poetry of the first world

Routledge Studies in World Literatures a D. H. Lawrence Ecofeminism and Nature (Hardcover)

This is the first ecocritical book on the works of D. H. Lawrence and also the first to consider the links between nature and gender in the poetry and the novels. In his search for a balanced relationship between male and female characters what role... more

Routledge Library Editions: T. S. Eliot Yeats Eliot Pound and the Politics of Poetry: Richest to the Richest (Paperback)

It has long been recognised that there is an apparently paradoxical relationship between the revolutionary poetic style developed by Yeats Eliot and Pound in the period during and after the First World War and the reactionary politics with which... more

Pre-Owned Not a Muse: The Inner Lives of Women a World Poetry Anthology (Paperback) 988180941X 9789881809414

A vibrant contemporary anthology of poetry by over 100 contributors from 24 countries. This collection is the first to capture the voices of women in the 21st century. Stellar work from literary luminaries such as Margaret Atwood Erica Jong and... more

Pre-Owned The New American Poetry 1945-1960 (Paperback) 0520209532 9780520209534

With more than 100 000 copies sold The New American Poetry has become one of the most influential anthologies published in the United States since World War II. As one of the first counter-cultural collections of American verse this volume fits in... more

Pre-Owned Scars Upon My Heart: Women s Poetry & Verse of the First World War (Paperback) 0860682269 9780860682264

Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart wrote Vera Brittain in a poem to her beloved brother four days before he died in June 1918. The rediscovery of TESTAMENT OF YOUTH has reminded a new generation of the bitter sufferings of women as well as... more

Contemp North American Poetry: The Poetics of Scale : From Apollinaire to Big Data (Paperback)

Conrad Steel shows how the history of poetry has always been bound with our changing logistics of macroscale representation. This history takes us back to the years before the First World War in Paris where the poet Guillaume Apollinaire claimed to... more

Clemson University Press W/ Lup: New Materialism and Late Modernist Poetry (Hardcover)

First appearing in the social sciences in the last decade the New Materialism offers a fresh way of looking at the ways in which humanity views its relationship to the material world. This study picks up on those key insights analyzing works that... more

Routledge Revivals The Nation s Cause (Routledge Revivals): French. English and German Poetry of the First World War (Paperback)

As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War this timely reissue first published in 1991 evaluates the function of poetry in wartime Europe arguing that war poetry must be understood as a social as well as a literary... more

The Mortal Voice in the Tragedies of Aeschylus (Paperback)

Voice connects our embodied existence with the theoretical worlds we construct. This book argues that the voice is a crucial element of mortal identity in the tragedies of Aeschylus. It first presents conceptions of the voice in ancient Greek poetry... more

Pre-Owned Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology (Paperback 9780198703204) by Tim Kendall

9780198703204. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Oxford World s Classics. What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? The First World War produced an extraordinary flowering of poetic talent from poets whose words... more

Routledge Revivals: Classical Genres and English Poetry (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)

First published in 1988 this study explains how certain genres created by Classical poets were adapted and sometimes transformed by the poets of the modern world beginning with the Tudor poets rediscovery of the Classical heritage. A detailed and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)

An accomplished mathematician and photographer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98) writing under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll transformed children s literature with this world-famous classic. First published in 1865 this tale of the topsy-turvy was... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Fiction and Poetry Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (Paperback)

An accomplished mathematician and photographer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-98) writing under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll transformed children s literature with this world-famous classic. First published in 1865 this tale of the topsy-turvy was... more

Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics: Twenty-First Century Marianne Moore: Essays from a Critical Renaissance (Hardcover)

Examines fresh biographical information and archival material to update current scholarship on Marianne Moore Considers Moore s participation and influence on modernist movements and communities Explores Moore s lesser-known post-World War II career more

Studies in German Literature Linguistics Paul Klee Poet/Painter Book 38 (Hardcover)

First scholarly monograph devoted to Klee s poetry illuminates the reciprocity of poetry and painting in Klee s creative world and in early modernism. It is no coincidence that most of the artists at the vanguard of early 20th-century modernist art... more

Bibliographies and Indexes in World Lite Anglophone Caribbean Poetry 1970-2001: An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover)

Caribbean poetry written in English has been attracting growing amounts of scholarly attention. The first substantial annotated bibliography of primary and secondary materials related to the topic this reference chronicles the development of... more

Poetry and the Language of Oppression: Essays on Politics and Poetics (Hardcover)

A first-hand account of the creative process that engages with the language of oppression and with politics in our time. How does the poet become attuned to the language of the world s upheaval? How does one talk insightfully about suffering without... more

Emotions in A Problematic World: A Collection of Literature by Eric Gasoi (Paperback)

From depression and discrimination to loss of life and classic heartbreak Emotions in A Problematic World explores the good bad and ugly sides of society in the form of poetry and short stories. Eric Gasoi s first published literature collection is... more

