Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Poets of the Great War
Book Synopsis
£17.83
Boydell & Brewer Ltd Arthurian Poets Matthew Arnold and William Morris
Book SynopsisThe great vogue in Victorian times for matters Arthurian owes much to the poetry of Matthew Arnold and William Morris. Unlike Tennyson, however, neither of these poets is now remembered primarily for his Arthurian poems; as a result there is no modern anthology devoted to this area of their output. This is a major gap which the present volume seeks to rectify. Arnold's Tristram and Iseultis the first modern English retelling of the Tristram legend,a melancholy interpretation of the theme, reflecting the poet's pessimism about his own age; Morris's different approach - the rich sensuality of his The Defence of Guenevere and other poems -clearly reveals the allure thatthe middle ages held for the pre-Raphaelites.Table of ContentsPart 1 Matthew Arnold: "Tristram and Iseult". Part 2 William Morris: "The Defence of Guenevere"; "King Arthur's Tomb"; "Sir Galahad, a Christmas Mystery"; "The Chapel in Lyoness".
£18.99
Gracewing Collected Poems of Therese of Lisieux
£15.73
Colourpoint Creative Ltd Earth Voices Whispering An Anthology of Irish War
Book SynopsisIn the first half of the 20th century, the men and women of Ireland experienced the brutal realities of a succession of wars from the unrelenting casualties of WW1, to the domestic upheavals of the 1916 Rising and the Irish Civil War; from the romantic idealism of the Spanish Civil War, to the unimaginable horrors of WW2.Earth Voices Whispering gathers together, for the very first time, a wide range of poetic voices that chart the human experiences of these wars, compiled and edited by Belfast-born poet and senior lecturer in Trinity College Dublin, Gerald Dawe. Featuring over three hundred poems by celebrated poets such as C.S Lewis, AE, W.B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh and Seamus Heaney, and including new poems by Derek Mahon and Eilean Ní Chuilleanain, the anthology records the thoughts and experiences of poets as soldiers, patriots, observers, protestors, medics and mourners.From patriotism to anger, passion to compassion, hope to regret, this groundbreaking Trade Reviewan important book, full of despair, but also a humanity that might mollify it. -- Bernard O'Donoghue
£9.49
Carcanet Press Ltd Anvil New Poets 3 No 3
Book SynopsisPresents ten outstanding poets from Britain, and beyond.
£12.24
Carcanet Press Ltd The Spaces of Hope Poetry for Our Times and
Book SynopsisFor 30 years Anvil championed the idea of poetry as a free space for the imagination and spirit. In the process the press has gained recognition as one of the liveliest publishers of British and international poetry. This book celebrates that endeavour with the author's selection of the most memorable poetry he has encountered since 1968.
£12.25
Carcanet Press Ltd Flower and Song Poems of the Aztec Peoples UNESCO
Book SynopsisThe brilliant Aztec poetic tradition would have all but vanished after the Spanish Conquest in 1521 without the friars who painstakingly transcribed and preserved the poems in the years that followed. This title gives us echoes of the lyrical and philosophical songs, the songs of rejoicing, sorrow, ritual and war, and the epics of myth and legend.
