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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. A quasi-biographical, historical, and critical study of Andrew Marvell, this book deals with the specific historical presences and pressures that led Marvell to devise his defenses of worthy men. Marvell's perception of his role as poet emerges through his reformation of conventional figures and structures. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135619
ISBN
9780874135619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136074
ISBN
9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBF; DSC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136104
ISBN
9780874136104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.40

Hardback. This book focuses on specific moments of deliberated decision in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. By exploring the difference between Aristotle's notion of proairesis and structuralist literary critics' use of the term, the author argues that decision making provides a link between ethical structures and narrative forms. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136357
ISBN
9780874136357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Hardback. McAdam illustrates how two fundamental points of destabilisation in Marlowe's life and work - his subversive treatment of Christian belief and his ambivalence toward his homosexuality - clarify the plays' interest in the struggle for self-authorisation. Num Pages: 283 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
283
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136654
ISBN
9780874136654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.63

Hardback. This book focuses on the meaning and function of George Herbert's poetic form from a psychohistorical perspective, demonstrating what close attention to prosody can contribute to critical discussions about the devices of self-representation, the dynamics of the self-other relation, and the depths of self-transformation in The Temple. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136791
ISBN
9780874136791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.35

hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137286
ISBN
9780874137286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.39

Hardback. A study of one of the earliest major poems by Alexander Pope, this text reveals how he used the artistic conventions of the Stuart court - masque, architecture and heraldry - to create the last great Renaissance poem in English. The text shows the centrality of ?Windsor-Forest? in Pope's career and the centrality of Pope in the debates of his time. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138375
ISBN
9780874138375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.00

Hardback. This volume, a celebration of the tercentenary of Dryden's death, examines the impact of his work through a range of essays by leading Dryden scholars. These essays pay attention to two aspects of his work: the politics of his plays, and Dryden's position as a poet poised between ancient and modern influences. Editor(s): Rawson, Hardbackaude; Rawson, Claude; Santesso, Aaron. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, appendix, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138429
ISBN
9780874138429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.50

Hardback. In the latter half of the 20th century, poet William Bronk (1918-1999) was a significant voice in the American literary landscape. This book attempts to present a perspective of 20th century literary history and interrogates the ideational, poetic, and cultural shifts as seen through the lens of Bronk's life as a writer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139143
ISBN
9780874139143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.30

Hardback. Examines the emergence of a new genre during the eighteenth century: the nostalgia poem. This genre is best understood by reconceiving the premises of nostalgia itself, examining it as first and foremost a mode of idealization rather than a longing for the past. This book traces the history of the nostalgia poem. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139457
ISBN
9780874139457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; CFG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Collegiate Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939693221
ISBN
9780939693221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.94

Hardback. This study represents the definitive work on origins as they appear in the poetry of Wallace Stevens. The author argues that the hallmark of the poet's vision is the presence of his Pennsylvania provincialism and the increasing significance he attached to his roots as he grew older. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945636793
ISBN
9780945636793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.30

Paperback. is subjects range from close self-analysis to abstract considerations of time and place, but essentially he is interested in adapting traditional poetics to fit contemporary situations. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of New Orleans Publishing United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780972814348
ISBN
9780972814348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.23

Paperback. Letters to Poets honors and commemorates the hundredth anniversary of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet by partnering a selection of 14 of the country's leading contemporary poets with 14 emerging poets and documenting their correspondences. These poets challenge the hierarchies and pitfalls endemic to the mentoring process, and ask some of the day's Editor(s): Firestone, Jennifer; Lomax, Dana Teen. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975499085
ISBN
9780975499085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.21

hardcover. In the Belly of a Laughing God examines how eight contemporary Native women poets in Canada and the United States employ humour and irony to address the intricacies of race, gender, and nationality. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802035677
ISBN
9780802035677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.28

hardcover. The Chaucer Bibliography series aims to provide annotated bibliographies for all of Chaucer's work. This book summarizes 20th-century commentaries on Chaucer's "Pardoner's Prologue" and "Tale." Editor(s): Sutton, Marilyn. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 517 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC; GBCR; GBCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
517
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802047441
ISBN
9780802047441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.85

paperback. The first complete collection of all of E. Pauline Johnson's known poems, many painstakingly culled from newspapers, magazines, and archives, along with a selection of her prose, including fiction, journalism, and discussions of gender and race. Editor(s): Gerson, Carole; Strong-Boag, Veronica. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802084972
ISBN
9780802084972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 41.20

Hardback. The Writing in the Stars explores Paz's life and ideas by establishing a dialogue between the structure and recurring images of his major poems and the ideas of Carl Jung. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802090843
ISBN
9780802090843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.00

hardcover. The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). This volume focuses on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis). Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500740
ISBN
9781487500740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.60

Paperback. A facsimile edition of fourteen autograph letters of John Donne. It features letters dating from February and March 1602, which relate to Donne's clandestine marriage to Anne More and are addressed to his father-in-law, Sir George More, and to Sir Thomas Egerton, the lord keeper, who was also Donne's employer. Editor(s): Hester, M. Thomas; Sorlien, Robert Parker; Flynn, Dennis. Num Pages: 112 pages, 45 color illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HBG; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985107
ISBN
9780295985107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.75

Hardcover. Examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. This book sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSC; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993690
ISBN
9780295993690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Knopf Canada
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345810250
ISBN
9780345810250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.62

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