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Smith prize for her collected poemsthis new selected poems comes forty years on from her first carcanet selected, which it honours by retaining her original choices while adding a substantial number of poems from her several later collectionsoxfam shop hebden bridge elizabeth jennings () is one of the twentieth century's best-loved and bestselling poetsas the author and editor of almost fifty books of poetry, criticism and theology, she received numerous awards, including the wedited by rebecca watts, whose debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the seamus heaney prize, this book is a new take on a poet whose human sympathy and religious faith are transferable and timelesssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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selected poems: wordsworthtitle: selected poems: wordsworthauthors: wordsworth, williamproduct category: bookslist price (msrp): 9about hr1 books limitedbinding: hardcover
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00 selected poems of emily dickenson by james reeves paperbackshop / curiosities selected poems of emily dickenson by james reeves paperback * * ÂŁ2used 1 in stock 1 add to basket category: curiosities tags: book, craigkiddltd, curiosity, emilydickenson, hardback, jamesreeves, paperback, reading
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Oxfam bookshop st albans this is a second edition of tony harrison's selected poems containing 13 additional poemssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit includes ten new sonnets for the school of eloquence and his long poem v
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From there to here selected poems and translations by ciaran carson (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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"new and selected poems" by jon silkin chatto & windus, london - first uk edition irst printing - 77p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, with first issue dust jacket comes with a signed letter by silkin dated read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and a shropshire lad and other poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexitieshousman, was an english poet and classical scholar, now best known for his cycle of poems a shropshire ladif you enjoyed a shropshire lad and other poems, you might like john clare's selected poems, also available in penguin classicsthis volume brings together the works housman published in his lifetime, a shropshire lad () and last poems (), along with the posthumous selections more poems and additional poems, and three translations of extracts from aeschylus, sophocles and euripides that display his mastery of classical literature'what are those blue remembered hills,what spires, what farms are those?'in this collection, ain his afterword, john sparrow discusses housman's methods of writing and melancholic temperamentthis penguin classics edition is introduced by nick laird with revisions by archie burnett and an afterword by john sparrowalfred edward housman () usually known as aoxfam bookshop cheltenham asee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir scope is wide - ranging from religious doubt and doomed love to intense nostalgia for the countryside and patriotic celebration of the life of the soldier - and they are made all the more memorable by their distinctive diction and perfectly modulated rhythm and soundthis edition has been revised by archie burnett and includes updated notes on the text and indexes of first lines and titleshousman's poems, including'to an athlete dying young', 'loveliest of trees, the cherry now' and 'when i was one-and-twenty', conjure up a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss and sadness
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Brodsky figures in many of his poems, and brodsky's essay on rein introduces this bilingual selection: 'rein is unquestionably an elegiac poetone of akhmatova's 'magic choir' of young leningrad poets, he was joseph brodsky's mentor and lifetime friendfew among his compatriots would dispute the depth of the despair and exhaustion that darkens these poems… ' see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis main theme is the end of things, the end, to put it more broadly, of a world order that is dear – or at least acceptable – to himborn in , he belongs to that tragic generation of russian poets who for decades went unpublished in the soviet unionoxfam bookshop hexham evgeny rein is one of russia's major living poetsthe incarnation of this order in his poetry is the city in which he grew up, the city of leningrad… but in contrast to the dramatic effect usually found in elegiac poets… the death of the world order in rein is accompanied by a vulgar ditty from the 30s or 40sindeed, for rein’s work – and in my view he is the most gifted russian poet of the second half of the 20th century – the cadences of soviet popular music from that era probably had a greater influence than the technical achievements of the best among the russian futurists and constructivists… rein not only radically extended the poetic vocabulary and sound palette of russian poetry; he also broadened and shook up the psychological sweep of russian lyricshe is an elegist, but of a tragic stripe
