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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349665259
ISBN
9781349665259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. In itsanalysis of Anglo-Jewish women writing the Holocaust, this book highlights the necessity of their inclusion in the evolving canon of modern British literature, byshowing how thesewriters complicate theories of trauma and memory by using fantasy and the Gothic as a response to silence." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBWQ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300655
ISBN
9781349300655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Paperback. This book is a broad and original reading of the poetry of John Clare (1793-1864), focusing on his literary borrowings, his cultural commentary and his obsession with posterity. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355273
ISBN
9781349355273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

paperback. In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses. Editor(s): Forey, Madeleine. Translator(s): Golding, Arthur. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology, bibliog , notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140422306
ISBN
9780140422306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.94

A translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 538 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
538
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843089
ISBN
9781603843089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.00

Paperback. Focuses on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Translator(s): Innes, Mary M. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440584
ISBN
9780140440584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

mass_market. Tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141398679
ISBN
9780141398679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.54

Hardcover. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846257
ISBN
9781603846257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846240
ISBN
9781603846240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.79

Paperback. The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Melville, A. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press New York
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537372
ISBN
9780199537372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
538
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843072
ISBN
9781603843072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.14

Paperback. This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's design was to study the calendar in the light of old annals, and to show what events are commemorated on each day and the origins of the various events. Editor(s): Woodard, Roger D. Translator(s): Boyle, Anthony J.; Woodard, Roger D. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446906
ISBN
9780140446906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521556200
ISBN
9780521556200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, John. Series: Latin Texts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472508508
ISBN
9781472508508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.82

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1982nd Edition
SKU
V9780333276013
ISBN
9780333276013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Paperback. First published as a World's classics paperback in 1997. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199554706
ISBN
9780199554706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155073
ISBN
9781903155073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.37

Paperback. Offers a fresh way to understand the divisions that organize twentieth-century poetry. The author argues that the most important conflict is not between styles or aesthetic politics, but between poets who seek to preserve or produce the incommensurable particularity of experience by making powerful objects. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148663
ISBN
9780691148663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Poetry's relevancy as a tool for social and political change continues to be overlooked in a global context. Looking to writers as diverse as Derek Walcott, Paul Muldoon, and Daljit Nagra, Hena shows that poets throughout the world have reinvigorated older poetic traditions to address political realities and the sweeping pressures of modernity. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137502872
ISBN
9781137502872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.56

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson's major reassessment of the classical Persian epic the Shahnama argues that its poet is actually a character in the work who coexists with the heroes and kings celebrated in the poem. Documenting the text's oral performance tradition, Davidson shows that the heroic style of the Shahnama stems from ancient Indo-European traditions. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073210
ISBN
9780674073210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Olga M. Davidson applies comparative literary approaches to classical Persian traditions of composing and performing poetry and song. She focuses on the eleventh-century ce epic Shahnama and its relationship to other genres embedded in it, including forms of verbal art originally composed without the aid of writing, such as women's laments. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073203
ISBN
9780674073203
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. This book takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726802
ISBN
9780674726802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053359
ISBN
9780674053359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. Can you tell an iamb from a trochee? An anapest from a amphibrach? Why do children always take such delight in dactylic tetrameter? Is a ballad the same as a ballade? What is poetic rhythm? Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 125. .
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263913
ISBN
9781904263913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.35

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