Power Henry (476 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Bent Street 4.1: Love from a Distance. Book.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Soft cover. Condition: VG+. 424-151. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VGF pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1960' re-release. Scarce. Size: 11" X 14". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: VGF. A VGF pressbook with no cuts or missing pages. 1960' re-release. Scarce. Size: 11" X 14". Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Scarce. Previous owner's name (1890). Light wear and a few waterspots to front cover. Weat to edges. Light waterstain to margins of endpapers.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. #961-160. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 100 pages. Henry Fairlie "Martin Luther King" / Raymond Aron "The General And The Jews" / David Thomson "Must History Stay Nationalist?" / Maurice Cranston "Michel Foucault" / Vernon Bogdanor "The Ideology Of Failure" / Alfred Grosser "The French Power Elite" / Theo Sommer "The Easter Riots" / Arthur Miller, Gunter Grass and Graham Greene "Writers In Prison" / Anthony Hartley "Malraux The Myth-Maker".…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A nice copy with light normal wear. Illustrated. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Four titles in very good condition overall, light tanning and edge wear, some previous ownership indications. Bindings tight, pages clean with no markings. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking. Oversized or heavy books may require extra postage for priority or international shipment.…

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Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Good. 550-133. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. #961-116. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. #961-111. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. #961-180. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. #961-108. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Size: 8" x 10". Photographic Image.

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Report On the Railways of Japan, Dated April 10, 1885: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament . August 1885. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In Europe, history begins with Homer an ancient, dead poet who might not even have existed; no other verse has ignited the imagination of so many writers and thinkers across so many millennia. This book will tell the story of how Homer, the most influential writer to have ever lived, came to haunt British culture (despite speaking no English). Homers songs were probably first sung on the eastern edge of the Aegean in what is now western Turkey in the 8th century BC, but their influence has since spread across the entire world. Henry Power stalks the steps of twelve thinkers who have turned to Homer to find answers about their own voices and times. These include many of the most significant figures in the history of poetry in English: Alexander Pope, John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Ezra Pound, and Derek Walcott. Over the centuries these writers have reinvented Homer as a lofty Prince of Poets, as a wild prophet, as an angry pacifist, as a Celtic bard, and as a Caribbean fisherman. This book tells the story of these transformations, offering an unexpected new history of English literature and culture. It also asks: why Homer? What is it about these ancient poems that has spurred so much creativity and passion?Even though they are so central to British culture (in the nineteenth-century, for instance, it was expected that the political leaders of the empire would know their Homer by heart), the world of the Homeric poems is a deeply alien oneviolent, superstitious, and far earthier than many of the later cultures that adopted it. This book will show how their weird and unsettling aspects have found their way into the bloodstream of English-speaking nations, as successive writers have tried to capture the strange, lost music of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Henry has long been as haunted by Homer as his subjects hes been reading the epics almost as long as hes been reading, driven by an abiding fascination with how these ancient texts helped to shape our world and, in turn, been reshaped and reimagined by writers throughout the ages. Today, Homers stories and heroes are known to millions of people who have never read them. This book will give a sense of the Iliad and the Odysseyof their plot, their characters, their tone, and their poetry. It will provide a jumping-off point for those who want to know more about Homer, explaining where the poems came from and how they have reached us. This is the story of how Homer, the ancient poet of the Odyssey and the Iliad songs of war and exile - still inspires us today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New. ''One of the many reasons I love this book is that it shows us that these old narratives are of a certain time and place, but they are also timeless.' Elif Shafak'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on Homer as they were' Frank SkinnerThis is the story of how two ancient epics captured the world's imagination.The siege of Troy and Odysseus' long voyage home have inspired many of our most thrilling and radical poets. Henry Power takes us on a surprising journey through the afterlives of these mysterious epics, and the search for the poet who created them.Guiding us through the twists and turns of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Power travels to the places where Homer's stories have taken root - from the islands of Greece to the Scottish Highlands, the Devon coast to suburban Los Angeles - to trace the footsteps of the poets, politicians, lunatics, and lovers haunted by Homer's mythical heroes and monsters. A dazzlingly original and deeply personal testament to the power of poetry, Homer-Haunted is an epic account of how our oldest stories have shaped the way we read, write, and think.'Every page is an illuminating joy' A. N. Wilson'An endlessly generous book' Daisy Hay.…

Hardback. Condition: New. 'It's rich and beautiful and strange' Rory Stewart, The Rest Is Politics'This is such a brilliantly told story of Homer-obsessives through the ages that, by the end, you're as hooked on Homer as they were' Frank Skinner'Every page is an illuminating joy' A. N. Wilson'An endlessly generous book' Daisy HayThis is the story of how two ancient epics captured the world's imagination.The siege of Troy and Odysseus' long voyage home have inspired many of our most thrilling and radical poets. Henry Power takes us on a surprising journey through the afterlives of these mysterious epics, and the search for the poet who created them.Guiding us through the twists and turns of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Power travels to the places where Homer's stories have taken root - from the islands of Greece to the Scottish Highlands, the Devon coast to suburban Los Angeles - to trace the footsteps of the poets, politicians, lunatics, and lovers haunted by Homer's mythical heroes and monsters. A dazzlingly original and deeply personal testament to the power of poetry, Homer-Haunted is an epic account of how our oldest stories have shaped the way we read, write, and think.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. A fresh and exciting approach to this great work of classical literatureHenry Power provides an overview of the whole poem, key extracts from the text and detailed commentary of crucial moments in the poem. Readers are encouraged to consider both the oral origins and the rich literary reception of this early epic whilst responding to core themes within it. Key Features* Aimed at new readers coming to the poem for the first time and those teaching it at universities alike* Includes innovative teaching strategies for engaging students with the poem.…