Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This book excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226668680
- ISBN
- 9780226668680
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.95
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Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Pearson York Notes
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582784321
- ISBN
- 9780582784321
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Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Hardcover. Traces the print transmission and literary reception of the Iliad and the Odyssey from the fifteenth through the twentieth century. This title is suitable for students and teachers of classics, classical reception, comparative literature, and book history. Editor(s): Most, Glenn W.; Schreyer, Alice D. Num Pages: 352 pages, 65 colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780943056418
- ISBN
- 9780943056418
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 42.02
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€ 42.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691615714
- ISBN
- 9780691615714
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Condition: New
€ 61.15€ 47.64
€ 61.15
€ 47.64
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613857
- ISBN
- 9780691613857
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.04
€ 54.99
€ 39.04
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691611211
- ISBN
- 9780691611211
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Offers a broad selection of Middle English poetry from about 1200 to 1500 CE, including more than 150 secular and religious lyrics and nine complete or extracted longer works, all translated into Modern English verse. Editor(s): Glaser, Joseph. Translator(s): Glaser, Joseph. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208803
- ISBN
- 9780872208803
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.22
€ 53.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. A towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem the Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. This title brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his unendingly works. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191356
- ISBN
- 9780300191356
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.95
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Paperback. At the centre of Petrarch's vision, announcing a new way of seeing the world, was the individual, a sense of the self. This self seemed to be fragmented in Petrarch's work, divided among the worlds of philosophy, faith, and love of the classics, politics, art, and religion. This book shows how these fragmentary explorations relate to each other. Series: Duke Monographs in Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313960
- ISBN
- 9780822313960
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Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608532
- ISBN
- 9780691608532
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Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.86
€ 58.80
€ 45.86
Hardback. Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical elegy and Pontano's distinctive vision. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728660
- ISBN
- 9780674728660
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
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Paperback. The author is a figure of immense importance. He unlocked the gates of commercial theatre to its performance - and its performance in verse - on both sides of the Atlantic, bringing to the project his enormous personal prestige. This title tells the story of the reception of Greek tragedy throughout the English-speaking world. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Translations. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675358
- ISBN
- 9781904675358
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.19
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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173381
- ISBN
- 9781590173381
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.04
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Paperback. The essays in this landmark volume highlight the achievements of "Shakespeare's sisters," including Emily Bronte, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, and others Editor(s): Gilbert, Sandra M.; Gubar, Professor Susan. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6020 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253202635
- ISBN
- 9780253202635
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
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€ 20.61
paperback. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Corrected Centennial ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866355
- ISBN
- 9780872866355
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Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
Paperback. Hopkins is now recognized as a major nineteenth-century poet. His poetry reveals his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This selection includes many of his best-known poems, including 'The Windhover' and 'Felix Randall'. Editor(s): Phillips, Catherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537297
- ISBN
- 9780199537297
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. In this comprehensive introduction to Robert Burns detailed commentary on the artistry and critical contexts of his work is complemented by material on the cultural reception and afterlife of this most iconic of world writers. Editor(s): Carruthers, Gerard. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748636495
- ISBN
- 9780748636495
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
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€ 28.26
Paperback. This volume examines the poems of T.S. Eliot, work by work. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Syracuse University Press ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815605003
- ISBN
- 9780815605003
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Condition: New
€ 27.07
€ 27.07
Hardback. The first comprehensive description of the published works of American humorist and poet Ogden Nash (1902-1971). Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823327
- ISBN
- 9780810823327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.87
€ 137.87
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, George Szirtes, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize. George Szirtes' lectures cover poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, George Seferis, Derek Mahon and several Eastern European writers. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852248802
- ISBN
- 9781852248802
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.61
€ 10.99
€ 9.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811221856
- ISBN
- 9780811221856
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486524
- ISBN
- 9780801486524
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.82
€ 38.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Offers a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning objectivist poet George Oppen's extant writings outside of poetry, including the essay "The Mind's Own Place" and "Twenty-Six Fragments," which were found on the wall of Oppen's study after his death. This work presents an inspiring portrait of this writer and a testament to the creative process itself. Editor(s): Cope, Stephen. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252325
- ISBN
- 9780520252325
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 786
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521177207
- ISBN
- 9780521177207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.45
€ 48.99
€ 46.45