£14.84
Anthem Press Decadent Verse An Anthology of LateVictorian
Book SynopsisThis volume is both an essential resource for undergraduates and graduates studying Victorian and Decadent literature and an instructive work for enthusiastic readers of verse. The wide span of the 1872-1900 epoch enables readers to appreciate in great depth the literary developments that led to the fin de siècle, unlike most studies of this period, which focus solely on the 1890s, with no relation to cultural and historical developments in the previous two important decades.Trade Review‘It is a strength of “Decadent Verse” that it sets out to reconfigure the familiar precincts of Decadence by offering up a panoply of new (and old) poets as potential members of the movement.’ —Jamie Horrocks, ‘English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920’Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Decadent Art 1872-1900; Introduction; Comparative Prose 1872-1900; Proem: The Way We Live Now; Verse selections from William Frederick Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edward Lear, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Mary E. Coleridge, Thomas Hardy, Alice Meynell, and many others; Sources and Names; Index of Titles; Index of First Lines; Index of Poets
£31.50
Anthem Press Mapping the Nation
Book SynopsisFocusing specifically on the poetic construction of India, ‘Mapping the Nation’ offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 1870–1920.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Note on Transcription and Transliteration; Note on Abbreviations; Critical Introduction; EAST: Shoshee Chunder Dutt; Greece Chunder Dutt; Joteendro Mohan Tagore; Avadh Behari Lall; Romesh Chunder Dutt; Lala Prasanna Kumar Dey; A. S. H. Hussain; Charu Chandra Bose; Nanikram Vasanmal Thadani; Ram Sharma; WEST: Behramji Merwanji Malabari; Cowasji Nowrosji Vesuvala; Aurobindo Ghose; S. D. Saklatvala; C. R. Doraswami Naidu; Jamasp Phiroze Dastur; Rustam B. Paymaster; NORTH: Babu S. C. Dutt [Shoshee Chunder Dutt]; Bipin Bihari Bose; Sir Mian Muhammad Shafi; Tej Shankar Kochak [a “Georgian Brahmin”]; Sushila Harkishen Lal; SOUTH: R. Sivasankara Pandiya; Krupabai Satthianadhan; M. V. Venkatasubba Aiyar; M. Dinakara; Chilkur C. S. Narsimha Row; C. Lakshminarayana Aiyer; P. Seshadri; Ardeshir Framji Khabardar; Rabindranath Tagore; Harindranath Chattopadhyay; Aurobindo Ghose; Nizamat Jung; ABROAD: Govin Chunder Dutt, et. al.; Toru Dutt; Hamid Ali Khan; Dejen L. Roy; Greece Chunder Dutt; T. (Pillai) Ramakrishna; Manmohan Ghose; Romesh Chunder Dutt; Hary Sing Gour; Sarojini Naidu; Roby Datta; Hasan Shahid Suhrawardy; Rabindranath Tagore; Peshoton Sarobji Goolbai Dubash; Sri Ananda Acharya; APPENDICES: Indian Poets on their Poetry; British Poets/Critics on Indian Poets; Excerpts from ‘A Garland of Ceylon Verse, 1837–1897’ (Colombo: 1897), edited and with an introduction and notes by Isaac Tambyah; Bibliography; Index of Titles; Index of Authors
£72.00
Anthem Press 101 Modern Japanese Poems
Book SynopsisThis remarkable anthology features 101 modern Japanese poems by 55 poets, including Shuntarō Tanikawa, Minoru Yoshioka and Taeko Tomioka, carefully selected from the postwar period by the renowned poet and literary critic Makoto Ōoka.Trade Review“This expansive anthology is essential and rewarding reading to all those interested in modern Japanese poetry. ” —Review of “101 Modern Japanese Poems” at “Readings in translated Japanese Literature”Table of ContentsPreface by Makoto Ōoka; Translator’s Note by Paul McCarthy; Introduction by Chūei Yagi; Hitoshi Oikawa: Eyes Straight Ahead. Zigzagging.; Yoshirō Ishihara: Funeral Train / Ashikaga; Saburō Kuroda: The Bet / Three O’clock on an