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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology. Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844648
ISBN
9781843844648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.88
€ 97.22

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection of the key views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. This volume addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries. It reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: "The Dream Vision" poetry, "Troilus and Criseyde", and "The Canterbury Tales". Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631217121
ISBN
9780631217121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.90

Hardback. In a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this Companion offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative, and alliterative poetry of the 15 th century. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159630
ISBN
9781405159630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Hardback. From one of our leading contemporary critics and poets comes a fresh, wily, accessible book of poetry in all its forms. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848872899
ISBN
9781848872899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.04

Hardcover. At long last we have Craig Williamson's beautiful and haunting translations of all of the Old English poems into modern strong-stress, alliterative verse, along with his introductions, his essay on translation, and noted medievalist Tom Shippey's introduction on the literary scope and vision of these timeless poems. Translator(s): Williamson, Craig. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 1248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 3D; 3F; 3H; DSB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 247 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1870.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248470
ISBN
9780812248470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.88

Paperback. Rarely are these works translated by someone who is both a medieval scholar and a poet, and this combination makes for both fidelity to the complexity of the originals and compelling poetry in a modern idiom. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222753
ISBN
9780812222753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.54

Paperback. In A Feast of Creatures, Craig Williamson combines his training as a medievalist, anthropologist, and literary critic with his talent as a translator and poet. Here he recasts nearly 100 Old English riddles of the Exeter Book into a modern verse mode that yokes the cadences of Aelfric with the sprung rhythm of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812211290
ISBN
9780812211290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.14

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780674250369
ISBN
9780674250369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.84

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662605
ISBN
9781855662605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.85

Hardback. Includes poems that illustrate the mingling of classical and vernacular traditions characteristic of the age of Lorenzo de' Medici. Translator(s): Chatfield, Mary P. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031487
ISBN
9780674031487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.76

Paperback. Gathers together some of the most influential poetry of the Victorian era. This work includes works by Alfred (Lord) Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Emily Bronte, Arthur Hugh Clough, Matthew Arnold, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, A E Housman, and William Butler Yeats. Editor(s): Cunningham, Valentine; Wu, Duncan. Series: Blackwell Essential Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230762
ISBN
9780631230762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075408
ISBN
9781906075408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.40

Hardcover. Editor(s): Brown, Deborah; Finch, Annie; Kumin, Maxine. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557287915
ISBN
9781557287915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 180 x 6. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555976064
ISBN
9781555976064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. Ovid's Metamorphosis is a work which displays his mature genius and is a treasure house of mythology. This volume continues in the same style as books I-IV, V-VIII; with a line by line translation and notes which trace Ovid's sources and his influence on literature and art. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686467
ISBN
9780856686467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.11

hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780226329659
ISBN
9780226329659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.62

Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0016490
ISBN
9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. James Macpherson's "poems of Ossian" were the literary sensation of the age, enthralling readers around the world. This International Companion examines the social, political and philosophical context of the poems, their disputed origins, their impact on world literature, and the various critical afterlives of Macpherson and of "Ossian". Editor(s): Moore, Dafydd. Series: International Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908980199
ISBN
9781908980199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. A collection of critical essays dealing with the work of R S Thomas. It presents fresh readings of the poet's central preoccupations as well as discussions of hitherto neglected themes, and examines the ways in which Thomas negotiated painful cultural, spiritual and emotional tensions. Editor(s): Davies, Damian Walford. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780708321911
ISBN
9780708321911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076084
ISBN
9780252076084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. Touching on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Proust, and Plato, among others, this title outlines the problem of duality in modern thought - the separation of the mind and body, word and referent, intelligence and mystery, human and natural - and makes the case for a fuller kind of nature poetry, one that strives to overcome this false separation. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571313270
ISBN
9781571313270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Elucidates the uses of autobiography and constructions of personhood in American poetry since World War II, with reference to American literature in general since Emerson. Including essays on Robert Lowell, Frank Bidart, Frank O'Hara, and Louise Gluck, the author intends to bridge the chasm between formal and experimental poetry in the US. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226103839
ISBN
9780226103839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0280927
ISBN
9781555974107
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037108
ISBN
9780252037108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.29

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