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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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

€ 42.99
€ 33.21

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

€ 35.99
€ 32.82

Paperback. United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes her mode as elegiac. Although the loss of her murdered mother informs each work, Trethewey's range of forms and subjects is far reaching. This is a collection of interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Hall, Joan Wylie. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617039515
ISBN
9781617039515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

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

€ 41.99
€ 41.98

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

€ 86.92

Paperback. An insightful argument about Sylvia Plath, feminism, and the marginalization of women readers Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498969
ISBN
9781558498969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

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
€ 20.75

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

€ 21.99
€ 18.48

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
€ 26.28

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

€ 181.50

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442503
ISBN
9781580442503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.93

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463362
ISBN
9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.07

Paperback. A reprint of the University of Oklahoma Press edition of 1980.This reliable text presents a clear and simple outline of Greek and Latin meters in order that the verse of the Greeks and Romans may be read as poetry. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
138
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872202436
ISBN
9780872202436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316606780
ISBN
9781316606780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.15

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606668
ISBN
9780691606668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.30
€ 42.10

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635378
ISBN
9780691635378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.96

Num Pages: 195 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119397
ISBN
9780813119397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.60

Hardcover. Reassesses better-known works and themes in the field of Lydgate studies, including Lydgate's unofficial laureateship, his relationship to his patrons, and his relationship to Chaucer. This book makes an important contribution to medieval scholarship and it will be welcomed by scholars and students alike. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry; Simpson, James. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041151
ISBN
9780268041151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 420 pages, 33 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803259775
ISBN
9780803259775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.87

Paperback. Reveals a new dimension of Dickinson's writing and thinking, one indicating that she was thoroughly familiar with the legal community's idiomatic language, actively engaged with contemporary political and ethical questions, and skilled at deploying a poetic register ranging from high romanticism to low humor. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625341136
ISBN
9781625341136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754511
ISBN
9780838754511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101520
ISBN
9780739101520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.76

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