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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

The work explores the ways in which providentialism infiltrates various kinds of discourse, ranging from military to medical, and from political to philosophical. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643420
ISBN
9781442643420
Condition: New

€ 74.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 colour, 87 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACV; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271027029
ISBN
9780271027029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.20
€ 70.97

Paperback. George Gordon was born in London in 1788, of Scottish, French and English extraction. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798, and as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age - with the publication of "Childe Harold", in 1812, and one of its most notorious characters. His career spanned a momentous period in European history. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236633
ISBN
9780571236633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.02

Hardcover. How did Byron become "Byron"? The author of this text locates one origin of the poet's personae in the dramatic recitations he performed at Harrow School, in this examination of the four critically formative years of Byron's public school experience. Throughout, the poet is recognized in the boy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801863431
ISBN
9780801863431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024095
ISBN
9781911024095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226777177
ISBN
9780226777177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.73

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662650
ISBN
9781855662650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. In this new interpretation of the Education of Cyrus, in which Xenophon theorized about leadership, Sandridge considers Xenophon's portrait of Cyrus as sincerely laudatory though not idealized. He explores the wider context in which Xenophon's Theory of Leadership was conceived, as well as the problems of leadership he sought to address. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674067028
ISBN
9780674067028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 182 pages, commentary, notes. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856683091
ISBN
9780856683091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.39

Hardcover. Fleming masterfully demonstrates Camoes's debt to, and participation in, the long and continuing traditions of "spiritual" or allegorical scriptural exegesis in the European Middle Ages and Renaissance. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Tamesis Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855663145
ISBN
9781855663145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 313 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674539525
ISBN
9780674539525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.34
€ 66.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DN; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650322
ISBN
9781890650322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. In a world increasingly defined by prose, poets adapted the new forms, characters, and moral themes of the novel in order to reinvigorate poetic practice. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418223
ISBN
9781421418223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456954
ISBN
9780801456954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Durling, Robert M. Num Pages: 672 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 141 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674663480
ISBN
9780674663480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. This is an amazing book, a major achievement in the field of women's studies."-Renaissance Quarterly, reviewing Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650 Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408880
ISBN
9781421408880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

This is an amazing book, a major achievement in the field of women's studies."-Renaissance Quarterly, reviewing Women's Writing in Italy, 1400-1650 Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408873
ISBN
9781421408873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.20

Hardback. Argues that the individual in a lyric is only a virtual entity and that lyric poetry takes its power from the public, emotional power of language itself. This work proposes that lyric poetry is a public discourse rooted in the mother tongue. It demonstrates the ways that the lyric "I" speaks, from first to last, as a creation of poetic language. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126821
ISBN
9780691126821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.21
€ 55.72

Paperback. By looking at the ways in which cultures in Northern Europe interpret lyric songs, this work illuminates both commonalities of interpretive practice and unique features of their musical traditions. It draws on sets of lyric songs from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland to explore the question of meaning in folklore. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268025892
ISBN
9780268025892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Offering the reader the opportunity to study the poems in their original contexts as they appeared to Coleridge's and Wordsworth's contemporaries, this edition includes some of their most famous poems, including Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 440 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415355292
ISBN
9780415355292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Wordsworth and Coleridge's joint collection of poems has often been singled out as the founding text of English Romanticism. This is the only edition to print both the original 1798 collection and the expanded 1802 edition, with Wordsworth's famous Preface. It includes important letters, a wide-ranging introduction and generous notes. Editor(s): Stafford, Fiona. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199601967
ISBN
9780199601967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. This work looks at the life and work of Miraji, a member of the triumvirate of canonical Urdu poets of the 20th century. It aims to unravel the paradox of an acclaimed modernist writer whose poems are widely regarded as impossibly difficult to comprehend. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733298
ISBN
9780804733298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.92

Hardcover. Presents a creative and analytical study which brings to life the important facets of classical Persian poetry. This book explores the connections between poetry and lived experience. It highlights the role of classical Persian poetry as the 'silk road of the imagination', connecting many polities and diverse ways of life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696925
ISBN
9780748696925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.68
€ 114.36

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645551
ISBN
9780691645551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.54

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