Poetry & Plays

The bitter chronicle of a man's dark journey from ignorance to understanding.

The Merchant of Venice has been performed more often than any other comedy by Shakespeare. This edition pays special attention to the expectations of its first audience, and to our...

Unique edition in dual language Judicially condemned in 1857 as offensive to public morality, The Flowers of Evil is now regarded as the most influential volume of poetry published in...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of King Lear on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete...

Dazzling illustrated poetry from the magical mind of Tim Minchin. This is his first ever book and features a foreword from Neil Gaiman. A storm is brewing in the confines...

The Winter's Tale is Shakespeare's most perfectly realized tragi- comedy, as notable for its tragic intensity as for its comic grace and, throughout, for the richness and complexity of its...

The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offers authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers - A...

In this selection of poems covering the period 1972 to 2002. This beautifully elegant volume excludes the cartoon element, focusing on Leunig's brilliant texts, with all their absurdity, hilarity, poignancy...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Othello on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text...

The definitive English translation of the classic Sanskrit epic poem - now available in a one-volume paperback. The Rmyaa of Vlmki , the monumental Sanskrit epic of the life of...

Gustave Dore's magnificent engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Dore with the long-awaited...

If anything, Othello has increased its stature as one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies ever since it was first written, between 1603 and 1604, due to the victimisation suffered by its...

'With the publication of Woudhuysen's Arden 3 edition, the magisterial study of the play that will energise a new generation of readers and directors has now arrived.'Eric Rasmussen, University of...

If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been...

(Applause Books). The Applause First Folio Editions compare the differences between the first printings and the best modern texts of Shakespeare's works, with special emphasis on issues relevant to each...

With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue Dylan Thomas wrote some of the best-known and best-loved poems of the twentieth century, amongst them 'Do not go gentle into that...

'[Heather Christle is] among the small handful of authors whose books I reflexively, half-consciously reach toward whenever I need inspiration, consolation, delight. Nobody thinks like her' Kaveh Akbar, Electric Literature...

'Brianna Pastor is by far one of my favourite new writers. If you want to feel seen and deeply moved, read Good Grief . Let the power of her writing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFew names in the English language carry the weight of William Shakespeare, and this magnificent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works in the English literary canon rival the vibrant tapestry of medieval life woven by Geoffrey Chaucer...

Promised a golden future as ruler of Scotland by three sinister witches, Macbeth murders the king to ensure his ambitions come true. But he soon learns the meaning of terror...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the red dust of the Australian outback to the quiet intimacy of homestead life, Hilde Knorr's From...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBertolt Brecht's Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One presents one of the twentieth century's most formidable dramatic voices...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of Romantic sensibility and Victorian poetic craft stands one of the most influential...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the genius lies the torment — Colin Wilson's Strindberg: A Play in Two Scenes pulls back the curtain on one of theatre's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the sun-drenched streets of turn-of-the-century Beirut, a young man falls into a consuming, forbidden love — one that society, tradition, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Slipcase: GoodFrom the sun-baked laneways of inner-city Melbourne to the blood-soaked trenches of World War One, The Moods of Ginger Mick chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew names resonate through the corridors of English literary history with the enduring power of Geoffrey...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slightly worn spine and edges. From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in Victorian cultural life were as richly contradictory as Edward Lear — celebrated painter, tireless traveller, and the genius behind some of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew collections have shaped the English-speaking world's understanding of its own poetic heritage quite like English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer to...

This new Complete Works marks the completion of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series and includes all of Shakespeare's plays, poems and sonnets, edited by leading international scholars. New to this...

'Davoudian is an enchanting and intriguing new voice' Sunday Times 'In this formally radical debut, Armen Davoudian shows how rhyme enacts longing for a homeland left behind; how meter sings...

One of Shakespeare's last plays, The Winter's Tale provides tragedy and comedy in equal measure. The King of Sicily, Leontes, accuses Queen Hermione, his wife, of adultery and sets off...

"The text of any Shakespeare play is a living negotiable entity: scholarship and theatre practice work together to keep the plays alive and vividly present." - Greg Doran, RSC Artistic...

This beautiful book, of paintings by Alice Mumford and poems by Sue Leigh, brings together exciting new work from the two makers. Collaboration is perhaps not the right word for...

Edward Mendelson has significantly expanded his authoritative, chronological ordered edition of Auden's Selected Poems (first published in 1979), adding twenty items to the hundred in the original edition, and broadening...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedy of love, jealousy and explosive racial politics. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's bleakest and most profound tragedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's epic retelling of the Wars of the Roses. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's anarchic comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's controversial comedy of the war between the sexes. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's great comedy of love, folly and mistaken identity. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's great exploration of patriotism and war. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents...

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents...