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Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685844
ISBN
9780748685844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224080873
ISBN
9780224080873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685837
ISBN
9780748685837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. This new collection of Crawford's poetry is a celebration of the world he lives in. These are poems that are convincingly earthed in the land and the language and yet unafraid of spiritual, even religious notes, and shot through with a humour and vitality that is engaging. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 7. Weight in Grams: 88. 8vo.Original printed wrappers.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0307290
ISBN
9780224069687
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. To make a testament is to attempt to pass on what matters most. This book opens with a sequence of love poems, and closes with 'Testament', a startlingly fresh gathering of deftly rhymed paraphrases based on the New Testament. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
9780224098076
ISBN
9780224098076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Showcases thirty years of work by an American poet, bringing together verse that originally appeared in eight books of poetry ranging from "Hello: A Journal" (1978) to "Life & Death" (1998) and "If I were writing this" (2003). Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 41. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256200
ISBN
9780520256200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714528236
ISBN
9780714528236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241602
ISBN
9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd London
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714528687
ISBN
9780714528687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 97 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Calder & Boyars
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714508757
ISBN
9780714508757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.27

paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529226
ISBN
9780714529226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardback. Provides work by fifty poets in texts freshly credited from contemporary sources. Offers much fuller annotation than customarily available. Includes canonical poets and works as well as works of writers rarely anthologised. Editor(s): Cummings, Robert. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 624 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 187 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210658
ISBN
9780631210658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.27

Paperback. Provides work by fifty poets in texts freshly credited from contemporary sources. Offers much fuller annotation than customarily available. Includes canonical poets and works as well as works of writers rarely anthologised. Editor(s): Cummings, Robert. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 624 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210665
ISBN
9780631210665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.11

Hardcover. There is a preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. This book shows that it played a greater role than assumed - religion was central to practically everything Frye wrote. It focuses on the works with which Frye began and ended his career - "Fearful Symmetry" and, 50 years on, his two studies of the Bible and "The Double Vision". Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922997
ISBN
9780813922997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47

Hardcover. This revised edition of A History of Old English Literature draws extensively on the latest scholarship to have evolved over the last decade. The text incorporates additional material throughout, including two new chapters on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and incidental and marginal texts. Editor(s): Fulk, R. D.; Cain, Christopher M. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 502 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118453230
ISBN
9781118453230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.44

Paperback. * Introduces Old English texts and considers their relation to Anglo--Saxon culture. * Responds to renewed emphasis on historical and cultural contexts in the field of medieval studies. * Treats virtually the entire range of textual types preserved in Old English. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121811
ISBN
9781405121811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.57

Paperback. This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species.". Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063464
ISBN
9780520063464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w images throughout. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620406533
ISBN
9781620406533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. This work gives us a portrait of the whole man. Num Pages: 684 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBF; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
684
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206892
ISBN
9780520206892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.42

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614601
ISBN
9780691614601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.67

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642208
ISBN
9780691642208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.85

Paperback. Changing Is Not Vanishing simultaneously reinvents the history of American Indian literature and American poetry by uncovering a vast but forgotten archive of early American Indian poems. The book includes work by 82 writers and a full bibliography of poems by more than 140 Indian writers who wrote before 1930. Editor(s): Parker, Robert Dale. Num Pages: 456 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222180
ISBN
9780812222180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780801488047
ISBN
9780801488047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
70
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870259552
ISBN
9781870259552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

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