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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardcover. Presents minibiographies of key British and American poets who at one time or another worked as journalists. This work covers poets ranging from the famous to the obscure: Whittier to Whitman, Kipling to Bryant, and Coleridge to Crane. It tells each writer's story, relating how the poet in question felt about the journalistic experience. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608882
ISBN
9780815608882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.61

Hardback. At age 36, acclaimed poet Marya Zaturenska's work reached its full potential even as she battled emotional and physical illness. Recently rediscovered diaries, published here, reflect that crucial period in the poet's life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607144
ISBN
9780815607144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.51

Paperback. Presenting an examination of feminist issues in the works of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, this text discusses such topics as: obscure points in the life of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and the model nun in the religious literature of Colonial Mexico. Editor(s): Merrim, Stephanie. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814322161
ISBN
9780814322161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.55

Paperback. This study of the writer Stevie Smith, portrays her as a well-connected literary insider who used many genres to resist domestic ideology in Britain. It explores the connections between her work and mass media production, and focuses on such contempories as Virginia Woolf and Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 b&w photographs, 14 drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299152949
ISBN
9780299152949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Ruffin, Paul; Wright, William, Do. Series: Southern Poetry Anthology. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Texas Review Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933896939
ISBN
9781933896939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.78

Hardback. A thorough examination of the author's deeply personal and often-controversial poetry Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611177114
ISBN
9781611177114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Hardback. The study of the full career of an award-winning writer that evolved from traditional to radical Series: Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176995
ISBN
9781611176995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. Series: Contemporary North American Poetry Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609380588
ISBN
9781609380588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

Hardcover. Indifference is rare in poetry, which is traditionally in direct opposition t by its heightened emotion, consciousness, and effort. This definition applies especially to English poets of the 19th century. Yet it was in this period, Erik Gray argues, that a concentrated strain of poetic indifference began to emerge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494909
ISBN
9781558494909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

Paperback. Debates about editorial proprieties have been at the center of Emily Dickinson scholarship since the 1981 publication of ?Manuscript Books of Emily Dickinson?. This work sets out to test the hypothesis of Dickinson's textual radicalism, and its consequences for readers, students, and teachers. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494626
ISBN
9781558494626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.26

Paperback. Composed in Latin by the Roman poet Ovid, the "Metamorphoses" presents a collection of tales of transformation based on Greek mythology and legend. This prose translation of Ovid's masterpiece in the rapid and direct American idiom aims to catch the swiftness and clarity of the Latin original. Editor(s): Simpson, Michael. Translator(s): Simpson, Michael. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493995
ISBN
9781558493995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.52

Hardcover. El Paso is the largest metropolitan area along the US-Mexico border and is geographically isolated from the rest of Texas. This title focuses on the often overlooked extraordinary literary heritage of this city in far West Texas. Editor(s): Daudistel, Marcia. Num Pages: 442 pages, 3 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653877
ISBN
9780875653877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.08

Paperback. This study asks why we call a given grouping of words "poetry" and why these arouse "aesthetic imagination". It explores concerns fundamental to the understanding and appreciation of poetry, including the nature of metaphor, the difference between verse and prose, and the essence of meaning. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819560261
ISBN
9780819560261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.36

Paperback. Demonstrates that Wallace Stevens's experimentation with sound is not only essential to his poetics but also profoundly linked to the pragmatist ideas that informed his way of thinking about language. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 23. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817358860
ISBN
9780817358860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.55

hardcover. This volume examines the manuscript of the "Gawain-Pearl" poet in the light of a compositional method well recognised from the literature of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance, but largely overlooked by modern criticism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 47 b&w illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813025544
ISBN
9780813025544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.46

Paperback. United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey describes her mode as elegiac. Although the loss of her murdered mother informs each work, Trethewey's range of forms and subjects is far reaching. This is a collection of interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winner and United States Poet Laureate. Editor(s): Hall, Joan Wylie. Series: Literary Conversations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781617039515
ISBN
9781617039515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory (Kansas State University). Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DCF; DSC; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112855
ISBN
9781551112855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. C.S. Lewis is best known as the creator of the fanciful world of Narnia and writer of literary criticism and Christian apologetics. This book examines Lewis's early writings, under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton, analyzing the influence of his formative poetic aspirations upon his later prose. Num Pages: 448 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Edition
Rev and Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873386814
ISBN
9780873386814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.95

Paperback. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347615
ISBN
9780820347615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.37

Hardcover. Approaches John Ashbery's critically neglected poetry with an ear to his use of the supremely elastic pronoun "you" and an eye toward his construction of his books as books. This book argues the poet has been paying increasingly keen and affectionate attention to his readers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329734
ISBN
9780820329734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.98

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