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paperback. "One of the wonderful things about Jimmy & Rita is that Kim Addonizio never imposes herself in any way, so the poems sing themselves into us. We experience the victories and defeats of Jimmy and Rita as they struggle through the boundless claustrophobia of their world." - Hubert Selby, Jr Num Pages: 89 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
STEPHEN F AUSTIN ST UNIV PR
Condition
New
SKU
9781936205684
ISBN
9781936205684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.43

paperback. Presents the poems that combine 'karumi', or lightness of touch, with the Zen ideal of oneness with creation and evoke the natural world - the cherry blossom, the leaping frog, the summer moon or the winter snow - suggesting the smallness of human life in comparison to the vastness and drama of nature. Translator(s): Stryk, Lucien. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 80.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140444599
ISBN
9780140444599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 8.92

paperback. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823211944
ISBN
9780823211944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

hardcover. An edition of Timotheus of Miletus' extant work, a Greek lyric poet of the 5th and 4th centuries BC and one of the most important poets of the period, includes the fragments surviving only through other author's work. The editor's "Persae" text was based on examination of the original papyrus. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246946
ISBN
9780199246946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 267.94

hardcover. In this translation of Ovid's epic poem - whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages - , Chris Martin combines a close fidelity to the original text with verse that captures its speed and vitality. Translator(s): Martin, Charles. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393058109
ISBN
9780393058109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97
€ 56.43

Paperback. "Kimiko Hahn stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion."-Bloomsbury Review Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393325584
ISBN
9780393325584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.18

Hardcover. Taking some of A.A. Milne's best-known poems - such as Buckingham Palace and The King's Breakfast - Matthew presents some rewrites for the 60-year-old. Some are about Suddenly-Realizing-You're-Much-Older-Than-You-Thought, others about Difficulties-Of-Coping-With-Modern-Life. Illustrator(s): Eccles, David. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
John Murray
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719559792
ISBN
9780719559792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boatwhistle Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911052005
ISBN
9781911052005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.14

Paperback. This text of the fourth book of the "Aeneid" includes a detailed commentary. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721116
ISBN
9780198721116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
102
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608465248
ISBN
9781608465248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Seren
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781722220
ISBN
9781781722220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.11

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854112880
ISBN
9781854112880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Arc Publications
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906570880
ISBN
9781906570880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. Described as Tasso's most ambitious project, this epic poem, part history, part fiction, is based on the events of the First Crusade, and was composed upon his release from a seven year confinement in Ferrara. This translation into English also contains the original Italian text. Translator(s): Passaro, Maria Pastore. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823216345
ISBN
9780823216345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

hardcover. A collection of poems and etchings. It beckons us toward a landscape of botanical characters, and invites us to see ourselves among them. Illustrator(s): Greenman, Jessica. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780571237494
ISBN
9780571237494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.44

paperback. Stephen Spender, the son of a journalist, was born in London in 1909. His poetry has been praised for its exploratory candour, its personal approach to the stresses of modernity, and its exact portraiture of social and political upheaval. This selection offers a revaluation of Spender's substantial poetic corpus. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244799
ISBN
9780571244799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.44

hardcover. Over the years the author has been recording conversations with people who live and work on the River Dart in Devon. Using these records and voices as a sort of poetic census, she creates a narrative of the river, tracking its life from source to sea. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780571259335
ISBN
9780571259335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.17

paperback. Edmund Wilson wrote of Robert Lowell that he was the 'only recent American poet - if you don't count Eliot - who writes successfully in the language and cadence and rhyme of the resounding English tradition'. This book compiles a comprehensive selection of Lowell's poems, from the early triumph of Lord Weary's Castle onwards. Num Pages: 1216 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571335275
ISBN
9780571335275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 22.81

paperback. Striking in its appeal to the senses, the biblical verses from Song of Songs are remarkable for alack of sexual stereotyping and its expression of mutuality in relationships between men and women. Marcia Falk's rich and lyrical translation, praised by poets and scholars alike, is paired here with the original Hebrew text. Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry. Translator(s): Falk, Marcia. Series: Brandeis Series on Jewish Women. Num Pages: 113 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584654230
ISBN
9781584654230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. 88pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Tansy Books Dublin
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KHS1010702
ISBN
9780905888071
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 9.39

paperback. Written by the author of the award-winning "Landing Light", this title conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces within the world and simultaneously offer some protection against them. It also includes an extended elegy for the poet Michael Donaghy. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571251742
ISBN
9780571251742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

paperback. Focuses on Homer's extended similes and on the brief biographies of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer's glance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571274185
ISBN
9780571274185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.24

paperback. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn (City College of New York). Series: Field Translation Series. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Edition
Trans. from the French ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440891
ISBN
9780932440891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.63

Hardcover. A la Orilla Azul del Silencio celebra el centenario del nacimiento de Pablo Neruda, probablemente uno de los poetasmas leidos del siglo veinte, y sin lugar a dudas, uno de los mas queridos. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 260 x 235. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060591847
ISBN
9780060591847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

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