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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardcover. Contains important statements regarding the poet's personality, Roman sexual morality, attitudes to love and marriage, and the practice and psychology of ancient religion. This work subjects the two poems to analysis, and yields insights into the ritual drama enacted, the mythical and erotic dimensions, and the depiction of male and female. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772882888
ISBN
9788772882888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.37

Hardback. Editor(s): Lenfestey, James; Smith, Thomas R. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Har/Dvdr
SKU
V9780816677702
ISBN
9780816677702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. Bibliography and Reference.Clean Copy in Dustwrapper.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KDK0008382
ISBN
9780874133646
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

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, Douglas Dunn surveys Robert Browning. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
SKU
KOC0013802
ISBN
9780571214839
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This series has a broad focus but one very clear aim: to equip you with all the knowledge you need to make your own new readings of crucial literary texts. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415222327
ISBN
9780415222327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

hardcover. Presents a collection of essays that converges around the usually close and intense relationship between Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov, two of the most important and remarkable American poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This book examines the issues that drew Levertov and Duncan together, and split them apart. Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert; Bertholf, Robert J. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751308
ISBN
9780804751308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that converges around the usually close and intense relationship between Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov, two of the most important and remarkable American poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This book examines the issues that drew Levertov and Duncan together, and split them apart. Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert; Bertholf, Robert J. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751315
ISBN
9780804751315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Provides an account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of America's great postwar poets. This title takes us from Duncan's birth in Oakland, California, through his childhood in an eccentrically Theosophist household, to his life in San Francisco as an openly gay man who became an inspirational figure for the many poets. Num Pages: 560 pages, 18 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234161
ISBN
9780520234161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.62

Hardback. A volume that collects poetry, non-critical prose, and plays of Robert Duncan. Including "Letters: Poems 1953-1956", it thoroughly documents the first phase of Duncan's distinguished life in writing, making it possible to trace the poet's development as he approaches the brilliant work of his middle period. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 875 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 166 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1286. The Collected Early Poems and Plays. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. 875 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. A volume that collects poetry, non-critical prose, and plays of Robert Duncan. Including "Letters: Poems 1953-1956", it thoroughly documents the first phase of Duncan's distinguished life in writing, making it possible to trace the poet's development as he approaches the brilliant work of his middle period. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 53. Weight: 1286.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
875
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259263
ISBN
9780520259263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.32

Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259294
ISBN
9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 46.32

Paperback. Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1617, and became a Cavalier poet in the mould of Ben Jonson, mixing in literary circles in London. This title introduces Herrick. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236800
ISBN
9780571236800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.72

Paperback. Presents a biography of Robert Lowell (1917-77). His work "Life Studies", was a watershed in American poetry, initiating an autobiographical project, and shaped poetry on both sides of the Atlantic. His other works include "For The Union Dead" (1964), and "Day By Day" (1977), and "Collected Poems" (2003). Editor(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230402
ISBN
9780571230402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.56

Hardcover. In Robert Southey, Andrews argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230115132
ISBN
9780230115132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197679
ISBN
9780300197679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.76

paperback. American Poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was educated in the classics from an early age and published his first book of poetry in 1912. This book includes essays that attempts to illustrate the art and complexity of Jeffers, while presenting insights into his work and its perception among his contemporaries. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823215669
ISBN
9780823215669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.12

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691621746
ISBN
9780691621746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.93

Paperback. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627161
ISBN
9781442627161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. A critical look at three fundamental Romantic poets from a leading scholar of British romanticism Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076374
ISBN
9780252076374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

hardcover. Paying special attention to the Romantic poets from Wordsworth and Coleridge down to Pound and Eliot, Marion Montgomgery explores the disorientation of image and methaphor for reality. Two species of "romanticism" emerge: that of the poet and that of the scientist. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683932
ISBN
9780847683932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.55

Hardback. In Romantic Marks and Measures, Julia S. Carlson examines Wordsworth's poetry of "speech" and "nature" as a poetry of print, written and read in the midst of topographic and typographic experimentation and change. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 31 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812247879
ISBN
9780812247879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

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