The image of the poet : British poets and their portraits / David Piper
by Piper, David
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0198173652
- ISBN 13
- 9780198173656
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About This Item
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1982. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; List of illustrations -- Shakespeare: `A wretched picture and worse bust' -- Pope: Poet for posterity -- Byron and the romantic image -- End of fame: Tennyson and after -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index. Subjects; Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Portraits. Poets, English ; Portraits. Poets in art. Portraits, British. Poets, English ; Biography. Potes anglais ; Biographies. Poets, English Portraits. Poets, English In art. Portraits - United Kingdom. Portraits 1600-1930 Special subjects British poets. Art and literature. Portraits 1600-1930. Special subjects British poets Critical studies. Literary portraits. England Literature.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 396344
- Title
- The image of the poet : British poets and their portraits / David Piper
- Author
- Piper, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198173652
- ISBN 13
- 9780198173656
- Publisher
- Oxford : Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1982
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