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Literary studies: poetry & poets

paperback. Provides the poets' personal glimpses into the effects of war on language, place, poetry, and womanhood. This book features translations of women poets living in Europe in the decades before and after World War II who chart the sheer ordinariness through which cataclysm is experienced, and by which life is cruelly shattered. Series: Facing Pages. Num Pages: 184 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127798
ISBN
9780691127798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841) is best known to Anglophone readers as the author of A Hero of Our Time, whereas among Russian readers his poetry is equally cherished. Lermontov was of Scottish descent, and this bilingual volume celebrates his bicentenary with new translations by 14 translator-poets, mostly Scottish. Editor(s): France, Peter; Marsack, Robyn. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772756
ISBN
9781847772756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. Editor(s): Yitah, Helen. Series: African Poetry Book Series. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803296947
ISBN
9780803296947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313427
ISBN
9780822313427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. The illuminating letters of Nobel Prize winning poet Tomas Transtromer and celebrated American writer and poet Robert Bly offer insights into their life and times, and the processes of translation. Editor(s): Smith, Thomas R.; Schmidt, Torbjorn. Translator(s): Moffett, Judith; Svensson, Lars-Hakan. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
504
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First UK edition of title published in the US in A
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249953
ISBN
9781852249953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.94

Paperback. The Partheneion, or "maiden song," composed in the seventh century BCE by the Spartan poet Alcman, is the earliest substantial example of a choral lyric. This book excavates the poem's invocations of widespread and long-lived cosmological ideas that cast the universe as perfectly harmonious and invested its workings with an ethical dimension. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226668680
ISBN
9780226668680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. A series featuring a contemporary poet selecting and introducing a poet of the past. It, by choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions expressed in prefaces, offers insights into the poets' own work as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets of literature. Editor(s): Fuller, John. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571230709
ISBN
9780571230709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Part of a series which follows the outline of writers' working lives, aiming to trace the professional, publishing and social contexts which shaped their writing. This is a sympathetic portrait of the poet who overcame the obscurity of his origins to become the uncrowned Laureate of his age. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333426913
ISBN
9780333426913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.10

Hardback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780748641352
ISBN
9780748641352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.33
€ 81.00

Paperback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641345
ISBN
9780748641345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746309193
ISBN
9780746309193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Mick Imlah selects Tennyson. Editor(s): Imlah, Mick. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 119 x 7. Weight in Grams: 72.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571207008
ISBN
9780571207008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 5.50

Paperback. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. One of the great Victorian poets, Tennyson's genius is expressed through the precision and delicacy of the language of his lyrical poems Editor(s): Baron, Michael. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
W&N
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0007230
ISBN
9780460878029
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This work lists and highlights the over 2200 names and close to 250 similes referred to in each book of Milton's "Paradise Lost". Divided into three sections, it offers readers a comprehensive overview of the names and similes, including the number and percentages for each type of name and simile. Num Pages: 480 pages, index, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 803.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810843042
ISBN
9780810843042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.63

Hardback. As a didactic explanation of pagan ancient Greek culture to Orthodox Christians, John Tzetzes's Allegories of the Iliad is deeply rooted in the mid-twelfth-century circumstances of the cosmopolitan Comnenian court. As a critical reworking of the Iliad, it is part of the millennia-long global tradition of Homeric adaptation. Num Pages: 601 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 722.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967854
ISBN
9780674967854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Guynn offers an innovative new approach to the ethical, cultural, and ideological analysis of medieval allegory. Working between poststructuralism and historical materialism, he considers both the playfulness of allegory and its disciplinary force. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349533015
ISBN
9781349533015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When "Howl and Other Poems" was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped to define the Beat Generation. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571238101
ISBN
9780571238101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. This title presents a readable account of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary poets. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753522523
ISBN
9780753522523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Alliteration occurs in a wide variety of contexts in stress-initial languages, including Icelandic, Finnish and Mongolian. It can be found in English from Beowulf to The Sun . Nevertheless, alliteration remains an unexamined phenomenon. This pioneering volume takes alliteration as its central focus across a variety of languages and domains. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFF; CFG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313013
ISBN
9781349313013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.48

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