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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

hardcover. This study explores the sources of the "poor Clare" tradition, and recovers Clare's agency, revealing a writer fully engaged in his own professional life and in the social and political questions of the day. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Edition
2003rd Edition
SKU
V9780333966174
ISBN
9780333966174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Hardcover. This text is a contribution to critical debates on Keats as one of the "Cockney" school of poets. Ayumi Mizukoshi argues that Keats as a poet of "aesthetic pleasure" by placing him in historical context of bourgeois consumer revolution. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333929582
ISBN
9780333929582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. This volume is a study of war and the perceptions of war. It deals specifically with the British Romantic period writers who lived through the Napoleonic wars, and the way in which those wars affected the writing of Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron and many of their contemporaries. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD1; HBLL; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801765
ISBN
9780333801765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. This second edition contains up to date material on the New York School of Poets and its growing influence on postmodern poetics. It includes a definitive critical account of its key figures: John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333786390
ISBN
9780333786390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Hardback. This second edition contains up to date material on the New York School of Poets and its growing influence on postmodern poetics. It includes a definitive critical account of its key figures: John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333786383
ISBN
9780333786383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Troubled by his complex sexuality, Harold Monro was a tormented soul, whose aim was to serve the cause of poetry. This biography intends to rescue Monro from the graveyard of literary history and claim for him the recognition he deserves. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333779347
ISBN
9780333779347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Hardback. Published to commemorate the bicentenary of the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads" (1900), this collection gathers essays from ten British and American scholars to explore the distinctive originality of these famous volumes, and to analyze their lasting influence. Editor(s): Trott, Nicola; Perry, Seamus. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773987
ISBN
9780333773987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.99

Hardback. The advent of relatively cheap editions of poetry in the mid-16th century produced an explosion of verse, much of which represented the first person speaker as a version of the author. This work examines ways in which writers harnessed verse for self-promotional purposes. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773970
ISBN
9780333773970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.37

Hardcover. In this study of Yeats' poetry between 1902 and 1916, Greaves reacts to the tendency in literary criticism to categorize Yeats' work as "modernist". Instead, he offers a different way of looking at the transition in Yeats' work in this period, by examining the poems in the context of Yeats' life. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333749333
ISBN
9780333749333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardcover. This work presents a theoretical and historicized reading of the production of the "autonomous" subject in Milton's prose and in "Paradise Lost". It rejects the orthodoxy that liberal humanism is just a form of domination, and reads Milton's texts as revolutionary. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333746752
ISBN
9780333746752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.37

Hardback. Of all the wide-ranging interests Coleridge showed in his career, religion was the deepest and most long-lasting, and John Beer demonstrates in this book how none of this work can be fully understood without taking this into account. Series: Coleridge's Writings. Num Pages: 287 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; DSC; HPM; HRAB; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734902
ISBN
9780333734902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734384
ISBN
9780333734384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333734377
ISBN
9780333734377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.30

Hardback. This work examines the evolution of the modern English lyric, emphasizing the way in which poets, reacting to post-Reformation readers' dislike for invented poetic narratives, competed for the right to commemorate important public occasions and expanded the range of acceptable occasions. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333733585
ISBN
9780333733585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Paperback. This collection brings together the many diverse political extents of early 19th-century British feminism, as well as representing the works of literary figures such as Shelley, Tennyson and the Brontes. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DQ; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 213 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333726136
ISBN
9780333726136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.35

Hardback. An exploration of the lyrical fragments which construct a new version of the autobiographical I, written by Wordsworth in his letters to Coleridge between 1798 and 1799. The volume is part of the ROMANTICISM IN PERSPECTIVE series which offers a fresh assessment of Romanticism by looking at it from a number of perspectives. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333718896
ISBN
9780333718896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardcover. This challenge to critical orthodoxy argues that Wordsworth rejected the political dogmas of his age after the French Revolution. He attacked the binary thinking dominating public affairs and questioned the value of the Georgian domestic ideal, using the homeless to bear his message. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFCX; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333718872
ISBN
9780333718872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Hardback. Offers a culturally-informed analysis of the literary significance of landscape in the Romantic period. This book discusses the cultural construction of gender as defined through landscape viewing, and includes an investigation of property law, aesthetic tracts and conduct books. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSC; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714492
ISBN
9780333714492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. Mary Arseneau re-conceives Christina Rossetti's poetic identity by exposing the androcentric bias inherent in the histories of the Rosetti family and of Pre-Raphaelitism, by turning new attention to the Rosetti women, and by reconstituting a female and religious community for Rossetti's writing. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683958
ISBN
9780333683958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. This collection of essays by leading Byronists explores the development of the myth of Byron and the Byronic from the poet's self-representation to his various appearances in 19th and 20th century literature and in drama, film and portraiture. The book looks at the phenomena of Byronism through a variety of critical perspectives. Editor(s): Wilson, Frances. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683835
ISBN
9780333683835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.13

Hardback. An analysis of the sonnet in the English Renaissance, this text traces the relations between Shakespeare's sonnets and the ways in which other writers use the form. It looks at how the poetry fits into the historical situation at the time, with regard to images of the family and of women. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333683712
ISBN
9780333683712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

hardcover. This text grapples with the implications of the new bibliography for Blake studies, in its editorial, interpretative, and historical dimensions. It provides an overview of recent Blake criticism, and contributes to late-1990s debates in a variety of disciplines dealing with the Romantic period. Editor(s): Clark, Steve; Worrall, David. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
Edition
1999th Edition
SKU
V9780333681602
ISBN
9780333681602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, George Herbert appears in this book as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle and committed to nationalistic Protestantism. Series: Macmillan Literary Lives. Num Pages: 175 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 109 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669792
ISBN
9780333669792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, George Herbert appears in this book as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle and committed to nationalistic Protestantism. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Christina. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 209 pages, further reading, chronology, notes, index. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 120 x 5. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669785
ISBN
9780333669785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

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