Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
The first major study in English of Vasily Zhukovsky (1783-1852)--poet, transla-tor of German romantic verse, and mentor of Pushkin--this book brings overdue attention to an important figure in Russian literary and cultural history. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; DSBF; DSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810130982
- ISBN
- 9780810130982
Condition: New
€ 139.34€ 124.06
€ 139.34
€ 124.06
Paperback. Arguably the greatest African-American poet of the century, Sterling Brown was instrumental in bringing the traditions of African-American folk life to readers all over the world. This is the definitive collection of Brown's poems, and the only edition available in the U.S. Num Pages: 267 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Triquarterly
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810150454
- ISBN
- 9780810150454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. Explores the connections between modern literary criticism and Renaissance poetry, focusing on rhetoric and rhetorical devices as instances - not just agents - of Milton's complex theological argument. This edition contains a new preface. Num Pages: 254 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813011929
- ISBN
- 9780813011929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.51
€ 33.99
€ 28.51
Hardcover. Here, Patrick Hogan examines the complex and conflicted relation of James Joyce's works - primarily the epic novels "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake" - to one of the most important and influential epics in English, Milton's "Paradise Lost", and to other Milton works. Series: Florida James Joyce Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813014050
- ISBN
- 9780813014050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Looking across the spectrum of American poetry since 1945, this work explores the role that poets have begun to play in the nuclear age. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; RNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813014173
- ISBN
- 9780813014173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
This volume of critical essays examines Renart's contribution to the genre of courtly romance. By using a variety of perspectives to conduct readings of Renart's text, identifying specific narrative and musical examples, the contributors illuminate a significant 13th century literary figure. Editor(s): Durling, Nancy Vine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 b&w halftones,notes, bibliography, appendices, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; AVGC2; DSBB; DSC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813014951
- ISBN
- 9780813014951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
In this contribution to Emily Dickinson biography and criticism, the author demonstrates how the poet's optical disease - strabismus, a deviation of the cornea - directly affected her subject matter, her poetic method, and indeed her sense of her own identity. Num Pages: 211 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813015491
- ISBN
- 9780813015491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Hardcover. This collection of essays surveys the diverse receptions and workings of Chaucer from the early 16th to the early 17th century. It emphasizes the many kinds of influence that Chaucer and his poems exerted on British letters and culture during these years. Editor(s): Krier, Theresa M. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813015521
- ISBN
- 9780813015521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Examines fable as a mode of discourse in its medieval curricular context and discusses how it influenced the work of Chaucer, Lydgate and Henryson. Wheatley traces the use of the standard Latin fable collection across Europe, how Aesop's constructions affected it and the commentaries it inspired. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; 3D; 3H; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813017457
- ISBN
- 9780813017457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Hardcover. This study surveys the use of the rose topos in 20th-century Italian poetry, providing a cross-section of the work of major poets, and the movements in which it appears. The author examines the topos, the individual instances of its appearance, and cultural and linguistic contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813017518
- ISBN
- 9780813017518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Hardcover. This text offers an interpretation of the life's work of acclaimed St. Lucian poet, Derek Walcott. It discusses his unique approach to myth, identity, and aesthetics. What emerges is the picture of an epic poet with remarkable gifts working to impart the distinctive wisdom of Caribbean culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813018829
- ISBN
- 9780813018829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
This study examines the attitude toward place and home in the works of Seamus Heaney. O'Brien looks at the political role of Heaney's writing, arguing that his complex engagement with these issues creates a pluralist and emancipatory sense of Irish identity predicated on the future, not the past. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813025827
- ISBN
- 9780813025827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 64.13
€ 70.26
€ 64.13
Hardcover. Editor(s): Da Silva, C.A. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813039763
- ISBN
- 9780813039763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.82€ 79.36
€ 87.82
€ 79.36
Hardcover. An overview of Chaucer's work, focusing on the most canonical texts, such as Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, while also providing some analysis of his minor works. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813044248
- ISBN
- 9780813044248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 74.28
€ 81.97
€ 74.28
Num Pages: 175 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049748
- ISBN
- 9780813049748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 74.28
€ 81.97
€ 74.28
Hardcover. This book focuses on the best-known and most frequently taught chanson de geste ("songs of heroic deeds") from medieval France, including the Song of Roland and the Voyage of Charlemagne. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813049892
- ISBN
- 9780813049892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.97€ 74.28
€ 81.97
€ 74.28
Hardcover. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats is often considered the premier English-language poet of the 20th century, but he was also an important playwright, folklorist, critic, and politician. This title covers Yeats' important poems, as well as his volumes of poetry, and his plays and important drama-related topics, including Dublin's Abbey Theatre. Num Pages: 152 pages, black-&-white photographs & illustrations, index, bibliographies, cross-references, chron. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 193 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816058952
- ISBN
- 9780816058952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.82€ 79.36
€ 87.82
€ 79.36
Hardcover. Known for his favorite themes of New England and nature, Robert Frost may well be the most famous American poet of the 20th century. This is an encyclopedic guide to the life and works of this great American poet. It combines critical analysis with information on Frost's life, providing a one-stop resource for students. Series: Critical Companion Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, black-&-white photographs & illustrations, index, bibliographies, cross-references, chron. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 190 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816061822
- ISBN
- 9780816061822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.82€ 79.36
€ 87.82
€ 79.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816520114
- ISBN
- 9780816520114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530809
- ISBN
- 9780816530809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 58.02
€ 63.23
€ 58.02
In Volume V, "Les Chetifs" (The Captives), the fabulous adventures of a group of crusaders captured by the Saracens are recounted. Series: The Old French Crusade cycle. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 36. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817300234
- ISBN
- 9780817300234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.89€ 55.99
€ 60.89
€ 55.99
Paperback. This collection of 18 essays by the poet Kathleen Fraser, combines autobiography and criticism to examine what it means for an artist to innovate instead of following an already travelled path. The essays also examine modernist women writers, their contemporary successors, and their visual poetics. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817309909
- ISBN
- 9780817309909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.52
€ 34.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. African American poetry exhibits an impressive range of style and substance, in all its forms. This history of the genre offers a critical reassessment of its development in the 20th century, within the contexts of modernism and the troubled racial history of the United States. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817310158
- ISBN
- 9780817310158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. This work not only introduces the reader to the contemporary state of electronic writing, but also outlines the historical and technical contexts out of which electronic poetry has emerged and demonstrates some of the possibilities of the new medium. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; UDB; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817310752
- ISBN
- 9780817310752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.59
€ 40.99
€ 33.59