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" beside these widely anthologised poems, this book places a selection of other poems in many genres, revealing the scope of his workthis is a collection of the poetry by the victorian poet-critic and professor of poetry at oxford (), matthew arnold ()  slightly dusty on the top edge,all edges yellowed, used good conditionhis impact as a poet, critic and scholar was considerable backboard, embossed banding, bumped, slightly stained at the top, rubbedspine, gilt banding and lettering, bumped, some staining at the bottom along the sides, sunnedback pastedown, has a the educational co, ltd, 46 renshaw street, liverpool sticker, yellowed endpaper, small of amount of discolourationfrontboard, embossed banding, gilt lettering and decoration, bumped, stained, rubbedbound in blue clothmany pages are underlined with comments, in pencil and ink, all pages in complete and cleanson of dr arnold, headmaster of rugby school, matthew arnold was himself deeply involved in education, becoming an inspector of schoolsthis book contains some of his most popular works, such as "dover beach," "the scholar gypsy" and "thyrsissee oxfam website for delivery information read morearnold's love for his particular engand and for his friends, his longing for stability and his religious doubt, form the case note of much of his poetrypublisher is macmillan and copasedown, yellowed, endpaper, inscription by a previous owner in pencil on the poets biography, yellowedoxfam shop darlington hardback
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Hardback first edition; contains 8 poems previous not collectedowner's(?) plate: "justicia facitur bonum"protective transparent wrapperno highlighting or other notessee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition for ageoxfam bookshop newport publishedclipped d/j and text block clean/intact - a little sunning to spine but hardly noiceable
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This selection, based on his collected poems published by gallery press in , has been chosen by the poet himselfoxfam bookshop cheltenham john montague is the senior figure in irish poetry, as both poet and critic, representative of a generation before heaney and mahona spokesman for his people, the rural catholics of northern ireland, and haunted by their history, he also brings an international, modernist sensibility to his writing'his lyrics evoke the landscapes and heritage of rural ireland in a fine, spare diction' oxford companion to english literature see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Blending the real and the surreal, the urbane and the uncanny, simic's poems construct a neighbourhood of experience that is estranged yet recognisably at home with its surroundingsoxfam books & music aberdeen serbian by birth, brought up under nazi occupation and transplanted to america in his teens, charles simic has had the opportunity to distill a highly particular vision of the world, in which comic gaiety goes hand in hand with the recognition of our darker spiritual and philosophical problemshe notes what the eye sees and what the subsconscious has to say on the matter, in a poetry which is a triumph of the plain style see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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I am selling a selection of poetry books as follows: faber & faber box set of poetry essentials containing ten books sylvia plath a selection by ted hughes 80th anniversary limited edition (hardback) poems by coleridge published in (hardback) rupert brooke selected poems (hardback) poems of wb yeats collection is from weir road, balham sw12
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Oxfam shop west hampstead this book contains most of the poems, as selected by the author, from his seven previous collectionsthe cover is curling a little, and shows slight signs of handling, but the book is otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also includes the complete text of "another life" - a long narrative autobiographical poem
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selected masterpieces of contemporary chinese calligraphers, compiled by wenguo pan & yongzheng zhangand first among them', and passionately explains how they have adapted and survived as a form of writing for millennia, before praising the modern-day chinese calligraphers who have put both physical and digital efforts to paint the poems of the tang dynasty ( atranslated by wenguo panbook condition: good - slight wear to spine and corners, but tightly bound and clean throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more) herein, helpfully accompanied with english translationin the preface, compiler wenguo pan describes chinese characters as 'the eighth wonderpublished by household world ppthe artists featured include juntao qian, zhiliu xie, peiqiu chen, wenshu hu and numerous others
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The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections: poems of childhood and youth; poems of love and marriage; poems of life; poems of loss and comfort; poems of war and peace; poems to read aloud; poems to read quietly; poems of animals and nature and poems of magic and mysterythe poems have all been chosen and arranged by neil philip and the volume is illustrated throughout with watercolour borders and decorative motifs by isabelle brent, glowing with her trademark gold leafoverall in very good conditionthe anthology includes works by william blake, dylan thomas, seamus heaney, robert burns, t s eliot, rudyard kipling, w b yeats and many, many moresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle this highly accessible collection gathers together the best-loved gems of english language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously silly
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A lot of annotations for revision notes included as and a2 book good condition
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The slip case has a very minor sign of usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is illustrated with engravings by simon brettoxfam bookshop aylesbury illustrated hard cover and green cloth spine in immaculate conditioninternally the book is also as newpublished in by the folio society
