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Paperback. Taking its title from a poem by Paul Celan, playing off the notion of the "hart" walls erected to corral deer for a mediaeval hunt, and evoking the physiology of the heart itself, these poems explore the possibilities for love and feeling in a world besieged by tragedies. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492578
ISBN
9781558492578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Paperback. The subject matter of these poems is ordinary: motherhood, marriage, sexuality, middle age, ambivalence, mortality, and the American Midwest. But in addressing these subjects, Laura Kasischke finds and reveals the strangeness of the most common traditions and dilemmas. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493520
ISBN
9781558493520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Paperback. In 1987 Bernard W. Bell published "The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition", a comprehensive interpretive history of more than 150 novels written by African Americans from 1853 to 1983. This is a sequel and companion to the earlier work, expanding the coverage to 2001. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494732
ISBN
9781558494732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. The poems in Rebecca Black's first volume, Cottonlandia, move through myth and landscape, beginning in the deep South's "shimmer and tar" and ending in the "soot and orange dolour" of the California desert. Black's poems describe the archaeology of the apocalypse. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494916
ISBN
9781558494916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.27

Paperback. Recaptures the astonishing outpouring of poetry in response to the Civil War. Editor(s): Barrett, Faith; Miller, Cristianne. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495098
ISBN
9781558495098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann is widely regarded as one of the most important twentieth-century authors writing in German. This book examines Bachmann's poetry and prose in historical context, arguing that the feminist interpretations of her writings are the result of shifts in theoretical emphases over a period of more than three decades. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558495524
ISBN
9781558495524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. One of the messages that Emily Dickinson wanted to communicate to the world was her great love of William Shakespeare - her letters abound with references to him and his works. This book explores the many implications of her admiration for the Bard. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496705
ISBN
9781558496705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. Examines novels, short stories, memoirs, and films that document the Vietnam war's impact on the home front. This book focuses on the process of readjustment, on how the war continued to insinuate itself into their lives, their families, and their communities long after they returned home. Series: Culture, Politics & the Cold War. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496866
ISBN
9781558496866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. An insightful argument about Sylvia Plath, feminism, and the marginalization of women readers Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498969
ISBN
9781558498969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.38

Paperback. When he committed suicide at age forty-one, Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) was one of Italy's best-known writers. A poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator, he had been profoundly influenced in his early years by American literature. This book examines his life and the evolution of his views of America through a reading of his works. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558499256
ISBN
9781558499256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558499638
ISBN
9781558499638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. Series: Pitt Poetry Series. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822963691
ISBN
9780822963691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Helminski, Kabir. Translator(s): Helminski, Kabir. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570625275
ISBN
9781570625275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.23

Hardcover. American literature offers exceptional resources for understanding the complex role religion has played in the life of the culture and in the experience of its people. This title deals with the vital role that religion has played in the literature of the United States. Editor(s): Lundin, Professor Roger. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602581470
ISBN
9781602581470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardcover. A household name in Great Britain, John Betjeman was a public literary figure who openly declared his Christian faith and championed the social and aesthetic joys of Anglicanism as unique to English identity. This study of his writings deems Betjeman to be the poet of the Church of England. Series: The Making of the Christian Imagination. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602582545
ISBN
9781602582545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.75

Hardcover. Offers a consideration of T S Eliot's essay as a form of embodied thinking. Exploring the similarities between Eliot's prose and poetry with the art of essay writing, this title discovers similar patterns of Incarnational thinking that emerge in each. Series: Studies in Christianity and Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602582552
ISBN
9781602582552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.83

Hardcover. The popular Poe - "The Raven", "Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Black Cat" - has inspired a generation of readers long disenchanted with the normative tradition of American literature. This title contends that the great myth of Edgar Allan Poe has damaged the popular reader's understanding of Poe's corpus and the historian's depiction of Poe's life. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602583221
ISBN
9781602583221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.21

Hardcover. The surprising influence of fictional preachers and their sermons--and why actual preachers should care Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781602586826
ISBN
9781602586826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.89

Paperback. Drawn from the rich folk traditions of his native Mammoth Cave region in Kentucky as well as the folklore of his adopted Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, the poems in Davis McCombs's third collection exist along the fraught lines where nature and agriculture collide or in those charged moments where modernity intrudes on an archaic world. Series: Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize. Num Pages: 94 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607814818
ISBN
9781607814818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

Hardback. A collection of poems that invites readers to visit the darker and lighter sides of laughter and love and feel the tenderness of recovered memories as they cross the bridges of relationships and stroll down the mysterious streets of childhood. Translator(s): Franzen, Cola; Borinsky, Alicia. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974888149
ISBN
9780974888149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.95

Hardback. The tenth and last volume of The Works of Stephen Cranecontains all of his known poetry and all of his known independent unfinished manuscripts, including the poetry collections The Black Riders and Other Lines and War is Kind, uncollected poems, and literary remains.

BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 903.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813906102
ISBN
9780813906102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.61

paperback. Editor(s): McMillen, Sheila; Garrett, George. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813912851
ISBN
9780813912851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.81

hardcover. A biographical sketch of the antecedents, early life and career of William Thornton, particulary known for his design of the US Capitol. It includes his early antislavery writings, and detailed accounts of the evolution of the first successful steamboat. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; BGHA; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1243.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813913445
ISBN
9780813913445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.79

Hardback. These essays on Pulitzer Prize winner, Elizabeth Bishop, argue that her "sense of difference" as an orphan, a woman artist and a lesbian, play a significant role in the questioning of aesthetic, ethical and sexual boundaries that is so much part of her poetic practice. Editor(s): Lombardi, Marilyn May. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914442
ISBN
9780813914442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.67

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