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Poetry by individual poets

paperback. Stephen Spender, the son of a journalist, was born in London in 1909. His poetry has been praised for its exploratory candour, its personal approach to the stresses of modernity, and its exact portraiture of social and political upheaval. This selection offers a revaluation of Spender's substantial poetic corpus. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571244799
ISBN
9780571244799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.44

hardcover. Over the years the author has been recording conversations with people who live and work on the River Dart in Devon. Using these records and voices as a sort of poetic census, she creates a narrative of the river, tracking its life from source to sea. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber, London
Condition
New
SKU
9780571259335
ISBN
9780571259335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.17

paperback. Striking in its appeal to the senses, the biblical verses from Song of Songs are remarkable for alack of sexual stereotyping and its expression of mutuality in relationships between men and women. Marcia Falk's rich and lyrical translation, praised by poets and scholars alike, is paired here with the original Hebrew text. Illustrator(s): Moser, Barry. Translator(s): Falk, Marcia. Series: Brandeis Series on Jewish Women. Num Pages: 113 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 124 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584654230
ISBN
9781584654230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571220649
ISBN
9780571220649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 10.27

paperback. Written by the author of the award-winning "Landing Light", this title conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces within the world and simultaneously offer some protection against them. It also includes an extended elegy for the poet Michael Donaghy. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571251742
ISBN
9780571251742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.97

paperback. Focuses on Homer's extended similes and on the brief biographies of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer's glance. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571274185
ISBN
9780571274185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.24

paperback. Translator(s): Hacker, Marilyn (City College of New York). Series: Field Translation Series. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Edition
Trans. from the French ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932440891
ISBN
9780932440891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.46

Hardcover. A la Orilla Azul del Silencio celebra el centenario del nacimiento de Pablo Neruda, probablemente uno de los poetasmas leidos del siglo veinte, y sin lugar a dudas, uno de los mas queridos. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 260 x 235. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
HarperCollins Espanol
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060591847
ISBN
9780060591847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.61

The poems of Du Fu (712-77) had a diverse range of subject matter, from personal detail to historical fact, expressed with a richness of language that stretched from the elegant to the colloquial, and from the allusive to the direct. This selection includes both famous and lesser-known works. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128285
ISBN
9780231128285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.26

Offer readings of Auden's works and illuminates his use of stylistic registers and poetic genres. This book traces the ideas and ideologies that animated and overwhelmed Auden's poetry. It considers the influence of left-liberal politics, psychoanalytic and evolutionary theory, and Christian theology that characterized Auden's poems of the 1940s. Editor(s): Burt, Stephen. Series: A Columbia University Publication. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130783
ISBN
9780231130783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.09

Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 illus; 6 tables. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 34. Weight in Grams: 650.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151603
ISBN
9780231151603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.59

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCR1; HRCS; HRCV. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 178 x 124 x 15. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310283607
ISBN
9780310283607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Hardback. Editor(s): Gibson, James. Num Pages: 969 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
969
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333237731
ISBN
9780333237731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.33

Hardback. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333336045
ISBN
9780333336045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

Paperback. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This title offers a collection of five hundred poems that provides an account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE-1200 CE). It also introduces the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. Editor(s): Hinton, David. Translator(s): Hinton, David. Num Pages: 512 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374531904
ISBN
9780374531904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.93

Paperback. BIC Classification: DCF; HRK; VXFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536428
ISBN
9780374536428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375711619
ISBN
9780375711619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.05

Hardcover. From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
93
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393081190
ISBN
9780393081190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.03

Paperback. "Voigt's language dares to stir the dead, to remind us that we are temporary survivors."-Geoffrey Wolff Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393315615
ISBN
9780393315615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393322323
ISBN
9780393322323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.24

Paperback. Winner of the 2003 Barnard Women Poets Prize, Figment has a vivacity and edge which gives it immediate presence" (Eavan Boland). Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327618
ISBN
9780393327618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.92

Paperback. "Jordan is a wizard at capturing vernacular in both conventional forms and his own invention." --Black Issues Book Review Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393327649
ISBN
9780393327649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.71

Paperback. "Laux writes gritty, tough, lyrical poems that depict the actual nature of life in the West today."-Philip Levine Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393329629
ISBN
9780393329629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.22

Paperback. "The power that Kumin draws from and brings to literature is potent and seemingly inexhaustible."-Booklist Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393339680
ISBN
9780393339680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

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