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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Quintessentially English, Betjeman was an 'outsider' in England - and doubly so in Cornwall where he was a 'foreigner'. And yet, as this book describes, Betjeman also strove to acquire a veneer of 'Cornishness', cultivating an alternative Celtic identity, and finding inspiration in Cornwall's Anglo-Catholic tradition. Num Pages: 278 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BGL; DSC; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898485
ISBN
9780859898485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.39

paperback. With a contemporary poet selecting and introducing Sir John Betjeman, a poet of the past, this book offers insights into their own work, as well provides an accessible introduction to several important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Williams, Hugo. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 112 x 8. Weight in Grams: 94. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022845
ISBN
9780571230990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.96

Paperback. John Betjeman was undoubtedly the most popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson. This book explores his identity through such Victorianism via the verse of that period, but also its architecture, religious faith and - more importantly - religious doubt. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195342
ISBN
9781845195342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
The Macmillan Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1980th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333276181
ISBN
9780333276181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.45

Hardback. This first-time English translation of the Wakan roei shu includes insightful annotations after each passage and several explanatory essays. Editor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas; Chaves, Jonathan. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GJ; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107020
ISBN
9780231107020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.18

Hardcover. Although some critics have identified two phases in the poetry of James Wright and have isolated particulars of his movement from traditional to more experimental forms, few have noted also the elements of constancy in the evolution of his poetry. This book traces the unified growth of Wright's poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821409091
ISBN
9780821409091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardback. This book investigates the cultural afterlife of James Thomson's The Seasons (1730) by charting the prominent place it occupied in the visual cultures of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. Series: Studies in Text & Print Culture. Num Pages: 318 pages, 109 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AFH; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lehigh University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611461916
ISBN
9781611461916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.50

Hardcover. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1042. Selected Writings. 480 pages, index. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558095
ISBN
9781904558095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 59.48

Hardback. Editor(s): Holmes, Richard. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGL; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611485530
ISBN
9781611485530
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.42

Paperback. With discussions of various fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship, this book introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Drout, Michael D. C. Num Pages: 808 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2026.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415865111
ISBN
9780415865111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.80

hardcover. Italian Futurist Poetry contains more than 100 poems (both Italian and English versions) by sixty-one poets from across Italy. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039484
ISBN
9780802039484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.36

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 86 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677071
ISBN
9780226677071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fisher, Tyler. Num Pages: 128 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Wings Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727420
ISBN
9780916727420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.93

paperback. Whitney's two volumes of verse miscellany, "Sweet Nosegay" (1573) and "The Copy of a Letter" (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with vernacular sources. As well a selection of her original poetry, this volume includes Mary Sidney's version of the Psalms of David and Petrach's "Triumph of Death". Editor(s): Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424096
ISBN
9780140424096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

Paperback. First full-length biography for 30 years of the great First World War poet. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 38. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753825778
ISBN
9780753825778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. How does irony affect the evaluation and perception of the First World War both then and now? Irony and the Poetry of the First World War traces one of the major features of war poetry from the author's application as a means of disguise, criticism or psychological therapy to its perception and interpretation by the reader. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230576933
ISBN
9780230576933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Lloyd, Dr David (Independent Consultant). BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415323
ISBN
9781474415323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817352
ISBN
9780761817352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.25

Hardcover. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of Britain, Europe and the United States. Clifton opens by recounting his time living in London in the late eighties and early nineties. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359904
ISBN
9781906359904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198798385
ISBN
9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.91

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