Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 293.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349193318
- ISBN
- 9781349193318
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Condition: New
€ 63.27
€ 63.27
Paperback. "Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert)"-- Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321452
- ISBN
- 9781349321452
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert). Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251717
- ISBN
- 9780230251717
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Condition: New
€ 64.19
€ 64.19
Paperback. A collection of essays celebrating the talents of Philip Larkin, poet, critic and fiction writer who died in 1985. They range from Kingsley Amis' and Anthony Curtis' fine memoirs of Larkin's life at Oxford to William H.Pritchard's examination of some of the qualities in his poetry. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349097029
- ISBN
- 9781349097029
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Condition: New
€ 57.86
€ 57.86
Hardcover. Phillis Wheatley, the African-born slave poet, is considered by many to be a pioneer of Anglo-American poetics. This study argues how in her 1773 POEMS, Wheatley uses John Milton's poetry to develop an idealistic vision of an emerging Anglo-American republic comprised of Britons, Africans, Native Americans, and women. Num Pages: 154 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474773
- ISBN
- 9781137474773
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. This book offers a close philosophical reading of King Lear and Timon of Athens which provides insights into the groundbreaking ontological discourse on poverty and money. Analysis of the discourse of poverty and the critique of money helps to read Shakespeare philosophically and opens new reflections on central questions of our own time. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; GTF; HP; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349463084
- ISBN
- 9781349463084
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226290003
- ISBN
- 9780226290003
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 39.32
€ 51.99
€ 39.32
Hardcover. Peral Vega explores the importance of Pierrot as a symbol of failure in matters of love in Garcia Lorca's imagery and his literary and personal life. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 181 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662964
- ISBN
- 9781855662964
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Condition: New
€ 79.66
€ 79.66
Paperback. William Langland's poem stands at the centre of the study of ideological conflict, social change and religious ideas in the later fourteenth century. It is a poem that vividly encapsulates the great issues and debates of the day and acts as a commentary on cataclysmic events such as the Peasants' Revolt (1381). This book deals with this topic. Editor(s): Pearsall, Derek. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 438
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897846
- ISBN
- 9780859897846
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.63
€ 23.99
€ 22.63
Hardcover. Pindar's Eyes is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between Greek lyric poetry and visual and material culture in the early fifth century BCE, drawing on case studies to open up analysis of the genre to the wider theme of aesthetic experience in early classical Greece. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; ACG; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198746379
- ISBN
- 9780198746379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.70
€ 165.70
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638829
- ISBN
- 9780691638829
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Condition: New
€ 107.79
€ 107.79
Paperback. Argues that the victory song is a traditional art form that appealed to a popular audience and served exclusive elite interests through the inclusive appeal of entertainment and laughter. This study of Pindar's language applies performance as a method for the ethnographic description and interpretation of entextualized records of verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036277
- ISBN
- 9780674036277
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781683930280
- ISBN
- 9781683930280
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Condition: New
€ 109.50
€ 109.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226332086
- ISBN
- 9780226332086
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801446139
- ISBN
- 9780801446139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
Paperback. This is a 1996 commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. Editor(s): Murray, Penelope. Series Editor(s): Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298. Ion; Republic 376e-398b9; Republic 595-608b10. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 264 pages, bibliography, index. Editor(s): Murray, Penelope. This is a 1996 commentary on selected texts of Plato concerned with poetry: the Ion and relevant sections of the Republic. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 184 x 123 x 16. Weight: 304. Series Editor(s) :Easterling, P. E.; Hardie, Philip; Hunter, Richard; Kenney, E. J.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521349819
- ISBN
- 9780521349819
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Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. The festival of the Panathenaia, held in Athens to celebrate the birthday of the city's goddess, was the setting for the Homeric "Iliad" and "Odyssey" by professional reciters or "rhapsodes". This text examines the testimony of Plato as an expert about the cultural legacy of these performances. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies: Colloquia S. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009639
- ISBN
- 9780674009639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646763
- ISBN
- 9780691646763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.24
€ 147.24
Hardback. Offers an interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, "The Metamorphoses". Examining the emphatically fictional character of the poem, this book argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustan Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138145
- ISBN
- 9780691138145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.04€ 58.48
€ 77.04
€ 58.48
Hardback. The T'ang dynasty was the great age of Chinese poetry, and Po Chu-i (772-846) was one of that era's most prolific major poets. This text brings together 128 of Po Chu-i's poems and one short prose piece that exemplify the earthly grace and deceptive simplicity of this master poet. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118385
- ISBN
- 9780231118385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.56
€ 113.56