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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

hardcover. John McNamee captures through his poetry the heroism, irony, tragedy and beauty that is hidden even among the shambles of the desolate urban neighborhoods in which he ministers. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; AFH; DC; DSBH; DSC; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DWsunned to spine and edges. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024401
ISBN
9781556128127
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640983
ISBN
9780691640983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.53

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631141
ISBN
9780691631141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.35

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601434
ISBN
9780691601434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Examines the political, social, and religious factors that contributed to the formation of a literary canon in fourteenth-century England. This book tracks the reputations of Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland into the fifteenth century, when studies of 14th-century literature became configured in terms of a double, antagonistic dynamic. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022020
ISBN
9780268022020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.15

Paperback. In An Introduction to the Gawain Poet , John Bowers surveys an expanded selection of the works of Chaucer's anonymous contemporary, considering Sir Gawain and the Green Knight alongside the poet's lesser known but no less brilliant works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813049588
ISBN
9780813049588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 95 pages, chronology, bibliography, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 2. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551594
ISBN
9781871551594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.46

Hardback. Why did the 19th century poet and self-styled philosopher Gerard Manley Hopkins find metaphysics of 'formal distinction' so appealing? John Llewelyn answers this question by casting light on various neologisms introduced by Hopkins and reveals how Hopkins endorses Scotus' claim that being and existence are grounded in doing and willing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474408943
ISBN
9781474408943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.04

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

€ 48.05

Hardback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 627.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217151
ISBN
9780823217151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.55

Hardback. John Kleiner investigates the place of error in the moral and aesthetic system of Dante's Comedy. He argues that Dante's delight in finely wrought patterns does not exclude an interest in patterns of disorder, that his pursuit of harmony intensifies his interest in dissonance. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721431
ISBN
9780804721431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.71

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the author offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Motion, Sir Andrew. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328765
ISBN
9780571328765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Hardback. With an emphasis on the House of Fame and Troilus and Criseyde, this book shows how Chaucer exploits the medieval figures of comparison, imago, similitudo, and exemplum at different levels of his work. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838638149
ISBN
9780838638149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.11

Paperback. An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393310986
ISBN
9780393310986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. An in-depth examination of the Mexican ballad tradition of the corrido and its complex relationship with violence Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADSL; AVGH; DSC; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075629
ISBN
9780252075629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardback. Darwin's Bards is a comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639403
ISBN
9780748639403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 108.92

Paperback. Surveys the schemes, patterns and forms of English verse, and illustrates each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In this fourth edition, the authors offer a personal take on why the book has played such an important role in the education of young poets and student scholars. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300206296
ISBN
9780300206296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555973063
ISBN
9781555973063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.71

Hardback. Features letters between Eliot and his associates, family and friends - his correspondents range from the Archbishop of York and the American philosopher Paul Elmer More to the writers Virginia Woolf, and Ralph Hodgson - that shows the ways in which his Anglo-Catholic convictions could, at times, prove a self-chastising and even alienating force. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; BJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571316328
ISBN
9780571316328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.52
€ 40.64

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651538
ISBN
9780691651538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 197.35

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