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Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish poetry focusing on the colonial, political, and cultural underpinnings that have shaped artistic expression in a variety of ways. This book also focuses on both the better-known contemporary Northern Irish poets as well as their more obscure but no less significant counterparts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194291
ISBN
9781845194291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.56

hardcover. Reading a range of texts significant in their own time but little studied today, the author presents a view of late medieval French poetry in all its subtle variety: its quirkiness, its rhyming, its frequent moral seriousness, its occasional bawdiness, and the ambiguities of its authorial I. Num Pages: 372 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804718288
ISBN
9780804718288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. Lucy McDiarmid creates a new kind of literary history, telling an illimuntating tale of the curious occasion of the 'peacock dinner,' when W. B. Yeats and Ezra Pound led four lesser-known poets to the home of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to eat a peacock. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198788331
ISBN
9780198788331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.91

Hardback. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911281
ISBN
9781575911281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173381
ISBN
9781590173381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.98

Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9781448200269
ISBN
9781448200269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837637458
ISBN
9783837637458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 9.30

Hardcover. "The vividness and beauty of the language emerge in a fresh way.. with evocative simplicity."-Robert Alter Translator(s): Barnstone, Willis. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRCF; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393243895
ISBN
9780393243895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. Presents a truly international selection of works by more than seventy Italian-language poets who are writing in countries from Australia to Venezuela Editor(s): Bonaffini, Luigi. Num Pages: 1115 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2473.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
1115
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232536
ISBN
9780823232536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
1115
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823232543
ISBN
9780823232543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.00

Hardback. Shatters the notion that madness fuels creativity. This work features sixteen essays that address questions such as: Does emotional distress inspire great work? Is artistry enhanced or diminished by mental illness? What effect does substance abuse have on esthetic vision? Do psychoactive medications impinge on ingenuity? Editor(s): Berlin, Richard M. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888397
ISBN
9780801888397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644312
ISBN
9780888644312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

paperback. Poetry has often been considered an irrational genre. In each of the four very different poets she considers here, the author reveals a style of thinking in operation. She traces through these poets' lines to find evidence of thought in lyric, the silent stylistic measures representing changes of mind, the condensed power of poetic thinking. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021105
ISBN
9780674021105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Deitz, Paula. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610274
ISBN
9780815610274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.07

Hardback. In Poets, Players and Preachers, Anne James explores the literary responses to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot in poetry, drama, and sermons. This book is the first full-length study of the literary repercussions of the conspiracy. Num Pages: 424 pages, 9. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; HBLH; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649378
ISBN
9781442649378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Summerfield, Giovanna. Num Pages: 36 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 4. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
36
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761822639
ISBN
9780761822639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Paperback. In a very short time the author has gained recognition as one of the distinct and reckonable new voices. She has things to say about her native India and her native tongue (Gujarati), about America and Britain, and about Germany where she now lives. This bok includes her poems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192. Selected Poems. 160 pages. In a very short time the author has gained recognition as one of the distinct and reckonable new voices. She has things to say about her native India and her native tongue (Gujarati), about America and Britain, and about Germany where she now lives. This bok includes her poems. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857543063
ISBN
9781857543063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.62

Paperback. Reportage resists easy definition and comes in many forms, but it reveals hidden truths about people and events that have shaped the world we know. This book features the author's eyewitness accounts of the atom bomb tests at Bikini atoll and evocations of his encounters with Mao Tse-tung and Winston Churchill. Series: Classics of Reportage S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Panther Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862078246
ISBN
9781862078246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. Peter Sansom was the Marks and Spencer Poet in Residence during 1999. This collection includes his poetic "diary" of that year, alongside a range of poems which cover the spectrum of family experience from young babies learning to speak to the death of a parent. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 123.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857544848
ISBN
9781857544848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.43

Paperback. An excoriating portrayal of loss and an unnerving post-Iraq discourse mark this brilliant novel of modern America. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330512398
ISBN
9780330512398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Features essays ranging from an appreciation of Goethe's novels, to an encounter with an Indian holy man, with a considered analysis of the form at which Maugham himself excelled - the short story. This title presents the views and opinions of this eminent writer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099288909
ISBN
9780099288909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A bewitching gothic mystery from the award-winning author of Century, as a young boy inherits a magical garden of healing and harm. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KDK0011937
ISBN
9781847382979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590173558
ISBN
9781590173558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. Draws on the author's own recovery from alcoholism, his move to the Dutch landscape and the work of famous artists such as Vermeer and Rembrandt in dialogues that range from the quizzical to the confrontational. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847770172
ISBN
9781847770172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.02

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