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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612089
ISBN
9780691612089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77
€ 41.82

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691608532
ISBN
9780691608532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 45.86

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816619870
ISBN
9780816619870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, this book offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as it focuses on the "somber and nourishing fictions" in Vergil's poem. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226252230
ISBN
9780226252230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.63

Hardback. Darwin's Bards is a comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639403
ISBN
9780748639403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53
€ 101.00

Hardback. Identifying sacramentalism as the key to the poetry and spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins, this study suggests that Hopkins most dominantly emphasized the sacramental Mystical Body of the Church and that his poems aspire to see past the outscape of nature and humanity to revelations of spiritual inscape. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DCF; DSBF; DSC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838751381
ISBN
9780838751381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.10

Hardcover. This book makes sense of the social, political, and conceptual consequences of the 2008 credit crisis by looking at the ways that our culture has sought to formally represent and politically respond to it. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 289 x 2. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804799058
ISBN
9780804799058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.89

hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226415970
ISBN
9780226415970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.92

Paperback. .
Edition
1st Printing
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424133
ISBN
9780140424133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.00

paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224079266
ISBN
9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801448263
ISBN
9780801448263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.41

Paperback. Examines Yeats's relationship with the warring discourses of British cultural imperialism and Irish nationalism during Ireland's transition from colony to partially independent nation. This work identifies the core features of Yeats's aesthetic program through readings of central poems and plays in the Yeats canon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025830
ISBN
9780268025830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. This work shows that the voice of poetry resonates with profound themes at the very heart of democratic culture. As part of the entertainment industry, it concludes, poetry will always be small and overlooked. Series: The University Center for Human Values Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 101 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122632
ISBN
9780691122632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. With tactile eroticism coursing through, this work presents poems that never give up hope; they exhibit a tenacious optimism - or at least a steely pragmatism - that says: we have what we are given, there is no alternative, and we all must find what joy we can in life, and in its living. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224081719
ISBN
9780224081719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Hardback. The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037108
ISBN
9780252037108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910996089
ISBN
9781910996089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Zall, Paul M. Series: The Cornell Wordsworth. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801415364
ISBN
9780801415364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.77

Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049144
ISBN
9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.63
€ 45.69

Hardcover. These essays treat the use of Ovidian themes, texts and tropes in medieval Latin, Old French and in the writings of Boccaccio and Chaucer. They address the social and rhetorical construction of desire in amatory literature while they investigate the usage and value of contemporary critical theory. Editor(s): Paxson, James J.; Gravlee, Cynthia A. Num Pages: 239 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
239
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575910130
ISBN
9781575910130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.59

Hardback. Throughout his life, John Donne was well acquainted with the consequences of desire. This book explores this dialectic of desire, re-evaluating both Donne's poetry and the complex responses it has inspired, while taking into account the developments in the fields of historicism, feminism, queer theory, and post-modern psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023475
ISBN
9780674023475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.57
€ 53.65

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 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
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614670
ISBN
9780691614670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.49

Paperback. Poses fundamental questions about reading habits we have come to take for granted. Featuring illustrations from Dickinson's manuscripts, this book makes a contribution to the study of Dickinson and of nineteenth-century American poetry. It also maps out the future for work in historical poetics and lyric theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119915
ISBN
9780691119915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561680
ISBN
9781937561680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Paperback. In his play "Bacchae", Euripides chooses as his central figure the god who crosses the boundaries among god, man, and beast, between reality and imagination, and between art and madness. This book builds gradually from concrete details of cult, setting, and imagery to the work's implications for the nature of myth, language, and theater. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Expanded
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015972
ISBN
9780691015972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.22
€ 58.39

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