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Lyriktheorie(n) der italienischen Renaissance
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 168.00This volume deals with different attempts undertaken during the Italian Renaissance to define the nature of the ?lyrical? and of individual lyrical forms (including sonnets, epigrams, canzone, ballads, madrigals, and elegies). It begins with an introductory outline of the fundamental dilemma of the era, when an attempt was made to transform the diverse... more...
Martials Dichtergedichte
Narr Francke Attempto 2012; US$ 94.90Hauptbeschreibung Das umfangreiche Epigrammkorpus Martials beinhaltet zahlreiche Gedichte, die auf verschiedene literarische Probleme sowie die Werke anderer Dichter - seien es bereits kanonisierte Autoren, Zeitgenossen des Epigrammatikers oder fiktive Personen - Bezug nehmen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden diese "Dichtergedichte" und ihre Funktion... more...
Ten Poems to Open Your Heart
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 16.95Ten Poems to Open Your Heart is a book devoted to love: to the intimacy of personal love and lovemaking, to a loving compassion for others, and to the love that embraces both this world and the next. This new volume from Roger Housden features a few of the same poets as his extraordinarily moving Ten Poems to Change Your Life, such as Mary Oliver and... more...
Risking Everything
Crown Publishing Group 2007; US$ 20.00?Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?? ?Mary Oliver This luminous anthology brings together great poets from around the world whose work transcends culture and time. Their words reach past the outer divisions to the universal currents of love and revelation that move and inspire us all. These poems urge us to wake up and... more...
Are You Turning into Your Dad?
Michael O' Mara Books 2011; US$ 7.99Suitable for those men who are old before their time, and those who are just getting on a bit, this book helps men of all ages spot those unthinkable, yet inevitable signs that you are, in fact, becoming like your dad. more...
Poesia? Que horror! (Poetry? Yuck!)
Shell Education 2007; US$ 6.99Many students cringe at the thought of writing a poem. But once they perform this script, they will realize that poetry can be both fun to read and write. The language arts connection is writing poetry. 20pp. more...
Emporium
Carcanet 2011; US$ 14.51Emporium, Ian Pindar?s first collection, is stocked with curiosities, jokes and horrors. Step through the door and discover Big Bumperton on his bicycle, Mrs Beltinska in her bath, Monsieur P. on holiday, a transfixed girl in blue jeans, a wasp, two lascivious figs and a god who wanders shopping arcades ?enhaloed in black flames of longing and dread?.... more...
Playing With Fire
Carcanet 2011; US$ 14.51The erotic and the sexual are richly represented in this new collection, whose subjects of celebration range from the lemons in Robert Graves' garden to a blood-drinking Tibetan deity. At its heart are a group of passionate love poems, and a sequence set in an East London strip club, treated with the imaginative insight and verbal skill that led R.V.... more...
The Mourner's Book of Hope
Companion Press 2010; US$ 12.95Addressing the inevitable grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one, this encouraging and supportive reference provides comfort in the midst of overwhelming sadness. Preventing mourners from becoming tangled in a web of despair, this guide shows how the smallest amount of hope can be nurtured into a confident sense of being, lighting the path... more...
Roses are Red ...
Michael O' Mara Books 2011; US$ 7.99Suitable for people who shy away from writing poetry, love-letters, or composing love songs, this book celebrates the joys of being in love, containing the information ranging from tips on how to be the perfect partner, to facts and trivia on romance and relationships. more...









