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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. These essays on Pulitzer Prize winner, Elizabeth Bishop, argue that her "sense of difference" as an orphan, a woman artist and a lesbian, play a significant role in the questioning of aesthetic, ethical and sexual boundaries that is so much part of her poetic practice. Editor(s): Lombardi, Marilyn May. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914442
ISBN
9780813914442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.33

Hardback. Renowned as a poet and critic, Arnold will be celebrated now as a letter writer. This volume begins in 1829 with an account of the Arnold children by their father, and closes in 1859, when already a poet and literary critic, Matthew Arnold returned to England after several months in Europe. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916514
ISBN
9780813916514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.24

hardcover. Volume 2 of this six volume set covers the years 1860-65, when Arnold emerged as a critic and went on to consolidate his reputation. His letters record his impressions of Europe on an official school study, with observations of nature within and nature without. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BGA; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917061
ISBN
9780813917061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.36

Hardback. The letters in this volume show the woman Rossetti was at this time in her life. By 1874 she was an established poet with a literary reputation among her contemporaries. But her personal life was overshadowed by the deaths and illness of close friends, and her own affliction with Graves' disease. In the VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE series. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 875.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813917832
ISBN
9780813917832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.40

paperback. This collection of essays and six interviews, from the Furious Flower Conference of 1994, provides a mosaic of the major critical and aesthetic issues emerging from African-American poetry and its literary milieu. They address the main points for assessing the work of black poets. Editor(s): Gabbin, Joanne V. (Professor of English, James Madison University, USA). Num Pages: 400 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918419
ISBN
9780813918419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.93

Paperback. This volume brings together Melvin B. Tolson's three book of poetry - "Rendezvouz with America", "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia", and "Harlem Gallery" - as well as fugitive poems after 1944. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918655
ISBN
9780813918655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.79

hardcover. The fourth of six volumes collecting the letters of Matthew Arnold. The letters chronicle Arnold's personal life in the characteristically intimate note of all his correspondence. He loses a son, a brother and his mother, and travels to France, Switzerland and Italy, recording his impressions. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1039.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813918969
ISBN
9780813918969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.74

hardcover. The emotional and moral centre of this collection is the series of letters written during Arnold's first American visit, during which he ranged from New York and New England to Madison, Chicago, Richmond, Washington, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1093.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
536
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919997
ISBN
9780813919997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.10

Hardback. In this final volume of the Virginia edition of Arnold's letters, he joins for the last time a Royal Commission on Education, travelling first to Germany, and then on to Switzerland and Paris. Following his wife and daughter, Arnold also makes his second American visit, to see his first grandchild. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1161.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920283
ISBN
9780813920283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.89

paperback. A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to "Orientalism and Modernism", investigates the ways in which three modernist poets received Chinese artistic notions and assimilated them into their literary masterpieces. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; ACBP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813921761
ISBN
9780813921761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938646
ISBN
9780813938646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52

Paperback. Text with translation, commentary and notes. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685903
ISBN
9780856685903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.14

hardcover. Emily Dickinson, one of the American poets of the 19th century, is known for her preferred seclusion from the outside world. Many of her poems were published posthumously, as she kept her writing private. This guide offers perceptive interpretations of Dickinson and her creative output. It helps students explore the poet and her much-debated work. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Modern Critical Views S. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Chelsea House Publications United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780791096130
ISBN
9780791096130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.23

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Hardcover. The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312240028
ISBN
9780312240028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333306314
ISBN
9780333306314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.92

hardcover. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1986th Edition
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333408483
ISBN
9780333408483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.40

Paperback. In the appreciation of Larkin's poetry which draws extensively on the poet's many prose commentaries on writing, Terry Whalen provides a practical criticism of Larkin's poetry. He gives a close reading of the major poems. Series: Studies in twentieth-century literature. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522820
ISBN
9780333522820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.72

Hardback. An analysis of the poetic aspect of Chartism. Series: Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792321101
ISBN
9780792321101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.54

Hardback. Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 84 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896030183
ISBN
9780896030183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.47

Hardback. In David Cope's strikingly intense new collection, Fragments for the Stars, we see the continued development of a highly original art. Rising directly out of Williams' graphic American measure, Cope's voice is everywhere infused with a characteristic stark lyricism-producing the powerful work that Carl Rakosi has called his "compassionate realism." Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896031722
ISBN
9780896031722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Hardback. Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896032620
ISBN
9780896032620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.67

Hardcover. Ted Hughes's South Yorkshire tells the untold story of Hughes's Mexborough period (1938-1951) and demonstrates conclusively that Hughes's experiences in South Yorkshire - in town and country, educationally, in literature and love - were decisive in forming him as the poet of his subsequent fame. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137499349
ISBN
9781137499349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Paperback. PMContents: Introduction: Tumbles and Leaps; Beginning in Wisdom; Towards a Rhetoric of Destitution; Excellence and Loss; History and Seduction; Defeats and Dreams; Notes and References; Index Num Pages: 114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349090181
ISBN
9781349090181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

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