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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Jon Stallworthy has here selected some of the most moving, funny, shameless, and erotic love poems in history. Representing the work of more than 190 poets, he offers a comprehensive history of love poetry through the ages. Editor(s): Stallworthy, Jon. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042320
ISBN
9780195042320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.30

Hardcover. Examines the poets Plath, Larkin, Heaney, Walcott, Middleton, Fisher, and Duffy, through the lens of displacement. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 246 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311161
ISBN
9781846311161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.57

Paperback. In bunkhouses or rodeo arenas, on the trail or around the campfire, cowboys have been creating and reciting poetry since the 1870s. This title explores the 125-year history and development of cowboy poetry and to celebrate those who sustain it. It approaches the tradition of occupational folk poetry from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Stanley, David; Thatcher, Elaine. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068362
ISBN
9780252068362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Appelbaum, Stanley. Series: Dover Dual Language French. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31ill. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
192
Publication date
2003
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486267111
ISBN
9780486267111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. For Milton the value of a poem or of any other production derives from the inner worth of its author and not from any external measures. This text explores the radical effect of Milton's theological convictions on his poetry and prose. Num Pages: 640 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012332
ISBN
9780674012332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.00
€ 48.27

Hardback. This publication presents facsimilies of two contrasting originals of Blake's Songs, together with a background narrative taking the reader from 1700 through the 1790s. Illustrated. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, facsims.(some col.),map,plan. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635667
ISBN
9780838635667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.03

Hardcover. A window onto the lives of the Romantic poets through the re-creation of one legendary night in 1817. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ACV; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2nd Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393080995
ISBN
9780393080995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

Hardcover. Statius's Silvae, thirty-two occasional poems, were written probably between 89 and 96 CE. The verse is light in touch, with a distinct pictorial quality. D. R. Shackleton Bailey's edition, which replaced the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by J. H. Mozley, is now reissued with corrections by Christopher A. Parrott. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996908
ISBN
9780674996908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. This series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415222327
ISBN
9780415222327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Stephane Mallarme was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets. This is the fullest collection of Mallarme's poetry ever published in English, and the only edition in any language that presents his Poesies in the last arrangement known to have been approved by the author. It includes all the prose poems and the unique, unclassifiable Un Coup de des.. (A Dice Throw..) Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537921
ISBN
9780199537921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Hardback. Using an array of literary texts and historical documents and alongside secondary historical and critical materials, the author demonstrates how Sor Juana used her poetry and other works to inscribe herself within the discourses associated with these cultural institutions and discursive spheres and more. Series Editor(s): Cruz, Anne J. Series: New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781409438458
ISBN
9781409438458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.45

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

€ 96.43

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

€ 65.98

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

€ 118.10

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

€ 41.21

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

€ 106.48
€ 102.41

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
€ 34.07

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

€ 108.85
€ 82.56

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

€ 73.36
€ 56.67

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.26

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