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Skin Painting
University of Queensland Press 2009; US$ 12.99Brave, haunting, and evocative, this powerful volume presents its poetry in the form of a memoir. From the poet?s early experiences in an institution and the effect of this on her family to the illustration of her strength and independence as an adult, this biographical collection helps make the Aboriginal experience accessible and resonant. Exploring... more...
Southern Edge
Fremantle Press 2009; US$ 18.00In this collection of three long narrative poems, Temperton conjures up the highs and lows of the coastal environment to explore the effects of nature?s ?Powerful forces at work? on human existence. An impressive third collection written with flair, passion and the ability to look unpleasant realities in the eye. more...
The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 13.95From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon?s first collection of poems. That Mark Haddon?s first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans; that it is also one of such virtuosity and range will not. The Talking... more...
Il Penseroso
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Il Penseroso is a pastoral poem by John Milton, written in 1631. Invoking "divinest Melancholy", the poem is in praise of the contemplative, withdrawn life of study, philosophy, thought and meditation, and is a counterpiece to L'Allegro, which praises the more cheerful sides of life and literature. Both pieces detail the passing of a... more...
L'Allegro
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99L'Allegro (which means "the happy man" in Italian) is invariably paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso ("the pensive man"), which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and thought. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...
Lycidas
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99John Miltons poem, "Lycidas" has been called probably the most perfect piece of pure literature in existence [employing] patterns of structure, prosody, and imagery to maintain a dynamic coherence. The syntax of the poem is full of impertinent auxiliary assertions that contribute valuably to the experience... more...
Paradise Lost
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian... more...
Paradise Regained
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Paradise Regain'd is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes. It deals with the subject of the Temptation of Christ. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...
Samson Agonistes, and Other Poetical Works
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99Samson Agonistes draws on the story of Samson from the Old Testament, Judges 13-16; in fact it is a dramatization of the story starting at Judges 16:23. The drama starts in medias res. Samson has been captured by the Philistines, had his hair, the container of his strength, cut off and his eyes cut out. Samson is "Blind among enemies, O worse... more...
The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea
Doubleday Canada 2010; US$ 19.95From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon?s first collection of poems. That Mark Haddon?s first book after The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a book of poetry may surprise his many fans; that it is also one of such virtuosity and range will not. The Talking... more...









