The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath by Jo Gill
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Category: Poetry | Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature Ser.
Sylvia Plath is widely recognized as one of the leading figures in twentieth-century Anglo-American literature and culture. Her work has constantly remained in print in the UK and US (and in numerous translated editions) since the appearance of her first collection in 1960. Plath's own writing has been ...Show more
Byron Selected Poems - Crane Classics by Lord Byron
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Category: Poetry | Series: Crane Classics Ser.
A collection of classic poems that provides an accessible introduction to Lord Byron's poetry. Printed in a high quality hardback edition, this volume in the Crane Classics makes an attractive gift.
Crane Classics: The Bronte Sisters Selected Poems by EDNA ST V MILLAY
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Category: Poetry | Series: Crown Classics Ser.
Selected Poems of the Bronte Sisters, part of the Crown Classics series.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso by Dante Alighieri
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Category: Poetry | Series: Divine Comedy Ser.
A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literature.An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally ...Show more
The Classic Tradition of Haiku by BOWERS
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Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry Ser.
A highly distilled form of Japanese poetry, haiku consist of 17 syllables, usually divided among three lines. This unique collection spans over 400 years (1488-1902) of haiku history by the greatest masters: Basho, Issa, Shiki and many more, in translations by top-flight scholars in the field. Editor Fa ...Show more
William Butler Yeats - Early Poems by W. B. Yeats
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Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
One of the greatest poets of any century, the Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) drew upon Irish folklore and myth as inspiration for much of his early poetry. Mythic themes as well as many other topics are masterfully explored in this rich selection of 134 lyrics chiefly selected from six ...Show more
The Prophet: The Complete Original Edition: Essential Pocket Classics (PB) by Kahlil Gibran
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Category: Poetry | Series: Essential Pocket Classics Ser.
A new edition of the beloved spiritual classicKahlil Gibran's The Prophet is a timeless classic, a guiding light of spiritual fiction that has shaped the hearts and souls of readers since it was first published in 1923. Translated into more than 40 languages around the globe, The Prophet is an inspirati ...Show more
Montale - Poems by Eugenio Montale; Jonathan Galassi (Editor, Translator)
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Category: Poetry | Series: Everyman's Library POCKET POETS Ser.
Montale's incandescently beautiful poetry is deeply rooted in the venerable lyric tradition that began with Dante, but he brilliantly reinvents that tradition for our time, probing the depths of love, death, faith and philosophy in the bracing light of modern history. Montale's poems teem with allusion ...Show more
Leonard Cohen - Poemsand Songs by Leonard Cohen
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Category: Poetry | Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as "Suzanne", "Sisters of Mercy", "Bird on the Wire", "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "I'm Your Man" and searingly memorable poems from many collections including "Flowers for Hitler", "Beautiful Losers" and "Death of ...Show more
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
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Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Formerly Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, the late Ted Hughes (1930-98) is recognized as one of the few contemporary poets whose work has mythic scope and power. And few episodes in postwar literature have the legendary stature of Hughes's romance with, and marriage to, the great American poet Sylvi ...Show more
The Golden Boat by Rabindranath Tagore; Joe Winter (Introduction by, Translator)
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Category: Poetry | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Bengali is the world's seventh most popular language in terms of the number who use it, but few have made the journey from the West to its cultural or spiritual interior. Its intellectual tradition is without equal in present-day India. Rabindranath Tagore, a true Renaissance man, is its greatest writer ...Show more
Beowulf: A Ladybird Expert Book by Janina Ramirez
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Category: Poetry | Series: Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Beowulf is an accessible, authoritative, and entertaining introduction to the Anglo-Saxon epic. Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions t ...Show more