Literary studies: poetry & poets books

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Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature...

Author: Curtis Runstedler
ISBN: 9783031266089
Format: Paperback
$369.57

This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century...  Read More >>

Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 13: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 13: Edited with Introduction,...

Author: Dr C. M. van der Keur (Independent scholar)
ISBN: 9780192884787
Format: Hardback
$341.95

This volume presents the first full-scale literary and linguistic analysis of the entire Punica 13. It includes...  Read More >>

The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse

The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse

Author: Christopher Childers ,  Professor Glenn W. Most
ISBN: 9780241567449
Format: Hardback
$100.00

Newly translated according to a scheme of staggering ambition, an anthology unlike any now available Composed between...  Read More >>

The Flight to Italy: Diary and Selected Letters

The Flight to Italy: Diary and Selected Letters

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ,  Terence James Reed (Taylor Professor emeritus of the German language and literature, Taylor Professor emeritus of the German language and literature, Oxford University)
ISBN: 9780198901228
Format: Paperback
$14.95

This is the authentic day-to-day record never before translated, of the first eight weeks of freedom as Germany's...  Read More >>

Comrade Whitman: From Russian to Internationalist Icon

Comrade Whitman: From Russian to Internationalist Icon...

Author: Delphine Rumeau
ISBN: 9798887194615
Format: Paperback
$72.99

The reception of Walt Whitman has been a global phenomenon. This book focuses on the Russian and Soviet uses of...  Read More >>

John Betjeman

John Betjeman

Author: John Press
ISBN: 9780582012394
Format: Paperback
$79.07

John Press argues that John Betjeman's prose writings present, with more force and coherence than is commonly recognized,...  Read More >>

Comrade Whitman: From Russian to Internationalist Icon

Comrade Whitman: From Russian to Internationalist Icon...

Author: Delphine Rumeau
ISBN: 9798887194608
Format: Hardback
$270.00

The reception of Walt Whitman has been a global phenomenon. This book focuses on the Russian and Soviet uses of...  Read More >>

Apennine Crossings: Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany

Apennine Crossings: Travellers on the Edge of Tuscany...

Author: Nick Havely (Emeritus Professor of English and Related Literature, Emeritus Professor of English and Related Literature, University of York)
ISBN: 9780198882626
Format: Hardback
$52.95

This innovative exploration of the literature, history, and culture of the Apennines links a twenty-first century...  Read More >>

Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces

Cricket in Poetry: Run-Stealers, Gatlings and Graces...

Author: Bob Doran
ISBN: 9781801506922
Format: Hardback
$49.14

Cricket in Poetry tells the fascinating story of cricket's strong ties with poetry while exploring the game's history....  Read More >>

Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment

Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment...

Author: Charles Taylor
ISBN: 9780674296084
Format: Hardback
$65.95

Charles Taylor delves into the poetry of the Romantics and their heirs, a foundation of his distinctive philosophy...  Read More >>

Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary Tradition: From Chaucer to Spenser

Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary...

Author: R. D. Perry
ISBN: 9781512826029
Format: Hardback
$184.67

"In Coterie Poetics and the Beginnings of the English Literary Tradition, R. D. Perry reveals how poetic coteries...  Read More >>

Lily Poetry Review Issue 11

Lily Poetry Review Issue 11

Author: Eileen Cceary ,  Martha McCollough
ISBN: 9781957755397
Format: Paperback
$47.52

Lily Poetry Review is an international print journal featuring poetry, art and book reviews.. In this issue: Andrew...  Read More >>

Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World

Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World

Author: Pádraig Ó. Tuama
ISBN: 9781324074809
Format: Paperback
$47.49

“Mesmerizing, magical, deeply moving.” —Elif Shafak Expanding on the popular podcast of the same name from On...  Read More >>

Dawn of Labor

Dawn of Labor

Author: Park Nohae ,  Cheehyung Harrison Kim
ISBN: 9780824895648
Format: Paperback
$73.92

An English translation of the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohae’s first collection, published in 1984 when...  Read More >>

Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses (Esprios Classics)

Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses (Esprios Classics)...

Author: Edith Wharton
ISBN: 9781715760083
Format: Paperback
$44.74

"Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's...  Read More >>

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (Esprios Classics)

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (Esprios...

Author: Phillis Wheatley
ISBN: 9781034334026
Format: Paperback
$47.33

"Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston,...  Read More >>

The Black Riders and Other Lines, and War is Kind (Esprios Classics)

The Black Riders and Other Lines, and War is Kind (Esprios...

Author: Stephen Crane
ISBN: 9781034757498
Format: Paperback
$42.33

Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 - June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific...  Read More >>

Adras-e Khorjin

Adras-e Khorjin

Author: Khorjin Gham
ISBN: 9781738101160
Format: Paperback
$47.39

"This poetry collection in Persian, penned by a poet who signs their work as ""Saddlebag of Sorrows,"" is a journey...  Read More >>

Sinf-e-Ghazal ki Rivaayat: (Essays)

Sinf-e-Ghazal ki Rivaayat: (Essays)

Author: Qazi Afzaal Hussain
ISBN: 9789358726817
Format: Paperback
$42.21

The articles in this book highlight the history, culture and issues of Urdu Ghazal.  Read More >>

Urdu Shairi mein Iihaam Goi: (Research and Criticism)

Urdu Shairi mein Iihaam Goi: (Research and Criticism)...

Author: Syed Hyderabadi
ISBN: 9789358726695
Format: Paperback
$68.61

This book presents a thorough examination of the factors that contributed to Iiham's significant development in...  Read More >>

Love among the Poets: The Victorian Poetics of Intimacy

Love among the Poets: The Victorian Poetics of Intimacy...

Author: Pearl Chaozon Bauer ,  Erik Gray
ISBN: 9780821425442
Format: Hardback
$211.20

Many of the greatest love poems in English date from the Victorian period, yet this is the first scholarly book...  Read More >>

I Am of the Tribe of Judah: Poems from Jewish Latin America

I Am of the Tribe of Judah: Poems from Jewish Latin...

Author: Stephen A. Sadow ,  Ilan Stavans
ISBN: 9780826365781
Format: Paperback
$73.79

The first anthology of its kind, I Am of the Tribe of Judah brings together poetry from the Mexican border to the...  Read More >>

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives of the Soldier Poets

Muse of Fire: World War I as Seen Through the Lives...

Author: Michael Korda
ISBN: 9781631496882
Format: Hardback
$79.17

The First World War comes to harrowing life through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets in Michael Korda’s...  Read More >>

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