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Literary studies: poetry & poets

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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paperback. "Crane's poetry has been a touchstone for me, and remains central to a fully imaginative understanding of American literature."-Harold Bloom Editor(s): Simon, Marc V. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Liveright
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Centennial Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871401786
ISBN
9780871401786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.30

Paperback. This text attempts to establish the connection between Robert Lowell and the sublime. His interest in the sublime dominated his poetry from the beginning. This work examines the poetics of sublimity which traces journeys beyond English language and behaviour into exalted states. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815626589
ISBN
9780815626589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.39

Hardback. The book provides a lucid and systematic theory of the work of literature and its major aspects. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 tables, 22 figures. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755146
ISBN
9780804755146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.50

Paperback. "The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be forms an extended consideration not only of Harryette Mullen's own work, methods, and interests as a poet, but also of issues of central importance to African American poetry and language, women's voices, and the future of poetry"-- Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817357139
ISBN
9780817357139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.65

Paperback. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780252060069
ISBN
9780252060069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.08

Hardcover. In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of Britain, Europe and the United States. Clifton opens by recounting his time living in London in the late eighties and early nineties. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906359904
ISBN
9781906359904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.37

Paperback. This lyrical, autobiographical romp takes the reader from the poet's childhood to combat in World War II, to upstate New York. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780967527345
ISBN
9780967527345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674656765
ISBN
9780674656765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.40
€ 70.47

Hardback. Rarity is a quality by which things-flowers, leaves, light, sound-fleetingly appear and disappear, leaving in their wake a resonance of something we just thought we had glimpsed. Each of the nine chapters in this book pursues such intimations of rarity in poetic ideas, images, and silences. Num Pages: 106 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589286
ISBN
9781137589286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.26

Paperback. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349100354
ISBN
9781349100354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.94

Hardcover. Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403939623
ISBN
9781403939623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

William Blake is known as one of the 19th century's greatest poets and prophets of the imagination. This volume examines his poetry, including "Jerusalem", "Milton", and "The Four Zoas" - with selections of the best criticism from the 19th and 20th centuries. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Classic Critical Views. Num Pages: 232 pages, chronology, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Chelsea House Pub (T)
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604131383
ISBN
9781604131383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.63
€ 48.83

Paperback. A companion volume to "The Anxiety of Influence", this book offers instructions in how to read a poem. It considers the map of misreading drawn by contemporary poets such as Ann Carson and Henri Cole, and shows how modern texts relate to previous texts, and contribute to the literary legacy of their predecessors. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195162219
ISBN
9780195162219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.49

Paperback. An anthology of poems which attempts to give readers the possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060540425
ISBN
9780060540425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801491856
ISBN
9780801491856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Walt Whitman is a great poet. In this study, the author demonstrates that concerns with death and dying define Whitman's career as thinker, poet, and person. This work devotes particular attention to Whitman's language and artistry in the context of the poet's social and intellectual milieus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817352783
ISBN
9780817352783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. An account of the intense, shifting friendship between Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Harmon Smith emphasizes their personal bond, but also shows how the relationship affected their thought and writing, and was in turn influenced by their careers. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558492936
ISBN
9781558492936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.49

Hardback. The Poetry Toolkit: For Readers and Writers provides students with the essential intellectual and practical tools necessary to read, understand, and write poetry. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195782
ISBN
9781405195782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.14

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

€ 245.34

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Chu, Charles. Translator(s): Egan, Charles. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCQ; DSC; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150385
ISBN
9780231150385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.24
€ 83.98

Hardback. This neglected Greek satire is now available in English. Basing their translation on two critical editions of the 14th-century anonymous poem, Nicholas and Baloglou reveal the full texture of this unique genre of the Byzantine period. The authors provide analysis on form, style and context. Translator(s): Nicholas, Nick; Baloglou, George. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 576 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127608
ISBN
9780231127608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.10
€ 88.23

Hardcover. Stahl's new monograph is the most thorough study so far to question modern Virgilian criticism on philological grounds. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
The Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910589045
ISBN
9781910589045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12

Hardback. The book explores the drama of the Hebrew poetry coping with the violence of the Holocaust and the Israel-Arab war. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784108
ISBN
9780804784108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.06

Hardback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456954
ISBN
9780801456954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.70

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