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William Blake
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 8.74Faber and Faber presents eight beautiful editions of classic Romantic poetry more...
An Introduction to English Poetry
Penguin Books Ltd 2003; Not AvailableJames Fenton's An Introduction to English Poetry offers a master class for both the reader and writer of poetry. Simply and elegantly written and discussing the work of poets as wide ranging as W. H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake, it covers all varieties of poetic practice in English. 'It is hard to imagine a beginner... more...
Yellow Tulips
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 14.57Winner of both the Queen's Gold Medal and the Whitbread Prize for Poetry, James Fenton has given readers some of the most memorable lyric verse of the past decades, from the formal skill that marked his debut, Terminal Moraine , to the dramatic and political monologues of The Memory of War and Children in Exile , through to the unforgettable... more...
The Orphan of Zhao
Faber and Faber 2012; US$ 14.57In the aftermath of the massacre of a clan, an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge unfolds as a young orphan discovers the shattering truth behind his childhood. Sometimes referred to as the Chinese Hamlet and tracing its origins to the 4th century BC, The Orphan of Zhao was the first Chinese play to be translated in the West. James Fenton's... more...
Epitaph for a Spy
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableJosef Vadassy, a Hungarian refugee and language teacher living in France, is enjoying his first break for years in a small hotel on the Riviera. But when he takes his holiday photographs to be developed at a local chemists, he suddenly finds himself mistaken for a Gestapo agent and a charge of espionage is levelled at him. To prove himself innocent... more...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Faber and Faber 2011; US$ 5.82In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. In Xanadu did... more...
Misunderstanding the Internet
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more 1.5 billion internet users across the globe, about one quarter of the world?s population. This is certainly a new phenomenon that is of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies. However, much popular and academic writing about... more...
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