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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardcover. This book covers the life and work of a wide range of writers from Coleridge to Wollstonecraft, Hemans, Beckford and their contemporaries. Also encompassing a wealth of material on contexts from the treason trials of 1794 to the coming of gas-light to the London stage in 1817, it provides a panorama of one of the richest periods in British culture. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; DSC; DSK; DSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137273260
ISBN
9781137273260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

paperback. This book focuses on Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, it demonstrates the interconnectedness of their friendships and creativity, giving information about literary composition and artistic output, publication and exhibition, and details literary and artistic influences. It draws on many unpublished sources, including letters and diaries. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 511 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
511
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2007
SKU
V9781349510955
ISBN
9781349510955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Paperback. Examines the author's troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. It deals with the task he has undertaken to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJP; BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and inscribed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KEX0280943
ISBN
9780853239475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Examines the author's troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. It deals with the task he has undertaken to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJP; BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
9780853239475
ISBN
9780853239475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Jary, Andrew. Translator(s): Jary, Andrew. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Crescent Moon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861713605
ISBN
9781861713605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.17

Hardback. Translator(s): Reidel, James. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857424297
ISBN
9780857424297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.30

Hardback. In 1492, the Spanish humanist Antonio de Nebrija proclaimed that "language has always been the companion of empire." Taking as his touchstone a suggestive sonnet that Garcilaso de la Vega wrote in 1535, this work examines how the companionship of language and empire played itself out more generally in the "new poetry" of 16th-century Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240047
ISBN
9780812240047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226334974
ISBN
9780226334974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Selected works of memoir, poetry and prose from WH Davies, known as the 'tramp poet'. Editor(s): Waterman, Rory. Series: Fyfieldbooks. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784100872
ISBN
9781784100872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226484549
ISBN
9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

Paperback. Seven lectures by one of Britain's leading poets tracing the theories, fashions and beliefs of modern poets in American and Britain since the 1930s. Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373454
ISBN
9781780373454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815635154
ISBN
9780815635154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.78

Paperback. Examines Dante's relation to his contemporary public, an audience that included poets who responded to Dante's early work as well as those who first copied, preserved, and circulated his poetry. Based on research of manuscripts and documents, this study reveals the importance of professional, urban classes as cultivators of early Italian poetry. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041229
ISBN
9780268041229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. A study of death, via author comments, as it appears in the works of contemporary poets providing a Christian appreciation of it within a context of tradition and circumstances. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561012510
ISBN
9781561012510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.40

Hardback. The work of Mehmedalija 'Mak' Dizdar (1917-1971) is the cornerstone of modern Bosnian literature. His work blends influences from Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism, and the cultural remains of medieval Bosnia. This book focuses on Dizdar's collection "Stone Sleeper". It discusses Dizdar's mystically influenced poem "Blue River". Translator(s): Risaluddin, Saba. Series: Abrahamic Dialogues. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823231683
ISBN
9780823231683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444715
ISBN
9780801444715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.42

paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691626284
ISBN
9780691626284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691652580
ISBN
9780691652580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 74 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995897
ISBN
9781853995897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.22

Paperback. Frederick Ahl's new translation captures the excitement, poetic energy, and intellectual force of Virgil's epic poem in a way that has never been done before. Echoing the Virgilian hexameter the verse stays almost line for line with the original in a thrillingly accurate and engaging style. Translator(s): Ahl, Frederick. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199231959
ISBN
9780199231959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This text of the fourth book of the "Aeneid" includes a detailed commentary. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721116
ISBN
9780198721116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Ganiban, Randall Toth; Perkell, Christine; O'Hara, James J.; Johnston, Patricia A. Series: The Focus Vergil Aeneid Commentaries. Num Pages: 534 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102143
ISBN
9781585102143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.52

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650456
ISBN
9780691650456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.82

Paperback. This book presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics. The book explores the potential and limits of aesthetics through a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349542260
ISBN
9781349542260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

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