Global Poetry Anthology: Global Poetry Anthology : 2013 (Paperback)

Featuring finalists for the Montreal International Poetry Prize--the world s first $20 000 prize for one poem--this anthology is a one-of-a-kind collection of contemporary previously unpublished poems gathered from all corners of the... more

Pre-Owned Crowell s Handbook of Classical Literature: A Modern Guide to the Drama Poetry & Prose of Greece & (Paperback) by Lillian Feder

9780060908027. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Crowell Reference Book. Lively up-to-date guide to world s first great literature contains synopses historical notes and critical... more

Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World: The Poetics of the Obscene in Premodern Arabic Poetry (Hardcover)

The book is the first study of the 10th century Iraqi poet Ibn al-Hajjaj who popularized a new genre of obscene and scatological parody (sukhf) and is considered the most obscene poet in Arabic literature. Antoon traces the genealogy of this... more

Pre-Owned Poetry of the First World War An Anthology (Oxford World s Classics) Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

The Arab Shakespeare Trilogy (Paperback)

Sulayman Al Bassam is one of the world s leading contemporary dramatists. His adaptations of Shakespeare performed around the world have won many awards and met with widespread acclaim on four continents. This volume brings together for the first... more

Typewriters: Iconic Machines from the Golden Age of Mechanical Writing (Writers Books Gifts for Writers Old-School Typewriters) (Hardcover)

From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world s first portable typing machine this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world s first commercially successful typewriter--the Sholes & Glidden... more

Moonlight Detective Agency: Diamond In The Rough (Paperback)

The secret world is being hidden by a vampire hundreds of years old - and her human frat-boy apprentice. He might shape up to be an asset. If she doesn t kill him first. Between setting up the office and hiring new preternatural staff with some... more

Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World : Book One of The Wheel of Time (Series #1) (Paperback)

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! The Eye of the World the first novel in Robert Jordan s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time(R) follows Moiraine Damodred... more

Black Dagger Brotherhood Dark Lover: The First Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood Book 1 (Paperback)

Experience the start of J.R. Ward s phenomenal #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. As the world s only purebred vampire and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed... more

Scribner Classics: Watership Down (Reissue ed.)(Hardcover)

Discover--or revisit--the enchanting world of the Sandleford Warren rabbits in this first-ever illustrated edition of a celebrated modern classic. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for almost forty years Richard Adams s Watership Down is a timeless... more

Time Will Tell : A Novel Inspired by the True Story of 29 German Graves in Hampton Virginia s National Cemetary (Hardcover)

During the first several months of U.S. participation in World War II our East Coast was menaced by German s u-boats. The submarines were sinking an average of a ship-a-day and they had suffered no loses. But at midnight on April 13 1942 the U.S.S.... more

20th Century French Poetry

Paul A. Mankin recites French poetry from the 20th Century. French poets from the first of the 20th Century like Charles Peguy Paul Valery and Guillaume Apollinaire are represented as well as those from the second half of the century including Louis... more

Pre-Owned The Right Kind of Girl (Mass Market Paperback) 0373513003 9780373513000

Mills & Boon presents the complete Betty Neels collection. Timeless tales of heart-warming romance by one of the world e(tm)s best-loved romance authors. A CAREER HAD TO COME FIRST e?DIDN e(tm)T IT? When Kate and her mother were left in financial... more

Pre-Owned More Latin Lyrics from Virgil to Milton (Paperback) 0393302326 9780393302325

On facing pages in Latin and English most of the poems in this anthology were written between the first century A. D. and the thirteenth century. They were chosen by the translator during the dark days of World War II and many reflect ageless themes... more

Pre-Owned Milton Poet of Duality: A Study of Semiosis in the Poetry and the Prose (Paperback) 0813011922 9780813011929

From reviews of the first edition: Shoaf s book is an extraordinarily clever one since it questions the roots and the seeds of Milton s rich language. [three dots] There is nothing superficial or external about his method. To read Shoaf is... more

Pre-Owned Spring Break (A Daniel Jacobus Mystery 6) 9780727887122 Hardcover First World Publication edition

Reclusive blind violin pedagogue Daniel Jacobus is about to become enmeshed in a culture of sexual harassment and its cover-up at the highest levels. When a faculty member dies of natural causes only the curious behaviour of a violin student at... more

Granger s index to poetry. Volume 1s1904 (1904) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: 1st 1904 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1904 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

A selection from the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. First [second] series. Volume v.1 1884 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

Pre-Owned Literary Theory 9780415396714

Providing the ideal first step in understanding the often bewildering world of literary theory this text is an easy to follow and clearly presented introduction to this fascinating area. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... more

The Norton Anthology of World Literature (Paperback) by Martin Puchner Suzanne Conklin Akbari Wiebke Denecke

9780393913323. New condition. Trade paperback. 3rd ed. Language: English. Pages: 688. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 688 p. Contains: Illustrations. Read by millions of students since its first publication The Norton Anthology of World... more