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Literary studies: poetry & poets

hardcover. This Companion offers a major re-examination of the poetry of the First World War at the start of the war's centennial commemoration. Editor(s): Das, Santanu. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107018235
ISBN
9781107018235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.05

hardcover. Argues that Lucan's Bellum Civile is a central text in the history of the sublime. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458. Power, Representation and Aesthetic Experience. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. 271 pages. Argues that Lucan's Bellum Civile is a central text in the history of the sublime. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 20. Weight: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107020603
ISBN
9781107020603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.05

hardcover. An essential bibliographic resource for scholars, librarians, collectors and booksellers. Num Pages: 1296 pages, 23 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 77. Weight in Grams: 2136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
1296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107026377
ISBN
9781107026377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.81

hardcover. Investigates the themes of recollection and commemoration in a new reading that engages with critical work on memory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107031807
ISBN
9781107031807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.40

hardcover. Leading international experts provide an essential framework for the interdisciplinary study of Dante and the late Middle Ages. Editor(s): Bara'nski, Zygmunt G.; Pertile, Lino. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 594 pages, 20 b/w illus. 3 maps 2 music examples. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107033146
ISBN
9781107033146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.69

hardcover. A revisionary account of the powerful myths that grew up around the production and reception of the great medieval poem. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 239 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107043633
ISBN
9781107043633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.40

hardcover. Essays by leading scholars explore the work, life and times of the notorious libertine poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Editor(s): Augustine, Matthew C.; Zwicker, Steven N. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107064393
ISBN
9781107064393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.39

hardcover. A lively, accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the life and work of the fourteenth-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 177 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9781107064867
ISBN
9781107064867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97

hardcover. This book explores how the Romantic poetry of Byron, Shelley, and Keats engages with tales and themes of the Orient. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107071902
ISBN
9781107071902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.40

hardcover. Covering a wide range of poets and poems, this volume narrates a compelling history of nineteenth-century American women's poetry. Editor(s): Putzi, Jennifer; Socarides, Alexandra. Num Pages: 456 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107083981
ISBN
9781107083981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.55

hardcover. This Companion is the first to explore postcolonial poetry through regional, historical, political, formal, textual and gender approaches. Editor(s): Ramazani, Jahan. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107090712
ISBN
9781107090712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.90

hardcover. This book sets Prudentius' martyr poetry within the religious, social, and visual contexts of late antique Spain. Num Pages: 266 pages, 29 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; 2ADL; 3D; 3F; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107149601
ISBN
9781107149601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.24

paperback. A collection of new essays demonstrating a wholly new approach to the complexities of Milton's work. Editor(s): Herman, Peter C.; Sauer, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 442. 266 pages. Editor(s): Herman, Peter C.; Sauer, Elizabeth. A collection of new essays demonstrating a wholly new approach to the complexities of Milton's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 8. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
New
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107603950
ISBN
9781107603950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.80

paperback. This book from renowned poetry critic Edna Longley presents fresh, dynamic perspectives on W. B. Yeats' enduring legacy. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107622333
ISBN
9781107622333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. This volume examines the creative work of the avant-gardist John Cage, from an interdisciplinary perspective. His activities as a composer, performer, thinker and artist are explored. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones, 11 drawings, 4 colour plates, 1 table, 22 musical reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044088
ISBN
9780226044088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. Exploring the place of poetry in American culture and in the university, this text addresses issues such as: the role of the public intellectual; the poetics of scholarly prose; vernacular modernism; idiosyncratic postmodernism; identity politics; aesthetics; and poetry as a performance art. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044101
ISBN
9780226044101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. A full-length study of the visual poetry of the early twentieth century. Bohn illuminates the works of Apollinaire, Josep-Maria Junow, Guillermo de Torre, and others. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11ill.48figs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063256
ISBN
9780226063256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. This bilingual edition of the contemporary master's fifth work, Ce qui fut sans lumi, re, includes an extensive new interview with the poet in English translation. Translator(s): Naughton, John T. Num Pages: 192 pages, x, 180 p. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226064482
ISBN
9780226064482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. This volume offers an illuminating look at the St Lucian, Nobel prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Num Pages: 340 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KJW; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074276
ISBN
9780226074276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.17

Paperback. The author connects the accidents of the poet Wordsworth's life with the originality of his works, tracking the impulses that turned him to poetry after the death of his parents and during his years as an enthusiastic disciple of the French Revolution. Bromwich argues that his political idealism deeply motivated his writings of the 1790s. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075570
ISBN
9780226075570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.22

Paperback. What is poetry? Often it is understood as a largely self-enclosed verbal system - "suspended from any mutual interaction with alien discourse," in the words of Mikhail Bakhtin. In this book, the author reveals modern and contemporary poetry's animated dialogue with other genres and discourses. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226083568
ISBN
9780226083568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, xiv, 258 p., 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092348
ISBN
9780226092348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Focusing on the most recent triad of Italian poetic genius--Umberto Saba, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Eugenio Montale--Joseph Cary guides us through the first few decades of twentieth-century Italy. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226095271
ISBN
9780226095271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 80 pages, viii, 70 p. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 7. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226096155
ISBN
9780226096155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.20

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