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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHM; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636399
ISBN
9780691636399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.30

Paperback. Traces the evolution of rival "Homers" and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 black-and-white photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294875
ISBN
9780520294875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Deals with the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. This book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry, is not to reassess the oral poetic heritage of Homeric poetry but to show how it became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 650 pages, 4 halftones, 21 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 35. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674033269
ISBN
9780674033269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.26

paperback. The festival of the Panathenaia, held in Athens to celebrate the birthday of the city's goddess, was the setting for the Homeric "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by professional reciters or "rhapsodes". This text examines the testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these performances. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034472
ISBN
9780674009639
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Grabher, Gudrun; Hagenbuchle, Roland; Miller, Cristanne. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494886
ISBN
9781558494886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. Presents a tale about the Lover and his quest - against the admonishments of reason and the obstacles set by jealousy and resistance - to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. This work includes an introduction, covering such topics as the iconographic significance of the imagery and the use of irony in developing the central theme of love. Translator(s): Dahlberg, Charles. Num Pages: 520 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044569
ISBN
9780691044569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.45

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 334 pages, 0 black and white; 20 full color. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 261 x 26. Weight in Grams: 974.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442527
ISBN
9781580442527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Hardback. Editor(s): Gibbons, Reginald. Translator(s): Geist, Anthony L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633732
ISBN
9780691633732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.76

Hardback. This book deals with narratives of cultural legitimation in nineteenth-century US literature, in a transatlantic context. Editor(s): Manning, Susan; Taylor, Andrew. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635740
ISBN
9780748635740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.49
€ 118.65

paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
South Africa: Kwela Books South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795701610
ISBN
9780795701610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Little attention has been paid to the ties between producing and performing verse and processes of economic, ideological, political, and social change in the Heian. This book addresses such issues by investigating how different members of the court deployed poems in the pursuit of power. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 433 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947396
ISBN
9781933947396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Mathieu, Gustave; Stern, Guy. Series: Dover Dual Language German. Num Pages: 176 pages, 34ill. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240. A Dual-Language Book. 176 pages, 34ill. Editor(s): Mathieu, Gustave; Stern, Guy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 10. Weight: 202.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486267135
ISBN
9780486267135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.35

Hardcover. When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he was recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets. This work captures the range of Thomas' achievement, not least by combining poetry with prose. It also includes an introduction, and four critical essays. Editor(s): Newlyn, Lucy; Cuthbertson, Guy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634355
ISBN
9781904634355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. A guide to the "Divine Comedy" that provides readers with a map of the entire poem, from the lowest circle of Hell to the highest sphere of Paradise. It charts a simultaneously geographical and textual journey, canto by canto, region by region, adhering closely to the path taken by Dante himself through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 177 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
35878th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702704
ISBN
9780226702704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.57

Paperback. Takes readers on a geographic journey through Dante's underworld circle by circle - from the Dark Wood down to the ninth circle of Hell - in much the same way Dante and Virgil proceed in their infernal descent. Each chapter of this book begins with a summary of the action, followed by entries, significant verses, and useful study questions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 map, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702681
ISBN
9780226702681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.95

Paperback. Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures: three lectures linking form and politics with the content of poetry by Wales's first National Poet. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780370705
ISBN
9781780370705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.46

Hardcover. Including those of John Crowe Ransom, Randall Jarrell, Allen Tate, John Ciardi, and Robert Penn Warren, R. S. Gwynn has returned to print many of the pivotal essays written by America's most influential poet-critics in the last fifty years. Editor(s): Gwynn, R. S. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557284266
ISBN
9781557284266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.98

Paperback. Takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. This book focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSC; ESB; JNU. Category: (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780194371841
ISBN
9780194371841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.74

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651552
ISBN
9780691651552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.69

Hardcover. While recognizing affinities between music and poetry, this work argues that Western poetry is separate from music and the best poetry is a purely verbal art. In Kirby-Smith's view, poetry has always distanced itself from music, while retaining some memory of musical rhythms and organization. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492257
ISBN
9781558492257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.89

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