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Henry D. Thoreau - American Writers 90
University of Minnesota Press 1970; US$ 36.00A concise survey of the life of the poet and naturalist pays special attention to the writing of Walden. more...
John Greenleaf Whittiers Poetry
University of Minnesota Press 1971; US$ 67.50In this volume Robert Warren Penn, the noted critic, poet, and novelist, provides a major new appraisal of the once enormously popular New England port, John Greenleaf Whittier, along with his selection of 36 of Whittier's poems. Through Warren's perceptive and illuminating discussion, the significance of Whittier as a writer for our time becomes... more...
Excursions
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. ************. Contents. Natural History of Massachusetts. A Walk to Wachusett. The Landlord. A Winter Walk. The Succession of Forest Trees. Walking. Autumnal Tints. Wild Apples. Night and Moonlight. . more...
Bloom's How to Write about Walt Whitman
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 54.00Walt Whitman's passionate writing style and bold subject matter have deeply influenced American poetry. This book discusses twenty of his most commonly read and studied poems. It features ideas for essay topics to assist students in developing critical-thinking skills. more...
Lighthead
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 18.00From an award-winning poet, a new collection in which the political and the personal converge in innovative and beautiful ways In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry... more...
Burn Lake
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 18.00Selected for the 2009 National Poetry Series by Natasha Trethewey Set in southern New Mexico, where her family's multicultural history is deeply rooted, the poems in Carrie Fountain's first collection explore issues of progress, history, violence, sexuality, and the self. Burn Lake weaves together the experience of life in the rapidly... more...
Horoscopes for the Dead
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.00WINNER?BEST POETRY?GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSWEEK /THE DAILY BEAST NATIONAL BESTSELLER Billy Collins is widely acknowledged as a prominent player at the table of modern American poetry. And in this smart, lyrical, and mischievous collection of poetry, which covers the everlasting... more...
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861
New York Review Books 2011; US$ 22.95Henry David Thoreau?s Journal was his life?s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right?one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self. It is a treasure trove of... more...
American Modernist Poets
Infobase Publishing 2011; US$ 54.00The rise of modernism marked one of the major transitional periods in contemporary literature. The American modernist poets created a rich legacy in their verse explorations of a world touched by war, rapid industrialization, and the growing perceived alienation of the individual. The innovators featured in this volume include Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings,... more...
When Tish Happens
ECW Press 2011; US$ 14.95Chronicling the birth of Tish , the University of British Columbia?s poetry newsletter, this history describes the ideologies and devotion of its contributing poets and editors and the publication that followed. The evolution of this artistic venture, which represented a clear break from older Canadian poets and styles and a clash with entrenched... more...









