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Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. This critical study of the literary magazines, underground newspapers, and small press publications that had an impact on Charles Bukowski's early career, draws on archives, privately held unpublished Bukowski work, and interviews to shed new light on the ways in which Bukowski became an icon in the alternative literary scene in the 1960s. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465767
- ISBN
- 9781349465767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.62
€ 126.62
Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230238
- ISBN
- 9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Presents the text of Chapman's translation of the "Odyssey" (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. This book also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the "Odyssey". Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048918
- ISBN
- 9780691048918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the "Iliad", making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. It also provides an introduction and a glossary. Editor(s): Nicoll, Allardyce. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 648 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Princeton pbk. ed
- Number of pages
- 741
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002361
- ISBN
- 9780691002361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.76
€ 37.99
€ 27.76
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662537
- ISBN
- 9781855662537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64
Paperback. Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marks the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan; Mendelsohn, Harvey. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744027
- ISBN
- 9780804744027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. C P Cavafy, one of the greatest modern Greek poets, lived in Alexandria for all but a few of his seventy years. Alexandria became, for Cavafy, a central poetic metaphor and eventually a myth encompassing the entire Greek world. This work on Cavafy in English describes Cavafy's literary progress and aesthetic development in the making of that myth. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2AHM; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044989
- ISBN
- 9780691044989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41€ 42.47
€ 53.41
€ 42.47
Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125159
- ISBN
- 9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Paperback. This revision of Douglas Thomson's Catullus: A Critical Edition (1978) offers a new text of the poems, with a commentary, a codicology of the manuscript tradition, and a thorough review of Catullus scholarship. Editor(s): Thomson, D. F. S. Series: Phoenix Supplementary Volumes. Num Pages: 578 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 578
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085924
- ISBN
- 9780802085924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.34€ 58.90
€ 59.34
€ 58.90
Hardcover. Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405118897
- ISBN
- 9781405118897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.32
€ 120.32
Paperback. This text argues that Catullus challenges us to think about the nature of lyric in new ways. It shows how Catullus's poetry reflects the conditions of its own consumption as it explores the terms and possibilities of the poet's license. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221567
- ISBN
- 9780520221567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. Editor(s): Graham-Bertolini, Alison; Kayser, Casey. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319402918
- ISBN
- 9783319402918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.17
€ 161.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137415622
- ISBN
- 9781137415622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.79
€ 116.79
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
€ 117.28
€ 117.28
Hardcover. A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the social ideology that conditioned the reactions of people to the events it describes as well as Fernando de Rojas's masterpiece, Celestina. Num Pages: 616 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662896
- ISBN
- 9781855662896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Paperback. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744. 1120 pages. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight: 888.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953809
- ISBN
- 9781841953809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardcover. This is the first critical study to offer a sustained analysis of the theme of cancer in contemporary poetry. In discussing works by major poets, including Paul Muldoon, Jo Shapcott and Christopher Reid, Cancer Poetry traces the complex ways in which poets represent cancer, and assesses how poetry can be instrumental to emotional recovery. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137361998
- ISBN
- 9781137361998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSB; DSC; HPN; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662479582
- ISBN
- 9783662479582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897126363
- ISBN
- 9781897126363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 26.25
€ 38.99
€ 26.25
Paperback. This introduction presents the major themes, forms and styles of Russian poetry. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521004930
- ISBN
- 9780521004930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.72
€ 42.72