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Paperback. Even at its most literary, Caribbean poetry shares the vigour of the oral tradition. Many established writers and exciting new voices, are exploring ways of capturing the vitality of the spoken word on the page. These traditions are represented in this lively anthology, which traces Caribbean verse from its roots to the present. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424607
ISBN
9780140424607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AVQ; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141982540
ISBN
9780141982540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. A collection of poems that lists them according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet. Num Pages: 1184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 52. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424546
ISBN
9780140424546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

paperback. Unrivalled for its range and intensity, the poetry of the First World War continues to have a powerful effect on readers. This title reflects the diverse experience of those who lived through the war - bringing together the words of poets, soldiers and civilians affected by the conflict. Editor(s): Walter, Matthew George. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141181905
ISBN
9780141181905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. The period 1820-1950 is particularly rich for students and lovers of poetry. While this anthology contains, of course, generous selections from established giants - Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme and Michaux - it also draws attention to interesting "minor" poets such as Claudel or Cendrars. Editor(s): Rees, William. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140423853
ISBN
9780140423853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. Features the work of the greatest Irish poets, from the monks of the ancient monasteries to the Nobel laureates along with a profusion of lyrics, love poems, satires, ballads and songs. This title explores the traditions of poetry in Ireland, and relates the variety of the poems to the frequently troubled history of the island. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 50. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
1120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191645
ISBN
9780141191645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature. This anthology offers a selection of its poetry, and includes a range of works by the poets of the age - notably Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Sepnser, John Donne, William Shakespeare and John Milton. Editor(s): Norbrook, David; Woudhuysen, H. R. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140423464
ISBN
9780140423464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 1056 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435689
ISBN
9780140435689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.20

Paperback. Traces Russian poetry from its Golden Age to the modern era, including work by several great poets - Georgy Ivanov and Varlam Shalamov among them - in captivating modern translations by Robert Chandler and others. This volume also includes a general introduction, chronology and individual introductions to each poet. Editor(s): Chandler, Robert; Mashinski, Irina; Dralyuk, Boris. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141198309
ISBN
9780141198309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Spanish poetry is astonishing in its richness and variety. This anthology covers the two great flowerings of Spanish verse: the first, which lasted to the end of the seventeenth century, and second, from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Editor(s): Cohen, J. M. Num Pages: 640 pages, index. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 37. Weight in Grams: 528. Good copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages, otherwise a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0011445
ISBN
9780140585704
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. The fifth and final collection of poems from one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose--and many would claim its most influential and imitated poet. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Ecco
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060577087
ISBN
9780060577087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
SKU
KEX0281390
ISBN
9780856405723
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

paperback. A translation of the idiosyncratic diary of a C10 court lady in Heian Japan. Along with the "Tale of Genji", it is one of the major Japanese classics. Editor(s): McKinney, Meredith. Num Pages: 400 pages, map. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Classics London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140448061
ISBN
9780140448061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681370903
ISBN
9781681370903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dedalus Press Dublin
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
9781906614560
ISBN
9781906614560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.29

paperback. "The Pleasure Steamers" is Andrew Motion's first collection of poems. Formally adventurous, in the way his work has continued to be, the collection explores relationships, geographies and the legacy of the past to the present. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 214 x 5. Weight in Grams: 104. From the library of Gerard Fanning. With two (2) MS letters from Motion to Fanning in which the subsequent poet laureate discusses providing a poem for publishing in Fanning's next broadsheet, and also discusses Motion's new collection 'The Pleasure Steamers' (this title), both letters dated September 1978, on University of Hull letterhead, Fanning has made MS notes on the later letter. Signed and dated by Fanning on half title. Good clean copy. Covers showing light age and shelf wear, lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd Manchester
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030169
ISBN
9780856352478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 150.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611801538
ISBN
9781611801538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Hardback. The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, he presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 390 x 37. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737877
ISBN
9780674737877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic agility, from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy. Editor(s): Whigham, Peter. Translator(s): Whigham, Peter. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449815
ISBN
9780140449815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Of all the great classical love poets, Propertius is surely one of those with most immediate appeal for the twentieth-century reader. His poetry centres on a helpless infatuation for his sinister mistress, Cynthia, and it is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ecstasy to suicidal despair. Translator(s): Lee, Guy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555925
ISBN
9780199555925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. The sonnets in this collection divide into two parts; the first 126 are addressed to a fair youth for whom the poet has an obsessive love and the second chronicles his love for the notorious "Dark Lady". In addition to the sonnets, this volume includes two lengthy poems on classical themes. Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853264160
ISBN
9781853264160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.11

Paperback. Editor(s): Woods, Susanne. Series: Women writers in English 1350-1850. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 251.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195083613
ISBN
9780195083613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Lee, Guy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537570
ISBN
9780199537570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Johnson, Thomas Herbert. Num Pages: 1346 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 70. Weight in Grams: 1961.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674676015
ISBN
9780674676015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 287.26
€ 269.36

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