Autumn Afternoon / Birthday; Minoru Yoshioka: The Past / Monks / Picking Saffron Flowers; Sakon Sō:Personal History; Tsuguo Andō: Sleet; Masao Nakagiri: Personnel Affairs; Hitoshi Anzai: In the Morning, the Phone Rings / Elevator Mornings; Hiroshi Sekine: Leaving This Room / A Single Strange Step; Rin Ishigaki: Shijimi Clams / Name-plates / Land / Houses; Nobuo Ayukawa: A Morning Song at the Moored Boat Hotel / Heaven / If Now You Suffer; Toyoichirō Miyoshi: Prisoner / Our Song of a May Night; Tarō Naka: Tower / The Sea of Sleep; Takayuki Kiyo’oka: Alabaster / Through the Ear / An Ecstasy of Sloth; Tarō Kitamura: Rain / Morning Mirror; Ryūichi Tamura: Etching / Sinking Temple / The Gods of Poetry; Taka’aki Yoshimoto: Descent to a Singular World / At Tsukuda Ferry; Hiroshi Yoshino: I Was Born / Evening Afterglow / Epithalamium; Noriko Ibaragi: When I Was at My Prettiest / It’s Your Own Sensibility / A Tree’s Fruit; Minoru Nakamura: Night / The Kite; Takashi Tsujii: The White Horse; Ryūsei Hasegawa: The Laborer’s Eyes; Eriko Kishida: The Soundless Girl / Why Do Flowers Always; Kazue Shinkawa: Don’t Bunch Me / Song; Hiroshi Kawasaki: Swan / Wedding March / Walls of Lead; Kōichi Iijima: Understanding / Mother Tongue / The Roads of Miyakojima; Chimako Tada: First Dream of the New Year; Takasuke Shibusawa: A Crystal Madness / Ode on Passing through Winter; Makoto Ōoka: For Spring / On Place Names / Chōfu V; Masami Horikawa: Fresh Pain-filled Days; Kazuko Shiraishi: Bird / Penis (for Sumiko’s birthday); Toshikazu Yasumizu: The Bird – in four chapters; Yasuo Irisawa: Untitled Song / Unidentified Flying Object / Memories of Paradise; Shuntarō Tanikawa: Sorrow / An Elaboration of the Way to My House / Mt. Yōkei; Hiroshi Iwata: A Hateful Song / The Ordeal of the Animals; Ryōko Shindō: The Plains; Sachiko Yoshihara: Nonsense; Toriko Takarabe: Field Notes at Bakoton, Kitsurin; Toshio Nakae: Night and Fish / Vocabulary Collection, Chapter 29; Moto’o Andō: A Difficult Walk; Taku Miki: A Guest has Come; Shirōyasu Suzuki: Confessional-Fiction Virgin Kiki’s Favorite Form of Play / The Name Sōta; Taeko Tomioka: Life Story / Still Life; Taijirō Amazawa: Morning River / Counter-Western; Mutsuo Takahashi: The Rose Tree / Research on Weeds; Tetsuo Shimizu: Charlie Brown; Rie Yoshiyuki: The Blue Room; Yukio Tsuji: Kameido; Takahiko Okada: Borrowing the Name of Love Song / Endure the Splits and Wander On!; Hiroshi Osada: How to Eat Radish Wheels; Akira Shimizu: Stranded Ship; Gōzō Yoshimasu: Burning / First Bath; Mikirō Sasaki: Rhododendron Hotel; Yōji Arakawa: The Greenery in Mitsuke; Hiromi Itō: So as Not to Warp Them List of Sources / Index of Poets / Index of Titles
£28.49
University of Exeter Press Ensaladas Villanescas from the Romancero Nuevo
Book SynopsisA collection of poems in the 'ensaladas' tradition, a Renaissance style of rustic and pastoral lyricism.Trade Review Table of ContentsIntroduction Notes to the Introduction 1. 'Quien madruga, Dios le ayuda' 2. 'Antona, Iuana, y Belisa' 3. 'Que bien vailan las serranas' 4. 'Iuana y Francisca con Paula' 5. La jabonada ribera' 6. 'Entre dos claros aroyos' 7. 'A la fuente va del olmo' Notes to the texts Select Bibliography Index of Illustrations
£20.00
University of Exeter Press Theatres of War French Committed Theatre from the
