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An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry
Originally published in 1966, An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry was the first bilingual anthology to feature the rich, spirited, and passionate Yiddish poetry of the twentieth. Originally published in...
Timeless Love: Poems, Stories, and Letters
This beautiful, giftable collection celebrates and explores both the beauty and the anguish of love through classic poems, stories, and letters from some of literature's most beloved writers . Because...
Six Poets: Hardy to Larkin: An Anthology by Alan Bennett
Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for...
English Romantic Verse
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English Romantic poetry from its beginnings and its flowering to the first signs of its decadence. Nearly all the famous pieces de resistance will be found here - 'Intimations of...
How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and
Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...
Dancing By The Light of The Moon: Over 250 poems to read, relish and
A brand-new collection of Britain's best-loved poetry, handpicked by Gyles Brandreth Following the recent success of the bestselling Have You Eaten Grandma? Gyles Brandreth is back with his next love-letter...
Beowulf: Revised Edition
"Beowulf" is the oldest example of vernacular literature of any substance in Western Europe. Since its rediscovery and the appearance of the first printed editions in the middle of the...
New Women Poets
None of the new women poets in this anthology has yet published a book, yet they include some of the most original new voices of the Nineties. Most have already...
100 Australian Poems You Need to Know
This collection ranges from the early nineteenth century of Francis MacNamara and Charles Harpur, through the later years of C J Dennis and Henry Lawson, right up to the present...
Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them
'The best leave you with a renewed sense of how extraordinary it is that poetry can, over the course of one sentence, flood your circuit board with loss, or anger,...
Games of Venus: An Anthology of Greek and Roman Erotic Verse from
Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the...
Women's Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology
This comprehensive and beautifully edited volume is a remarkable collection of poems by women who wrote in the interwar years.Much is known about the so-called Auden generation ,but until now...
Other Side River: Free Verse
The work of 36 modern Japanese women poets, writing in an "imported" Western verse form and astonishing us with their diverse viewpoints, rhythms, themes, and insights. A companion to A...
The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse
No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets...
My Life in Verse: A Journey Through Poetry
For 2009, the BBC is planning a major 'Poetry Season' on BBC2 and BBC4. This landmark series on British Poetry will be the centrepiece of the season, and Penguin Classics...
Classic FM Favourite Poems: Poems for Every Occasion Chosen by Classic
CLASSIC FM FAVOURITE POEMS is a delightful anthology of British verse chosen through a Classic FM listeners poll. This new collection draws on the huge success of CLASSIC FM 100...
In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry
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Gathered into eight chapters, the works of many different poets of different ages and different walks of life present and explore what it means to be African-American. Langston-Hughes, James Weldon...
Divining Dante
2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, author of the long narrative poetic trilogy, The Divine Comedy. In a time of global pandemic, Dante's exploration of...
A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3
Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log...
How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]: A Lively and
Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...
100 Poems to Help You Sleep: Volume 2
A dreamy collection of poems to read before you turn off the light, or to guide you gently back to sleep when you wake in the small hours. This soothing...
The Path to Kindness: Poems of Connection and Joy
Following the success and momentum of his anthology How to Love the World (93,000 copies in print), James Crews's new collection, The Path to Kindness, offers more than 100 deeply...
Borderlands Riding the Slipstream
Age range 11+ Borderlands - Riding the Slipstream is an anthology for readers young and old. Featuring over forty short stories and poems by some of Australia's best-loved authors -...
A Nature Poem for every Autumn Evening: Volume 3
Poems to celebrate autumn. A companion volume to the successful winter and spring titles, this anthology of poems is as sweet as pumpkin spice and warming as a roaring log...
1914: Poetry Remembers
The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First...
The Best Australian Poems 2009
'When Australian poetry soars to new heights, it's usually because poets open up to the whole place . . . they take risks and write from the core of our...
The Best Australian Poems 2008
With The Best Australian Poems 2008, Peter Rose invites you to discover the most recent works of both Australia's renowned and promising poets. A journey in itself, this collection is...
Frost: Selected Poems
John F. Kennedy said of Robert Frost: " He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding." A four-time winner...
52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change
The best modern poetry anthology-with-a-difference. 'Padel's clear and informed approach makes modern poetry completely accessible' The Times Ever wondered about how to really interpret poetry? Puzzled about metre, rhyming and...
Poetry Please!: More Poetry Please
A selection of poems from the successful Radio 4 series, including Auden, Betjeman, Hopkins and MacNeice, with an introduction by Charles Causley.
Love is a Dog From Hell
A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love. A book that captures...
Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes from Past Times
A nostalgic collection of some of the most well-known and best-loved nursery rhymes, reminding you of their words and exploring their origins and meanings. Everyone has their favourite nursery rhymes,...
England: Poems from a School
Oxford Spires Academy is a small comprehensive school with 30 languages - and one special focus: poetry. In the last five years, its students have won every prize going. They...
Ten Bedtime Poems: Volume Two
Following on from Ten Bedtime Poems (Volume One) renowned author and academic Germaine Greer chooses ten poems for our bedside tables. As she writes, "...the true bedtime poem is a...
Poetry Please
BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners...
There are Girls like Lions
For mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, partners, and friends, here are 30 stirring poems about the experience of being a woman. Rousing and empowering, There Are Girls like Lions is a...
The Nation's Favourite: Poems
An anthology of inspirational, poignant and funny poems, both old and new, as voted for by the British public In a nationwide poll to discover Britain's favourite poem, Rudyard Kipling's...
Reasonable Affliction: 1001 Love Poems to Read to Each Other
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This beautifully produced volume offers an illustrated and diverse collection of poems for people in love to read to each other. Reflections on matters of the heart from Shakespeare to...
American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide
Organized as a field guide, a literary anthology filled with classic and contemporary poems and essays inspired by wildflowers-perfect for writers, artists, and botanists alikeAmerican Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide...
Poetry of Love for Every Day of the Year: Volume 7
Celebrate love with this daily anthology of poetry with one entry for every day of the year. From well-known classics to modern fresh takes, Poetry of Love for Every Day...
The Nibelungenlied
A beautiful, skillfully crafted work of chivalric romance Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs...