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Walking to Martha's Vineyard
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00In this radiant new collection, Franz Wright shares his regard for life in all its forms and his belief in the promise of blessing and renewal. As he watches the ?Resurrection of the little apple tree outside / my window,? he shakes off his fear of mortality, concluding ?what death . . . There is only / mine / or yours,? / but the world / will be filled... more...
Orlando Furioso
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99This is the most celebrated work of Italian Renaissance that took its poet almost sixteen years to complete, before it was published in 1532. The narrative poem is an account of the conflicts between the Moors and Christians, and narrates how Marsilio returned to Spain after the conflict ends. A captivating poem that enthrals the readers by its picturesque... more...
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (1846) is a collection of poems published by the three Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. They used genderless first names for the publication of their work to avoid the contemporary prejudice against female writers. With themes drawn from real life, the poems reflect Brontë sisters views... more...
Late Lyrics and Earlier
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99In Late Lyrics and Earlier, Hardy's dream is "an alliance between religion, which must be retained unless the world is to perish, and complete rationality, which must come, unless also the world is to perish, by means of the interfusing effect of poetry." more...
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 4.99It is a spectacular collection of poems and songs in which Miltons particular dramatic and natural chic is evident. The poetry is effervescent as it is spontaneous gush of thoughts, rhythmic and the lyrical measures delight the reader and bound him to read till it ends. more...
Samson Agonistes
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99Samson Agonistes, by John Milton, is a Tragedy written in blank verse. It almost follows the theme of defection of a woman and humiliation suffered by the hero that was touched in Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. With biblical over-tones, the tragedy follows the Greek traditions of Chorus and agony of the hero. An enchanting work that... more...
The Best American Poetry 2009
Scribner 2009; US$ 16.00David Wagoner writes about regular lives with plain grace and transcendent humanity, and the seventy-five poems he has chosen for the 2009 edition of The Best American Poetry grapple with life, celebrate freedom, and teem with imaginative energy. With engaging notes from the poets, Wagoner's superb introductory essay, series editor David Lehman's... more...
Ranking the Wishes
Penguin Group US 1997; US$ 14.95In his seventh book, Carl Dennis explores the ways in which our wishes - those in our power to fulfill at any moment and those that have no chance of ever being realized - define who we are. While some of the poems view wishing as a failure to do justice to the world we have, others regard it as a recognition that no present, however rich, can satisfy... more...
An Octave above Thunder
Penguin Group US 1997; US$ 16.95An Octave Above Thunder presents a collection of poems spanning more than twenty years in the career of Carol Muske, who has won acclaim for work which marries sophisticated intelligence, emotional resonance, and technical craft. What most distinguishes Carol Muske's poetry is her awareness of the complicated web into which the personal and the... more...









