit of Blake's vow of 'mental fight,' this work contends with challenges to the validity of the poetic imagination, from Adorno's maxim 'No poetry after Auschwitz,' to the claims of religious authority upon truth, and the ultimate challenge posed by the fact of death itself. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309736
ISBN
9780226309736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

paperback. Presents chronologically works such as "Paterson", selections from "White Shroud", "Cosmopolitan Greetings", and including the poems "Howl" and "Kaddish" as well as songs, and notes by Ginsberg. This volume brings together the personal verse of an American poet. Num Pages: 464 pages, music, portraits. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184760
ISBN
9780141184760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872860636
ISBN
9780872860636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Containing more than a hundred poems, accompanied by original photographs, and spanning from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book focuses on the sprawling oeuvre. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141399027
ISBN
9780141399027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Hardback. Framed. Broadside published in Heaven Poster Series #8 White fields Press for the literary renaissance 1994 editors Ron Whitehead and Kent Fielding production Laura Loran, layout Ernest Sedgwick. Signed by Ginsberg. Original white card with black print, self portrait photography by Ginsberg, and 'the literary renaissanc' emblem. 89cm x 38.5cm." Keywords: Poetry
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
White Fields Press, Louisville,
Publication date
1994
SKU
KHS0071188
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 650.00

paperback. Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When "Howl and Other Poems" was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped to define the Beat Generation. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238101
ISBN
9780571238101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.52

Paperback. A collection of works of a poet who as chief figure among the Beats, fomented a social and political revolution, yet his groundbreaking verse also changed the course of American poetry with its freewheeling spontaneity, rawness, honesty and energy. It features works such as "Howl", "Kaddish" "White Shroud" and "Cosmopolitan Greetings". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 1216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190181
ISBN
9780141190181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.88

Hardback. Broadisde published in Formula Series #5, 1967. Printed on brown paper in black ink. 61cm x 38.2cm. Keywords: Poetry - Broadsheet - Poster
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
T Williams
Publication date
1967
SKU
KHS0071189
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 145.00

Paperback. A new edition of Ginsberg's famous poem "Kaddish," and other selections. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872865112
ISBN
9780872865112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat movement icon and visionary poet, the author broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechnic verse. This book brings together the famous poems that made his name as a defining figure of the counterculture. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190167
ISBN
9780141190167
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.29

Hardcover. First US edition. Bound in red cloth with gilt titled spine. Keywords: Poetry, Drama & Criticism
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First English Edition
Publisher
VIKING
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KHS0057440
ISBN
9780670815982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 96.00

paperback. Allen Ginsberg was one of the most influential cultural and literary figures of the 20th century, his face and political causes familiar to millions who had never even read his poetry. This book attempts to offers a portrait of this poet by bringing together his poetry, journals, music, photographs and letters, much of it never before published. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 37. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141398990
ISBN
9780141398990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Hardback. Berkeley: Oyez, May 7, 1965. Folio. Broadside poem on cream paper with black printing and drawings. Limited edition of 350 copies. Features a Robert LaVigne illustration of a nude Ginsberg in black silhouette within a penis-shaped outline. Fine. 52cm x 38cm. Keywords: Poetry; poster
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oyez
Publication date
1965
SKU
KHS0071186
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 452.00

Hardcover. 1st edition. 89pp
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First English Edition
Publisher
VIKING
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
SKU
KLN0008247
ISBN
9780670815982
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 65.00

Hardback. Framed. Large color broadside designed by Wes Wilson featuring a photo of Ginsberg by Larry Keenan Jr. and printing the poem Who Be Kind To. Printed in many colors. 78.5cm x 41cm. Keywords: Poetry - Poster
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cranium Press
Publication date
1965
SKU
KHS0071193
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 195.00

Paperback. Compares the discourses of indigeneity used by Maori and Native American peoples and proposes the concept treaty discourse to characterize the relevant form of postcolonial situation. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBN; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329473
ISBN
9780822329473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. This counter-cultural collection of American verse fits in Robert Lowell's famous definition of the raw in American poetry. Contributors include: Olson; Duncan; Creeley; Guest; Ashbery; Ginsberg; Kerouac; Levertov; O'Hara; Snyder; and Schuyler. Editor(s): Allen, Donald. Num Pages: 479 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
479
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520209534
ISBN
9780520209534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. The Story of Manu, by poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is a book about kingship at the time of Krishnadevaraya, who was a close friend and patron of the poet. Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427761
ISBN
9780674427761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

Hardcover. "8vo - over 7" - 9" tall Cloth. A good clean copy. Jacket condition is described as - Good. First UK Edition".
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
The Bodley Head, London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1958
SKU
KON0519670
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 79.79
€ 4.99

Paperback. Brings together a substantial number of Elizabeth Bowen's ungathered and unknown radio broadcasts, interviews and public lectures. Editor(s): Hepburn, Allan. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DNS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748640423
ISBN
9780748640423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Paperback. Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; DQ; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271064055
ISBN
9780271064055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.96

Paperback. This volume includes essays on "Romeo and Juliet", "Anthony and Cleopatra", "Measure For Measure", "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Winter's Tale". It gives a synoptic treatment of eros - a philosophical reflection on Shakespeare's conception of love and friendship. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226060453
ISBN
9780226060453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.11

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