Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
Paperback. Presents a biography of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), who was born in Dublin, of English parents, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. London-based for many years, and a noted satirist during the reign of Queen Anne, he returned to Dublin in 1713 as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral. His popular work "Gulliver's Travels" appeared in 1726. Editor(s): Mahon, Derek. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber London
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230716
- ISBN
- 9780571230716
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.92
€ 9.99
€ 8.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Steve Savage Publishers Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904246329
- ISBN
- 9781904246329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.96
€ 19.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This title demonstrates that rap is also a wide-reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. Editor(s): Bradley, Adam; DuBois, Andrew. Num Pages: 920 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 920
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141917
- ISBN
- 9780300141917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 60177th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208995
- ISBN
- 9780872208995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.64
€ 16.99
€ 13.64
Hardback. An exception to the rule that the first-rank poets in premodern China were men, the woman poet Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s) occupies a crucial place in Chinese literature. The author challenges conventional thinking about Li, examining how critics tried to accommodate her to cultural norms from late imperial times into the twentieth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726697
- ISBN
- 9780674726697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.71€ 54.76
€ 58.71
€ 54.76
Paperback. Focuses on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Translator(s): Innes, Mary M. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1955
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140440584
- ISBN
- 9780140440584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' poetic ouevre. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753810668
- ISBN
- 9780753810668
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. This new companion to the works of Marie de France offers fresh insights into the standard critical debates. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843733
- ISBN
- 9781843843733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. One of a series designed to motivate and encourage students who may be working on certain writers for the first time. Each text includes notes to explain literary and historical allusions, tasks to help students explore themes and issues, and suggestions for further reading. Series Editor(s): Croft, Steven. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; 5AN; DSBD; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198326007
- ISBN
- 9780198326007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.76
€ 19.76
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€ 23.31
€ 31.99
€ 23.31
Paperback. Offering nuanced readings of Sappho s poems, written in an archaic Aeolic dialect, DuBois skillfully draws out their sharp images and rhythmic melody. She further discusses the exciting discovery of a new verse fragment in 2004, and the ways in which Sappho influenced Catullus, Horace and Ovid, as well as later writers and painters." Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784533618
- ISBN
- 9781784533618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- KLN0018180
- ISBN
- 9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Series: Myth and Poetics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480461
- ISBN
- 9780801480461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.74
€ 42.99
€ 38.74
Hardcover. Drawing on the preceding literary traditions of epic, lyric, and tragedy, this book creates a complex narrative that includes geography, religion, ethnography, mythology, adventure, exploration, human psychology, and the coming of age and love affair of Jason and Medea. Editor(s): Race, William H. Translator(s): Race, William H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 118 x 30. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996304
- ISBN
- 9780674996304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Packed 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: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408217306
- ISBN
- 9781408217306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172193
- ISBN
- 9781590172193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.38
€ 21.99
€ 16.38
Hardback. Translator(s): Rogers, Hoyt. Series: SB-The French List. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424242
- ISBN
- 9780857424242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.56
€ 17.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. 216 pages. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian; Mack, Douglas S. A guide devoted to its subject, the book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and fruitful contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 12. Weight: 312.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748641239
- ISBN
- 9780748641239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.02
€ 34.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Series: Picas S. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Guernica Editions,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 179
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550710984
- ISBN
- 9781550710984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.61
€ 11.61
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
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
mass_market. Takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. This title features stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 111 x 7. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classic
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398693
- ISBN
- 9780141398693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.74
€ 5.74
Paperback. With discussions of various fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship, this book introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Drout, Michael D. C. Num Pages: 808 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2026.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415865111
- ISBN
- 9780415865111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.58
€ 77.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Jeffares, A. Norman. Num Pages: 563 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 39. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349001651
- ISBN
- 9781349001651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906841034
- ISBN
- 9781906841034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04