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Paperback. Features a poem expressing tortured feelings of alienation and dislocation. This book also offers translations of the poet's letters as well as a lecture he gave about this work. It is illustrated with archive photographs. Editor(s): Maurer, Christopher. Translator(s): White, Steven F.; Greg, Simon. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, facsimiles. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185828
ISBN
9780141185828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson's major reassessment of the classical Persian epic the Shahnama argues that its poet is actually a character in the work who coexists with the heroes and kings celebrated in the poem. Documenting the text's oral performance tradition, Davidson shows that the heroic style of the Shahnama stems from ancient Indo-European traditions. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073210
ISBN
9780674073210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.61

Hardback. In this study of the "Agronautica", Albis examines the structural elements of the text that recreate phenomena associated with composers and performers of epic much earlier in the Greek tradition. It includes analyses of the Homeric influence on Apollonius and Apollonius' influence on Virgil. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683154
ISBN
9780847683154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.07

Hardback. CP Cavafy (Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis) is one of the most important Greek poets since antiquity. This title plays with the complexities of ironic Socratic thought, suffused with the honesty of unadorned iambic verse. It offers a translation of the complex linguistic registers of Cavafy's Canon into English. Editor(s): Yatromanolakis, Dimitrios. Translator(s): Chioles, John. Series: Harvard Early Modern and Modern Greek Library. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053267
ISBN
9780674053267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Prynne is Britain's leading late Modernist poet. New expanded edition of his Poems, acclaimed as a landmark in modern poetry. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780371542
ISBN
9781780371542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.81

Hardcover. 360pp. Previous owner's signature. Usual library markings
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
P J Kenedy & Sons
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1896
Edition
[New ed.]
SKU
KHS1004245
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover. 474pp. 18th edition with his posthumous poems. With an introductory essay by Rev.John Talbot Smith, and an appreciation by John Moran. With new portrait of the poet on frontis., and additional poems. Decorated boards, with gilt title on spine. Keywords: Poetry - Household edition of the poets
Format
Hardback
Publisher
P J Kenedy
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KHS1004500
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 36.00

Hardcover. 8vo. Good copy in original cloth.rare
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
E. Ponsonby Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1917
SKU
KEX0265341
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 95.00

Hardcover. 88pp. Selected from the writings of G. F. Savage-Armstrong , the Poet of Wicklow and Down. Foreword by Sir James H Campbell. Fore and bottom edges uncut
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
E. Ponsonby Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1917
SKU
KHS1003883
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 76.00

hardcover. In publishers half leather over cloth boards. Spine is ribbed and in gilt. Light shelfwear. With frontispeice and tissue guard
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Printed for Scott, Webster and Geary
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1835
SKU
KST0031185
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. A collection of poems which includes the text of "View With a Grain of Sand" and 64 additional translations, as well as the author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Translator(s): Baranczak, Stanislaw; Cavanagh, Clare. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571196685
ISBN
9780571196685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.44

Paperback. Presents a English translation of the collection that announced Paul Verlaine (1844-1896) as a poet of promise and originality, one who would come to be regarded as one of the greatest of nineteenth-century writers. This title testifies to the blazing talents for which Verlaine is celebrated. Translator(s): Kirchwey, Karl. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144863
ISBN
9780691144863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 626 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
626
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890876
ISBN
9788772890876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17
€ 49.94

Paperback. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
425
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890463
ISBN
9788772890463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637587
ISBN
9780691637587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.23

Paperback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: New Directions Poetry Pamphlets. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811221771
ISBN
9780811221771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

paperback. BIC Classification: DCQ; HRCR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Kevin Mayhew Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844177172
ISBN
9781844177172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.54

Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841870
ISBN
9781603841870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.67
€ 43.00

Paperback. Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Editor(s): Pucci, Joseph. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
155
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841863
ISBN
9781603841863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. Much borrowed and rarely returned, this is a very popular book for reading aloud in very good company, preferably after a dram or twa! Editor(s): Atkinson, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd.
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946487004
ISBN
9780946487004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.09

Hardback. The perfect companion volume to sit alongside the highest selling poetry book of 2014, Poems That Make Grown Men Cry Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471148637
ISBN
9781471148637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471148644
ISBN
9781471148644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. The bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that 100 great men have been moved to tears Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471134906
ISBN
9781471134906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 138 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583225127
ISBN
9781583225127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.09

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