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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. Why did the 19th century poet and self-styled philosopher Gerard Manley Hopkins find metaphysics of 'formal distinction' so appealing? John Llewelyn answers this question by casting light on various neologisms introduced by Hopkins and reveals how Hopkins endorses Scotus' claim that being and existence are grounded in doing and willing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474408943
ISBN
9781474408943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.94

Hardcover. Ranging in extremes from the melting tenderness of unrequited love to the bitter comedy of political chaos, this collection of poems covering two centuries includes work by Lermontov, Tyutchev, Fet, Annensky,Mayakovsky, Bely, Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Brodsky and others less celebrated but no less extraordinary. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597805
ISBN
9781841597805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. A reading and research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. This book is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and also a personal document in which the author explored the sources of his own inspiration and, as he believed, all true poetry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571174256
ISBN
9780571174256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483356
ISBN
9780801483356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.06

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442503
ISBN
9781580442503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.90

Paperback. Tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas, becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage, descends to the world of the dead - all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods - and finally reaches Italy, where he will fulfil his destiny: to found the Roman people. Translator(s): Fagles, Robert. Num Pages: 352 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 195 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106296
ISBN
9780143106296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. From one of our most perceptive and provocative voices comes an arresting and wholly original account of the last days of Susan Sontag, Sigmund Freud, John Updike, Dylan Thomas, Maurice Sendak and James Salter. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349008530
ISBN
9780349008530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.30

Paperback. This text aims to provide a guide to the sonnets of Shakespeare. Commentaries, presented alongside the original text and a modernized version, offer perspectives on individual poems, stylistic features and ironic capacity. Num Pages: 696 pages, 154 facsimiles, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
696
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674637122
ISBN
9780674637122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405896184
ISBN
9781405896184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardback. Northern Irish Poetry and Domestic Space explores why houses, in some ways the most private of spaces, have taken up such visibly public positions in the work of a range of prominent poets from Northern Ireland, examining the work of Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon and Medbh McGuckian. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137493699
ISBN
9781137493699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784338
ISBN
9780582784338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardback. This book is an ethnographic journey into the literary-political field of Palestinian poetry in a secular age. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 2CSR; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776462
ISBN
9780804776462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Hardcover. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of Britain, Europe and the United States. Clifton opens by recounting his time living in London in the late eighties and early nineties. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359904
ISBN
9781906359904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Hardcover. This book introduces new research about the history of attention--in politics, medicine, science, philosophy, ethics, aesthetics, and the rhetoric of war--to reframe British Romantic poetry as proposing and eliciting alternative modes of watchfulness, attention, and neglect. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804796958
ISBN
9780804796958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248642
ISBN
9781852248642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.89

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090882
ISBN
9780719090882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403961471
ISBN
9781403961471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.22

Paperback. Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour plate section, b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099287483
ISBN
9780099287483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.66

Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
9781853260254
ISBN
9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.74

Paperback. Describes the adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. This poem also describes his endurance, his love for his wife and son. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 332. Clean copy In good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Unabridged
SKU
KLJ0001372
ISBN
9781853260254
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.74

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