Literary studies: poetry & poets
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Literary studies: poetry & poets
hardcover. The fourth of six volumes collecting the letters of Matthew Arnold. The letters chronicle Arnold's personal life in the characteristically intimate note of all his correspondence. He loses a son, a brother and his mother, and travels to France, Switzerland and Italy, recording his impressions. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1039.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813918969
- ISBN
- 9780813918969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.01
€ 109.01
Hardback. The interviews in this book reflect a range of Caribbean voices from several generations, from poets influenced by a dynamic interplay between the popular culture of reggae, calypso, folk music and "yard" theatre to those whose work is closer to classical forms of literature and oral narrative. Editor(s): Dawes, Kwame. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919454
- ISBN
- 9780813919454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.44
€ 82.44
paperback. The interviews in this book reflect a range of Caribbean voices from several generations, from poets influenced by a dynamic interplay between the popular culture of reggae, calypso, folk music and "yard" theatre to those whose work is closer to classical forms of literature and oral narrative. Editor(s): Dawes, Kwame. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919461
- ISBN
- 9780813919461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Hardback. An examination of postwar nature poetry. It addresses the work of Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, Robinson Jeffers and Theodore Roethke, demonstrating that poets have begun to identify and direct their writing to audiences interested in and dedicated to the work's subject matter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919539
- ISBN
- 9780813919539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.91
€ 75.91
hardcover. The emotional and moral centre of this collection is the series of letters written during Arnold's first American visit, during which he ranged from New York and New England to Madison, Chicago, Richmond, Washington, Toronto, Montreal and Quebec. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 536 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1093.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919997
- ISBN
- 9780813919997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.02
€ 110.02
Hardback. In this final volume of the Virginia edition of Arnold's letters, he joins for the last time a Royal Commission on Education, travelling first to Germany, and then on to Switzerland and Paris. Following his wife and daughter, Arnold also makes his second American visit, to see his first grandchild. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1161.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920283
- ISBN
- 9780813920283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.79
€ 109.79
Hardback. A collection of works by 20th-century poets who were all born or raised in the American South. Along with an acknowledgement of the contributions of the most popular figures in southern poetry, attention is given to under-recognized poets such as Anne Spencer and John Beecher. Editor(s): Rigsbee, David; Brown, Steven Ford. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920733
- ISBN
- 9780813920733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.24
€ 83.24
Hardback. A major problem facing American modernist poets was how to accommodate poetry and religion in a culture that considered science its most reliable source of truth. In this work, Robert Bernard Hass examines the ways in which conflict with science affected the development of Robert Frost's career. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921112
- ISBN
- 9780813921112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.68
€ 76.68
paperback. A major problem facing American modernist poets was how to accommodate poetry and religion in a culture that considered science its most reliable source of truth. In this work, Robert Bernard Hass examines the ways in which conflict with science affected the development of Robert Frost's career. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921129
- ISBN
- 9780813921129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Hardback. Aiming to help readers overcome the difficulties of approaching poetry, this study provides a historical overview of theories of interpretation as they apply to symbol and allegory. Beginning with the Greeks, Brittan moves from classical theory through to Romantics and Modern ideas. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921563
- ISBN
- 9780813921563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
paperback. A reconstruction of three modernist poets' dialogue with the Chinese masters, this sequel to "Orientalism and Modernism", investigates the ways in which three modernist poets received Chinese artistic notions and assimilated them into their literary masterpieces. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; ACBP; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813921761
- ISBN
- 9780813921761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.20
€ 35.20
Hardback. Pollard looks to recent Caribbean poetry as a means of reassessing modernism's cosmopolitanism; in particular, his book redefines the cosmopolitan influence of T. S. Eliot's modernism by examining how his ideas have been transformed by the two leading Anglophone Caribbean poets, Derek Walcott and Kamau Brathwaite. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922775
- ISBN
- 9780813922775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.27
€ 82.27
hardcover. Offers insight on the conservatism of Phillis Wheatley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the genteel members of the Harlem Renaissance, how their rage for assimilation functioned to refute racist notions of difference. This book illustrates nothing less than the defining artistic coherence and political significance of African American poetic tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925059
- ISBN
- 9780813925059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.03
€ 77.03
hardcover. Celebrates Jamaican poetry as an expression and extension of the island's rich spiritual traditions, offering fresh insights into some of the late twentieth century's most important and influential poetry. This work develops a critical language for the discussion of a wide range of Jamaican texts, both oral and written. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; 2AB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926827
- ISBN
- 9780813926827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.04
€ 82.04
Hardback. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931586
- ISBN
- 9780813931586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.57
€ 64.57
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938646
- ISBN
- 9780813938646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
hardcover. Plautus' Bacchides is one of the best and most typical of his plays which in its treatment of character, theme and dialogue provides an excellent introduction to Plautus. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Published 1986. Reprinted with Corrections 1
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856682261
- ISBN
- 9780856682261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.06
€ 182.06
Hardback. "Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856683152
- ISBN
- 9780856683152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.39
€ 178.39
Paperback. Text with translation, commentary and notes. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856685903
- ISBN
- 9780856685903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.74
€ 49.74
paperback. "Terence's Brothers was put on in Rome in 160 B.C. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DD; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687235
- ISBN
- 9780856687235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.98
€ 50.98
Hardback. Juan Ramon Jimenez, 1956 winner of the Nobel Prize, published Platero and I in 1914. Like Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland , Platero and I is a book not only for children, but for adults as well. It is an allegory of the deepest human emotions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688348
- ISBN
- 9780856688348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.37
€ 180.37
Hardback. The Libro de Alexandre is an epic poem about the life of Alexander the Great, written by an anonymous Spanish cleric in the thirteenth century. It is the most substantial poem (and almost certainly the first) composed in the learned cuaderna via verse form and provides a unique insight into the intellectual world from which it sprang. Editor(s): Such, Peter. Series: Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics. Num Pages: 718 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 718
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688645
- ISBN
- 9780856688645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.26
€ 185.26
Hardback. The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is a landmark of European literature. This book supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition and offers both a rapid survey of trends in the study of Beowulf and a more sustained exploration of selected problems. Editor(s): Bjork, Robert E.; Niles, John D. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 478 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895439
- ISBN
- 9780859895439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.36
€ 178.36
Hardback. Introduces the reader, as well as the student of Classics, to one of the masterpieces of European literature, the Iliad of Homer, in the English translation of Richmond Lattimore. This book provides a step-by-step guide to the story's unravelling and to the literary features which have ensured its popularity since its composition in 750 BC. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896832
- ISBN
- 9780859896832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.54
€ 181.54