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Horace: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Llewelyn Morgan
9780192849649 This book examines the career of the Roman poet Horace, one of the greatest writers in Roman literature. It introduces his poetry with illustrations from all his works, and contextualises his career in Greek and Roman literary tradition and within the tumultuous events of his life as civil war gave way to the reign of the first emperor Augustus. |
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Specimen Days£8.99 Walt Whitman, Max Cavitch
9780198861386 Though well-known to many Whitman scholars, Specimen Days is an underrated 'late' prose work which chronicles the life of one of the world's best loved and most influential poets. |
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Selected Poems£8.99 Du Bellay, Ronsard, Anthony Mortimer
9780192847997 From the gritty realism and resentment of Du Bellay to the lyric grace and frank eroticism of Ronsard, the poems of this volume testify to the many-faceted achievement of the two poets who, as leaders of the famous 'Pléiade' group, were crucial to the creation of a new national literature. |
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Scottish Poetry, 1730-1830£12.99 Daniel Cook
9780198803553 Featuring 218 poems and songs in Scots, English, and Gaelic, this collection places Robert Burns, Walter Scott, and other major writers of the period alongside lesser known or even entirely forgotten figures. A significant number of important long poems are given in full, and many of the shorter works feature for the first time in a modern edition. |
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Lykophron: Alexandra£8.99 Lykophron, Simon Hornblower
9780198863342 The Alexandra, attributed to Lykophron is a minor poetic masterpiece. At 1474 lines, it is one of the most important and notoriously difficult Greek poems dating from the Hellenistic period. |
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William Blake: Selected Writings£19.99 Peter Otto
9780192868053 This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of William Blake (1757-1827). The edition features a selection of Blake's poetry, illuminated poetry, and prose, and includes an Introduction, Chronology, and full commentary notes. |
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Elizabeth Bishop: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Jonathan F. S. Post
9780198851417 Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the 'best-loved' poet in English of the second half of the twentieth century. This book explores the published poems at the core of her remarkable canon of verse, along with her letters and other writings, and draws out key themes of the environment, balance, and ideas of love and loss. |
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Elegies of Chu£12.99 Nicholas Morrow Williams
9780198818311 This anthology, Elegies of Chu, will provide readers with an understanding of Chinese literature, examining its evolution from free-spirited, mythico-religious songs to the more formal, polished style of the Han court. |
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Poet of the Medieval Modern: Reading the Early Medieval Library with David Jones£18.99 Francesca Brooks
9780198860143 Studies the work of the Anglo-Welsh poet and artist David Jones (1895-1974) to explore how modern British poetry has engaged with the early medieval past in its renegotiation of local, religious, and national identities. |
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Milton's Poetical Thought: The Literary Agenda£15.99 Maggie Kilgour
9780198808824 At a time when literature is thought to have limited value in a world dominated by scientific thinking, this volume offers close readings of John Milton's major works to argue that poetry is a vital means of knowing the world and answering the most fundamental questions. |
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Dante's New Life of the Book: A Philology of World Literature£20.99 Martin Eisner
9780198869641 Dante's New Life of the Book examines Dante's Vita nuova through its transformations in manuscripts, printed books, translations, and adaptations. Eisner investigates how these different material manifestations participate in the work, drawing attention to its distinctive elements. |
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Ovid: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Llewelyn Morgan
9780198837688 Ovid, wittiest of ancient poets, has been an influential model for writers and artists throughout the ages. Llewelyn Morgan introduces the poet and his works, describing each of his poems in turn, setting them in their social and literary context, and considering the twist of events that led to the exile of Rome's most celebrated artist. |
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Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings£21.99 David Womersley
9780198859246 This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). This edition presents Johnson's texts in chronological order, and includes an Introduction, Chronology, and full commentary notes. |
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The Poetry of the Americas: From Good Neighbors to Countercultures£28.49 Harris Feinsod
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Poetry: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Bernard O'Donoghue
9780199229116 In this <i>Very Short Introduction</i> Bernard O'Donoghue explores the many different forms of writing which have been called 'poetry', from the Greeks to the present day. He considers the varying status and uses of poetry, and engages with contemporary debates as to what value poetry holds today. |
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Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 David Wallace
9780198767718 Covering Geoffrey Chaucer's life and work, David Wallace considers the influence and enduring appeal of his body of writing, explores the wide ranging geography and iconic characters in his stories, and discusses how Chaucer's own experiences contributed to his literature. |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Selected Writings£17.99 Josie Billington, Philip Davis
9780198797630 This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). The edition presents Barrett Browning's most celebrated works alongside lesser-known texts, and includes an Introduction, Chronology, and full commentary notes. |
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Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Jonathan F. S. Post
9780198717577 Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poems had, from contemporary readers right up to today. |
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Goethe: A Very Short Introduction£8.99 Ritchie Robertson
9780199689255 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived to the age of 82 and wrote prodigiously in every genre: drama, poetry, fiction, autobiography, travel narrative, translation from French and Italian, and critical essays on art and literature, besides copious letters and diaries. Ritchie Robertson draws out key themes of his work and explains its lasting importance. |
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Selected Poems: with parallel French text£9.99 Guillaume Apollinaire, Martin Sorrell
9780199687596 Apollinaire is the most significant French poet of early modernism and the only great First World War poet from France. He coined the word 'surrealism' and was at the forefront of literary and artistic experimentalism. This new selection covers the full range of his career in facing-page translations, with some pictorial calligrams. |
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