Book SynopsisTheatres of War is the first full-length study to be devoted to the 'Committed' theatre that flourished in modern France from 1944 to the mid-1950s. During this crucial decade, authors responded to the issues of their time by contributing a number of tense controversial plays to a distinctive genre of realist theatre.Trade Review “But some literary works . . . Acquire, as the years go by, a 'petite madeleine' quality that brings back, especially to those fortunate to have tasted them when they came out, the whole atmosphere of the period in which they were first produced. This is particularly true of several of the fifteen plays studied in this well-researched and impeccably documented book. . . Freeman brings the atmosphere of the late 1940s and early 1950s so compellingly back to life that I felt at times as though I was reading a particularly good historical novel." (MLR, Vol. 94, No. 3, 1999) "Weaving together theatrical, social and political history in a readable and informative way, Theatres of War is a useful guide to a neglected area of postwar French theatre history." (Speech and Drama, Vol. 48, No. 2, Autumn 1999) "Not only is this study a timely re-appraisal of French committed theatre at a crucial point in France's history (1942-54) from various political stances, it opens up the question of the didactic or realist nature of littérature engagée more widely. . . A thought-provoking and searching challenge to new and old devotees of French committed theatre and twentieth-century theatre more widely." (Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1999) "Freeman's introduction succinctly places these dramas into their political and theatrical contexts and his concluding chapter offers a neat survey of the common characteristics shared by the plays of this genre, but it is primarily as a source book that his study will serve a purpose. The bulk of the study is documentation, rather than analysis, and as such it will be a useful addition to relevant reading lists. Its appearance will be of interest to scholars and students not only of Modern French Theatre, but of political theatre in general, and of the popular manifestation of political concerns, not to mention to those with specific interests in the dramatic worlds of Sartre and Camus . . . Each play is contextualised in terms of the particular event it was documenting or written in response to, or the political climate it sought to exploit, and each has a chapter dedicated to it that might easily be read in isolation from the rest of the book." (Studies in Theatre Production, Issue 18, December 1998) “Freeman’s lucid and detailed historical analysis focuses on plays which are often neglected by literary or theatre historians, since they marked no advance in the art of drama. His criterion for inclusion is rather that they should have been seen at the time as important because of their subject matter. This approach requires a commentary that can sum up complex social issues and can show how the plays in question affected or responded to the political climate of their time. Freeman meets that interdisciplinary challenge and vindicates his claim that the plays merit fresh consideration. His climax is an important ‘find’: Drame à Toulon - Henri Martin, the one play of the period which really fulfilled the dreams of the Théâtre Populaire pioneers, being performed to huge popular acclaim in worker’s halls all over France and provoking a prise de conscience by the French working class concerning their role in colonial wars. In this book, Freeman convincingly brings to life a lost age, when the theatre still provided a debating forum for matters of national importance.” (French Studies Review, Vol. LIV, No. 2, 2000) Table of ContentsContents: "Toulon", Jean-Richard Bloch; "Les nuits de la colcre", Salacrou; "Morts sans sepulture, les mains sales", Sartre; "Les bouches inutiles", Simone de Beauvoir; "Montserrat", Emmanuel Roblcs; "Les justes", Camus; "Rome n'est pas dans Rome", Gabriel Marcel; "La maison de la nuit", Thierry Maulnier; "Le colonel Foster plaidera coupable", Roger Vailland; "La peur", Georges Soria. (Part contents.)
