×


 x 

Shopping cart

Literary studies: poetry & poets

Results 581 - 600 of 1962

Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. Darwin's Bards is a comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639403
ISBN
9780748639403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.07
€ 103.50

Hardback. A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literature, which brings it alive for today's students and gives them the tools to appreciate and explore the work themselves. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641109
ISBN
9780748641109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.27
€ 81.00

Paperback. 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: 232 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641895
ISBN
9780748641895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641706
ISBN
9780691641706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.83

Hardback. Humphrey Jennings was one of Britain's greatest documentary film-makers. A member of the GPO Film Unit and director of canonical films such as Listen to Britain, he was also an acclaimed painter, photographer, poet and writer. This seminal collection of critical essays and archival material explores the life of Jennings and his many artistic works. Series: BFI Silver. Num Pages: 136 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AJB; APFB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844578023
ISBN
9781844578023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.17
€ 85.77

Hardback. This scholarly study presents a new political Wordsworth: an artist interested in 'autonomous' poetry's redistribution of affect. No slave of Whig ideology, Wordsworth explores emotion for its generation of human experience and meaning. He renders poetry a critical instrument that, through acute feeling, can evaluate public and private life. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
218
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248175
ISBN
9780230248175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.16
€ 35.02

Hardback. This new guide leads readers through the complexities of the text with detailed commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks and contexts. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1456.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639991
ISBN
9780748639991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.27
€ 81.20

Hardback. The only book on Hugh MacDiarmid currently in print, this gives unique focus to the politics of modern Scotland's major cultural figure. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623341
ISBN
9780748623341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.01
€ 108.80

Hardback. This guide examines the production and reception of poetry by a range of women writers - predominantly although not exclusively writing in English - from Sappho through Anne Bradstreet and Emily Bronte to Sylvia Plath, Eavan Boland and Susan Howe. Editor(s): Halliwell, Martin; Mousley, Andy. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 117.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623051
ISBN
9780748623051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.12
€ 97.67

Hardback. A biography of one of the most impressive and influential figures of nineteenth-century Scotland, Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611850
ISBN
9780748611850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.65
€ 148.09

Paperback. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322. 256 pages. A monograph on Jack Spicer's work. It examines Spicer's post-Poundian translation projects; his crucial theories of the 'serial poem' and inspiration as 'dictation'; his contrarian take on queer poetics; his insistently uncanny regionalism; and his elaboration of an epistolary poetics of interpellation and address. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 166 x 234 x 11. Weight: 322.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748645497
ISBN
9780748645497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Hardcover. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight: 408.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669912
ISBN
9780748669912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.07
€ 103.50

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640631
ISBN
9780691640631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.83

Hardcover. Focusses on a major revaluation of experimental poetry's social function in the US. The author explores the direct and practical relationships avant garde poets have had with power politics, social organization and cultural movements. It provides detailed readings of major poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748682850
ISBN
9780748682850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.07
€ 103.24

Paperback. Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a highly renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and lesser known writers. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119121411
ISBN
9781119121411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975623
ISBN
9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.78

Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish poetry focusing on the colonial, political, and cultural underpinnings that have shaped artistic expression in a variety of ways. This book also focuses on both the better-known contemporary Northern Irish poets as well as their more obscure but no less significant counterparts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194291
ISBN
9781845194291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Series: Arthurian Archives. Num Pages: 770 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1074. Five Interpolated Romances from the Lancelot Compilation. Series: Arthurian Archives. 770 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Johnson, David F.; Claassens, Geert H. M. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 42. Weight: 1074.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
770
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843108
ISBN
9781843843108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.09

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592701711
ISBN
9781592701711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.28

Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055575
ISBN
9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.12

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!