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Hardcover. Features a great American poem. This book includes an afterword by Whitman authority David Reynolds, in which he discusses the 1855 edition, in its social and cultural contexts. It also includes an appendix. It is useful for fans of Whitman and lovers of American poetry. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
150th anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195183429
ISBN
9780195183429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.27

Paperback. By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book features 778 poems. Editor(s): McCaig, Ewen. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 56. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Birlinn General United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third Edition, Third edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846971365
ISBN
9781846971365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571222605
ISBN
9780571222605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943). Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 45. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571225163
ISBN
9780571225163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510. 320 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight: 502.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246785
ISBN
9781852246785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.71

Paperback. Tony Connors tenth collection is framed by military encounters. In the first poem a young man grapples with a malfunctioning machine-gun, while the author grapples with the poem he is making from this event, memory or fantasy. In the surrealistic sequence that ends the book, a strange army invades a country collapsing into societal and semantic .. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856464539
ISBN
9780856464539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. * A popular collection of poems from the award-winning writer and poet * 'The feisty Fat Black Woman takes on politicians, the slimming industry, fatness, blackness, and womanhood' Guardian Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780860686354
ISBN
9780860686354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Homer bidding farewell to his wife, Odysseus bound to the mast, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been portrayed in every generation. Chapman's translations are argued to be two of the liveliest and readable. Translator(s): Chapman, George. Series Editor(s): Griffith, Tom. Series: Wordsworth Classics of World Literature. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 54. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840221176
ISBN
9781840221176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.71

Paperback. Auden, Lewis, MacNeice and other key poets of the 'Thirties' were children of the First World War, obsessed by war and by communalism and by the class-struggle. But from within their strongly defined unity of ideals, a varied body of poetry emerged. This book arranges the poetry to make a 'critical essay' of the period. Editor(s): Skelton, Robin. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141184579
ISBN
9780141184579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Evokes the essence of the seasons with this cycle of haiku. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841950525
ISBN
9781841950525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.67

Paperback. Suitable for students as well as the general reader who is coming to the great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time, this title examines the questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Translator(s): Kirkpatrick, Robin. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141197494
ISBN
9780141197494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
Nightboat Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937658618
ISBN
9781937658618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. 'Book Nine' is the turning point in the plot of the 'Iliad' and the tragedy of 'Achilles'. In this book, Jasper Griffin provides an informative introduction, text, and commentary for students, discussing the problems and the achievements of this particularly rich and rewarding part of the poem. All quotations in the commentary are translated. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198141303
ISBN
9780198141303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.96

Paperback. Latin America's great poet rendered into English by the world's most celebrated translator of Spanish-language literature. Translator(s): Grossman, Edith. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351880
ISBN
9780393351880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.03

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fisher, Tyler. Num Pages: 128 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Wings Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916727420
ISBN
9780916727420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Represents anonymous medieval ballads to the renowned work of Sir Walter Scott and Edwin Morgan. This anthology also includes the top 20 of the nation's favourite poetic pieces, chosen by BBC Scotland listeners. It also represents Scotland's most famous poets such as: Robert Burns, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean, Muriel Spark, and others. Editor(s): Conn, Stewart. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222612
ISBN
9781905222612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. Stevie Smith was one of the few 'modern' poets to reach a wide general audience. Bizarre, witty, sad, sometimes caustic, her poems impart a zest for life, and reveal her eye for the marvels of the ordinary and her sensibility to the paradoxical nature of all human emotions. This book contains her poems. Illustrator(s): Smith, Stevie. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141186559
ISBN
9780141186559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Hardback. First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844693
ISBN
9781843844693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.13

Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Centennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401786
ISBN
9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. First published in 1831, and here presented in a dual-language edition with some of his lesser-known unpublished poems, Leopardi's poetical masterpiece is an unsurpassed anatomy of man's unhappiness on earth. Translator(s): Nichols, J. G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847494672
ISBN
9781847494672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.47

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