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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. First book of essays on a maverick figure in late 20th century British poetry. Editor(s): Batchelor, Paul. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249885
ISBN
9781852249885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 181. 8vo.Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Dedalus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First edition.
SKU
KEX0298122
ISBN
9781901233605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Num Pages: 506 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801491177
ISBN
9780801491177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. This classic selection of her work provides a suitable introduction to this most influential of poets. It includes poems that are taken from Sylvia Plath's four collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 200 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
85
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571135868
ISBN
9780571135868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Hardcover. An Anglican priest who took his calling with deep seriousness, Herbert brought to his work a religious reverence richly allied with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. His best-loved poems, from "The Collar" and "Jordan" to "The Altar" and "Easter Wings," achieve a perfection of form and feeling and a timeless metaphysical grandeur. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597638
ISBN
9781841597638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633617
ISBN
9780815633617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.92

Paperback. Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures: three lectures linking form and politics with the content of poetry by Wales's first National Poet. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 4. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780370705
ISBN
9781780370705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Paperback. The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles' great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War, encapsulating the brutality of war. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers, and this new translation is elegant and accurate, respecting the original line numbers, and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter. Translator(s): Verity, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645213
ISBN
9780199645213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marks the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan; Mendelsohn, Harvey. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744027
ISBN
9780804744027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. Allows the readers to explore substantial selections of the poetry of ten postwar poets - Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, Michael Longley, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Durcan, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian. Editor(s): Muldoon, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Faber & Faber England
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228379
ISBN
9780571228379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. In The Cambridge Companion to Keats, leading scholars discuss Keats's work. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan J. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 320 pages, 1 b/w illus. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan J. In The Cambridge Companion to Keats, leading scholars discuss Keats's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 20. Weight: 506.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521658393
ISBN
9780521658393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Paperback. Examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle. This book explores the effect the writer's hybrid identity had on the themes and content of his work. It catalogues and dissects the many versions of Bukowski created by the writer and his followers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230238
ISBN
9781780230238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112. Ideas of England in Contemporary Poetry: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures. 62 pages. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight: 112.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
62
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852249328
ISBN
9781852249328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 244 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780785834588
ISBN
9780785834588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.45

Hardback. The author is rightly regarded as the Father of English Literature. His observant wit, his narrative skill and characterization, his linguistic invention, have been a well from which the language's greatest writers have drawn: Shakespeare, Pope, Austen, Dickens among them. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230655
ISBN
9780571230655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184593
ISBN
9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the "Paradiso". This work provides a profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have confused readers of "The Divine Comedy". Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 400 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
389
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691019123
ISBN
9780691019123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.49

Hardback. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative Arabic-Persian literature, and the ghazal in related Islamic literatures such as Urdu and Ottoman Turkish. It is also of value to the field of comparative literature more widely - Hafiz was a key influence on notable nineteenth-century literary figures such as Goethe and Byron. Series: British Institute of Persian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848851443
ISBN
9781848851443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.23
€ 124.28

Paperback. Covering the genres of Chinese poetry, this volume provides an introduction to the Chinese poetry. The sections of the volume are introduced by a short essay on the mode or genre of poem and is followed by a comprehensive bibliography. It is aimed at students of Chinese poetry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 181 ideograms. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319467
ISBN
9780822319467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878909
ISBN
9780801878909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

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