Poetry & Plays

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Chipping along top of jacket, faded spineThis poetic drama, The Cocktail Party, presents a biting social...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOthello, The Moor Of Venice chronicles the tragic downfall of a valiant general, ensnared...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis collection presents the enduring poetic legacy of John Dryden, a pivotal figure in English literature....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralian Poets: Selected Poems Of Christopher Brennan presents a compelling collection from a foundational...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, light pencil annotationsAustralian Poets presents a comprehensive overview of the rich tradition of...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis volume presents the incisive and often satirical verse of one of Australia's most...

A history and an anthology of poetry in the English language, from Chaucer to T.S. Elliot, from Shakespeare to Dylan Thomas. Illustrated with contemporary portraits and landscapes, this book is...

Award winning poet of our times Shane McCrae, 'peer to the peerless' ( New York Journal of Books ), takes up and turns on its head the mantle of Dante...

Award winning poet of our times Shane McCrae, 'peer to the peerless' ( New York Journal of Books ), takes up and turns on its head the mantle of Dante...

A Poetry Book Society Recommendation Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Updated edition, with a new poem and...

I am gonna write poems til I die and when I have gotten outta this body I am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over everybody who got...

When Chaucer composed Troilus and Criseyde he gave us, some say, his finest poem, and with it one of the most captivating love stories ever written. A Double Sorrow ,...

A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest ' SARAH MILLICAN 'Hollie McNish's words always sweep...

In the first comprehensive study of Cleanness and its medieval contexts, Elizabeth B. Keiser shows how this fourteenth-century religious poem legitimates erotic pleasure as natural apart from procreative justification and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive collection presents the unparalleled literary genius of Oscar Wilde, gathering his iconic...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling anthology, The Poetry Of Sex: Lesbians Write The Erotic, presents a vibrant...

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Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis scholarly edition presents William Shakespeare's beloved comedy, Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will, offering a comprehensive resource for students...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThirty Years With G.B.S. chronicles an intimate, decades-long association with the towering literary figure, George Bernard Shaw. This compelling memoir...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Previous ownerSelected Verse Of C.J. Dennis presents a delightful collection from the beloved Australian poet, C.J. Dennis....

One of Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of 2017 A TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 Publishers Weekly 's Ten Best Poetry Collections of Spring A Most Anticipated book at...

The wonder of birds has charmed and inspired poets down the centuries and across the globe. From Shakespeare's 'feathr'd king' to Ted Hughes 'butterfly lightness', of swifts, this is a...

Like Emily Wilson's celebrated translations of Homer, this new Aeneid -the first collaborative translation of the poem in English-is rendered in an unrhymed iambic pentameter that engages modern readers while...

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post )-critics lauded it...

Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about...

Two beloved and esteemed poets have collaborated on this intimate and useful anthology illuminating the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art. Intended for all those who love...

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer's "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life. The first great adventure story in the Western canon, the Odyssey is a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWindows & Mirrors chronicles the tumultuous yet brilliant life of jazz saxophone legend Stan...

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsGravedigger's Funeral presents a compelling theatrical work that scrutinizes the solemn rituals surrounding...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis satirical epic, Charles Charming's Challenges On The Pathway To The Throne: A Royal Poem In Rhyming Couplets...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThe Limericks Of Lachasse presents a collection of witty and often mischievous verse, showcasing the classic five-line poetic form. John...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis definitive two-volume collection chronicles the expansive literary output of Australia's premier bush poet, gathering the complete verse, journalism, and...

In On Love , we see Charles Bukowski reckoning with the complications of love and desire. Alternating between the tough and the tender, the romantic and the gritty, Bukowski exposes...

'Beautifully up-to-date, old-fashioned work, where the dignity of English meters meets, as in a mosh pit, the vitality - and often the brutality - of American speech' Dan Chiasson, New...

'His is close-up poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich,...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WILD HOPE 'Donna Ashworth has a way of formulating words that melts me ... I feel as if the...

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In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Annotated Snark: The Hunting Of The Snark presents Lewis Carroll's celebrated...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive anthology, Dramas From The American Theatre 1762-1909, chronicles the foundational works of American dramatic...

Although he is now mostly remembered as a novelist, it is as a poet and a translator of poetry that Sandor Marai - the acclaimed author of 'Embers' and 'Conversations...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling anthology, The Burning Thorn: An Anthology Of Poetry, presents a rich tapestry of verse, showcasing the profound emotional...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe dramatic work The Elder Statesman: A Play presents a...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Book bound in protective covering (contact)"The New Dragon Book of Verse," edited by Michael Harrison, presents a rich...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner inscription back of front coverThis iconic collection of poetry, My Country, captures the profound beauty and...