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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the "Paradiso". This work provides a profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have confused readers of "The Divine Comedy". Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 172 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Pbk. Ed. in 2 Vols
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019130
ISBN
9780691019130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 49.96

Paperback. Hebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies a faith that transcend the limits of language, place, and time. Translator(s): Cole, Peter. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121956
ISBN
9780691121956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

Paperback. In the early 1950s the author began planning a prose volume that would bring together some of his published essays, lectures, and reviews, together with freshly-written notes and aphorisms. This book combines earlier material with revised versions of many of his Oxford lectures. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283507
ISBN
9780571283507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. This is the first book to take political devolution as an organising context for the presentation and discussion of main currents in contemporary Scottish poetry. Editor(s): Nicholson, Colin; McGuire, Matt. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636266
ISBN
9780748636266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.59

Hardback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641901
ISBN
9780748641901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 90.66

Paperback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641895
ISBN
9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. 216 pages. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight: 312.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641239
ISBN
9780748641239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. In this comprehensive introduction to Robert Burns detailed commentary on the artistry and critical contexts of his work is complemented by material on the cultural reception and afterlife of this most iconic of world writers. Editor(s): Carruthers, Gerard. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636495
ISBN
9780748636495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.26

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405287
ISBN
9781474405287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.17
€ 156.28

Paperback. A theory of poetic production and reception based on both literary and anthropological studies and models. Series: Verbal Art: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804750547
ISBN
9780804750547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. A ride through the literature of Rimbaud in a France in the throes of revolution. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844672066
ISBN
9781844672066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.95

Paperback. Another brilliant collection from the man David Wojahn has called one of our "most significant and individual voices," The Emperor of Water Clocks delights, challenges, and satisfies. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536572
ISBN
9780374536572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.87

Paperback. Contains the fifteen lectures delivered by Paul Muldoon as Oxford Professor of Poetry, from 1999 to 2004. This title focuses on the theme 'the end of the poem'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571240814
ISBN
9780571240814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 14.65

Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
786
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521177207
ISBN
9780521177207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.45

Hardback. Editor(s): Rambuss, Richard. Num Pages: 568 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680689
ISBN
9780816680689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. Studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. This title argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. It shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055896
ISBN
9780674055896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608655
ISBN
9780691608655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846240
ISBN
9781603846240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.56

Hardcover. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846257
ISBN
9781603846257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
60177th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208995
ISBN
9780872208995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.45

An abridgement of Stanley Lombardo's translation of the "Odyssey", this book offers more than half of the epic, including all of its best-known episodes and finest poetry, while providing concise summaries for omitted books and passages. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209008
ISBN
9780872209008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.38

Hardback. An event of rare literary distinction, this book records the conjunction between two distinguished American poets, illuminating not only their work and their connection but also the deep strain of pantheistic mysticism in the American tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804714150
ISBN
9780804714150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.87

Paperback. In The Extravagant, Robert Baker explores the interplay between poetry and philosophy in the modern period. He aims to illuminate adventures of "extravagant" or "wandering" language that is in the world. Also shaping the book is that a dialectic of instrumental reason and creative negativity has been at work throughout modern culture. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021825
ISBN
9780268021825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. In this series, contemporary poets select and introduce a poet of the past who they have particularly admired. By their selection and personal and critical reactions, they offer an insight into their own work, as well as providing an introduction to some of the greatest poets in history. Editor(s): Hofman, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
92
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571217816
ISBN
9780571217816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.91

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