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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Editor(s): Antoine-Dunne, Jean. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232207
ISBN
9781845232207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.03

Hardback. A comprehensive study of American poetry from colonial times to the present day, which features a wealth of views and reviews by contemporary American literary critics. The poets discussed range from Longfellow and Poe to Ginsberg and Plath. Editor(s): Parini, Jay, Ph.D.; Millier, Brett Candlish. Num Pages: 894 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
894
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231078368
ISBN
9780231078368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.76
€ 57.47

Paperback. Examines the importance of the poetic voice and the mysteries of metaphor. This book argues that a poet's originality depends on a deep understanding of the traditions of political poetry, nature poetry, and religious poetry. It is suitable for those interested in a fresh introduction to an art that lies at the centre of Western civilization. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151466
ISBN
9780300151466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.44

Paperback. The making of a great Chilean poet. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662803
ISBN
9781855662803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.01

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090882
ISBN
9780719090882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43

Hardcover. While glosses on Heaney's verse forms figure more or less in critical accounts of his poetry, this is the first book to take the craft of his art as its focus. Setting out a historically informed approach to poetic form, the book places Heaney's developing versification in the context of mid-century Anglo-American theories of metre and rhythm. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230574885
ISBN
9780230574885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.22

Hardback. Paying close attention to the historical contours of Romantic and Victorian meters, as well as to the minute workings of the verse line, this book presents a perspective on a subject that figured significantly in the century's literature, and in its culture. Editor(s): Hall, Jason David. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821419687
ISBN
9780821419687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardback. Argues for the connection between British poet and painter William Blake's marginalia and the role that often multivalent symbols like pens, writers, readers, and books played in his art. This book shows that the marginalia represent important evidence of Blake-as-reader experiencing the typographical features of books. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911090
ISBN
9781575911090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.16

paperback. Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, this book attempts to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773360
ISBN
9780226773360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041519
ISBN
9780268041519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.35

hardcover. What does it mean when a man writes in the voice of a woman? Haswell finds Yeats's answer in his theory of the creative self as bisexual that arose from his experiment in automatic writing. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802220
ISBN
9780875802220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091574
ISBN
9780802091574
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.08

Hardcover. Drawing on a broad concept of desire, informed by poststructuralist theorists this book examines the range of Hardy's work. It demonstrates the sustained nature of his thinking about desire, its relationship to the social and symbolic network in which human subjectivity is constituted and art's potential to offer fulfilment to the desiring subject. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224636
ISBN
9780230224636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974787
ISBN
9781555974787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806840
ISBN
9780345806840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illus. Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Peter E. Randall Publisher United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914339472
ISBN
9780914339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816622771
ISBN
9780816622771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Offering a comprehensive history of the work's reception, the author reveals the ideological and aesthetic issues shaping criticism over the centuries as the audience for classical Japanese literature expanded beyond the aristocracy. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 21 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073357
ISBN
9780674073357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardcover. This is the first collection of essays devoted solely to Edward Lear, and builds on a recent resurgence of critical interest in the Victorian poet. Seventeen essays explore how it is that the play of his poetry continues to delight and challenge us, and provide contexts in which it can be better understood and enjoyed. Editor(s): Williams, James; Bevis, Matthew. Num Pages: 416 pages, Over 90 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198708568
ISBN
9780198708568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.13

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