£71.25
University of Exeter Press Theatres Of War French Committed Theatre from the
Book SynopsisTheatres of War is the first full-length study to be devoted to the 'Committed' theatre that flourished in modern France from 1944 to the mid-1950s. During this crucial decade, authors responded to the issues of their time by contributing a number of tense controversial plays to a distinctive genre of realist theatre.Trade Review “But some literary works . . . Acquire, as the years go by, a 'petite madeleine' quality that brings back, especially to those fortunate to have tasted them when they came out, the whole atmosphere of the period in which they were first produced. This is particularly true of several of the fifteen plays studied in this well-researched and impeccably documented book. . . Freeman brings the atmosphere of the late 1940s and early 1950s so compellingly back to life that I felt at times as though I was reading a particularly good historical novel." (MLR, Vol. 94, No. 3, 1999) "Weaving together theatrical, social and political history in a readable and informative way, Theatres of War is a useful guide to a neglected area of postwar French theatre history." (Speech and Drama, Vol. 48, No. 2, Autumn 1999) "Not only is this study a timely re-appraisal of French committed theatre at a crucial point in France's history (1942-54) from various political stances, it opens up the question of the didactic or realist nature of littérature engagée more widely. . . A thought-provoking and searching challenge to new and old devotees of French committed theatre and twentieth-century theatre more widely." (Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1999) "Freeman's introduction succinctly places these dramas into their political and theatrical contexts and his concluding chapter offers a neat survey of the common characteristics shared by the plays of this genre, but it is primarily as a source book that his study will serve a purpose. The bulk of the study is documentation, rather than analysis, and as such it will be a useful addition to relevant reading lists. Its appearance will be of interest to scholars and students not only of Modern French Theatre, but of political theatre in general, and of the popular manifestation of political concerns, not to mention to those with specific interests in the dramatic worlds of Sartre and Camus . . . Each play is contextualised in terms of the particular event it was documenting or written in response to, or the political climate it sought to exploit, and each has a chapter dedicated to it that might easily be read in isolation from the rest of the book." (Studies in Theatre Production, Issue 18, December 1998) “Freeman’s lucid and detailed historical analysis focuses on plays which are often neglected by literary or theatre historians, since they marked no advance in the art of drama. His criterion for inclusion is rather that they should have been seen at the time as important because of their subject matter. This approach requires a commentary that can sum up complex social issues and can show how the plays in question affected or responded to the political climate of their time. Freeman meets that interdisciplinary challenge and vindicates his claim that the plays merit fresh consideration. His climax is an important ‘find’: Drame à Toulon - Henri Martin, the one play of the period which really fulfilled the dreams of the Théâtre Populaire pioneers, being performed to huge popular acclaim in worker’s halls all over France and provoking a prise de conscience by the French working class concerning their role in colonial wars. In this book, Freeman convincingly brings to life a lost age, when the theatre still provided a debating forum for matters of national importance.” (French Studies Review, Vol. LIV, No. 2, 2000) Table of ContentsContents: "Toulon", Jean-Richard Bloch; "Les nuits de la colcre", Salacrou; "Morts sans sepulture, les mains sales", Sartre; "Les bouches inutiles", Simone de Beauvoir; "Montserrat", Emmanuel Roblcs; "Les justes", Camus; "Rome n'est pas dans Rome", Gabriel Marcel; "La maison de la nuit", Thierry Maulnier; "Le colonel Foster plaidera coupable", Roger Vailland; "La peur", Georges Soria. (Part contents.)
