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Paperback. Offers short poems and extracts from the Classical tradition, by authors including Virgil, Homer, Catullus, Horace, Sappho and Ovid, and illustrates them with the finest Classical and classically inspired pieces from the British Museums extensive collection. This title explores of the treasures of Classical literature and art. Editor(s): Williams, Jonathan; Cheesman, Clive. Num Pages: 96 pages, 38 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294. 96 pages, 38 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Williams, Jonathan; Cheesman, Clive. Offers short poems and extracts from the Classical tradition, by authors including Virgil, Homer, Catullus, Horace, Sappho and Ovid, and illustrates them with the finest Classical and classically inspired pieces from the British Museums extensive collection. This title explores of the treasures of Classical literature and art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 189 x 156 x 9. Weight: 290.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122809
ISBN
9780714122809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.56

Paperback. What has happened to the lost art of memorising poems? Why do we no longer feel that it is necessary to know the most enduring, beautiful poems in the English language 'by heart'? The author explains how we can overcome the problem by using a memory system that becomes easier the more frequently it is practised. Editor(s): Hughes, Ted. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571278749
ISBN
9780571278749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.58

Paperback. Translator(s): Sukhu, Gopal. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166072
ISBN
9780231166072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.98

Hardback. A medical authority, Girolamo Fracastoro (1478--1553) was also a prominent Neo-Latin poet. This volume includes his didactic poem Syphilis, which gave the name to the disease and contains the first poetical description of Columbus' discovery of America; a short Biblical epic, the Joseph; and the Carmina, a collection of shorter poetry. Translator(s): Gardner, James. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
468
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072718
ISBN
9780674072718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.31

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 4. Weight in Grams: 58.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486264677
ISBN
9780486264677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.20

Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, 20 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CBW; DCF; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New, Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866508
ISBN
9780872866508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. The definitive collection of Dylan Thomas' poetic ouevre. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Edition
New Edition
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753810668
ISBN
9780753810668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 4. Weight in Grams: 60. Series: Dover Thrift S. 64 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 212 x 150 x 4. Weight: 58.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486264660
ISBN
9780486264660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.44

Paperback. Focuses on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Translator(s): Innes, Mary M. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1955
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440584
ISBN
9780140440584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. Features a kind of anthology, energized by a self-imposed limitation to one hundred poems. Editor(s): Share, Don; Wiman, Christian. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226104010
ISBN
9780226104010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan; Manning, Peter. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424508
ISBN
9780140424508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Before and since his enforced exile, Yang Lian has been one of the most innovative and influential poets in China. Widely hailed in America and Europe as a highly individual voice in world literature, he has been translated into many languages. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 8. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247034
ISBN
9781852247034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 121 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413717306
ISBN
9780413717306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.37

Hardcover. Lucretius De Rerum Natura Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1922
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146247
ISBN
9780198146247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Pirozzi, Carlo; Lockton, Katherine. Num Pages: 168 pages, 21 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021798
ISBN
9781910021798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

paperback. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872867093
ISBN
9780872867093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.97

Hardcover. Angelo Poliziano was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance. His "Sylvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. Editor(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674014800
ISBN
9780674014800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.28

Paperback. All the poems in this book were either written in or inspired by the very special place that is Connemara - not a county, not a political entity but perhaps something much wider - a state of the soul. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 228 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908373960
ISBN
9781908373960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.13

Paperback. Andrew Marvell was born in Yorkshire in 1624 and was educated in Hull and Cambridge. He became the unofficial laureate to Cromwell and in 1657 he took over from Milton as the Latin Secretary to the Council of State. It was only after the First World War that his poetry gained popularity. This book introduces this poet. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 120 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235483
ISBN
9780571235483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.62

Paperback. Fence is an epic of fragments that is at once beautiful and beautifully strange. In his exploration of the vast, frozen Svalbard islands, poet and geographer Tim Cresswell has created a kind of travel poetry whose taut, minimalist lyric synthesises subjects as diverse as history, politics and Arctic ecology. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 108.
Publisher
Penned in the Margins
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908058317
ISBN
9781908058317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.60

Leather / fine binding. A landmark of world literature, The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly Beatrice, he learns the meaning of evil, sin, damnation and forgiveness through a series of unforgettable encounters. Illustrator(s): Dore, Gustave. Translator(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 712 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435162068
ISBN
9781435162068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 30.26

Paperback. Explores the ways in which we connect with others and the wider world. This collection of poems features characters that speak in many voices, both animal and human, bringing into focus the moments when we are most alive, and most alone. It takes the reader from the last performance of a virtuoso octopus to the industry of a Chinese city. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 142 x 4. Weight in Grams: 95.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852247225
ISBN
9781852247225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
60177th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208995
ISBN
9780872208995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.43

hardcover. The first instalment of Tom Paulin's poem about World War II. Affirming the struggle and memory of a generation upon whom the doors of living memory are now closing, it looks at the relation of art to war and to questions of national identity, the search for peace and for a shared civic culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 341 201pp. Keywords: Irish poetry
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
SKU
KHS1010734
ISBN
9780571209156
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 18.00

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