{"product_id":"secondhand-poetry-classics-bargain-book-box-sp2728","title":"Secondhand Poetry \u0026 Classics Bargain Book Box SP2728","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand Poetry Bargain Book Box — 17 Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA poetry box of genuine range — Yeats and Eliot, two of the twentieth century's greatest poets, sit alongside Dylan Thomas, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe, while the Australian shelf is exceptionally strong: Brennan, Hope, and Sam Hunt in collected and selected editions, plus two Australian anthologies. The Tang and Song dynasty selection brings Chinese classical verse into the mix, and Ogden Nash's comic verses ensure the box isn't entirely solemn. The Norton Anthology alone is a comprehensive education in the art form. A box for readers who already love poetry and for those who want to discover why it matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003col class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Norton Anthology of Poetry: Third Edition\u003c\/em\u003e — The standard university anthology of poetry in English — from the medieval period to the twentieth century, with thousands of poems and the editorial apparatus that makes it genuinely useful as both a teaching text and a lifelong reference. An authoritative and comprehensive collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAustralian Poems in Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e — P.K. Elkin — This pairs poems with critical commentary, making it both an anthology and a guide to reading Australian poetry closely. A useful and thoughtful teaching collection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOn a Moon Spiced Night\u003c\/em\u003e — Jude Aquilina — An Australian poet's collection with illustrations by Franz Kempf. Aquilina writes from a Maltese-Australian perspective with considerable lyrical intensity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Dead Queen of Bohemia: New \u0026amp; Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — Jenni Fagan — The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e called Fagan \"the patron saint of literary street urchins.\" This collected and new poems volume gathers the work of one of contemporary Scottish poetry's most distinctive voices — raw, politically charged, and written from the margins with unflinching honesty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems \u0026amp; Letters of Emily Dickinson\u003c\/em\u003e — Edited by Robert N. Linscott — This brings together Dickinson's poetry and her extraordinary correspondence — essential for understanding a poet who barely published in her lifetime but reshaped what poetry in English could do. Her slant rhymes and dashes still feel radical.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — W.B. Yeats — Papermac. This gathers the full arc of Yeats's achievement — from the Celtic twilight of the early work through the great middle period of \u003cem\u003eEaster 1916\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Second Coming\u003c\/em\u003e to the fierce, strange late poems. One of the half-dozen greatest bodies of poetry in the English language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Australian Verse\u003c\/em\u003e — Edited by Harry Heseltine — This is the standard Penguin anthology of Australian poetry, edited with a critical intelligence and a genuine sense of what Australian poetry has made of its landscape and history. An essential shelf reference.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats\u003c\/em\u003e — T.S. Eliot — This is Eliot at play — the Nobel laureate's comic verse sequence about feline characters, originally written for his godchildren, later adapted into the world's longest-running musical. Charming, witty, and showing that one of modernism's sternest faces could also be completely delightful.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1934–1952\u003c\/em\u003e — Dylan Thomas — This is the essential Thomas — \u003cem\u003eDo Not Go Gentle into That Good Night\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFern Hill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnd Death Shall Have No Dominion\u003c\/em\u003e — the great Welsh poet's music at full force. Thomas wrote poems of extraordinary sonic intensity and this collected edition is the proper way to encounter him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — T.S. Eliot — Faber paper covered edition. This distils the essential Eliot — \u003cem\u003eThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsh Wednesday\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/em\u003e — into a single volume. These are among the most important poems written in English in the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eThe Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/em\u003e — Signet Classic, introduced by Jay Parini. This gathers Poe's verse in full — \u003cem\u003eThe Raven\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnnabel Lee\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUlalume\u003c\/em\u003e — the incantatory, obsessive, musically intense poems that influenced French symbolism and haunt American literature still.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — Christopher Brennan — Australian Poets series, selected and introduced by A.R. Chisholm. Brennan is one of Australia's most demanding and rewarding poets — a symbolist heavily influenced by Mallarmé, writing in colonial Sydney with cosmopolitan ambitions that were genuinely extraordinary for his time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — A.D. Hope — Australian Poets series, with an introduction by the author. Hope was Australia's most distinguished poet of his generation — classical in form, satirical in temperament, and capable of both devastating wit and genuine lyrical beauty. His introduction to his own work is characteristically direct.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e — Sam Hunt — Penguin. This gathers the work of one of New Zealand's most beloved poets — a performer as much as a page poet, writing about the sea, drink, love, and the New Zealand landscape with an accessibility and emotional directness that won him a devoted popular following.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties\u003c\/em\u003e — Translated by Rewi Alley — This brings Chinese classical verse into the box — the great Tang and Song dynasties that produced Li Bai, Du Fu, and Su Dongpo, translated by Rewi Alley, the New Zealand-born sinologist who spent his life in China. An unexpected and genuinely valuable inclusion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGood Intentions\u003c\/em\u003e — Ogden Nash — Nash is the master of comic verse in American literature — puns, irregular rhymes, and an eye for human absurdity that made him one of the most widely read poets of the twentieth century. This collection delivers the wit and warmth that made him beloved.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMarrow\u003c\/em\u003e — Tric O'Heare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48799027527899,"sku":null,"price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/IMG_0759.jpg?v=1779402008","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-poetry-classics-bargain-book-box-sp2728","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}