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Hardback. One of the major cultural philosophers of our time addresses, in his powerful and allusive critical voice, Malraux's reflections on art and literature. The result tells us as much about Lyotard as it does about Malraux. Translator(s): Harvey, Robert. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804737494
ISBN
9780804737494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.27

Paperback. Soundings was first published in 1969. It was intended as an 'interim' anthology of poetry for the Leaving Certificate until such time as a more permanent volume could be devised. Twenty six years later it was replaced. In the meantime it had passed through the hands of hundreds of thousands of students in Ireland. Editor(s): Martin, Augustine. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Gill & MacMillan, Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717148417
ISBN
9780717148417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, b/w illlus. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 190 x 6. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877276385
ISBN
9781877276385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.90

Paperback. Poetry has always been a central element of Christian spirituality and is increasingly used in worship, in pastoral services and guided meditation. Here, Cambridge poet, priest and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite transforms 70 lectionary readings into inspiring poems for use in regular worship, seasonal services, meditative reading or on retreat. Num Pages: 108 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCL; HRCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Canterbury Press Norwich
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848252745
ISBN
9781848252745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935737
ISBN
9780813935737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Hardback. A look at how West African and Caribbean Francophone writers use rhythm, music, and sound to create and negotiate identity Series: African Soundscapes Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
American Literatures Initiative
SKU
V9781439900314
ISBN
9781439900314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.54

Hardback. This individual studies ask what specific sonorous qualities are capable of being registered by different modern media, and how sonic transpositions and transferences across media affect the ways in which human subjects attend to modern soundscapes. Editor(s): Murphet, Julian; Groth, Helen; Hone, Penelope. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474416368
ISBN
9781474416368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.80
€ 102.41

Hardback. Sounding Imperial offers a more nuanced sense of poetry's unseen role in larger historical processes, emphasizing not just appropriation or collusion but the murky middle range in which most British authors operated during their colonial encounters and the voices that they used to make those cross-cultural encounters seem vivid and alive. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408545
ISBN
9781421408545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.92

Paperback. Vladimir Lucien's poetry is intelligent, musical, gritty in observation, graceful in method. The world he builds is St Lucia, itself an island that reflects the intra-regional migrancy of Caribbean people. He builds stories of ancestors, immediate family, the history embedded in his language choices, and Caribbean literary heroes. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 208 x 6. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232399
ISBN
9781845232399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Concerns the way we read - or rather, imagine we are listening to - ancient Greek and Latin poetry. This book shows how an understanding of the effects of word order and meter is vital for appreciating the meaning of classical poetry, composed for listening audiences. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117843
ISBN
9780691117843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.90
€ 42.00

Hardcover. Chinese martial arts novels from the late nineteenth century are full of suggestive sounds. Characters curse in colorful dialect accents, and action scenes come to life with the loud clash of swords. Paize Keulemans examines the relationship between these novels and earlier storyteller manuscripts to explain the purpose and history of these sounds. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417120
ISBN
9780674417120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. This is a volume of celebratory, vivid and witty poems from a poet whose blindness has never severed his links with the sensual world. Fables, fairy tales and fun only heighten the serious concerns which underly his work. He has a rich sense of humour and a wry turn of phrase. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 5. Weight in Grams: 111.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543537
ISBN
9781857543537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection of poetry, including work for explaining magnetism and kissing a bone. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245788
ISBN
9781852245788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardback. As the first book-length study of the Yongming poets, this book focuses on unraveling the complexity and hybridity of the poetic voices beneath their seemingly "technical" pursuit of prosodic innovation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768597
ISBN
9780804768597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Paperback. This work comprises essays on American, British and Irish poetry, showing contemporary life and culture captured in lyric form. It explains the power of poetry as the voice of the soul, rather than the socially marked self, speaking directly through the stylization of verse. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674821477
ISBN
9780674821477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a king? And why was he the one dramatist of his generation never to be imprisoned? This book helps you to understand what being Shakespeare was actually like. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015866
ISBN
9780141015866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRLK; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550963007
ISBN
9781550963007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.63

paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Flamingo London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006535
ISBN
9780007119226
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. An electric new collection, built from the rubble and strangeness of daily life. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933517742
ISBN
9781933517742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Presents a selection which includes varied work by contemporary poets such as Jane Hirshfield, Denise Levertov, Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver, and others. This book shows how poetry can help feed our hunger for meaning in times of spiritual starvation. Editor(s): Astley, Neil; Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 174 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244. Nourishing Poems for Starved Minds. 160 pages. Editor(s): Astley, Neil; Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Presents a selection which includes varied work by contemporary poets such as Jane Hirshfield, Denise Levertov, Thomas Merton and Mary Oliver, and others. This book shows how poetry can help feed our hunger for meaning in times of spiritual starvation. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 164 x 174 x 11. Weight: 242.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247669
ISBN
9781852247669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.41

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