Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.80
€ 27.99
€ 24.80
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€ 46.56
€ 54.99
€ 46.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473678
- ISBN
- 9780801473678
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.54
€ 38.99
€ 35.54
Paperback. Use of investigative poetics to describe the American justice and penal systems. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104204
- ISBN
- 9780759104204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Use of investigative poetics to describe the American justice and penal systems. Series: Crossroads in Qualitative Inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104198
- ISBN
- 9780759104198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.48
€ 150.48
Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198798385
- ISBN
- 9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.55
€ 151.55
Paperback. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover's birthday, an epithalamion for your sister's wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government's housing policy, this book gives you the tools and the confidence to do so with enjoyable exercises, insights and simple step-by-step advice. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099509349
- ISBN
- 9780099509349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631615
- ISBN
- 9780691631615
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Condition: New
€ 117.76
€ 117.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour plate section. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190002
- ISBN
- 9781845190002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 362 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555976446
- ISBN
- 9781555976446
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.40
€ 16.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975210
- ISBN
- 9781555975210
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Condition: New
€ 20.12
€ 20.12
Hardback. Demonstrates how adolescence supplied the inspiration, and at times the formal principles, on which many twentieth-century poets founded their works. This book recasts the history of how English-speaking cultures began to view this phase of life as a valuable state of consciousness, if not the very essence of a Western identity. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141420
- ISBN
- 9780231141420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.81€ 57.39
€ 72.81
€ 57.39
Hardback. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965) was an influential poetry critic. This book examines his work, situating him among peers. It examines the social context of his aesthetic choices, examining events ranging from teen culture to the Cuban missile crisis. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125949
- ISBN
- 9780231125949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.04€ 83.70
€ 108.04
€ 83.70
Hardback. The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, he presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 390 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737877
- ISBN
- 9780674737877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.09
€ 40.99
€ 34.09
Hardback. These 11 essays focus on the relationship between literature and field recording (i.e., any recording made outside the studio) and examine the point at which the textual field and soundscape meet. With contributions from composers, writers, critics and sound artists the book combines essays with writing that spans the creative/ critical divide. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474406697
- ISBN
- 9781474406697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57€ 108.83
€ 111.57
€ 108.83
Paperback. This is the first new biography in English for nearly eighty years of Italy's foremost writer and thinker, and weaves into a single thread the whole of Dante's life and works. The aim is to make an account of Dante's life accessible to students and to the curious and intelligent but non-specialist reader. All quotations are fully translated. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898454
- ISBN
- 9780859898454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.72
€ 42.72
Hardcover. The first full commentary on Piers Plowman since the late nineteenth century is inaugurated with the publication of the first two of its five projected volumes. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239218
- ISBN
- 9780812239218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.33
€ 119.33
Paperback. Seamus Heaney, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian are the three most influential poets from Northern Ireland who have composed poems with a link to the Tsarist Empire and the Soviet Union. Through their references to Russia the three poets achieve a geographical and mental detachment allowing them to turn a fresh eye on the Northern Irish situation. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444632
- ISBN
- 9781349444632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25
Hardback. Commemorating Pushkin is a study of the fascination with Pushkin that has helped Russian culture define itself, as seen in poems, stories, essays, memoirs, films, museums, and commemorative celebrations. Num Pages: 432 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734486
- ISBN
- 9780804734486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Hardcover. This insightful study of the Roman poet Horace's first book of Epistles explores his representations of slavery and freedom as a response to the new imperial era in Rome. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299305703
- ISBN
- 9780299305703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.40
€ 83.40