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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Filled with spiritual wisdom and artistic beauty, Parzival is one of the greatest works of world literature. The character of Parzival illustrates the path of development required by the modern human being. This is a concise, accessible introduction to the central Grail story. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999353
ISBN
9781906999353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.51

Paperback. This brilliant, incisive volume captures the high points of Myles' work in New York City during the 1980s. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 118 x 12. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936756677
ISBN
9780936756677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631233
ISBN
9780691631233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.39

Paperback. Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to millions Num Pages: 352 pages, 20, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753820643
ISBN
9780753820643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312160982
ISBN
9780312160982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011190
ISBN
9781847011190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Haikai is an art that parodies and often subverts its linguistic, generic, and personal predecessors, and its intersections include imaginative links to the rest of Japanese literature and culture. This collection of essays explores certain neglected aspects of this haikaimaster's literary and philosophical contributions. Editor(s): Kerkham, Eleanor. Num Pages: 279 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2G; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533886
ISBN
9781349533886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636191
ISBN
9780691636191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.14

Paperback. Wallace Stevens is one of the major poets of the 20th century, and also among the most challenging. The author goes through each of Stevens' poems in his six major collections as well as his later lyrics, in chronological order. For each poem she provides an introductory head note and a series of annotations on difficult phrases and references. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141084
ISBN
9780691141084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.11

Hardcover. Editor(s): Kerkham, Eleanor. Num Pages: 279 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403972583
ISBN
9781403972583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Paperback. This book offers the first sustained examination of fatness in the early modern period. Using readings of such major figures as Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton, this book considers alternative ways that fat was constructed before the introduction of the modern pathologized category of 'obesity'." Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370603
ISBN
9781349370603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.10

Hardback. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240371
ISBN
9780823240371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. The first English translation of the national folk epic of Finland which relates Icelandic family sagas and reflects an ancient Finnish peasant life. Translator(s): Magoun, Francis Peabody, Jr. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674500105
ISBN
9780674500105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. A novel that tells the story of the making of a woman poet, exploring 'the woman question', art and its relation to politics and social oppression. This volume contains poetry from the several volumes of the author's published poetry from 1826 to 1862, including "Casa Guidi Windows" (1851), "Songs for the Ragged Schools of London" (1854) and more. Editor(s): Bolton, John Robert Glorney; Holloway, Julia Bolton. Num Pages: 544 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434125
ISBN
9780140434125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 1856 verse-novel is based on Margaret Reynolds' variorum edition, which the British Academy awarded the 1993 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize and which is reprinted here by special arrangement with the Ohio University Press. Editor(s): Reynolds, Margaret. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393962987
ISBN
9780393962987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Hardcover. An extended treatment of the complex, changing relationship between poetry and the visual arts. Num Pages: 274 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521887953
ISBN
9780521887953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.61

Paperback. Presents the work of one of America's greatest poets, increasingly recognised as one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, loved by poets and readers alike. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780701186289
ISBN
9780701186289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Harvey, Elizabeth D.; Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226318769
ISBN
9780226318769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.65

Hardback. The advent of relatively cheap editions of poetry in the mid-16th century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This work examines ways in which writers harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773970
ISBN
9780333773970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.37

Hardback. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645011
ISBN
9781442645011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226279916
ISBN
9780226279916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22
€ 45.21

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403963215
ISBN
9781403963215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Hardback. The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. The Battle of Lepanto anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets who composed Latin poetry in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 532 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725423
ISBN
9780674725423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975319
ISBN
9781555975319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.84

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