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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. These essays arise from a conference on Dante held at the University of Notre Dame in 1993. They focus in particular on three areas: poetics (style, ideology, hermeneutics, epistemology); "minor works" (textual problems); and reception (in medieval England, in France and in film and video). Editor(s): Cachey, Theodore J. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268008758
ISBN
9780268008758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. Joe Rosenblatt and Barry Callaghan, poets of perspicacity, pizzazz, and probity, have been combative, ecstatic compadres for over 40 years. Hoggwash, a convergence by epistle, is a tribute not just to their enduring friendship but to the life of the imagination itself. There is no record of correspondence like this, anywhere in the world. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Exile Editions Canada
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550965094
ISBN
9781550965094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.78

Hardback. The book is an authoritative and up-to-date collection of original essays on one of the greatest of all English poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley. It covers a wide range of topics, exploring Shelley's life and work from various angles. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Howe, Anthony. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 733 pages, 1 black-and-white halftone. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; DSC; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 179 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
733
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199558360
ISBN
9780199558360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.46

Paperback. This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; CFF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195144130
ISBN
9780195144130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 97.30

Paperback. Poet, novelist, sometime member of Mademoiselle de Montpensier's circle and correspondent of the Mercure Galant, Cantenac was notorious in his own time but has only recently become a subject of serious study. This book contains seventeen poetic "satyres" together with various other poems. Editor(s): Clin-Lelande, A. M. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896917
ISBN
9780859896917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

Paperback. How does reading poetry influence the way we see the Prairies? Cultural geographer Carl J. Tracie explores this question in "Shaping a World Already Made, " his labour of love to Canadian poetry and to his home. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889773936
ISBN
9780889773936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Hardback. A sweeping compendium of British verse from Old and Middle English to the present, including the best work of poets from every corner of the British Isles, this anthology offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive single volume available. Editor(s): Woodring, Carl; Shapiro, James. Num Pages: 891 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
891
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231101806
ISBN
9780231101806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908980151
ISBN
9781908980151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, Carlos. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624037
ISBN
9780691624037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.03

Hardback. Editor(s): Baker, Carlos. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 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
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650647
ISBN
9780691650647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.32

Paperback. The essays here speak from a conviction that torture does not work to elicit truth, secure justice, or maintain security Editor(s): Carlson, Julie A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242252
ISBN
9780823242252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wings Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727987
ISBN
9780916727987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.46

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405807050
ISBN
9781405807050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.94

Hardback. Written from various critical standpoints by international scholars, Scottish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion interrogates the ways in which the concepts of the Gothic and Scotland have intersected and been manipulated from the mideighteenth century to the present day. Editor(s): Davison, Carol Margaret; Germana, Dr. Monica. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white illustrations, 1 line art. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474408196
ISBN
9781474408196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.05
€ 114.39

Paperback. Assesses the state of women's poetry today while celebrating its intrinsic diversity Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 195.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472066247
ISBN
9780472066247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.91

Paperback. "The Iliad" is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. Poets and thinkers in the West have pored over, retold and argued about the events described in this martial epic, even when direct knowledge of it was lost. This book is about what "The Iliad" is about and what "The Iliad" says of war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234301
ISBN
9780571234301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Editor(s): Forche, Carolyn; Wu, Duncan. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340426
ISBN
9780393340426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.96

Hardcover. A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153499
ISBN
9781903153499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.59

Paperback. This supplementary volume attempts to evaluate and simplify Pound's often bewildering work. It contains over 10,000 separate glosses that identify all proper names, literary and historical allusions, with exegeses based upon Pound's original sources. Num Pages: 816 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1322. 816 pages, bibliography, index. This supplementary volume attempts to evaluate and simplify Pound's often bewildering work. It contains over 10,000 separate glosses that identify all proper names, literary and historical allusions, with exegeses based upon Pound's original sources. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 24. Weight: 1138.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520082878
ISBN
9780520082878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.73

Hardback. An examination of the figure of Briseis, Achilles' concubine in the "Iliad", as an example of the traditional artistry enabled by the oral poetic system. It argues that Briseis' role in the "Iliad" is enormously compressed, both in relation to the "Iliad" and the tradition of the epic cycle. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522183
ISBN
9780742522183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.42

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