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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664887
ISBN
9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312217952
ISBN
9780312217952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. Broken Hierarchies brings together twenty books of poems by Geoffrey Hill, offering a complete collection of his poetry from 1952-2012. Editor(s): Haynes, Kenneth. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
992
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198713180
ISBN
9780198713180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 1990
SKU
V9781349207671
ISBN
9781349207671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) is the only Russian poet who has been taken seriously by Russian leaders. He is the most important poet Russia has produced in the second part of the twentieth century. This collection of interviews draws on eye-witness accounts of Brodsky's friends, publishers, editors, translators, and fellow poets. Translator(s): Retivov, Tatiana; Jones, Chris; Weissbort, Daniel. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 604 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843161
ISBN
9781934843161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 136.78

This book offers a fascinating record of conversations with poets of various nationalities about Joseph Brodsky. The collection combines biographical details with a new and authoritative interpretation of the poetics, style, and ideas of one of the most influential poets to emerge in post-Stalinist Russia. Translator(s): Retivov, Tatiana; Jones, Chris; Weissbort, Daniel. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843154
ISBN
9781934843154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.65

Paperback. This anthology is a comprehensive collection of poetry from the Victorian era. It includes generous selections form the work of all major poets and a representation of the work of virtually every poet of significance.' Editor(s): Rundle, Vivienne; Collins, Thomas J. Num Pages: 1461 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 236 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1988.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
1461
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111001
ISBN
9781551111001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.77

Hardback. It fills the persistent need to document women's poetic expression during the long eighteenth century and to rewrite the literary history of the period, a history from which women have largely been excluded. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R.; Ingrassia, Catherine. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
960
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892776
ISBN
9780801892776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.77
€ 81.33

Hardback. Ledbetter explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era using taste, style and the significance of poetry to advance our understanding of women's lives in the nineteenth century. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230601260
ISBN
9780230601260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Ledbetter explores themes and patterns of poetry publication in a variety of women's periodicals published throughout the Victorian era using taste, style and the significance of poetry to advance our understanding of women's lives in the nineteenth century. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370641
ISBN
9781349370641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349512126
ISBN
9781349512126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333413715
ISBN
9780333413715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349178667
ISBN
9781349178667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.70

hardcover. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Edition
1985th Edition
SKU
V9780333369494
ISBN
9780333369494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.66

Paperback. This collection of essays looks at the developments in British poetry from the Movement until the present. The introduction not only provides a context for these changes but also argues that poetry criticism has been debilitated by the quest for political respectability. Editor(s): Day, Gary E.; Docherty, Brian. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJP; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532812
ISBN
9780333532812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Paperback. This study shows how poets worked within and against the available forms of nature writing to challenge their place within physical, political, and cultural landscapes. Looking at the treatment of different ecosystems, it argues that writing about the environment allowed labouring-class poets to explore important social and aesthetic questions. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358717
ISBN
9781349358717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Hardcover. This study shows how poets worked within and against the available forms of nature writing to challenge their place within physical, political, and cultural landscapes. Looking at the treatment of different ecosystems, it argues that writing about the environment allowed labouring-class poets to explore important social and aesthetic questions. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230536968
ISBN
9780230536968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

Paperback. Ballads are memorable. This book was finished when the poet was 50, with too much to remember: bulldozers down the street tearing through a Victorian school. Ballads are bare and brief; tried by time. They salvage but they sing, stubbornly. Their stories are sure. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547511
ISBN
9781857547511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.28

Hardcover. Samuel Taylor Coleridge set out on a tour of Scotland with William and Dorothy Wordsworth in the summer of 1803. This volume draws on Coleridge's letters and notebooks to look at his travels with the Wordsworths and to record and photograph the journey he experienced after he parted from them. Num Pages: 192 pages, 78 colour plates, 87 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300096415
ISBN
9780300096415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Paperback. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Num Pages: 199 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246. Zen Talks on the Sandokai. 199 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 1 line illustration. Presents a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made the author so influential as a teacher. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HREZ. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 15. Weight: 242.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
199
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520232129
ISBN
9780520232129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

Hardcover. When Edward Thomas died in the First World War, very few of his poems had been published, but he was recognised as one of the finest and most influential poets. This work captures the range of Thomas' achievement, not least by combining poetry with prose. It also includes an introduction, and four critical essays. Editor(s): Newlyn, Lucy; Cuthbertson, Guy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634355
ISBN
9781904634355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Series: Harvard Armenian Texts and Studies S. Num Pages: 250 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AJKR; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
National Association for Armenian Studies & Research United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935411225
ISBN
9780935411225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211383
ISBN
9780934211383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover. The Argentinian writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was many things during his life, but what has gone largely unnoticed is that he was a medievalist, and his interest in Germanic medievalism was pervasive throughout his work. This study will consider the medieval elements in Borges creative work and shed new light on his poetry. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137451293
ISBN
9781137451293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

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