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Paperback. Presents a collection of 115 poems that introduces readers in English to Sultan Bahu (d 1691), a Sufi mystical poet who continues to be one of the most beloved writers in Punjabi. Editor(s): Elias, Jamal J. Translator(s): Elias, Jamal J. Num Pages: 156 pages, 116 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 213 x 6. Weight in Grams: 228. The Sufi Poems of Sultan Bahu. 156 pages. Editor(s): Elias, Jamal J. Presents a collection of 115 poems that introduces readers in English to Sultan Bahu (d 1691), a Sufi mystical poet who continues to be one of the most beloved writers in Punjabi. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 141 x 213 x 6. Weight: 232. Translator(s): Elias, Jamal J.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Bilingual Ed
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212428
ISBN
9780520212428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Written with astonishing rapidity in two weeks of February 1922, when Rilke was finally completing the "Duino Elegies" that had occupied him intermittently for a decade, this book is a series of 55 songs. This edition includes an introduction and notes. German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 107 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229228
ISBN
9780520229228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Paperback. Begun in 1912, these ten elegies were finally completed, after a decade of sporadic and protraced creation, at the Chateau Muzot in the Swiss Valais. Rilke considered them his greatest achievement. This edition includes an introduction and notes. The German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 101 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108 x 6. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229235
ISBN
9780520229235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. These poems, written between 1900 and 1908, and selected from "Das Buch der Bilder" and the two parts of "Neue Gedichte", show Rilke's deep concern with sculpture and painting. The book includes an introduction and notes. The German text faces the English translation. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Bilingual ed
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520229259
ISBN
9780520229259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. Myung Mi Kim's poetry details the minute grains of daily life in both peace and war, and registers our common burden of being subject to history. Abstracting colonization, war, immigration, disease and first-language loss, Kim takes on the displacement of those whose lives are embedded in history. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231443
ISBN
9780520231443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The leading poet of French symbolism, Stephane Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writing. In this volume C.F. MacIntyre has translated 43 of his poems including the "Ouverture" and "Scene" from Herodiade. Num Pages: 183 pages, 1 black / white illustration. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 108 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2 Blg
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234789
ISBN
9780520234789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.56

Hardback. Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century BCE, Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. This work considers the workings and representation of poetic patronage in the Ptolemaic age. Translator(s): Hunter, Richard. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520235601
ISBN
9780520235601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.07
€ 64.66

Paperback. A collection of poems that describes the transit of a psyche, driven by uncertainty and by love, through various stations and experiences. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 31.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238107
ISBN
9780520238107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. In times of great uncertainty, the urgency of the artist's task is only surpassed by its difficulty. This work suggests fruitful ways of thinking about both the artist's role and the condition of doubt. It focuses on questions of race, gender, religion, faith, language, and political thought. Num Pages: 181 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238404
ISBN
9780520238404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Hardback. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242647
ISBN
9780520242647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 36.08

Paperback. Ko Un, the preeminent Korean poet of the twentieth century, embraces Buddhism with the versatility of a master Taoist sage. This work draws from a poetic reservoir filled with memories and experiences ranging over seventy years of South Korea's tumultuous history from the Japanese occupation to the Korean war to democracy. Translator(s): You, Clare; Silberg, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246133
ISBN
9780520246133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.50

Paperback. Whether viewed as an influence or in and for themselves, the Symbolists are a tantalizing group. The poetry itself is the movement's best definition. Including bilingual text en face, an introduction, and notes, this work contains some forty selected poems of that movement. Translator(s): MacIntyre, C. F. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
50 Blg
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254206
ISBN
9780520254206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Includes sequential and serial poems which demonstrate ideas and inventions in writing, and how one writing invention leads to the next. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 257 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254626
ISBN
9780520254626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. Features poems about gardens, particularly the 17th century French baroque gardens designed by the father of the form, Andre Le Notre. Using the imagery of the garden, this title considers topics ranging from human society to the formal structure of poetry. It probes the 2 senses of Le notre to discover where they intersect, overlap, or blur. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 118 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254640
ISBN
9780520254640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. A compilation of Robin Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition,Revised
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258259
ISBN
9780520258259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.73

Hardback. A collection of poetry and plays that presents annotated texts of both collected and uncollected work from author's middle and late writing years (1958-1988), with commentaries on each of the five books, The Opening of the Field, Roots and Branches, Bending the Bow, and the two volumes of Ground Work. Editor(s): Quartermain, Peter. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 928 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 238 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259294
ISBN
9780520259294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.32

Paperback. Records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990). This offers an anguished response to Chile's violent history. Translator(s): Deeny, Anna. Num Pages: 136 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 27.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259737
ISBN
9780520259737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Features poetry, performance pieces, 'traditional' verse, prose poems, and other poetical texts from Jackson Mac Low's lifetime in art - that span the years from 1937, beginning with "Thing of Beauty", his first poem, until his death in 2004 and demonstrate his extraordinary range as well as his unquenchable enthusiasm. Editor(s): Tardos, Anne. Num Pages: 502 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260023
ISBN
9780520260023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. One of Japan's most important modern poets, Tada Chimako (1930-2003) gained prominence in her native country for her sensual, frequently surreal poetry and fantastic imagery. This title presents a selection from Tada's extraordinary oeuvre, including nontraditional free verse, poems in the traditional forms of tanka and haiku, and prose poems. Translator(s): Angles, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260511
ISBN
9780520260511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Offers an overview of the life and work of Nicole Brossard, poet, novelist, and essayist, who is widely recognized in her native Quebec and throughout the French-speaking world as one of the greatest writers of her generation. Series: Poets for the Millennium S. Num Pages: 252 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261082
ISBN
9780520261082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Addresses the challenge of representing nature through language. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262423
ISBN
9780520262423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. Features the poems that are selected from the author's seven full-length manuscripts written between 1946 and 2008. Editor(s): Hillman, Brenda; Ebenkamp, Paul. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 136 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520262447
ISBN
9780520262447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.18

Hardback. After Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from "The Milan Papyrus". It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520265790
ISBN
9780520265790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 72.77

Paperback. Drawing its name from the spacecraft departing our solar system on an embassy to the beyond, this title culminates in a chilling Dantean allegory of leadership and its failure in the cause of humanity. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 31.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268852
ISBN
9780520268852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

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