Poetry & Plays

This is an anthology of poetry, with one or two prose excerpts, which explores the world on nonsense, fantasy and satire from the Middle ages to the present day, revealing...

In this anthology, Tom Paulin aims to represent the extended family of vernacular poets and to show how Christina Rosetti, Hopkins, Whitman and other poets have drawn on the energies...

A selection of poems by William Cowper, edited by Michael Bruce

Alexander Pope has often been termed the first truly professional poet in English. He had an acute awareness of traditions he had inherited and a clear vision of where he...

Cats! Some are sane, and some are mad. Some are good, and some are bad. The original Old Possum's illustrations have been lovingly restored and are showcased in this beautiful...

The collection includes famous poems such as Yeats's "The Fisherman" and Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" alongside new work from Ireland's finest living writers. As well as forming a...

From actress Haley Lu Richardson-a raw, beautiful, and playful debut collection of poetry about the chaos of being a twenty-something girl in this world. i always wanted to be a...

John Jenkins lives on the rural outskirts of Melbourne. This is his eighth book of poetry. Dark River is a rich and stimulating collection. These are poems of city and...

From actress Haley Lu Richardson-a raw, beautiful, and playful debut collection of poetry about the chaos of being a twenty-something girl in this world. i always wanted to be a...

The poems, prose, and drama gathered inWhen You Are Oldintroduce a fresh portrait of the Nobel Prize-winning writer as a younger man- the 1890s aesthete and dandy who collected Irish...

The first brand new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica--the story of Jason and the Argonauts, and their search for the Golden Fleece--since the 1950s The first new Penguin Classics...

An updated edition of Thoreau's most widely read works Self-described as "a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot," Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by...

The final volume in this brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of The Divine Comedy. The final volume in a brilliant translation destined to...

The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine...

'Memorable, musical, witty and just brilliant in every way. Nic is hands down the best new poet to emerge in the last 20 years.' Sophie Hannah 'Memorable, musical, witty and...

No library is complete without the classics! This leather-bound edition includes the complete works of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare, considered by many to be the English language's greatest...

Can we be lonely together? Asks r.h. Sin in this heartbreaking collection of poetry. A Midnight Moon is a moving collection of poetry from celebrated bestselling author r.h. Sin. With...

Collecting verse written in the years 2008-2011, Nefertiti in the Flak Tower sees Clive James approach his later years with the same technical versatility, emotional poignancy and lightly-worn erudition as...

During the Second World War, a number of young Canadian poets converged on Montreal and, in a few years of little-magazine and small-press publication, rewrote the story of modern English-Canadian...

The best in four decades of exceptional Canadian poetry, now in a limited hardcover edition. The poets in this anthology, all of whom matured creatively between 1920 and 1960, considered...

Seamus Heaney was 'the greatest poet of our age' (Guardian) . From his remarkable debut in 1966, he pioneered the poetry of our times across five decades of cultural and...

Both published posthumously in 1971, Crossing the Water and W inter Trees contain the poems written along with those that went to form Ariel , from the exceptionally creative period...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of American Gothic literature, Selected Writings gathers the most celebrated...

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