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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
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
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€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
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
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
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€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
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€ 15.67
€ 17.99
€ 15.67
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€ 10.73
€ 11.99
€ 10.73
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
€ 74.96
€ 74.96
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€ 30.54
€ 35.99
€ 30.54
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€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
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€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54
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
€ 17.95
Paperback. Lucie Brock-Broido's poetry conjures what is half-known, at the limits of experience, in language fierce with a living glitter. This title introduces Brock-Broido's poetry to British readers with generous selections from her three acclaimed collections: "A Hunger", "The Master Letters and Trouble in Mind". Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- carcanet
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857548402
- ISBN
- 9781857548402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
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€ 11.25
€ 13.99
€ 11.25
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062564504
- ISBN
- 9780062564504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.04
€ 29.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062564528
- ISBN
- 9780062564528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.63
€ 15.99
€ 14.63
hardcover. "The essays, poems, and artwork included in this anthology--by the likes of Abdelkebir Khatibi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Albert Memmi, Etel Adnan, Sembene Ousmane, Renae Depestre, and Mohamed Melehi--offer a unique window into the political and artistic imaginaries of writers and intellectuals from the Global South." Editor(s): Harrison, Olivia; Villa-Ignacio, Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; DQ; DS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804794701
- ISBN
- 9780804794701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.77
€ 106.77
Paperback. "The essays, poems, and artwork included in this anthology--by the likes of Abdelkebir Khatibi, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Albert Memmi, Etel Adnan, Sembene Ousmane, Renae Depestre, and Mohamed Melehi--offer a unique window into the political and artistic imaginaries of writers and intellectuals from the Global South." Editor(s): Harrison, Olivia; Villa-Ignacio, Teresa. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; DQ; DS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796156
- ISBN
- 9780804796156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 108 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publication date
- 1956
- Publisher
- Dell
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780440379843
- ISBN
- 9780440379843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.78
€ 10.78
Paperback. Brings together a broad range of key writings from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, among the most significant cultural movements in American history and covers topics ranging from the legacy of Malcolm X and the impact of John Coltrane's jazz to the tenets of the Black Panther Party and the music of Motown. Editor(s): Bracey, Jr. John H.; Sanchez, Sonia; Smethurst, James. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 183 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625340313
- ISBN
- 9781625340313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.29
€ 54.29
Paperback. Series: New Directions Poetry Pamphlets. Num Pages: 48 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 63
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811220392
- ISBN
- 9780811220392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.22
€ 12.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, 7. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890650810
- ISBN
- 9781890650810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.15
€ 18.99
€ 16.15
Paperback. Drawn from 15 years of work, this text presents a selection of the verse of Henry Weinfield. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 125 x 7. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017668
- ISBN
- 9780268017668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.55
€ 21.55
Hardcover. Latin America's great poet rendered into English by the world's most celebrated translator of Spanish-language literature. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393241754
- ISBN
- 9780393241754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.26
€ 27.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. Latin America's great poet rendered into English by the world's most celebrated translator of Spanish-language literature. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393351880
- ISBN
- 9780393351880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.02
€ 15.99
€ 15.02