Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480461
- ISBN
- 9780801480461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.23
€ 43.23
Hardback. Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome's original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre. Editor(s): Braund, Professor Susanna; Osgood, Josiah. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 628 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199650
- ISBN
- 9781405199650
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Condition: New
€ 192.49
€ 192.49
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 82 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013794
- ISBN
- 9780691013794
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.04
€ 29.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. What is the role of the senses in the creation and reception of poetry? This work traces the path of the aesthetic in search of an explanation for the role of poetry in culture. It draws on readings from the ancient Greeks to the postmoderns to explain how poetry creates meaning between persons. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774145
- ISBN
- 9780226774145
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.80
€ 43.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Why do we need new art? How free is the artist in making? And why is the artist, and particularly the poet, a figure of freedom in Western culture? This book explores and celebrates the freedom of artists who, working under finite conditions, make considered choices and shape surprising consequences. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226773872
- ISBN
- 9780226773872
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780253204493
- ISBN
- 9780253204493
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804009751
- ISBN
- 9780804009751
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Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911571
- ISBN
- 9781575911571
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Condition: New
€ 137.20
€ 137.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559886
- ISBN
- 9781875559886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893312
- ISBN
- 9780859893312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.97
€ 58.97
Paperback. Demonstrates that Theodor Adorno's famous injunction against writing poetry after Auschwitz paradoxically inspired an ongoing literary tradition. By speaking about or even as the dead, this work tells what it means to cite, reconfigure, consume, or envy the traumatic memories of an earlier generation. Series: Jewish Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 340 pages, 20 b&w photos, 1 color photos. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3734 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218872
- ISBN
- 9780253218872
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Contains seventeen essays by pre-eminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus on Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". This book features contributors who treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic issues, and nineteenth-century America. Editor(s): Belasco, Susan; Price, Kenneth M.; Folsom, Ed. Num Pages: 503 pages, 13 photograhs, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260009
- ISBN
- 9780803260009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardcover. Guided by the question of why we expect poetry to be sincere, this work reveals that, in fact, sincerity in the modern lyric was in many ways a product of commercial culture. It shows how through textual claims to sincerity poets addressed moral anxieties about the authenticity, autonomy, and transparency of literature written in and for a market. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926100
- ISBN
- 9780813926100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.24
€ 59.24
Paperback. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848858800
- ISBN
- 9781848858800
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.42
€ 24.99
€ 21.42
Paperback. From his love affairs to his artistic achievements, Gibran is laid bare by the world's leading expert. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685417
- ISBN
- 9781851685417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Hardback. A biography of one of the most impressive and influential figures of nineteenth-century Scotland, Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748611850
- ISBN
- 9780748611850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 144.47
€ 152.89
€ 144.47
Hardback. Shelley has long been viewed as a dreamer isolated from reality, a "beautiful and ineffectual angel," in Arnold's words. In contrast, Sperry's book emphasizes the life forces originating in the poet's childhood that impelled and shaped his career, and reasserts Shelley's relevance to the social and cultural dilemmas of contemporary life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674806252
- ISBN
- 9780674806252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.15€ 78.93
€ 88.15
€ 78.93
Hardcover. In Robert Southey, Andrews argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115132
- ISBN
- 9780230115132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. The Caribbean has produced one of the most vigorous and exciting bodies of poetry in the twentieth century, and this anthology covers all its major languages. Featuring a range of poets from Derek Walcott to Jesus Cos Causse, and Olive Senior to Una Marson, this is a rich and satisfying book. Series: Oxford Books of Prose & Verse. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561599
- ISBN
- 9780199561599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.21
€ 16.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Stevick, Robert D. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252063794
- ISBN
- 9780252063794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.77
€ 24.99
€ 24.77
hardcover. Presents Stevens' notebooks containing excerpts from his reading, his comments and aphorisms. Editor(s): Bates, Milton J. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 100 x 16. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804715492
- ISBN
- 9780804715492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Hardcover. This book surveys the phenomenon of Renaissance verse libel and provides carefully edited texts of fifty-two of these insulting manuscript poems, most of them made available here for the first time. Difficult and unusual words in these poems are glossed, while the commentary explains who is being attacked and why. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739210
- ISBN
- 9780198739210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.49
€ 156.49
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614168
- ISBN
- 9780691614168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.18
€ 52.99
€ 37.18
T.S. Eliot and Early Modern Literature provides a comprehensive discussion of the engagement of Eliot with that earlier English literary period which he declared to be his favourite. It offers a full sense of the critical and literary context against which Eliot measured his own ideas on Early Modern poets and playwrights. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574773
- ISBN
- 9780199574773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.86
€ 160.86