£23.75
Saqi Books Desert Songs of the Night
Book SynopsisA compelling landmark anthology by two of the world's leading scholars of Arabic literature, it will become the key reference text of our age. With translated extracts of works by famous and lesser known but equally significant authors, it will appeal to those with an interest in world literatures and in Arab culture and history.Trade Review'Desert Songs of the Night is a wonderful introduction to fifteen centuries of a literature still largely unknown in the West, without which much of our civilizations would not have developed as they have, from the rediscovery of Aristotle by Arab commentators to the lyric poetry of Europe, from the magical world of the Arabian Nights to the modern revolutionary poets of Palestine. Absolutely essential reading for our troubled times.' Alberto Manguel; 'At a time when the world obsesses over violence and bloodletting in the Arab world, this remarkable anthology, which spans 1,500 years of Arab literary genius, is a stark reminder that there exists an untold story we keep missing about the region.' Hanan al-Shaykh; 'An arresting collection ... Dipping into this enchanting anthology one is struck by the sheer variety of voices that have emerged from the Arab world ... Hopefully, Desert Songs of the Night should inspire more English-speakers to study this wonderful language and render afresh its magnificent literary heritage.' Daily Telegraph, 4 Stars; 'This is a beautiful-looking book and inside the romance and beauty continue ... a valuable volume' Sunday HeraldTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Pre-Islamic Period (Jahiliyya) The Mu'allaqat Ode of Imru al-Qais Ode of Labid Ka'b Bin Zuhair, Su'ad is gone al-Aswad Bin Yafur, Ode from the Mufaddaliyat al-Khansa, Lament for My Brother al-Tirrimah, In the Heart of the Desert Jamil, Oh, That Youth's Flower Anew Might Lift its Head Katari of Mazin, To His Own Soul 'Umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah, Blame Me No More, O Comrades! Part II: The Islamic Age The Holy Qur'an The Opening Surah XIX: Mary Surah LIX: Exile Surah LXXXIX: The Dawn Hadith, Selected Sayings Shaybani's Siyar, The Islamic Law of Nations Part III: The Ummayad Dynasty al-Akhtal, Youth Departed but Often I Enjoyed It al-Farazdaq, Let all weep for al-Hajjaj Jarir, al-Farazdaq Visited the Folk of Hijaz Abd al-Hamid al-Katib, The Art of Secretaryship Ibn al-Muqaffa, The Rabbit and the Elephant Ibn Ishaq, The Prophet's Mission Bashshar Ibn Burd, Will No Emissary Be Found Part IV: The Abbasid Dynasty Rabia al-Adawiya, O My Joy and My Desire and My Refuge Abu Nuwas Four Things Thou Scolder of Grape and Me The Great Offence Hurry, for the Beergardens are Blooming Abu'l Atahiya Vanity: To Harun al-Rashid Surely Shall Fate Disjoint the Proudest Nose Virtue Cast an Eye at Me Coming al-Jahiz, The Book of Proof: Concerning Asceticism Abu Tammam, In Praise of the Caliph Mu'tasim al-Buhturi, Bodies of Water Like Horses Ibn Qutayba, Extracts from Uyun al-Akhbar Ibn al-Rumi The Chess Champion The Compromise He Defends Himself al-Tabari, The Battle of Badr al-Hallaj, Three Qasidas al-Razi, The Repelling of Grief al-Farabi, The City and the Household al-Mutanabbi Parting Has Just Taught Our Eyelids Separation Shame Kept My Tears Away Couplet How Glows Mine Heart Naught Kills the Noble like Forgiveness My Songs Gave Eyes to the Blind, Ears to the Deaf An Induction Here is the Final Stretch Abu Firas al-Hamdani Thy Fiercest Foe is One Thou Dost Not Fight Grief Amasses, Patience Scatters al-Tawhidi, Arabs and Non-Arabs al-Kalabadhi,The Sufi Doctrine of Vision al-Hamadhani, The Assembly of Qazmin al-Ma'arri From the Diwan From the Lazumiyat 'Tis Said That Spirits Remove by Transmigration In the Casket of the Hours Thou Art Diseased in Understanding and Religion Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Concerning the Temporal Origin of the Soul Epistle of the Soul On Prophecy al-Hariri, The Assembly of Damascus al-Ghazzali The Beginning of Guidance The First Duty of Brotherhood Ibn Rushd (Averroes) The Law Makes Philosophic Studies Obligatory Ibn Tufayl Hayy Admires the Work of the Creator Playing with Fire Ibn Arabi The Wisdom of Virtue in the Word of Luqman