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Hardcover. The greatest English religious poet of the nineteenth century, Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89) was a Jesuit priest and literary scholar whose life ended prematurely after his exhausting pastoral work among the slums of Liverpool and Dublin. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 107 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857157215
ISBN
9781857157215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Closer to Dylan Thomas than Matthew Arnold in his creative violence and insistence on the sound of poetry, the author was no staid, conventional Victorian. On entering the Jesuit order the age of twenty-four, he burnt all his poetry and 'resolved to write no more, as not belonging to my profession, unless by the wishes of my superiors'. Editor(s): Gardner, William Henry. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140420159
ISBN
9780140420159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Hardcover. Coleridge is the most complex and brilliant, yet the most elusive and intense of the great Romantic writers. This book includes a selection of verse and prose which tells about his work. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
David Campbell Publishers Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150278
ISBN
9781857150278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Throughout history we have sought to welcome our children into the world. Whether you choose a religious service, a naming ceremony or simply a gathering of friends or relatives, choosing a reading can be difficult. This book presents a collection of readings on birth, new life and the joys of children and parenthood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
SKU
KEX0233333
ISBN
9781847734037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Throughout history we have sought to welcome our children into the world. Whether you choose a religious service, a naming ceremony or simply a gathering of friends or relatives, choosing a reading can be difficult. This book presents a collection of readings on birth, new life and the joys of children and parenthood. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
IMM Lifestyle Books
Edition
1st ed.
Number of pages
192
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0233334
ISBN
9781847734037
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems and prose extracts suitable for reading at funerals and celebrations of a life. It includes selections that range from Shakespeare to Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Nation, and from Christina Rossetti to St Francis of Assissi. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014968
ISBN
9780141014968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. As reports suggest, many fewer weddings are taking place in church. For those that are not having the traditional wedding service, it can be a problem finding suitable material to be read at a civil ceremony. This book offers 70 poems and readings which celebrate love and union - and offer the prospect of a lifetime's shared happiness. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; WJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141014951
ISBN
9780141014951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259871
ISBN
9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Paperback. This collection brings together all the poems published by James Joyce in his lifetime, most notably "Chamber Music" and "Pomes Penyeach". It also includes a large body of his satiric or humorous occasional verse, much of which is fugitive and little known to the general reader. Editor(s): Ellman, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 382. 300pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210985
ISBN
9780571210985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 15.73

Paperback. First published in 1931, it includes Flower's own work as well as translations of medieval Irish poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AF; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874675327
ISBN
9781874675327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.32

Paperback. Miroslav Holub was the Czech Republic's foremost modern poet, and one of her leading immunologists. His fantastical and witty poems give a scientist's bemused view of human folly and other life on the planet. This work covers over 40 years of his poetry. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247478
ISBN
9781852247478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.06

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Gomer Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850888157
ISBN
9780850888157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

Hardback. Editor(s): Morgan, Gaby. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509850938
ISBN
9781509850938
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.82

17pp. Inscribed by the author
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Countryside Press
Publication date
1967
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KHS1004280
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 20.00

Paperback. Reveals the revolutionary concepts at the very heart of twentieth-century poetry. This volume offers three 'galleries' of individual poets - figures such as Mallarme, Stein, Rilke, Tzara, Mayakovsky, Pound, H D, Vallejo, Artaud, Cesaire, and Tsvetayeva. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome; Joris, Pierre. Num Pages: 839 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
839
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520072275
ISBN
9780520072275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. An anthology of the written and oral literatures of the Maghreb, the region of North Africa that spans the modern nation states of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, and includes a section on the influential Arabo-Berber and Jewish literary culture of Al-Andalus, which flourished in Spain between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Editor(s): Joris, Pierre; Tengour, Habib. Num Pages: 792 pages, 22 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1044. The University of California Book of North African Literature. 792 pages. Editor(s): Joris, Pierre; Tengour, Habib. An anthology of the written and oral literatures of the Maghreb, the region of North Africa that spans the modern nation states of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Mauritania, and includes a section on the influential Arabo-Berber and Jewish literary culture of Al-Andalus, which flourished in Spain between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 34. Weight: 1044.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
792
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273856
ISBN
9780520273856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Gathers selections from the poetry and manifestos of canonical poets, as well as the work of lesser-known but equally radical poets. Defining romanticism as experimental and visionary, this title features prose poetry, verbal-visual experiments, and sound poetry. It also explores romanticism outside the European orbit. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome; Robinson, Jeffrey C. Num Pages: 960 pages, 31 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 226 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
960
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255982
ISBN
9780520255982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Intends to bring together the poets and poetry movements that radically altered the ways that art and language express the human condition. This work offers a chronicle of the second 'great awakening' of experimental poetry in the twentieth century. It provides informative and irreverent commentaries throughout. Editor(s): Rothenberg, Jerome; Joris, Pierre. Num Pages: 912 pages, 41 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208643
ISBN
9780520208643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. George and Willene Hendrick, Sandburg's most accomplished interpreters, have selected 73 poems from his early years in Chicago, almost all of them never before published. Editor(s): Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632362
ISBN
9781566632362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 145.
Publisher
New Generation Publishing United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844018512
ISBN
9781844018512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.88

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