Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
paperback. The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context. Num Pages: 216 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195129878
- ISBN
- 9780195129878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63
paperback. From the tenth century to the 13th, Spanish Jews belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. The Hebrew poems here, with English translations and explanatory essays, exemplify this. Num Pages: 288 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195129885
- ISBN
- 9780195129885
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Condition: New
€ 77.10
€ 77.10
Paperback. This edition of the anonymously-authored, Middle English poem, "Pearl", is offered with a verse translation, Middle English text, and a commentary. On each page, the Middle English text is faced with a Modern English verse translation. The book is designed for classroom use, specialists and others. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 bibliographies, glossary. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038113
- ISBN
- 9780268038113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
Hardcover. An encyclopedia that offers information about Milton. It presents articles covering each poem and prose work by Milton; the life of Milton and the members of his family; various events and contemporary and historical figures mentioned significantly in his writings; and, those whose own writing was shaped by Milton's influence. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1054.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094442
- ISBN
- 9780300094442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.21
€ 182.21
Paperback. An overview of Chaucer's work, focusing on the most canonical texts, such as Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, while also providing some analysis of his minor works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060965
- ISBN
- 9780813060965
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Condition: New
€ 28.62
€ 28.62
paperback. The writing of HD is so linguistically rich and multilayered in structure that it has had almost as many interpretations as it has interpreters, from Freudians to feminists, from classicists to post-modernists. This book examines the "ongoingness" of HD's writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075919
- ISBN
- 9780252075919
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Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Paperback. In The Birth of Modernism Leon Surette challenges our traditional understanding of modernism by situating the origins of modernist aesthetics in the occult. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBH; DSC; HPN; HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 498.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Paperback Edition.
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773512436
- ISBN
- 9780773512436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.46
€ 58.46
paperback. A translation of "Beowulf" that captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. It provides an approximation of the acoustic features - and power - of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780872208933
- ISBN
- 9780872208933
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.35
€ 18.99
€ 15.35
paperback. Hopkins is now recognized as a major nineteenth-century poet. His poetry reveals his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This selection includes many of his best-known poems, including 'The Windhover' and 'Felix Randall'. Editor(s): Phillips, Catherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780199537297
- ISBN
- 9780199537297
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.12
€ 13.99
€ 10.12
Paperback. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892640973
- ISBN
- 9780892640973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Paperback. William Empson is one of the foremost writers and critics of the twentieth century. This correspondence shows him working out his ideas and gives the fullest possible picture of his robust interactions with many other prominent writers, including the likes of F. R. Leavis, Helen Gardner, Frank Kermode, Christopher Norris, and I. A. Richards. Editor(s): Haffenden, John. Num Pages: 800 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539864
- ISBN
- 9780199539864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.17
€ 74.17
"Hereford Cathedral is proud of its four stained-glass windows commemorating Traherne, but these volumes are as glorious a memorial." Christopher Howse, DAILY TELEGRAPH Editor(s): Ross, Jan. Series: Works of Thomas Traherne. Num Pages: 373 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843825
- ISBN
- 9781843843825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.11
€ 151.11
With its wide-ranging discussion of texts and rhetorical figures, this book can serve as an introduction to Old English poetic composition and style. Verse and Virtuosity, will be of considerable interest to Anglo-Saxonists, linguists, and those studying rhetorical traditions. Series: Toronto Old English Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802091574
- ISBN
- 9780802091574
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Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
The book will appeal to readers interested in the vital connection between literature and moral philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407081
- ISBN
- 9781421407081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.61
€ 68.61
The work explores the ways in which providentialism infiltrates various kinds of discourse, ranging from military to medical, and from political to philosophical. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643420
- ISBN
- 9781442643420
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Condition: New
€ 90.38
€ 90.38
Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe examines the role of cultural objects in the lyric poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the premier poet of sixteenth-century Spain. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 3JB; ACND; DSBD; DSC; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647558
- ISBN
- 9781442647558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.93
€ 91.93
paperback. In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses. Editor(s): Forey, Madeleine. Translator(s): Golding, Arthur. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology, bibliog , notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140422306
- ISBN
- 9780140422306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.48
€ 19.99
€ 16.48
paperback. A collection of important scholarly articles on the Roman poet Lucretius, whose philosophical epic, the De Rerum Natura or On the Nature of the Universe (c.55 BC), seeks to convince its readers of the validity of the rationalist theories of Epicurus. An Introduction contextualizes the essays, and all Greek and Latin is translated. Editor(s): Gale, Monica R. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199260355
- ISBN
- 9780199260355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.80
€ 88.80
Paperback. In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton blossomed into a world-famous poet. Orne audiotaped her last years of therapy and it is these tapes which are the focus of this book. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415887472
- ISBN
- 9780415887472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.49
€ 53.99
€ 53.49
Paperback. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was born in Sussex and died in Italy when his sailing boat overturned while returning from a visit to Byron. A radical thinker and social campaigner, Shelley wrote some of the finest lyric verse in the English which confirms his standing as a major figure in Romantic literature. This work introduces the poet. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 119 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571259472
- ISBN
- 9780571259472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Aristotle's Poetics: A Translation and Commentary for Students of Lite...
Golden, Leon, Hardison Jr., O. B.
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, d. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813007205
- ISBN
- 9780813007205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Paperback. In An Introduction to the Gawain Poet , John Bowers surveys an expanded selection of the works of Chaucer's anonymous contemporary, considering Sir Gawain and the Green Knight alongside the poet's lesser known but no less brilliant works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049588
- ISBN
- 9780813049588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Paperback. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061917
- ISBN
- 9780813061917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
Paperback. A guide to the increasingly allusive and complex Peppercanister poems. All the poems are discussed in chronological order and are accompanied by illustrations and reproductions of covers, which are fully explained in the text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621533
- ISBN
- 9781900621533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.76
€ 31.99
€ 27.76