Whoso Knoweth Himself - Selections from Tarjuman al-Ashwaq Ibnu'l Farid The Meeting Lo, From Behind the Veil Mysterious Ibn Khallikan, Ja'far and al-Rashid Part V: al-Andalus - Arab Spain 195 Ibn Hazm Of Fidelity Of Betrayal Anxiety Twice Times Then is Now Ibn Zaydun, Poem to Wallada al-Mutamid, The Moon, The Stars, and a King Abu'l Hasan Ali ibn Hisn, The Pigeon Abus Salt, The Incense Burner Ibn al-Faras, Moon of Beauty Ibn Said, The Guardians Ibn Maimon (Moses Maimonides), Guide for the Perplexed Solomon ibn Gabirol, The Ethics of Solomon Gabirol Part VI: The Age of Depression Ibn Battuta, Across North Africa Ibn Khaldun Three Extracts from Muqaddimah A Sign of Royal Authority The Romance of Antar Antar Summoned From Mecca To Rescue Shas 'Abla's Treasure Restored The Arabian Nights The Story of the Envier and the Envied Men in the Judgment of their Wives Adventure of the Caliph Haroon al-Rusheed Part VII: al-Nahda - Renaissance of Arabic Literature Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, The Virtues of the Arabs Ahmad Shawqi From Act I of Majnun Layla The Feast of Time An Andalusian Exile Hafiz Ibrahim, Elegy to Mustafa Kamil Khalil Mutran, The Arab Awakening Ilya Abu Madi Envoi Life and Love Gibran Kahlil Gibran The Poet From a Speech by Khalil the Heretic Ameen Rihani Light 302 Supplication: A Prayer Mikhail Naimy A New Year Comrade! Taha Hussein An Egyptian Childhood From The Stream of Days Abbas al-Aqqad, Drinking Song May Ziadah, Rejoice Mahmud Taymur, The Fare Tewfiq al-Hakim, Song of Death Part VIII: Modern Arabic Literature Abu al-Qasim al-Shabi I Weep for Love To the Tyrant Naguib Mahfouz, An Unnerving Sound Khalil Hawi, The Bridge 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Bayati, Apology for a Short Speech Salah 'Abd al-Sabur, The Tatars Attacked Mahmoud Darwish Pride and Fury Promises from the Storm Adonis, Iram the Many-Columned Badr Shakir al-Sayyab, A City Without Rain Yusuf al-Khal, The Deserted Well Muhammad al-Fayturi, Sorrow of the Black City Nazik al-Mala'ika Who Am I? Five Hymns to Pain Mona Fayad, Whisper Salma al-Khadra al-Jayyusi Without Roots In the Casbah Fudwa Tuqan A Prayer to the New Year In the Flux Mai Sayigh, Departure Nizar Qabbani Bread, Hashish and Moonlight Poems May Rihani, The Wedding of My City Antoine Raad, A Poet's Treasure Henri Zoghaib, This Is The Now Notes About the Authors Acknowledgements About the Editors
£12.74
Saqi Books Kalakuta Republic
Book SynopsisA collection of poems detailing the harrowing experiences endured by Chris Abani and others at the hands of Nigeria's military regime in the late 1980s. In the poems, Abani describes the characters that people the dark world of the prison cells, from the inmates to their torturers, the generals.Trade Review'A beautiful work of art . . . elevates art and humanity above meanness and inhumanity.' World Literature Today; 'An unheralded chunk of authentic literature . . . Abani has lived to tell his tale, the least we can do, is listen to it.' New Statesman; 'A brave and challenging book . . . I was moved as much by what the poems have achieved as by what they have rescued from that nightmare world. Reading, I found myself in tears.' Sunday Tribune; 'Abani's poems are the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable. Reading them is like being singed by a red hot iron.' Harold Pinter;'Abani's survival instinct and his poems contain moments of grace, humanity and humor.' Susannah Tarbush, Diwaniya; 'Abani's poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength, survival and tyranny.' Pride;'Chris has emerged with poems that are graceful pieces of art, almost ready to be hung in a gallery for others to come and enter them and rest in them and weep in them and admire them.' Kwame Dawes, professor of English literature, University of Columbia, South Carolina, USA
£10.86
Michigan State University Press Musho Zulu Popular Praises African Historical
Book SynopsisTranslates, transcribes, and annotates a wide variety of Zulu izibongo poetry. In so doing, the book reveals the incredible breadth of this traditional genre, which is usually equated with nineteenth-century epic traditions that celebrate the deeds of Shaka and the successor kings of his Zulu monarchy.
