Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
paperback. Allen Ginsberg (1926-97) was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a poet-teacher father and Russian emigre mother. When "Howl and Other Poems" was impounded by San Francisco customs in 1956, the subsequent trial for obscenity catapulted Ginsberg and his publisher City Lights to national fame and helped to define the Beat Generation. Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571238101
- ISBN
- 9780571238101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.54
€ 15.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. This title presents a readable account of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary poets. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753522523
- ISBN
- 9780753522523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. Omeros is considered the masterwork of Caribbean-born poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. McGarrity, an expert on Joyce and Caribbean literature, has written a definitive and needed high-quality reading guide for this important piece of postcolonial Caribbean literature. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061009
- ISBN
- 9780813061009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.45
€ 81.45
Paperback. The re-issue of archival volumes ALT 1 to ALT 14 makes the complete series available and provides the historical perspective of these early contributions to the literature and its criticism. Editor(s): Jones, Eldred Durosimi. Series: African Literature Today. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847011190
- ISBN
- 9781847011190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.01
€ 27.01
Hardcover. Contributes to the interdisciplinary theory of 'word and image', and the history of the relationships between 'sister arts'. This title offers a fresh perspective of traditional Western art form as reflected in the eyes of a Hebrew survivor of twentieth-century Holocaust atrocities. Num Pages: 197 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194505
- ISBN
- 9781845194505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.08
€ 129.08
paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231057752
- ISBN
- 9780231057752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.83
€ 46.99
€ 40.83
Hardcover. American Errancy is a wide-ranging study of the connection between ideology and the sublime in the work of twentieth-century poets, all American with two, or perhaps three important exceptions. The poets studied include, Allen Ginsberg, A.R. Ammons, Emerson, Eliot, Hill and many more. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558354
- ISBN
- 9781904558354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.95€ 51.38
€ 55.95
€ 51.38
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564654
- ISBN
- 9780813564654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.42
€ 158.42
Paperback. This collection of brand new essays by a leading team of experts encourages readers to appreciate the rich formal, thematic, and ethnic diversity and inclusivity of post-war American poetry. It provides fresh critical perspectives on, and ways of reading, familiar poets such as Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Editor(s): Spencer, Eleanor. Series: New Casebooks. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 343 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137324450
- ISBN
- 9781137324450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.66
€ 43.66
Paperback. Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This study of Howl elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246775
- ISBN
- 9780520246775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.91
€ 31.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. In 1956, Anne Sexton was admitted into a mental hospital for post-partum depression, where she met Dr Orne, a young psychiatrist who treated her for the next eight years. In that time Sexton blossomed into a world-famous poet. Orne audiotaped her last years of therapy and it is these tapes which are the focus of this book. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415887472
- ISBN
- 9780415887472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.67
€ 53.99
€ 53.67
Hardback. This neglected Greek satire is now available in English. Basing their translation on two critical editions of the 14th-century anonymous poem, Nicholas and Baloglou reveal the full texture of this unique genre of the Byzantine period. The authors provide analysis on form, style and context. Translator(s): Nicholas, Nick; Baloglou, George. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127608
- ISBN
- 9780231127608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05€ 90.70
€ 119.05
€ 90.70
Paperback. Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems from the "haiku" to rap music and trace their history" Editor(s): Finch, Annie; Varnes, Katherine. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067251
- ISBN
- 9780472067251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.02
€ 46.02
Paperback. Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691013602
- ISBN
- 9780691013602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.65
€ 26.99
€ 20.65
paperback. Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake. Num Pages: 144 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141004396
- ISBN
- 9780141004396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.45
€ 11.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. An overview of Chaucer's work, focusing on the most canonical texts, such as Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, while also providing some analysis of his minor works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060965
- ISBN
- 9780813060965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.03
€ 30.03
Paperback. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061917
- ISBN
- 9780813061917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. In An Introduction to the Gawain Poet , John Bowers surveys an expanded selection of the works of Chaucer's anonymous contemporary, considering Sir Gawain and the Green Knight alongside the poet's lesser known but no less brilliant works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049588
- ISBN
- 9780813049588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryan, Donald P (Pacific Lutheran University USA). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774167836
- ISBN
- 9789774167836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.19
€ 23.19
The work is an interdisciplinary study of the major lyric poems of seventeenth-century British metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell. It invites Marvell readers to view the poet and some of his representative lyrics in the context of the anthropological concept of liminality and the in-between aspects of experience. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494105
- ISBN
- 9781611494105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10