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Paperback. The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464784
ISBN
9781349464784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

Hardcover. The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137340221
ISBN
9781137340221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149303
ISBN
9780231149303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 51.34

Hardback. This text situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics (and the lineage of objectivist poetics more broadly) within a set of ethical concerns in American poetic modernism, and makes a strong case for perceiving Zukofsky as a missing key figure within this ethical matrix of modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293222
ISBN
9780312293222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349633920
ISBN
9781349633920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349453610
ISBN
9781349453610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardcover. The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this fascinating genre in and examines its rise by placing it in its sociopolitical context. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137301536
ISBN
9781137301536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719469
ISBN
9780804719469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.01

Paperback. Examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements. This book illuminates the poetic imperatives of pragmatism by tracing the ways in which Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens capture the moment of transition. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822322962
ISBN
9780822322962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Modernist debates about waste - both aesthetic and economic - often express biases against gender and sexual errancy. The Poetics of Waste looks at writers and artists who resist this ideology and respond by developing an excessive poetics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349486823
ISBN
9781349486823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardcover. Modernist debates about waste - both aesthetic and economic - often express biases against gender and sexual errancy. The Poetics of Waste looks at writers and artists who resist this ideology and respond by developing an excessive poetics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402783
ISBN
9781137402783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633862
ISBN
9780691633862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.71

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604855
ISBN
9780691604855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. An anthology from one of America's most distinguished magazines of verse. It includes virtually every notable poet from 1912 until 2002. Editor(s): Parisi, Joseph; Young, Stephen. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566634687
ISBN
9781566634687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.19

Paperback. The Poetry Bug is a book of powerful poems that will capture the imagination of primary school-aged children; it recognises humanity's never-ending quest to understand ourselves, others and the world around us. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Troubador Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784625450
ISBN
9781784625450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. This volume contain poems to help people recovering from physical and mental illness. Editor(s): Darling, Julia; Fuller, Cynthia. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246907
ISBN
9781852246907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. The first full-length collection of new poems in decades from San Francisco's groundbreaking feminist Beat poet. Series: San Francisco Poet Laureate Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
City Lights Foundation Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931404150
ISBN
9781931404150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.88

Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265381
ISBN
9780199265381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.02

Paperback. Num Pages: references, index. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 179 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259782
ISBN
9780803259782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.87

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843312222
ISBN
9781843312222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Handal, Nathalie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Interlink Pub Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566563741
ISBN
9781566563741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.97

Paperback. Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. Some of the best known, and most loved, poems in English are bird poems. This title features poems according to ornithological notes and provides fascinating information on the birds. Editor(s): Dee, Tim. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027111
ISBN
9780141027111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719063015
ISBN
9780719063015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardback. Encompassing discussion of more than two hundred individual poems, this study offers a coherent framework for understanding the body of work created by a major, late twentieth-century poet. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472530
ISBN
9781611472530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

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