£25.95
Michigan State University Press Flowers of Flame Unheard Voices of Iraq
Book SynopsisPresents a collection in which Iraqis themselves depict the bombing of Baghdad, the fall of Saddam Hussein, the invaders, the sectarian violence - and in the midst of it all, the hardships, loves, and hopes of the Iraqi people. This title includes poems that represent Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, those who remain in Iraq, and those who fled.Trade Review"The startlingly fresh poems gathered here, which range from the grim to the ecstatic, stand as a crucial reminder that the country of Iraq cannot be reduced to a place of terrorism, for it is populated by real people, some of them poets with real voices." -Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2001-2003"
£12.15
City Lights Books Love Poems from Spain and Spanish America
Book SynopsisThe nearly seventy poems in this bilingual anthology are concerned with many kinds of love: erotic love, sublime love, filial love, maternal love and love between brother and sister. They also explore feelings of friendship, solidarity and the altruistic love of all mankind. Ranging in time from the 13th century to the present day, these poems come from diverse traditions and countries—Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain and Uruguay. Includes a concise biographical sketch of each of the poets.Perry Higman is also the author of A Man''s Dance.
£12.34
City Lights Books Gypsy Cante
Book SynopsisThis book includes translations of original Deep Song, accompanied by drawings and photographs, excerpts from letters, descriptions of first-hand experiences at spontaneous performances, and commentaries on gypsy cante by noted poets, musicians and philosophers.
£11.39
University of Iowa Press Blood and Bone Poems by Physicians
Book SynopsisAn anthology of 100 poems, written by physicians, exploring the connections between medicine and poetry.
£19.95
University of Iowa Press Boomer Girls Poems by Women from the Baby Boom
Book SynopsisAn anthology of coming-of-age poems written by women born between 1945 and 1964. The poems are by unknown, emerging and established writers, women who particpated in the second wave of feminism. They speak with diverse voices and embody a wide range of experiences.
£20.95
University of Iowa Press Intensive Care
Book SynopsisIn this collection, 65 nurses from places as diverse as California and Alaska, South America and Europe, tell us in tough, revealing poems and prose what it's like to be on the front lines of health care.
£17.05
University of Iowa Press Visiting Walt
Book SynopsisPoets to come! Arouse! For you must justify me! Answering the challenge that Whitman issued nearly 150 years ago, this book has gathered together 100 poems by 100 poets, bearing witness to Whitman's enormous influence on American and global literature.
£15.95
University of Iowa Press The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries
Book SynopsisThis collection features emerging poets who combine a commitment to innovation and experimentation with a love for the lyric tradition, whose poetry transcends ""mainstream"" and avant garde practice to create new and exciting poetic territories.
£23.95
University of Iowa Press Sweeping Beauty
Book SynopsisIn Sweeping Beauty, a number of poets illustrate how housekeeping's repetitive motions can free the imagination and release the housekeeper's muse.
£19.76
ECCO Press The Essential Haiku The Essential Poets Vol 20
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£14.04
Bristol Park Books A Yuletide Treasury of Poems Carols and Songs
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£21.21
Bristol Park Books Treasures of Verse A Collection of the Worlds
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£15.15
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Rhymes on the Range
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£10.44
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Still Rhymin on the Range
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£8.54
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Cant Stop Rhymin on the Range
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£8.54
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Bards in the Saddle
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£10.44
University of Regina Press The Wascana Poetry Anthology
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£14.95
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PR New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023
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