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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. John Ashbery explores the work of six writers whose poetry he turns to when requiring a "poetic jump-start". This book covers the work of less familiar writers such as John Clare and David Schubert, offering both an analysis of their writings as well as giving insights into Ashbery's own. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006645
ISBN
9780674006645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Hardback. This is the second volume of a comprehensive, fully annotated, edition of Robinson and Una Jeffers' correspondence. Editor(s): Karman, James. Num Pages: 1128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 178 x 71. Weight in Grams: 1932.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804777032
ISBN
9780804777032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.01

Paperback. This companion volume to the translation of The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen includes alternative chapters and extensions, Prince Damrong's prefaces and reference lists of Thai terms Translator(s): Baker, Chris; Phongpaichit, Pasuk. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2GRS; DSC; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Condition
New
SKU
V9786162150531
ISBN
9786162150531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.14

Paperback. The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, "Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole" and "L'Escoufle" (The Kite), as well as "Le Lai de l'Ombre," Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished practitioner of the "realistic romance" in Old French literature. Translator(s): Terry, Patricia; Durling, Nancy Vine. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812213881
ISBN
9780812213881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.91

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duquesne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704975
ISBN
9780820704975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.03
€ 61.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Knoppers, Laura Lunger. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 239 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duquesne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704937
ISBN
9780820704937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.03
€ 61.57

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
€ 20.13

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

€ 83.44
€ 69.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271026817
ISBN
9780271026817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.92
€ 50.46

Paperback. This interdisciplinary study uncovers a fascination with women cross dressers in the popular literature of early modern Britain, in a wide range of texts from popular ballads and chapbook life histories to the comedies and tragedies of aristocratic literature. Num Pages: 254 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings, 12 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169163
ISBN
9780226169163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.12

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610450
ISBN
9780691610450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. In A Feast of Creatures, Craig Williamson combines his training as a medievalist, anthropologist, and literary critic with his talent as a translator and poet. Here he recasts nearly 100 Old English riddles of the Exeter Book into a modern verse mode that yokes the cadences of Aelfric with the sprung rhythm of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812211290
ISBN
9780812211290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.95

Hardcover. In this detailed study of the origins of "Shinkokinshu", the author argues that the compilers of "Shinkokinshu" instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions and not a reaction to loss. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008533
ISBN
9780674008533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.57

Paperback. Represents T.S. Eliot as the complex figure, an artist attentive not only to literature but also to detective fiction, Vaudeville Theater, jazz, and the songs of Tin Pan Alley. The author discusses Eliot's persistent interest in popular culture, and traces his long, quixotic struggle to close the widening gap between high art and popular culture. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
n Second printing
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104188
ISBN
9780226104188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVGC2; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482380
ISBN
9780801482380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691611532
ISBN
9780691611532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.55

Paperback. Makes the case that Sir Gawain and the "Green Knight", one of the canonical works of medieval English literature, should be recognized as a response to King Edward III's foundation in 1349 of the chivalric Order of the Garter. This book is of interest to medievalist historians as well as literary scholars. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031763
ISBN
9780268031763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.12

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

€ 36.99
€ 33.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Clemson University Digital Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781942954385
ISBN
9781942954385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.11

Hardback. Leading experts on modern poetry and on literature and science explore how poets have used scientific language in their poems, how poetry can offer new perspectives on science, and how the 'Two Cultures' can and have come together in the work of poets from Britain and Ireland, America and Australia. Editor(s): Holmes, John. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSC; PD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318092
ISBN
9781846318092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

Hardback. In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. This title focuses on the poet's life in the summer of that year. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316432
ISBN
9781846316432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.78

Hardcover. Examines the poets Plath, Larkin, Heaney, Walcott, Middleton, Fisher, and Duffy, through the lens of displacement. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 246 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311161
ISBN
9781846311161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

Hardcover. Focuses on Language poetry, reassessing its relationship with surrealism and providing a scholarly, intelligent way of understanding the movement. This title discusses poets such as: Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Michael Palmer and Barrett Watten. Series: Poetry &.. Num Pages: 213 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311154
ISBN
9781846311154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.04

Hardback. The "kissing-poem" genre was wide-spread in Renaissance literature; this book surveys its form and development. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844662
ISBN
9781843844662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.41

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