Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Hardback. Emptiness and Temporality is an account of classical Japanese poetics that takes its starting point in the two Buddhist concepts of emptiness (J. ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval understanding of poetry, and examines their affinity with contemporary Western theory, particularly Derridean differance and deconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; DSC; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748889
- ISBN
- 9780804748889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.15
€ 89.15
Hardback. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. Translator(s): Hunter, Richard. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235601
- ISBN
- 9780520235601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.05
€ 115.05
Hardcover. Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and gender theory, this work argues for the ideological, representational and linguistic complexity of early modern Irish poetry as at once contesting and engaging the colonial authority it faced. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359508
- ISBN
- 9781906359508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.32€ 46.56
€ 50.32
€ 46.56
Paperback. An introduction to the poetry composed in an age that witnessed fundamental cultural developments: the emergence of the English from among the warring tribes of Europe, their conversion to Christianity, the development of feudalism and the chivalric myth, and the growth of a vigorous citizen class in the burgeoning towns of England. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised and Updated ed.
- SKU
- V9780859896337
- ISBN
- 9780859896337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.16
€ 40.99
€ 36.16
Hardback. An introduction to the poetry composed in an age that witnessed fundamental cultural developments: the emergence of the English from among the warring tribes of Europe, their conversion to Christianity, the development of feudalism and the chivalric myth, and the growth of a vigorous citizen class in the burgeoning towns of England. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896818
- ISBN
- 9780859896818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.97
€ 175.97
Paperback. The canon of eighteenth-century poetry has expanded to include women poets, laboring-class and provincial poets, and many unheard voices. This book questions some of the structures, categories, and labels that have given the age its reassuring shape in literary history. Series: Longman Literature in English Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582227774
- ISBN
- 9780582227774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.71
€ 80.71
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651538
- ISBN
- 9780691651538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.10
€ 186.10
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Enchanted Lion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592701711
- ISBN
- 9781592701711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.76
€ 17.99
€ 13.76
Paperback. Explores the political context and meanings of key works in Western literature. This book covers Virgilian epics of conquest and empire that take the victors' side (the "Aeneid" itself, Camoes's "Lusiadas", Tasso's "Gerusalemme liberata") and the countervailing epic of the defeated and of republican liberty. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 1 fig. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015200
- ISBN
- 9780691015200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.84
€ 89.84
Hardback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193078
- ISBN
- 9781405193078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.46
€ 208.46
Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785119
- ISBN
- 9781118785119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardback. Rigorous archival research, careful readings, and long chronologies of genre define this magisterial work, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of American studies, American poetry, and literary history. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404899
- ISBN
- 9781421404899
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Condition: New
€ 74.00€ 67.01
€ 74.00
€ 67.01
Hardback. Epic Negation examines the dialectical turn of modernist poetry over the interwar period, arguing that late modernism inverts the method of Ezra Pound's "poem including history" to conceive a negated mode of epic, predicated on the encryption of disarticulated historical content. Series: Modernist Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199844715
- ISBN
- 9780199844715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.21
€ 141.21
Hardcover. Includes all epigrams ascribed to Greek authors from Archilochus to Meleager, and in addition the two best of the demus and Crinagoras. Editor(s): Page, Denys L.; Page, D. L. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198145813
- ISBN
- 9780198145813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Paperback. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's "Epigrams" and "The Forest". Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547054
- ISBN
- 9781857547054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.48
€ 20.99
€ 18.48
Hardcover. Now back in print, two brilliant verse-essays on poets and poetry by an American master Series: Poets on Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472098132
- ISBN
- 9780472098132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691647906
- ISBN
- 9780691647906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.30
€ 151.30
Hardcover. The essays in this collection range widely not only over Karolina Pavlova's oeuvre but also in their analytical stances. The volume includes close poetic and prosodic analysis, literary history, gender studies, intertextual comparison and biography. Editor(s): Fusso, Ms. Susanne; Lehrman, Alexander. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; DNF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press,U.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810115446
- ISBN
- 9780810115446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.33
€ 101.33
Paperback. Presents an abridgment of Stanley Lombardo's translation of Virgil's "Aeneid", suitable for use in such courses as those surveys of Roman history or classical mythology in which time may not permit a reading of the epic in its entirety. This book highlights the place of the "Aeneid" in Roman mythology, history, and literature. Translator(s): Lombardo, Stanley. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872207905
- ISBN
- 9780872207905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.53
€ 16.99
€ 13.53
Hardback. Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645387
- ISBN
- 9781442645387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.28
€ 87.28
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641546
- ISBN
- 9780691641546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.06
€ 140.06
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691613857
- ISBN
- 9780691613857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053359
- ISBN
- 9780674053359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.48
€ 23.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450. Poetry and Popular Culture in Modern America. 336 pages, 50 black & white halftones. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSC; JFC; JHB. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158657
- ISBN
- 9780231158657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43