Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Random House USA Inc Persian Poets
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£14.20
Random House USA Inc Sonnets
Book Synopsis'A sonnet is a moment's monument,' said Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a sonnet about sonnets.The sonnets in this collection—whether they capture moments of perception, recognition, despair, or celebration—reveal how great an amount of feeling, insight, and experience can be concentrated into a mere fourteen lines.Here are classics such as Milton's 'On His Blindness,' Yeats's 'Leda and the Swan,' and Frost's 'The Oven Bird,' juxtaposed with the mischievous wit of Rupert Brooke's 'Sonnet Reversed,' the lyric defiance of Mona Van Duyn's 'Caring for Surfaces,' and the comic poignancy of Philip Larkin's 'To Failure.' From the lovelorn laments of Dante and Petrarch to the artful heights of Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, from the masterpieces of Wordsworth and Keats to the innovations of Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and James Merrill, the sonnet has proved both versatile and enduring. This delightful anthology displays the incredible range and power of the verse form that has inspired poets across the centuries.
£14.40
Random House USA Inc Beat Poets
Book SynopsisVisceral and powerful, infused with an unmediated spiritual and social awareness, the poetry of the Beats is presented here in a stunning and portable hardcover selection.This rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century countercultural literary movement. Writing with an audacious swagger and an iconoclastic zeal, and declaiming their verse with dramatic flourish in smoke-filled cafés, the Beats gave birth to a literature of previously unimaginable expressive range.The defining work of Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac provides the foundation for this collection, which also features the improvisational verse of such Beat legends as Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder, and Michael McClure and the work of such women writers as Diane DiPrima and Denise Levertov. LeRoi Jones’s plaintive “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note” and Bob Kaufman’s stirring “Abomunist Manifesto” appear here alongside statements on poetics and the alternately incendiary and earnest correspondence of Beat Generation writers.Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.
£16.00
Random House USA Inc Poems of the American West
Book SynopsisIn this provocative and thoughtful anthology, many voices join in illuminating the remarkably vast and varied American West. The verse collected here ranges from American Indian tribal poems to old folk songs like “The Streets of Laredo,” from country-western lyrics to the work of such foreign poets as Bertolt Brecht and Zbigniew Herbert. Here is the West in all its rich variety-the harsh life of farms and ranches; man’s destructive invasion into forest and desert solitudes; the bars and bistros of San Francisco and Hollywood; Pacific surf and endless highways; the ghost towns, the poverty, and the legendary world of cowpunchers and gunslingers.From Robert Frost’s “Once by the Pacific” to Charles Bukowski’s “Vegas,” from Fred Koller’s “Lone Star State of Mind” to Thom Gunn’s “San Francisco Streets”-the West is evoked in all its incarnations, both actual and mythic.
£16.00
Random House USA Inc Poetry in Person
Book Synopsis“In the fall of 1970, at the New School in Greenwich Village, a new teacher posted a flyer on the wall,” begins Alexander Neubauer’s introduction to this remarkable book. “It read ‘Meet Poets and Poetry, with Pearl London and Guests.’” Few students responded. No one knew Pearl London, the daughter of M. Lincoln Schuster, cofounder of Simon & Schuster. But the seminar’s first guests turned out to be John Ashbery, Adrienne Rich, and Robert Creely. Soon W. S. Merwin followed, then Mark Strand and Galway Kinnell.London invited poets to bring their drafts to class, to discuss their work in progress and the details of vision and revision that brought a poem to its final version. From Maxine Kumin in 1973 to Eamon Grennan in 1996, including Amy Clampitt, Marilyn Hacker, Paul Muldoon, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, and U.S. poet laureates Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, Louise Glück, and Charles Simic, the book follows an extraordinary range of poets as they create their poems and offers numerous illustrations of the original drafts, which bring their processes to light. With James Merrill, London discusses autobiography and subterfuge; with Galway Kinnell, his influential notion that the new nature poem must include the city and not exclude man; with June Jordan, “Poem in Honor of South African Women” and the question of political poetry and its uses. Published here for the first time, the conversations are intimate, funny, irreverent, and deeply revealing. Many of the drafts under discussion—Robert Hass’s “Meditation at Lagunitas,” Edward Hirsch’s “Wild Gratitude,” Robert Pinsky’s “The Want Bone”—turned into seminal works in the poets’ careers.There has never been a gathering like Poetry in Person, which brings us a wealth of understanding and unparalleled access to poets and their drafts, unraveling how a great poem is actually made.
