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100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits
Grand Central Publishing 2008; US$ 8.99No matter what the occasion, this collection of poems is the perfect gift to cheer up a friend or family member. Here, in this compact volume, are 100 poems written by the world's greatest poets, some inspiring, some hilarious, and all memorable. Each delightful poem is preceded by an illuminating headnote. Among the poems included are classics, such... more...
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Carcanet Press Ltd. 2013; US$ 9.99With its lens on Europe and taking a singular approach, this collection of poems translates and revises the works of both famous and rising poets. From Akhmatova, Baudelaire, and Pasolini to the Olafsson brothers, Renée Vivien, and Yulia Zhadovskaya, poets from various European nations are not only brought together in the book but are celebrated in... more...
The Achievement of Seamus Heaney
The Lilliput Press 1995; US$ 14.57The Nobel Prize for Literature has drawn unprecedented attention to the poetry and prose of Seamus Heaney, who now takes his place alongside Dante and Yeats. Yet in spite of his international reputation, some still see Heaney as an earthbound, pastoral poet inspired by nostalgia. The Achievement fo Seamus Heaney, by the eminent critic John Wilson... more...
The Adoption Papers
Bloodaxe Books 2011; US$ 11.59Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple from three different viewpoints: the mother,the birth mother and the daughter. This unique and honest volumeof poems has been adapted for radio. Also included in thebook are new poems reflecting issues of sexuality, Scottishness... more...
The Alchemy of Happiness
Dundurn 2002; US$ 8.99Bowering delivers poems that blend of personalities, times, and places that add up to an overall substance she sees as happiness. more...
Alexander Pope
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 33.95Alexander Pope's technical polish and intellectual poise appeal to the subtlest audience. This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer. more...
Alexander Pope
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's... more...
Alexander Pope
Orion 2012; US$ 4.52A selection of poems by Alexander Pope, edited by Douglas Brooks-Davis more...
The Alexander Pope Encyclopedia
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 155.00Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was the most important English poet of the 18th century, as well as an essayist, satirist, and critic. Many of his sayings are still quoted today. His Essay on Criticism shaped the aesthetic views of English Neoclassicism, while his Essay on Man reflected the moral views of the Enlightenment. He participated fully in the... more...









