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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. Sounding Imperial offers a more nuanced sense of poetry's unseen role in larger historical processes, emphasizing not just appropriation or collusion but the murky middle range in which most British authors operated during their colonial encounters and the voices that they used to make those cross-cultural encounters seem vivid and alive. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408545
ISBN
9781421408545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.92

hardcover. Ossian is a collection of epic poems that bring out the figure of the hero, Fingal.The Poems of Ossian achieved international success and have been compared with Homer's Iliad, inspiring many later writers such as Walter Scott and Goethe. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AFS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817558
ISBN
9781906817558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Presents an imaginative perspective not only on the Iliad but also on the whole of Homeric culture Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Enlarged
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822314226
ISBN
9780822314226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974886
ISBN
9781555974886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609720
ISBN
9780691609720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.50

Paperback. A skilled study in which each chapter brings a fresh perspective to a crucial aspect of poetry, showing that the power of language depends less on meaning than on the way in which it means. The author argues that poetry is its own best enemy. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 181 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
n Later printing
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226492506
ISBN
9780226492506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Wall, Eamonn. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Arlen House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
SKU
9781851320448
ISBN
9781851320448
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. This book focuses on specific moments of deliberated decision in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. By exploring the difference between Aristotle's notion of proairesis and structuralist literary critics' use of the term, the author argues that decision making provides a link between ethical structures and narrative forms. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136357
ISBN
9780874136357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Hardback. This is the second volume of a comprehensive, fully annotated, edition of Robinson and Una Jeffers' correspondence. Editor(s): Karman, James. Num Pages: 1128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 178 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804777032
ISBN
9780804777032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.33

Hardback. Explores the troubled relationship and unfinished intellectual dialogue between Paul Celan and Martin Heidegger. This book centers on the persistent ambivalence Celan, a Holocaust survivor, felt toward a thinker who respected him and promoted his poetry. It describes how the poet and the philosopher read and responded to each other's work. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883026
ISBN
9780801883026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.81
€ 57.22

Hardback. Lay Sermons offers, playfully, a series of lay sermons on good principles and good breeding - the last thing that one would expect from the pen of Blackwood's Ettrick Shepherd Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748607464
ISBN
9780748607464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 108.53

Hardback. Based on Hogg's 1831 collection entitled Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd, this critical edition provides the original text as well as the history of its genesis. Editor(s): McCue, Kirsteen. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVQS; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639366
ISBN
9780748639366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.09
€ 102.99

Hardback. This new edition prints together, for the first time, the surviving pre-1807 versions of poems included in The Mountain Bard, the full 1807 collection, and the complete 1821 version. Editor(s): Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620067
ISBN
9780748620067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 107.52

Hardcover.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510116
ISBN
9781843510116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

hardcover. An edition of Timotheus of Miletus' extant work, a Greek lyric poet of the 5th and 4th centuries BC and one of the most important poets of the period, includes the fragments surviving only through other author's work. The editor's "Persae" text was based on examination of the original papyrus. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246946
ISBN
9780199246946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.41

paperback. Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake. Num Pages: 144 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141004396
ISBN
9780141004396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271026817
ISBN
9780271026817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.06
€ 51.13

Hardcover. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1042. Selected Writings. 480 pages, index. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558095
ISBN
9781904558095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 59.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100814
ISBN
9780226100814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment and laughter. This study of Pindar's language applies performance as a method for the ethnographic description and interpretation of entextualized records of verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036277
ISBN
9780674036277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.65

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