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Original panel of the volume "william blake - selected poems" published by asbestos comics, reflux necklaceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiillustration made with sumi ink on watercolor papercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Original panel of the volume "william blake - selected poems" published by asbestos comics, reflux necklaceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiillustration made with sumi ink on watercolor papercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetable 2 of the poem "a poisoned tree" read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This edition aims to make for the first time a selection of these wonderful, but complex, poems accessible and enjoyable not only to scholars and advanced students but especially to sixth-form students and non-classicists (including anyone interested in pindar's influence on english poetry)composed in the first instance to commemorate athletics victories, they fan out like a peacock's tail to illuminate with brilliant subtlety and imagination the human condition in general, and how our moments of heroic achievement are inevitably tempered by our mortal frailtiesthe selection, which contains pindar's most famous poem (olympian 1) and two particularly charming mythical stories (in pythian 9 and nemean 3), illustrates pindar's range and variety by including odes commemorating victors at each of the four major gamesoxfam bookshop hexham pindar's odes, blending beauty of poetic form and profundity of thought, are one of the wonders of ancient greecesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile particular attention is paid to elucidating pindar's cryptic chains of thoughts and to explaining the significance of the myths in the odes, much greater help than usual in this series is given with translating the greekgreek text with translation, commentary and notes
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First edition reprintsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition with sunning and slight soiling to cover, sunning to page edges and previous owner's name to inside front coveroxfam bookshop leeds 243pp
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Oxfam bookshop micklegate the cover is faded, there are a few pencil markings see oxfam website for delivery information read morekilled aged 24 in a tank in the d-day invasion douglas is thought by many to among the best poets of his generationthis is a good selection including his best work
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Fanthorpe's fourth peterloo collection, and the first since her selected poems () was published simultaneously in peterloo (hardback) and king penguin (paperback)all hr volumes have met with extraordinarily unanimous critical acclaimoxfam bookshop carlisle a watching brief is usee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover & pages in very good condition
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Its exploration of the conflicts between ideas and feelings, between circumstance and desire, continues in his controversial novel probing the institution of marriage, elective affinitiesthis collection of his four major works, together with a selection of his finest letters and poems, shows that he is not only one of the very greatest european writers: he is also accessible, entertaining, and contemporarythe sorrows of young werther is a story of self-destructive love that made its author a celebrity overnight at the age of twenty-fiveoxfam bookshop brigg one of the towering figures of world literature, goethe has never held quite as prominent a place in the english-speaking world as he deservesthe cosmic drama of faust goes far beyond the realism of the novels in a poetic exploration of good and evil, while italian journey, written in the author's old age, recalls his youth in italy and the impact of mediterranean culture on a young northerner apart from the loss of its' dust jacket this volume is very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop byres road signed 1st editionsome discolouration of coveralso contains a hand written poem by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove minor cover wear and tanning to pages, clean inside
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Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham part of the everyman series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type
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If no paper was at hand, he would scratch his poem on slate, wedges, his miner's 'hard' hat, even his thumbnail; and if no ink was available he would use blackberry-juiceotherwise, however, in very good, clean conditionedited and with an introduction by dsince his death, and until the last few years, almost none of his work has been reprintedphotographs by david hillsdiscreetly ex-libraryhe is buried in treslothan churchyard, with his daughter, lucretiaoxfam bookshop kingsbridge john harris was born at bolennowe, near camborne, in , the eldest of ten childrenhe was at work by the age of nine, and when he was thirteen he joined his father underground in dolcoath minehe remained working there for twenty years, until a post as bible reader in falmouth was found for himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was the author of sixteen books, mostly poetryhe wrote poetry from early childhoodone paste-down on front cover verso; remains of sticker on rear verso; library stamp/catalogue number on copyright page, and traces of a spine sticker
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Blue dusk: new and selected poemssigned and dated bymadeline defrees on the title pagemadeline defreeswe specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologies
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