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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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
€ 39.13

Paperback. In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. The editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets in our literature - in this volume, Emily Dickinson poems. Editor(s): Hughes, Ted. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 121 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571223435
ISBN
9780571223435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 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
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645223
ISBN
9780691645223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.92

Paperback. This study charts the evolution of Bishop's poetry, aided by newly discovered diaries, previously unpublished work and early drafts. It focuses on the poet's 20-year residence in Brazil, and attempts to provide a new understanding of Bishop's treatment of love, sex and gender. Num Pages: 306 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076630
ISBN
9780231076630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Features the 20th century American poet's work. This book explores Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, from her early days at Vassar College to her last great poems in Geography III and the later uncollected poems. It draws on psychoanalytic and poststructuralist theory. It connects the poems with their process of composition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402361
ISBN
9781474402361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. This book presents her biography that pieces together the story of Bishop's life and traces the writing of her poems. Num Pages: 602 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203457
ISBN
9780520203457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cleghorn, Dr. Angus J.; Hicok, Bethany; Travisano, Thomas J. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932613
ISBN
9780813932613
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.95

Hardback. This book offers a discussion of Elizabeth Bishop's translations through close-readings of a selection of poems, with particular attention to the features that relate them to translation, and suggests that translation can be seen as a poetic principle that can be related to the poet's original works. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498520638
ISBN
9781498520638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.14
€ 66.70

Hardback. These essays on Pulitzer Prize winner, Elizabeth Bishop, argue that her "sense of difference" as an orphan, a woman artist and a lesbian, play a significant role in the questioning of aesthetic, ethical and sexual boundaries that is so much part of her poetic practice. Editor(s): Lombardi, Marilyn May. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914442
ISBN
9780813914442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.67

Paperback. A collection of essays on Elizabeth Bishop drawing on work presented at the first UK Elizabeth Bishop confrence, held at Newcastle University. It brings together papers by both academic critics and leading poets, including Michael Donaghy, Vicki Feaver, Deryn Rees-jones and Anne Stevenson. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245566
ISBN
9781852245566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.00

Paperback. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310. A Reading Guide. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight: 296.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639724
ISBN
9780748639724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245214
ISBN
9781852245214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646077
ISBN
9780691646077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.88

Paperback. Providing an overview of the history of the term and the different ways in which it is used, this book outlines the origins of elegy, and the characteristics of the genre. It examines the psychology and cultural background underlying works of mourning. It explores how the modern elegy has evolved, and how it differs from 'canonical elegy'. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415367776
ISBN
9780415367776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.82

Hardback. "Elations" rewrites the history of early-18th-century English literature around the politics and poetics of Enthusiasm. It examines the aesthetic theory of the period and reassesses the poetry of two poets seldom read today but very popular in their time: James Thomson and Edward Young. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735414
ISBN
9780804735414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.26

Paperback. Offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women poets, casting a fresh light on the ways in which poetry was read and enjoyed, on changing poetic tastes in British culture, and on the development of many major poetic genres and traditions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 39. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887468
ISBN
9780801887468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Hardback. Illustrated biography with never before published photographs and letters, marking Edward Thomas's centenary. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911253273
ISBN
9781911253273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. This is the first collection of essays devoted solely to Edward Lear, and builds on a recent resurgence of critical interest in the Victorian poet. Seventeen essays explore how it is that the play of his poetry continues to delight and challenge us, and provide contexts in which it can be better understood and enjoyed. Editor(s): Williams, James; Bevis, Matthew. Num Pages: 416 pages, Over 90 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198708568
ISBN
9780198708568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.76

Hardback. Editor(s): Chapman, Wayne K. Series: Clemson University Press: Ireland in the Arts & Humanities. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Clemson University Digital Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780989082686
ISBN
9780989082686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.44

Paperback. A Presentation of Glissant's theoretical writings on the colonial experience in the Caribbean, and an analysis of his powerful yet subtle novels in the context of postcolonial studies. This juxtaposition highlights Glissant's contribution to this theoretical endeavour. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; CFF; DSBH; DSC; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918495
ISBN
9780813918495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.46

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