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paperback. Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake. Num Pages: 144 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141004396
ISBN
9780141004396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). This book explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet). Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047157
ISBN
9780141047157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.68

paperback. Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This title reflects the diverse experience of those who lived through the war - bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict. Editor(s): Walter, Matthew George. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141181905
ISBN
9780141181905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Finding the theatre of the 1920s lacking in bite and conviction, Thornton Wilder set out to bring back realism and to celebrate the innocent, simple and religious. This title includes "Our Town"; "The Skin of our Teeth"; and "The Matchmaker". Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141184586
ISBN
9780141184586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

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. Features a collection of Nabokov's poems span the decades of his career, from 'Music', written in 1914, to the short, playful 'To Vera', composed in 1974. this title also includes verse written on America, lepidoptery, sport, and love. Translator(s): Nabokov, Dmitri. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 125 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141192260
ISBN
9780141192260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.64

paperback. With encyclopedic knowledge, this title writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earliest forms of written language. It provides a glimpse into the mind of a master of the magination. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 195 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193748
ISBN
9780141193748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Covers radical public poems of Leopardi on history and politics; philosophical satires; his great, dark, despairing odes such as "To Silvia"; and, later masterworks such as "The Setting of the Moon", written not long before Leopardi's death. Translator(s): Galassi, Jonathan. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193878
ISBN
9780141193878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

paperback. A storm rages. Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, and bewitching love follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396309
ISBN
9780141396309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. After squandering his wealth with prodigal generosity, a rich Athenian gentleman finds himself deep in debt. Unshaken by the prospect of bankruptcy, he is certain that the friends he has helped so often will come to his aid. But when they learn his wealth is gone, he quickly finds that their promises fall away to nothing.. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396491
ISBN
9780141396491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. Bassanio, a noble but impoverished Venetian, asks his friend the merchant Antonio for a loan to impress an heiress. Antonio agrees, but is forced to borrow the sum from a cynical Jewish moneylender, Shylock, who forces him into a chilling contract, which stipulates he must honour the debt with a pound of his own flesh. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396545
ISBN
9780141396545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, must solve a riddle in order to marry the daughter of the King of Antioch, or be put to death. But when the answer reveals a horrific secret, the young man faces his greatest dilemma. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141396637
ISBN
9780141396637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.06

mass_market. Presents the true horror of the trenches. Series: Penguin Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141397603
ISBN
9780141397603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 5.71

paperback. Editor(s): Dutta, Shomit; Goldhill, Simon. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DB; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141439365
ISBN
9780141439365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; UMB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141982489
ISBN
9780141982489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. A collection of poems. Num Pages: 464 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780143106081
ISBN
9780143106081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. This selection of the Byron's poetical works includes such masterpieces as Childe Harold, The Corsair, Manfred, Bebbo, and Don Juan. There are many other less familiar works and shorter lyrics, and Jerome J. McGann's introduction and notes give fascinating insight into Byron's world. Editor(s): McGann, Jerome J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780199538782
ISBN
9780199538782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Presents short stories, written by Welsh men and women, for the most part about Welsh people, providing depictions of valley and mountain, country and town, as well as insights into the nature of the people. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241955468
ISBN
9780241955468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

paperback. Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years the author has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. This title brings together his writings on a variety of contemporary subjects: the differing cultures of Japan and Singapore; music and the movies; and many others. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241960981
ISBN
9780241960981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

paperback. Covers everything from hosepipe bans to Spanish restaurants, from writer's block to slug warfare, from slob holidays to the banning of beige. This book reveals the author, ourselves and the nation in a new light. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780241961766
ISBN
9780241961766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

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