| Author: | Clive James |
| Category: |
Poetry |
In the course of his new collection of poems - several of which have already become famous before their book publication - Clive James looks back over an extraordinarily rich life with a clear-eyed and unflinching honesty. There are regrets, but no trace of self-pity in these verses, which - for all t... read more
| Author: | Henry Lawson |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Oakie's Outback Adventures |
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| Author: | Virgil |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Wordsworth Classics |
The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece. His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy and proclaims her destiny of world dominion. This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future... read more
| Author: | Omar Khayyam |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Wordsworth Classics |
This edition presents the classic free translation by Edward Fitzgerald of the great Persian poem by the 12th century astronomer and poet - Omar Khayy?m. Fitzgerald's masterful translation was first published as an anonymous pamphlet in 1859. Its colourful, exotic and remot... read more
| Author: | John Milton |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Wordsworth Poetry Library |
John Milton (1608-74) has a strong claim to be considered the greatest English poet after Skakespeare. His early poems, collected and published in 1645, include the much loved pair 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso' ('the cheerful man and the thoughtful man'), 'Lycidas' (his great elegy on a fellow poet) ... read more
| Author: | John Donne |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Wordsworth Poetry Library |
Edited with an Introduction, Chronology, Notes, Bibliography and Glossary by Roy Booth, Royal Holloway College, University of London.
John Donne (1572-1631) is a poet of concerted emotional and intellectual force, whose strenuously original approach to the subject matter, diction and form of ver... read more
| Author: | Peter Rose |
| Category: |
Poetry |
"Youth and maturity, love and infatuation, memory, music, loss, landscape, Peter Rose exposes the human experience in poems that are gorgeously lucid and often profound. The Subject of Feeling reveals a fearless wisdom, a wry wit and a quiet depth. These poems stop you in your tracks." - Andrea Goldsm... read more
| Author: | Phillip Sexton |
| Category: |
Poetry |
Writer's Digest magazine has been published on an uninterrupted basis for more than 85 years. Circulation currently tops 120,000. No other book on the market captures such an interesting spectrum of the 20th century literary scene. And, in fact, there's no other publisher that could provide it. Includ... read more
| Author: | Emily Dickinson |
| Category: |
Poetry |
| Series: | Wordsworth Poetry Library |
Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her lifetime, only seven out of her total of 1,775 poems were published prior to her death. She had an immense br... read more
