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Hardcover. At long last we have Craig Williamson's beautiful and haunting translations of all of the Old English poems into modern strong-stress, alliterative verse, along with his introductions, his essay on translation, and noted medievalist Tom Shippey's introduction on the literary scope and vision of these timeless poems. Translator(s): Williamson, Craig. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 3D; 3F; 3H; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 247 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1870.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248470
ISBN
9780812248470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.23

Hardcover. This edition of Shakespeare's complete works aims to combine accessibility with scholarship. Each play or poetry collection has an introduction which includes textual and literary-historical issues and there are same-page notes for ease of reference. Editor(s): Harbage, Alfred. Num Pages: 1520 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 190 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1918.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1520
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141000589
ISBN
9780141000589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.92
€ 72.75

paperback. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus' encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140436334
ISBN
9780140436334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. "The most complete collection of the Russian playwright's repertoire."-Vogue Translator(s): Senelick, Laurence. Num Pages: 1136 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1552.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
1136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330694
ISBN
9780393330694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Books Inc
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213546
ISBN
9780553213546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.82

Paperback. Sophocles was the dominant Athenian playwright of the fifth century BCE. This translation includes his best-known work, such as the "Oedipus cycle" ("Oedipus the King", "Oedipus at Kolonos", and "Antigone"), "Elektra and the Women of Trakhis" "Philoktetes" and "Aias". Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
928
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062020345
ISBN
9780062020345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Member of Parliament, tutor to Oliver Cromwell's ward, satirist and friend of John Milton, Andrew Marvell was one of the most interesting and important poets of the seventeenth century. The Complete Poems demonstrates his unique skill and immense diversity to the full, and includes lyrical love-poetry, religious works and biting satire. Editor(s): Donno, Elizabeth Story. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424577
ISBN
9780140424577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. Features poetry that is both passionate and brilliant, erotic and comic, cool courtly and seductive. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 211 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857151534
ISBN
9781857151534
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation and what it meant to be an American. Editor(s): Murphy, Francis. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424515
ISBN
9780140424515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Graves created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Graves' poems some of the finest. This book presents the achievement of Graves' seventy productive years. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182063
ISBN
9780141182063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. The poems of Emily Jane Bronte are passionate and powerful works that convey the vitality of the human spirit and of the natural world. This book contains poems attributed to her that describe the mythic country of Gondal and its citizens that she imagined with Anne, and remain the only surviving record of their joint creation. Editor(s): Gezari, Janet. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
336
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140423525
ISBN
9780140423525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This is a complete collection of the poetry of Christina Rossetti, whose work ranges from poems of fantasy and verses for the young, to ballads - "Goblin Market" - love lyrics, sonnets and religious poetry. Num Pages: 1280 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 860.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140423662
ISBN
9780140423662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. John Keats lost both his parents at an early age. His decision to commit himself to poetry, rather than follow a career in medicine, was a personal challenge, unfounded in any prior success. His first volume of poetry, published in 1817, was a critical and commercial failure. This book tells his story. Editor(s): Barnard, John. Num Pages: 752 pages, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140422108
ISBN
9780140422108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Combines the Christian with the classical in its description of the fall of Man. This title draws a parallel with the author's own life in the hero's struggle to renew his faith in God. Editor(s): Leonard, John. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 45. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1024
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433630
ISBN
9780140433630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Gaspara Stampa (1523-1554) is one of the finest female poets ever to write in Italian. This title translation of Stampa into English collects all of her passionate and lyrical verse. Editor(s): Tower, Troy; Tylus, Jane. Translator(s): Tylus, Jane. Num Pages: 490 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226770727
ISBN
9780226770727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

paperback. One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, religion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generations. Editor(s): Ostriker, Alicia. Num Pages: 1072 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140422153
ISBN
9780140422153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.29

paperback. One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, religion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generations. Editor(s): Ostriker, Alicia. Num Pages: 1072 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 722. Clean copy with minor tear to cover at spine. Remains a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0021701
ISBN
9780140422153
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. As a diplomat in Renaissance Europe, and a luminary at the court of Henry VII, Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote in an incestuous world where anyone was uneasily subject to the royal whims and rages. Conveying the actuality of betrayal or absence, and the intense pressure of his longing for a love that could be trusted, these are some of his haunting poems. Num Pages: 560 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 200 x 34. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140422276
ISBN
9780140422276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A collection of poems that take a wide range of themes from metaphysics to melancholy, social climbing to political satire, and from love to loss. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140189629
ISBN
9780140189629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943). Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225163
ISBN
9780571225163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Includes more than 800 poems. This book features more than 125 photographs, including a 65 page photo biography, and 'The Artist's Muse' images of Akhmatova in art: memoir by Isaiah Berlin: comprehensive notes to the poems: index of first lines: bibliography. Editor(s): Reeder, Roberta. Translator(s): Hemschemeyer, Judith. Num Pages: 948 pages, 80 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 163 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862417161
ISBN
9780862417161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.91

Hardcover. This is a book of 100 poems of great richness and variety. Indeed, it is genuinely a landmark book. It is an important literary and academic event in itself. Professor Lord Asa Briggs is one of the most important historians of Britain. He is world-renowned for his work in social history, culture, and communications. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Edward Everett Root
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954207557
ISBN
9780954207557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.01

Paperback. The complete Cavafy poems - including the unfinished works - in a stunning new translation. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 44. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007523375
ISBN
9780007523375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Centennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401786
ISBN
9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.65

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