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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. "The Iliad" is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. Poets and thinkers in the West have pored over, retold and argued about the events described in this martial epic, even when direct knowledge of it was lost. This book is about what "The Iliad" is about and what "The Iliad" says of war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234301
- ISBN
- 9780571234301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Hardcover. Offering a challenge to the Blake establishment, this text places some of Blake's early prophetic works in new historical contexts. The book shows what can be achieved when feminist historicism is brought to bear on a canonical writer and on now canonized interpretations of his work. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333640364
- ISBN
- 9780333640364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.33
€ 128.33
Paperback. Contains all of the poetry that the author chose to publish, together with a small number of uncollected and unpublished poems. This book also supplies an illuminating introduction, and succinctly helpful apparatus. It tact are themselves a moving tribute, restoring to view one of the distinctive bodies of work in twentieth-century English poetry. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571295340
- ISBN
- 9780571295340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Series: The Press UWI biography series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 facsim., 1 map, 1 plan, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; DSBH; DSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Publisher
- University of the West Indies Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9789766400347
- ISBN
- 9789766400347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardback. This book explores the principal thematic and aesthetic preoccupations in MacDiarmid's work, relating his poetry to key national and international concerns in modern culture and politics. Editor(s): Lyall, Scott; Palmer McCulloch, Dr. Margery. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641901
- ISBN
- 9780748641901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 92.36
€ 95.12
€ 92.36
Paperback. Easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic Poetry, this text discusses the important elements in the works from poets such as Smith, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Barbauld, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, Keats and Landon. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Mahoney, Charles. Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 29. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631213178
- ISBN
- 9780631213178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 49.70
€ 50.99
€ 49.70
Paperback. 'Oxford Student Texts' provide an accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Up-to-date to meet today's curriculum requirements for post-16 study, this series is designed to motivate and encourage students working on these challenging writers for the first time. Editor(s): Gill, Richard. Series Editor(s): Lee, Victor. Num Pages: 192 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198325758
- ISBN
- 9780198325758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.84
€ 19.84
Hardback. Features letters between Eliot and his associates, family and friends - his correspondents range from the Archbishop of York and the American philosopher Paul Elmer More to the writers Virginia Woolf, and Ralph Hodgson - that shows the ways in which his Anglo-Catholic convictions could, at times, prove a self-chastising and even alienating force. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 928 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; BJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571316328
- ISBN
- 9780571316328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 41.39
€ 59.45
€ 41.39
Paperback. Statius' 'Achilleid' is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. In relating this story, Statius explores the nature of gender and the limits of the epic genre, while playfully positioning himself in the epic - and wider - poetic tradition. Editor(s): Dilke, O.A.W. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675112
- ISBN
- 9781904675112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.94
€ 32.94
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
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
Paperback. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations. Editor(s): Vilain, Robert. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan; Sutherland, Marielle. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569410
- ISBN
- 9780199569410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088935
- ISBN
- 9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardcover. This book explores Yeats' background and influences, as well as how his works shaped early twentieth-century Irish culture. Editor(s): Holdeman, David; Levitas, Ben. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 460 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798. 8vo. Original cloth Irish Literature.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0279630
- ISBN
- 9780521897051
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
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
€ 24.99
€ 21.29
Paperback. John Betjeman was undoubtedly the most popular Poet Laureate since Tennyson. This book explores his identity through such Victorianism via the verse of that period, but also its architecture, religious faith and - more importantly - religious doubt. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195342
- ISBN
- 9781845195342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138823365
- ISBN
- 9781138823365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. The poetry of Sappho, who was born around 620 BC and lived on the Greek island of Lesbos, has inspired and fascinated readers and poets for two and a half thousand years. As in antiquity, she is regarded as Greece's supreme lyric poet. This book traces Sappho's reception in English-language poetry through translations and poems about her. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856462733
- ISBN
- 9780856462733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.83
€ 15.99
€ 14.83
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
€ 4.99
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
€ 15.00
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd Ireland
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531173
- ISBN
- 9780716531173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.81
€ 105.81
Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139380
- ISBN
- 9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. This new edition prints together, for the first time, the surviving pre-1807 versions of poems included in The Mountain Bard, the full 1807 collection, and the complete 1821 version. Editor(s): Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748620067
- ISBN
- 9780748620067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 109.07
€ 112.96
€ 109.07
Paperback. From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, the author wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. This book presents these letters which tell the story of the author's life as a man and a writer. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund; Phillips, Anthony. Num Pages: 624 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449228
- ISBN
- 9780140449228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.24
€ 20.99
€ 19.24
Paperback. A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny's new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers and a wide-ranging introduction. Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199608362
- ISBN
- 9780199608362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89