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The Book of The Laurel
FW Skelton University of Delawa 1991 Hardback
This important work by the brilliant and enigmatic English poet John Skelton (1460?-1529) is an elaborate dream-allegory about poetry and the experienThis important work by the brilliant and enigmatic English poet John Skelton (1460?-1529) is an elaborate dream-allegory about poetry and the experience of being a poet. Edited with critical apparatus by FW Brownlow. ...more
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A Platonick Song of the Soul
Henry More Bucknell University 1998 Hardback
Edited, with an introductory study by Alexander Jacob, this is the first complete modern edition of Henry More's sustained literary presentation (in SEdited, with an introductory study by Alexander Jacob, this is the first complete modern edition of Henry More's sustained literary presentation (in Spenserian stanzas) of the Neoplatonic doctrine of the immateriality and immortality of the soul. ...more
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This selection brings together translations (some previously unpublished) of poets ranging from Homer, Aeschylus and Ovid to Pushkin, Lorca and a numbThis selection brings together translations (some previously unpublished) of poets ranging from Homer, Aeschylus and Ovid to Pushkin, Lorca and a number of 20th century European writers. ...more
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Khurshid Ka Samaan-e-safar
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi Oxford University Press 2008 Hardback
The PIP: Anthology of World Poetry of the 20th Century Vol 6. Living Space: Poems of the Dutch Fiftiers Peter Glassgold (Edited by) Green Integer 2005 Paperback
This PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) anthology presents the Dutch poets known as the 'Fiftiers': Remco Campert; Hugo Claus; Jan G Elburg; Gerrit KThis PIP (Project for Innovative Poetry) anthology presents the Dutch poets known as the 'Fiftiers': Remco Campert; Hugo Claus; Jan G Elburg; Gerrit Kouwenaar; Lucebert; Sybren Polet; Paul Rodenko; Bert Schierbeek; and Simon Vinkenoog. In Dutch with English translations en face. ...more
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Anna Akhmatova Her Poetry David Wells Berg Publishers 1996 Hardback
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Beastly Tales From Here and There Vikram Seth Phoenix 2001 Hardback Illustrated
Old familiars such as the steady tortoise who out-ran the hare take their place alongside a newly minted gallery of quirky, witty and entertaining chaOld familiars such as the steady tortoise who out-ran the hare take their place alongside a newly minted gallery of quirky, witty and entertaining characters - among them the elephant and the tragopan - in this collection of animal stories in verse. Watercolour illustrations accompany ten poetic tales, sourced variously from India, China, Greece, Ukraine, and the Land of Gup. ...more
Christopher Anstey Broadcast 1994 Paperback Illustrated
An 18th century best-seller, Anstey's Guide offers satirical portraits of fashionable Bath society, as seen through the eyes of three innocents, freshAn 18th century best-seller, Anstey's Guide offers satirical portraits of fashionable Bath society, as seen through the eyes of three innocents, fresh from the country. In 15 poetical letters home they breathlessly describe their social progress, 'taking the waters' and their ultimate misfortune at the hands of rakes, gamblers and charlatans. This edition is edited, with a critical introduction and notes, by Gavin Turner and illustrated with contemporary engravings and cartoons. ...more
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Apollos of the North Selected Poems of George Buchanan and Arthur Johnston Robert Crawford (Edited by) Polygon 2006 Paperback
The Scottish Renaissance poets George Buchanan (1506-1582) and Arthur Johnson (c 1579-1641) were described by Hugh MacDiarmid as 'among the greatest pThe Scottish Renaissance poets George Buchanan (1506-1582) and Arthur Johnson (c 1579-1641) were described by Hugh MacDiarmid as 'among the greatest poets Scotland has produced'; but they chose to write in Latin and that has distanced modern readers from poetry once celebrated across Europe. Introducing 'the range and lovely dexterity of their work', the poet Robert Crawford presents generous selections of their poems in the original Latin with modern English translations en face. ...more
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Memories of a Lost War American Poetic Responses to the Vietnam War Subarno Chattarji Oxford University Press 2001 Paperback