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Literary studies: poetry & poets

Hardback. A study of how Whitman composed his early poems through the use of collage Num Pages: 320 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803225343
ISBN
9780803225343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.00

Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312211738
ISBN
9780312211738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493948
ISBN
9781611493948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.43

Paperback. Examining chameleonic identities as seen in theatrical performances and literary texts during the Romantic period, this study explores cultural attitudes toward imposture and how it reveals important and much-debated issues about this time period. Brewer shows chameleonism evoked anxieties about both social instability and British selfhood. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349482320
ISBN
9781349482320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Keeley, Edmund. Series: Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603391
ISBN
9780691603391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.68

Hardcover. Presents correspondence that charts Eliot's intellectual journey towards conversion to the Anglican faith in 1927, as well as his transformation from banker to publisher, ending with his appointment as director of a publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, in late 1925, and the appearance of "Poems 1909-1925". Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 912 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Number of pages
912
Condition
New
SKU
9780571140817
ISBN
9780571140817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 8.07

Paperback. A collection of specially commissioned essays in which leading scholars and critics define the American modernist canon. Tracing its origins back to Walt Whitman, this radical poetry is inspired by the concept of democracy and extends across American from east to west. Editor(s): Bloom, Clive; Docherty, Brian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532898
ISBN
9780333532898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.62

Hardcover. Although some critics have identified two phases in the poetry of James Wright and have isolated particulars of his movement from traditional to more experimental forms, few have noted also the elements of constancy in the evolution of his poetry. This book traces the unified growth of Wright's poetry. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821409091
ISBN
9780821409091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.53

Hardcover. This book analyzes the iconographic traditions of Jeremiah and of melancholy to show how Donne, Herbert, and Milton each fashions himself after the icons presented in Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Sluter's sculpture of Jeremiah in the Well of Moses, and Michelangelo's fresco of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACND; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137397799
ISBN
9781137397799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. Here are the best of letters written to and from the editors of Poetry magazine (which T. S. Eliot called "an American institution") from 1962 through 2002, affording the reader a first-person account of the second revolution in American poetry. Virtually all of the more than five hundred letters have never been printed before. Editor(s): Parisi, Joseph; Young, Stephen. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566636568
ISBN
9781566636568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349512126
ISBN
9781349512126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Hardback. Editor(s): Rambuss, Richard. Num Pages: 568 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680689
ISBN
9780816680689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.77

Paperback. The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition continues to be based on Albert Cook's translation, widely acclaimed for its poetic phrasing and linguistic accuracy. Editor(s): Cook, Albert. Translator(s): Cook, Albert. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, map, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393964059
ISBN
9780393964059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.20

Hardcover. Instead of an isolated genius living in retreat from the world, George Herbert appears in this book as a man writing public verse, active within an important social circle and committed to nationalistic Protestantism. Editor(s): Malcolmson, Christina. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 209 pages, further reading, chronology, notes, index. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 120 x 5. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333669785
ISBN
9780333669785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Friebert, Stuart; Walker, Dr David (University of Wales Swansea); Young, David. Series: Field Editions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oberlin College Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780932440778
ISBN
9780932440778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.81

Hardcover. This is the first study to consider the relationship between private confessional rituals and memory across a range of early modern writers, including Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, and Robert Southwell. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3J; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558633
ISBN
9781137558633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.29

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634300
ISBN
9781904634300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.41

Paperback. Dowdy uncovers and analyzes the primary rhetorical strategies, particularly figures of voice, in American political poetry from the Vietnam War-era to the present. He brings together a unique and diverse collection of poets, including an innovative section on hip hop performance. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537143
ISBN
9781349537143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback. Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton s great epic Paradise Lost, a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readers down the ages and which offers enduring insight into the human condition. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118918180
ISBN
9781118918180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.08

Paperback. The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook presents an accessible introduction to the surviving works of prose and poetry produced in Anglo-Saxon England, from AD 410-1066. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226987
ISBN
9780631226987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart Inc. Canada
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771016622
ISBN
9780771016622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691610450
ISBN
9780691610450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349070893
ISBN
9781349070893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.85

Paperback. Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870) was a critically acclaimed poet, novelist, travel writer, historian, and artist. Here, Broom Saunders provides a wealth of extracts from her diverse writings, a rich source of information about the pioneering career of a professional woman writer, and insight into a nineteenth-century writing life. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSBF; DSC; F; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349674084
ISBN
9781349674084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.57

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