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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909621848
ISBN
9781909621848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198798385
ISBN
9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.91

Paperback. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521530
ISBN
9781487521530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. This is a revised and enlarged edition. It is designed to help the reader of Eliot's "Selected Poems" by identifying and explaining the wide and often baffling range of quotations, allusions and references, literary, factual and historical. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170821
ISBN
9780571170821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. In Visible Voices Nicolas Barker traces the history of the 'translation' of poetry from a spoken medium to a written, or printed, medium. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772121
ISBN
9781847772121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. A stunning new collection from the US Poet Laureate and one of the world's most popular poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330413046
ISBN
9780330413046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.72

Hardcover. Catullus Carmina Editor(s): Mynors, Sir Roger. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1958
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146049
ISBN
9780198146049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.57

Paperback. Catullus' poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers. This work is a bilingual translation of Catullus' poems. It provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, and a historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in which he lived. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 359 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554. A Bilingual Edition. 359 pages. Catullus' poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers. This work is a bilingual translation of Catullus' poems. It provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, and a historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in which he lived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 156 x 221 x 25. Weight: 554. Translator(s): Green, Peter.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1 Blg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253865
ISBN
9780520253865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. Shows how William Blake arrived at a theory of knowledge that was also, for him, a theory of religion, of human life and of art, and how this rigorously defined system of ideas found expression in the complicated but consistent symbolism of his poetry. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 31. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691012919
ISBN
9780691012919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.78

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526109170
ISBN
9781526109170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.03
€ 36.63

Hardcover. This volume presents, in Greek and facing English translation, a collection of fragments of texts by Sophocles. They range in length from two lines to a substantial portion of the play "The Searchers". Prefatory notes provide frameworks for the fragments of the known plays. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Hugh (Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University). Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 118 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995321
ISBN
9780674995321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. This clear introduction explains technical terms such as iambic pentameter and syllabics, defines verse metres such as blank and free verse and illustrates a variety of forms, from the sonnet to freer modes favoured by contemporary writers. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; GBC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415087971
ISBN
9780415087971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Mathieu, Gustave; Stern, Guy. Series: Dover Dual Language German. Num Pages: 176 pages, 34ill. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240. A Dual-Language Book. 176 pages, 34ill. Editor(s): Mathieu, Gustave; Stern, Guy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 10. Weight: 202.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
169
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486267135
ISBN
9780486267135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.71

Paperback. Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary. Translator(s): Athanassakis, Apostolos N.; Wolkow, Benjamin M. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408828
ISBN
9781421408828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.50

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 168 x 37. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
52
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551372
ISBN
9781871551372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.43

Hardback. Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072633
ISBN
9780674072633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Features an account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954134
ISBN
9781841954134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.56

Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205264
ISBN
9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.53

Paperback. Poetry can be a great way to get people talking about difficult issues around mental health. This book is a complete guide to using poetry for this purpose. It includes a collection of over 100 poems written by the author with accompanying activities, as well as a 50 prompts to encourage clients to write their own poems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; MMJT; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785920530
ISBN
9781785920530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848402874
ISBN
9781848402874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.68

Hardback. Meticulously edited, this volume builds on recent pioneering scholarship to restore and burnish Tighe's reputation as a major Romantic-era poet. Editor(s): Feldman, Paula R.; Cooney, Brian C. Num Pages: 640 pages, 79 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418766
ISBN
9781421418766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 64.37

Paperback. Following a facsimile of the 1609 Quatro printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, Stephen Booth offers an analytic commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 616 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
616
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Text is Free of Markings
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300085068
ISBN
9780300085068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. Series: Univocal. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Univocal Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937561697
ISBN
9781937561697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. In this comprehensive introduction to Robert Burns detailed commentary on the artistry and critical contexts of his work is complemented by material on the cultural reception and afterlife of this most iconic of world writers. Editor(s): Carruthers, Gerard. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636495
ISBN
9780748636495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.86

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