£15.30
Random House USA Inc Monster Verse
Book SynopsisMonster Verse: Poems Human and Inhuman brings to life a colorful menagerie of fantastical creatures from across the ages. Humans have always defined themselves by imagining the inhuman; the gloriously gruesome monsters that enliven our literary legacy haunt us by reflecting our own darkest possibilities. The poems gathered here range in focus from extreme examples of human monstrousness—murderers, cannibals, despotic Byzantine empresses—to the creatures of myth and nightmare: dragons, sea serpents, mermaids, gorgons, sirens, witches, and all sorts of winged, fanged, and fire-breathing grotesques. The ghastly parade includes Beowulf’s Grendel, Homer’s Circe, William Morris’s Fafnir, Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwock, Robert Lowell’s man-eating mermaid, Oriana Ivy’s Baba Yaga, Thom Gunn’s take on Jeffrey Dahmer, and Shakespeare’s hybrid creature Caliban, of whom Prospero famously concedes, “This thing of da
£16.00
Random House USA Inc Poems of the American South
Book SynopsisThis one-of-a-kind collection of poems about the American South ranges over four centuries of its dramatic history. The arc of poetry of the South, from slave songs to Confederate hymns to Civil War ballads, from Reconstruction turmoil to the Agrarian movement to the dazzling poetry of the New South, is richly varied and historically vibrant. No other region of the United States has been as mythologized as the South, nor contained as many fascinating, beguiling, and sometimes infuriating contradictions. Poems of the American South includes poems both by Southerners and by famous observers of the South who hailed from elsewhere. These range from Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Francis Scott Key through Langston Hughes, Robert Penn Warren, Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, James Dickey, and Donald Justice, and include a host of living poets as well: Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Sandra Cisneros, Yusef Komunyakaa, Naomi Shihab Nye, C. D. Wright, Natasha Trethewey, and many more. Organized thematically, the anthology places poems from past centuries in fruitful dialogue with a diverse array of modern voices who are redefining the South with a verve that is reinvigorating American poetry as a whole.
£16.00
Random House USA Inc Measure for Measure
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and joyous celebration of metered verse brings together some of the best rhythmic lines in literature.After a century dominated by free verse, there is a new excitement about rediscovering poetry’s ancient musical and performative roots. Iambic pentameter is the most familiar meter for most readers, but it only scratches the surface of the extraordinary diversity of rhythmic patterns that poets have employed over the ages. That astonishing variety is fully explored in this one-of-a-kind anthology, packed with great poems that beg to be read aloud. Measure for Measure is organized by meter, with brief explanatory headnotes covering accentual meter, trochees, anapests, dactyls, iambs, ballad meter, and more exotic species like amphibrachs, dipodics, hendecasyllabics, sapphics, and more. The entrancing examples of each meter are drawn from a wide range of poetic traditions, from Ovid and Sappho to Shakespeare and Milton, encompassing the Romantics, the Victorians, ballads, folk songs, poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and modern-day poets. Whether performed aloud or enjoyed in silence, Measure for Measure is a treat for the ear, the heart, and the mind.
£16.00
Random House USA Inc Poems Dead and Undead
Book SynopsisIn time for Halloween: a one-of-a-kind hardcover collection of poems from ancient times to the present about ghosts, zombies, and vampires. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POETS.This selection of poems from across the ages brings to life a staggering array of zombies, ghosts, vampires, and devils. Our culture's current obsession with zombies and vampires is only the latest form of a fascination with crossing the boundary between the living and the dead that has haunted humans since we first began writing. The poetic evidence gathered here ranges from ancient Egyptian inscriptions and the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh to the Greek bard Homer, and from Shakespeare and Milton and Keats to Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe. Here too are terrifying apparitions from a host of more recent poets, from T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath to Rita Dove and Billy Collins, from Allen Ginsberg and H. P. Lovecraft to Mick Jagger and Shel Silverstein. The result is a delightfully entertaining volume of spine-tingling poems for fans of horror and poetry both.
£15.30
WW Norton & Co Singing School
Book SynopsisA bold new approach to writing (and reading) poetry based on great poetry of the past.Trade Review"Singing School is nothing like the usual anthology of safe and sane selections. Instead, it is a gathering of poetry designed to stimulate the young and startle the old practitioner, with a surprise around every corner. Where else might you find Sterling Brown's 'Harlem Happiness' next to Queen Elizabeth I’s 'When I Was Fair and Young,' and two poems away from Plath's 'Nick and the Candlestick'?…a book that will instruct and charm every reader." -- Alicia Ostriker"Robert Pinsky is, everyone knows, one of the great poetry teachers of our time. The tone of his discussion always combines patience and delight, and he is especially valuable to us because the knowledge he imparts is systematic—to read one of his explications of a poem is to understand something more about all the poems you'll read from that moment on." -- Tony Hoagland
£18.89
WW Norton & Co The Poets Laureate Anthology
Book SynopsisThe first anthology to gather poems by the forty-three poets laureate of the United States.
