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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. This book is a broad and original reading of the poetry of John Clare (1793-1864), focusing on his literary borrowings, his cultural commentary and his obsession with posterity. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355273
ISBN
9781349355273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. This broad and original study of the full range of John Clare's work is the first to take seriously his repeated appeals to the judgement of future readers. A series of close readings reveals Clare's sophisticated poetics: his covert quotations, his careful analysis of the history, and his fascination with literary success and posthumous fame. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230517639
ISBN
9780230517639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230277878
ISBN
9780230277878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

hardcover. This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9780333966174
ISBN
9780333966174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as provide a passionate introduction to some of the greatest poets of our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 122 x 11. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234639
ISBN
9780571234639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328741
ISBN
9780571328741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardback. 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: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898478
ISBN
9780859898478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.84

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

€ 42.96

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

€ 5.70

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
€ 33.81

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

€ 127.69

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

€ 111.35

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

€ 47.76

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

€ 138.33

Hardback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 5SG; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403984319
ISBN
9781403984319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. This study offers a substantial analysis of the literary and personal relationship between two major twentieth-century poets. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349539857
ISBN
9781349539857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This study argues for Hogg's centrality to British Romanticism, resituating his work in relation to many of his more famous Romantic contemporaries. Hogg creates a unique literary style which, the author argues, is best described as 'kaleidoscopic' in view of its similarities with David Brewster's kaleidoscope, invented in 1816. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559043
ISBN
9781137559043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

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

€ 127.64

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

€ 77.58

Hardback. A fresh and compelling figure, Konevskoi plunged deeply into currents of modern mystical thought and art in the 1890s. This title presents a study of Ivan Konevskoi - poet, thinker, mystic - for many decades the 'lost genius' of Russian modernism. Series: Studies in Slavic and Russian Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843895
ISBN
9781934843895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.28

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

€ 80.88

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
€ 23.18

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

€ 21.99
€ 19.89

Paperback. This book traces the process through which authors like Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton adapted, rewrote, or resisted romance, mapping a world in which new cross-cultural contacts and religious conflicts demanded a rethinking of some of the most fundamental terms of early modern identity. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; HRH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537945
ISBN
9781349537945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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