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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. aeo Only book published in the last 50 years that treats chronologically and at length the whole Browning corpus. aeo Questions the idea that Browning was an objective, dramatic poet, whose works are distinct and separate from himself. aeo Relates Browning the poet to Browning the man. . Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200932
ISBN
9780631200932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333349052
ISBN
9780333349052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.83

Paperback. Besides providing a new appraisal of Guillaume Apollinaire, the foremost French poet of early Modernism and WWI, Translating Apollinaire aims to put the ordinary reader at the centre of the translational project. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898959
ISBN
9780859898959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.93

Hardcover. Besides providing a new appraisal of Guillaume Apollinaire, the foremost French poet of early Modernism and WWI, Translating Apollinaire aims to put the ordinary reader at the centre of the translational project. Num Pages: 304 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898942
ISBN
9780859898942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.47

Hardcover. Translating Rimbaud's Illuminations is a critique of the assumptions which currently underlie our thinking on literary translation. It offers an alternative vision; extending the parameters of literary translation by showing that such translation is itself a form of experimental creative writing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CFP; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897709
ISBN
9780859897709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.47

Hardcover. Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 255 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137568304
ISBN
9781137568304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New and Revised
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515253
ISBN
9780742515253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.24

Hardback. This work argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, the author reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs. Translator(s): Collins, Derek; Orion, Janice. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New and Revised Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742515246
ISBN
9780742515246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.38

Hardback. Offers an analysis of various accounts of the foundation of that most "mythical" of the Greek colonies - Cyrene, in eastern Libya. This book examines the Greeks' symbolic discourse to show that these modern concepts arose much later than commonly believed. Translator(s): Berman, Daniel W. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114583
ISBN
9780691114583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.18
€ 68.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650951
ISBN
9780691650951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.35

Paperback. Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSBF; DSC; F; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349674084
ISBN
9781349674084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641232
ISBN
9780691641232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.46

Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349292356
ISBN
9781349292356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Examines the author's troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. It deals with the task he has undertaken to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJP; BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
9780853239475
ISBN
9780853239475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Examines the author's troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. It deals with the task he has undertaken to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJP; BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KEX0280943
ISBN
9780853239475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard; Harrison, Antony H.; Chapman, Alison. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405176125
ISBN
9781405176125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Hardback. Presents essays that reflect the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches that illuminate it. This book opens with an introductory essay on Victorian poetics that provides an overview of the whole period. It surveys the variety of styles in Victorian poetry and focuses on the means of its production and distribution. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard; Harrison, Antony H.; Chapman, Alison. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 176 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631222071
ISBN
9780631222071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.16

A perceptive literary critic, a world-famous writer of witty and playful verses for children, a leading authority on children's linguistic creativity and a highly skilled translator, Kornei Chukovsky was a complete man of letters. Editor(s): Erlich, Victor. Translator(s): Heim, Michael Henry. Num Pages: 658 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
abridged ed
Number of pages
658
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300106114
ISBN
9780300106114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91
€ 58.34

Paperback. Exploring the functions of space in the Iliad, Christos Tsagalis shows how active spatial representation in similes and descriptive passages influences characterization and narrative action. He also analyzes Homeric modes of visual memory, implicit knowledge, and mnemonic formats in order to better understand descriptive and ekphrastic passages. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
566
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067110
ISBN
9780674067110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. "Blake and Homosexuality" studies William Blake's developing sympathy with male and female homosexuality in a period of public hatred and victimization. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349630219
ISBN
9781349630219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Against the backdrop of Britain's underground 18th and early 19th century homosexual culture and the prejudice against it, the author shows how Blake's hatred of hypocrisy and repression, and his revolutionary social vision, led him to accept homosexuality as an integral part of sexuality. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312234515
ISBN
9780312234515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.21

Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 Black and White Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 158 x 41. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583944547
ISBN
9781583944547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.61

Hardcover. Traversing the themes of language, terror and representation, this is the first study to engage Coleridge through the sublime, showing him to have a compelling position in an ongoing conversation about finitude. Drawing on close readings of both his poetry and prose, it depicts Coleridge as a thinker of 'the limit' with contemporary force. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278110
ISBN
9780230278110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.61

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198127673
ISBN
9780198127673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 416.75

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