×


 x 

Shopping cart

Literary studies: poetry & poets

Results 1141 - 1160 of 1862

Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigo (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, both tragic and triumphant, of the medieval origins of modern Catalonia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662988
ISBN
9781855662988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.88

Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125159
ISBN
9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.96

Paperback. The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. Editor(s): Tolkien, Christopher. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSC; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HARPER COLLINS
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007590094
ISBN
9780007590094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.65

Paperback. Makes the case that the plot of the "Odyssey" is represented within the narrative as a plan of Zeus, Dios boule, that serves as a guide for the performing poet and as a hermeneutic for the audience. This book proposes a "Zeus-centric" reading that offers perspectives on the tenor of interactions among the "Odyssey's" characters. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674028128
ISBN
9780674028128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 182 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856683091
ISBN
9780856683091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.05

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613116
ISBN
9780691613116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Hardback. One of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical--and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars Poetica unavailable elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111720
ISBN
9780231111720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.74
€ 79.41

Paperback. A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532049
ISBN
9780199532049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Hardcover. New edition of one of the most important collections of sixteenth-century Scots poetry. Editor(s): Martin, Joanna M. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 540 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 46. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976401
ISBN
9781897976401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.25

Hardcover. The fourteen essays of this volume engage in distinct ways with the matter of motion in early modern Spanish poetics. Los catorce ensayos de este volumen conectan de una manera perceptible con el tema del movimiento en la poesia espanola del siglo de oro Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662841
ISBN
9781855662841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662650
ISBN
9781855662650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.07

Paperback. A new introduction and a fully updated bibliography make the second edition of this established text an indispensable resource for students and teachers of English poetry. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415106474
ISBN
9780415106474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Hardcover. This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007557219
ISBN
9780007557219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. Oxford Readings in Greek Lyric Poetry contains 17 studies on Greek Lyric, Elegiac, and Iambic poetry by leading international academics drawn from the last three decades, 3 of which are translated here for the first time. Ian Rutherford has written an introduction surveying the scholarship in the field. Editor(s): Rutherford, Ian. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199216192
ISBN
9780199216192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.37

Hardback. McAdam illustrates how two fundamental points of destabilisation in Marlowe's life and work - his subversive treatment of Christian belief and his ambivalence toward his homosexuality - clarify the plays' interest in the struggle for self-authorisation. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136654
ISBN
9780874136654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.63

Paperback. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. 216 pages. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight: 312.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641239
ISBN
9780748641239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Written by authorities on Nasir-i Khusraw and Persian literature, and originally presented as papers at a conference at SOAS, University of London, the chapters here cover topics ranging from metaphysics, cosmology and ontology, to prophecy, rhythm and structure, the analysis of individual poems and the matter of authorship. Editor(s): Hunsberger, Alice C. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761305
ISBN
9781780761305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 54.16

Paperback. An examination of English verse translations of Beowulf, including Seamus Heaney's version alongside other influential renditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843948
ISBN
9781843843948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

Hardcover. The long-awaited posthumous collection of essays from Hubert Butler, one of Ireland's best-known international essayists. Editor(s): Farrell, Antony. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781843512677
ISBN
9781843512677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776868
ISBN
9780804776868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!