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Poetry

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Poetry

paperback. This collection of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. Included is the story of two women who meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125. Weight in Grams: 185.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868142224
ISBN
9781868142224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Features letters that are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom the author was married. This book became an instant bestseller on its publication in 1998 and won the Forward Prize for Poetry in the same year. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571194735
ISBN
9780571194735
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.01

Paperback. Circle adopts the shape as a trope for gender, family, and history. These lyrical, narrative, and hybrid poems trace the spiral trajectory of womanhood and growth and plot the progression of self as it ebbs away from and returns to its roots in an Asian American family and context. Series: Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809326181
ISBN
9780809326181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.10

hardcover. Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his personality, and his knighthood in 1969 and appointment as Poet Laureate in 1972 were universally welcomed. Editor(s): Williams, Hugo. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571247028
ISBN
9780571247028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A remarkable example of Christian poetry expressing St Ephrem's awareness of the sacramental character of the created world, and of the potential of everything in the created world to act as witness to the Creator. With a translation from Ephrem's Commentary on Genesis. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 128 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881410761
ISBN
9780881410761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Previously out of print, Shelley's long poem explores issues of sexuality, revolution, art, and the nature of love. Editor(s): Nersessian, Anahid. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811946
ISBN
9781554811946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.75

Paperback. For the first time, the full canon of poetry from Scotland is available to readers in one volume. The Poetry of Scotland presents all the major, and many less well-known Scottish poets in a broad historical perspective from the fourteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 752 pages, notes, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AF; DC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606078
ISBN
9780748606078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.46

Anne Weamys's Arcadia offers an alternate perspective on the genre of historical romance. Shorter and comparatively more direct than the form of its derivation, the Continuation of Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia exploits the genre's capacity for fantasy and nuance while celebrating its more subversive uses as political statement. Editor(s): Cullen, Patrick Colborn. Series: Women Writers in English, 1350-1850. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: DC; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
New York
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195087192
ISBN
9780195087192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.79

This volume presents translations of over 200 poems by the master of The Way of Poetry, who is generally considered to be the last great poet of the classical uta form. Translator(s): Carter, Steven D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231105767
ISBN
9780231105767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 78.31

paperback. In this anthology, Tom Paulin aims to represent the extended family of vernacular poets and to show how Christina Rosetti, Hopkins, Whitman and other poets have drawn on the energies of popular speech such as children's chants, nursery rhymes, weather-saws and anonymous ballads. Editor(s): Paulin, Tom. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 34. Weight in Grams: 514. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025116
ISBN
9780571170609
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Very good clean copy showing light age and shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology Galway
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025354
ISBN
9780953600007
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Sedgwick's poetry opens an unfamiliar, intimate, daring space that steadily refigures not only what a critic may be, but what a poem can do Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315124
ISBN
9780822315124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardcover. 8vo.Very good copy in original printed covers. First edition. Irish Poetry
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0288021
ISBN
9780948339011
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KST0030378
ISBN
9780948339233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. A selection of poems by DH Lawrence selected by James Fenton. Editor(s): Fenton, James. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424584
ISBN
9780140424584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.25

paperback. Lyons's acclaimed verse translation of the Odes is here fully revised and included with revealing new material on Horace and the nature of his work. The book describes the life and times of Horace. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780856687907
ISBN
9780856687907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 6.49

paperback. The poems in this volume are all concerned, one way or another, with achieving a balance in the face of gravity. Lynch looks for this equilibrium between equal and opposing forces, such as sex and death, and love and grief - all the things that make us mortal and memorable. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 122. From the library of Ivor Browne and Jane Levine. Signed by author with gift inscription. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Jonathan Cape London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025645
ISBN
9780224039734
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. A selection of work by the Irish poet, Paul Muldoon, including extracts from "Meeting the British" and "Annals of Chile", which have been published since the last selection appeared in 1986. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear. Gift inscription to dedication page
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025827
ISBN
9780571177844
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Translator(s): Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
City Lights Publishers 1974
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025833
ISBN
9780872860421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 198. Good 1968 copy showing light age and wear. Slight discolouration to cover. Scoring to front cover. Remains a nice copy with clean text throughout
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0025839
ISBN
9780571086139
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. A collection that elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. It also broaches questions of transmission, as lifelines to the inherited past. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine, otherwise like new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber and Faber Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031388
ISBN
9780571269228
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 32.00

paperback. Published on his 75th birthday, this new selection presents just over a hundred of Brendan Kennelly's most essential poems, accompanied by an audio CD of his own readings drawn from two classic recordings. Editor(s): Brown, Terence; Longley, Michael. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Gift inscription on half title page. CD included. Very good clean copy, as new
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031390
ISBN
9781852249045
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 18.00

paperback. This collection of new and published poetry reflects Meehan's paradoxical intimacy; the tones can be quiet, even private, but the private world erupts or is broken open by the public world, its violence, its insistent issues. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 92. Signed and inscribed. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Very good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031392
ISBN
9781857544626
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 28.00

paperback. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Good clean copy. Covers showing light shelf wear. Toned however text is crisp and clear, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031489
ISBN
9780856403545
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 14.00

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