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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
€ 38.41

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. 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
€ 17.31

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
€ 14.47

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106234
ISBN
9780143106234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.25

Hardback. Provides key word and subject indexes to a collection of the most memorable lines written by the best British and American poets. Editor(s): Hazen, Edith P. Num Pages: 1132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2112.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
1132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231075466
ISBN
9780231075466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 270.97

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCR1; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 178 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310283607
ISBN
9780310283607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.54

Paperback. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This title offers a collection of five hundred poems that provides an account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE-1200 CE). It also introduces the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. Editor(s): Hinton, David. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374531904
ISBN
9780374531904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. BIC Classification: DCF; HRK; VXFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536428
ISBN
9780374536428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.80

Hardback. Christmas is both a holiday and a holy day, and from the start it has been associated with poetry, from the song of the seraphim above the manger to the cherished carols around the punch bowl. This volume features Christmas poems. Editor(s): Hollander, John; McClatchy, J. D. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 115 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375407895
ISBN
9780375407895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.64

paperback. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375711909
ISBN
9780375711909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.11

Hardcover. From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081190
ISBN
9780393081190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.43

Paperback. "Voigt's language dares to stir the dead, to remind us that we are temporary survivors."-Geoffrey Wolff Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393315615
ISBN
9780393315615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393322323
ISBN
9780393322323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. "This volume may be the best that America has to offer today. Buy this book, read it, treasure it."-Philadelphia Inquirer Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393322941
ISBN
9780393322941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.12

Paperback. Winner of the 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize, Figment has a vivacity and edge which gives it immediate presence" (Eavan Boland). Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327618
ISBN
9780393327618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.75

Paperback. "Jordan is a wizard at capturing vernacular in both conventional forms and his own invention." --Black Issues Book Review Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327649
ISBN
9780393327649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.85

Paperback. In this new verse adaptation, Armitage has recast Homer's epic as a series of bristling dramatic dialogues: between gods and men; between no-nonsense Captain Odysseus and his unruly companions; and between subtle Odysseus and a range of shape-shifting adversaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330816
ISBN
9780393330816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. "The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."-Booklist Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339680
ISBN
9780393339680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.37

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