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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. Editor(s): Johnson, Thomas Herbert. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650708
ISBN
9780691650708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.16

Hardcover. Hawlin and Burnett present the final volume in this three volume edition of Browning's great murder-story, "The Ring and the Book". Browning concludes his poem with the monologues of Pope Innocent XII and of Guido in his prison-cell prior to execution, and then the witty, ironic envoi of Book XII. Series: Oxford English Texts: Browning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722. Clean copy with light wear and rubbing to spine and boards. No dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0003039
ISBN
9780198186717
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 219.53
€ 203.62

Hardcover. The poets of the Northern Song dynasty were writing after what is thought to be the Golden Age of Chinese poetry. This study examines how these Song poets responded to their uncomfortable proximity to such impressive predecessors and reveals how their response shaped their literary art. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804721264
ISBN
9780804721264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.67

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHM; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636399
ISBN
9780691636399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.84

Paperback. This book tells a remarkable story that begins in classical antiquity with ecphrasis, the art of describing the world so vividly that the audience could become imaginative eyewitnesses, and the events that caused an ideal of immediacy to be transformed into nearly its opposite, a preoccupation with representation of representation. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349535576
ISBN
9781349535576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. Examines T S Eliot's and Ezra Pound's criticism in terms of what the author calls the 'poetics of impersonality'. In this title, she shows that Eliot's and Pound's attempts to overcome personality merely reinstated it in a new guise. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748691296
ISBN
9780748691296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.19

Hardback. Emperor Taizong (r 626-49) of the Tang is remembered as an exemplary ruler. This title focuses on Taizong's literary writings that speak directly to the relationship between cultural form and sovereign power, as well as on the question of how the Tang negotiated dynastic identity through literary stylistics. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056084
ISBN
9780674056084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.62
€ 50.03

Paperback. The first scholarly study of the rich body of poetry that emerged from the post-war American suburbs, Gill evaluates the work of forty poets, including Anne Sexton, Langston Hughes, and John Updike. Combining textual analysis and archival research, this book offers a new perspective on the field of twentieth-century American literature. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464784
ISBN
9781349464784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149303
ISBN
9780231149303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 50.82

Hardback. This text situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics (and the lineage of objectivist poetics more broadly) within a set of ethical concerns in American poetic modernism, and makes a strong case for perceiving Zukofsky as a missing key figure within this ethical matrix of modernism. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293222
ISBN
9780312293222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.98

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719469
ISBN
9780804719469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633862
ISBN
9780691633862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604855
ISBN
9780691604855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Offering a guide to the poet's craft, this second edition provides a useful introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry offer a general account and end by looking at different poems, to build up sustained analytical readings. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199265381
ISBN
9780199265381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843312222
ISBN
9781843312222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719063015
ISBN
9780719063015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 442 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649719
ISBN
9780691649719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.48

Paperback. Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 205 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877407
ISBN
9780948877407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322. 256 pages. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645497
ISBN
9780748645497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardback. The "kissing-poem" genre was wide-spread in Renaissance literature; this book surveys its form and development. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844662
ISBN
9781843844662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

Paperback. The original edition of this work was entitled "A Student's Guide to Seamus Heaney". It has been revised throughout and contains additional chapters on each of Heaney's poetry collections published since the first edition, as well as separate discussions of his work as a translator and essayist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571177479
ISBN
9780571177479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841058
ISBN
9781906841058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide to Susan Howe's major work and addresses such key themes as poetic form, history, and authority. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621978
ISBN
9780230621978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 86.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
52
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075057
ISBN
9781906075057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

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