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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. The author argues against much recent work on Baudelaire that assumes his modernism by emphasizing his relationship to current critical preoccupations such as issues of race and gender or by "correcting" his politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728096
ISBN
9780804728096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.85

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
€ 29.90

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

€ 62.80

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349094691
ISBN
9781349094691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.12

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sullivan, Garrett A., Jr. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997746
ISBN
9781403997746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

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
€ 14.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 174 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646268
ISBN
9780691646268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.09

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

€ 158.67
€ 148.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349276660
ISBN
9781349276660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.70

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

€ 88.09
€ 80.76

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

€ 66.56

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
€ 13.45

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
€ 23.21

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

€ 71.78

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
€ 38.20

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631851
ISBN
9780691631851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.50

Hardback. Talks about the Reizei poets as participants in a collective institution devoted more to the continuity of family poetic practices and ideals than to the concept of individual expression that is central to modern poetic culture. This book features an appendix of 100 poems from over the centuries, by poets who were affiliated with the Reizei house. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 7 charts, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB; DSC; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024533
ISBN
9780674024533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.01
€ 50.74

Paperback. Offers a narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. This title provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014944
ISBN
9780691014944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349042395
ISBN
9781349042395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1617, and became a Cavalier poet in the mould of Ben Jonson, mixing in literary circles in London. This title introduces Herrick. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236800
ISBN
9780571236800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.75

Paperback. The poetry of the Late Tang often looked backward, and many poets of the period distinguished themselves through the intensity of their retrospective gaze. Chinese poets had always looked backward to some degree, but for many Late Tang poets the echoes and traces of the past had a singular aura. This book presents the literary history of the Tang. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
596
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674033283
ISBN
9780674033283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021365
ISBN
9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.60

Paperback. PMContents: Introduction: Tumbles and Leaps; Beginning in Wisdom; Towards a Rhetoric of Destitution; Excellence and Loss; History and Seduction; Defeats and Dreams; Notes and References; Index Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349090181
ISBN
9781349090181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.65

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