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Captures the essence of life lived in one of the world's enduring metropolises. This anthology offers original translations of 170 Arabic poems from Bedouin, Muslim, Christian, Kurdish, and Jewish poets - from Baghdad's founding in the eighth century to the present day. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725218
ISBN
9780674725218
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

"Hereford Cathedral is proud of its four stained-glass windows commemorating Traherne, but these volumes are as glorious a memorial." Christopher Howse, DAILY TELEGRAPH Editor(s): Ross, Jan. Series: Works of Thomas Traherne. Num Pages: 373 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 696.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843825
ISBN
9781843843825
Condition: New

€ 116.40

Paperback. Closer to Dylan Thomas than Matthew Arnold in his creative violence and insistence on the sound of poetry, the author was no staid, conventional Victorian. On entering the Jesuit order the age of twenty-four, he burnt all his poetry and 'resolved to write no more, as not belonging to my profession, unless by the wishes of my superiors'. Editor(s): Gardner, William Henry. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140420159
ISBN
9780140420159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

A selection of writings by Tonna (1289-1372), a medieval Buddhist poet-monk, very little of whose work has been translated before. The anthology contains translations of 134 uta, 16 linked-verse couplets and selections from a prose narrative, "From a Frog at the Bottom of a Well". Editor(s): Carter, Steven D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: DCF; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125529
ISBN
9780231125529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.81
€ 111.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 110 x 8. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The Chinese University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629966294
ISBN
9789629966294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.92

paperback. The author is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. A legend in Palestine, his lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. This collection spans his entire career, nearly four decades, revealing a range of expression and form. Editor(s): Antoon, Sinan; El-Zein, Amira. Translator(s): Forche, Carolyn; Akash, Munir. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520273030
ISBN
9780520273030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 B&W line drawings. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 345. 8vo. Good copy in near fine dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0258052
ISBN
9780755314423
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A collection of poems that presents a sequence of sonnets which unfolds the drama of a doomed love affair, with France and Ireland as its backdrop. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 134. 8vo.Very good copy in original printed covers. First edition. Irish Poetry
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry
Edition
First Edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0288061
ISBN
9780856461613
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

paperback. Editor(s): Phillips, Catherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
9780199538850
ISBN
9780199538850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.78

paperback. A unique selection of Yeats's major poems, plays, criticism and other prose writings, showing the connectedness of his literary output. Formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series. Editor(s): Larrissy, Edward. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537495
ISBN
9780199537495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

paperback. Hopkins is now recognized as a major nineteenth-century poet. His poetry reveals his sense of vocation as both priest and poet, his love of beauty, and his search for a unifying sacramental view of creation. This selection includes many of his best-known poems, including 'The Windhover' and 'Felix Randall'. Editor(s): Phillips, Catherine. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780199537297
ISBN
9780199537297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.12

Hardcover. Contains songs, verses and prose about unicorns, dragons, centaurs, flying horses and other fabulous creatures of myth and legend. This title covers fine art paintings that include works by Reubens, Botticelli, Castagno, Giovanni-Battista, Morris, Caravaggio, Durer, Burne-Jones, Moreau, Dore and Bouttats. Editor(s): Dobell, Steve. Num Pages: 64 pages, over 60 photographs. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754829065
ISBN
9780754829065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.39

Paperback. Hailed by T.S. Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe', Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique and enduring influence on European literature, art and politics for the past two thousand years. Translator(s): Oakley, Michael J. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853262630
ISBN
9781853262630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback. Jane Alison, the critically acclaimed author of The Love Artist, now takes on an equally demanding and in some ways more rigorous challenge: translating substantial portions of the Metamorphoses, Ovid's great epic of universal change, into elegant and remarkably faithful blank verse, along with selections from the Amores. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199941650
ISBN
9780199941650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.09

paperback. "The purpose of this book is to introduce students of Russian to the great treasures of Russian poetry in the original, starting with Alexander Pushkin .. in the nineteenth century and moving chronologically into the twentieth century"--Page ix. Illustrator(s): Moore, Mario; McIntosh, Wayde. Editor(s): Titus, Julia. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AGR; CJBR; DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000177
ISBN
9780300184631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

paperback. Presents poetry, which attempts to make sense of human grief, sorrow, and love. This work asks probing questions about the depth of grief, about letting go, and about the possibility of faith. Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 203. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071775
ISBN
9780252071775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.87

paperback. A collection of poems that find epiphanies of meaning in unexpected and even unpleasant experiences and emotions. It comments on the power of culture to interject itself into our desire for an idealized self, the way our inner and outer lives lack correspondence, harmony, and integration. Series: Illinois Poetry. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 203. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071201
ISBN
9780252071201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. This book features Morton's best work to date from her ten collections. While her poems range in style, topic and region, they capture each universal emotion, delving into our desire to know our place in this world; the reason for our very being. Her words are comfort and wonder and hope. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Review Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781680030877
ISBN
9781680030877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.44

paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892554232
ISBN
9780892554232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.64

Paperback. "Poets to come! Arouse! For you must justify me!" Answering the challenge that Whitman issued nearly 150 years ago, this book has gathered together 100 poems by 100 poets, bearing witness to Whitman's enormous influence on American and global literature. Editor(s): Coghill, Sheila; Tammaro, Thom. Series: Iowa Whitman Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877458548
ISBN
9780877458548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.36

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