£28.79
WW Norton & Co Primer for Poets
Book SynopsisAn innovative and accessible guide to poetry writing by an award-winning poet and beloved professor.
£12.34
WW Norton & Co The Golden Age
Book SynopsisEdith Grossman again demonstrates that she indeed is the Glenn Gould of translators.Harold BloomTrade Review"A well-chosen selection... Edith Grossman's translations are impressive acts of ventriloquism, preserving the distinctively Renaissance tone of the verse." London Review of Books"
£10.99
WW Norton & Co American Hybrid A Norton Anthology of New Poetry
Book SynopsisThis spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poem--the hybrid--a synthesis of traditional and experimental styles.
£24.30
WW Norton & Co Angles of Ascent
Book SynopsisMore than seventy poets are represented in this innovative new anthology of African American poetry since the 1960s.Trade Review"An excellent anthology, a page-turner." -- Jordan Davis - The Nation
£18.99
WW Norton & Co When the Light of the World Was Subdued Our Songs
Book SynopsisThe first historically comprehensive Native poetry anthology, without which no study of American poetry is complete.Trade Review"When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through is nothing less than a landmark anthology of Native Nations Poetry... The poets in this anthology are artists, historians, and keepers of the truths of their heritage, their people, and their lands. These poems are testament to their personal journeys and this collection is transcendent in its authority and eternal power." -- Lew Whittington - New York Journal of Books"...When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry... give[s] a sense of the depth of marginalised voices." -- Paul Perry, The Best Books of 2020: Poetry - The Irish Independent
£15.19
Random House USA Inc How Lovely the Ruins Inspirational Poems and
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging collection of inspirational poetry and prose offers readers solace, perspective, and the courage to persevere.In times of personal hardship or collective anxiety, words have the power to provide comfort, meaning, and hope. The past year has seen a resurgence of poetry and inspiring quotes—posted on social media, appearing on bestseller lists, shared from friend to friend. Honoring this communal spirit, How Lovely the Ruins is a timeless collection of both classic and contemporary poetry and short prose that can be of help in difficult times—selections that offer wisdom and purpose, and that allow us to step out of our current moment to gain a new perspective on the world around us as well as the world within. The poets and writers featured in this book represent the diversity of our country as well as voices beyond our borders, including Maya Angelou, W. H. Auden, Danez Smith, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alice Wal
£17.99
Methuen Publishing Ltd The Terrible Rain The War Poets 193945 A Methuen
Book SynopsisFrom the outbreak of war, through the Blitz, to fighting on land, sea and in the air, the poems mirror each phase of action in every theatre from the front line to the Home Front.
£8.99
Methuen Publishing Ltd Up the Line to Death War Poets 191418 War Poets
Book SynopsisAn anthology of the poetry of World War I, this collection is more concerned with the War than with poetry, and as such it is a book with a theme. There are 72 poets represented here - including Wilfred Owen - of whom 21 died in action. Many of the poems have notes and introductions.
£10.44
Penguin Putnam Inc Spoon River Anthology
Book SynopsisIn 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book of dramatic monologues written in free verse about a fictional town called Spoon River, based on the Midwestern towns where he grew up. The shocking scandals and secret tragedies of Spoon River were immediately recognized by readers as authentic. Masters raises the dead “sleeping on the hill” in their village cemetery to tell the truth about their lives, and their testimony topples the American myth of the moral superiority of small-town life. Spoon River, as undeniably corrupt and cruel as the big city, is home to murderers, drunkards, crooked bankers, lechers, bitter wives, abusive husbands, failed dreamers, and a few good souls. The freshness of this masterpiece undiminished, Spoon River Anthology remains a landmark of American literature.With an Introduction by John Hollander and an Afterword by Ronald Primeau
£8.50
Orion Publishing Co Poetry Please
Book SynopsisA selection of poems from the successful Radio 4 series, including Auden, Betjeman, Hopkins and MacNeice, with an introduction by Charles Causley.
£8.54
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American
Book SynopsisThe Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium. Reflects the current scholarly and pedagogic structure of African American literary studies Selects literary texts according to extensive research on classroom adoptions, scholarship, and the expert opinions of leading professors Organizes literary texts according to more appropriate periods of literary history, dividing them into seven sections that accurately depict intellectual, cultural, and political movements Includes more reprints of entire works and longer selections of major works than any other anthology of its kind TTrade Review"The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium." ( Native American Encyclopedia , 6 February 2014)Table of ContentsEditorial Advisory Board x Preface xi Introduction xvi Principles of Selection and Editorial Procedures xix Acknowledgments xxi Part 1 The Literatures of Africa, Middle Passage, and Slavery: c.1746–1830 1 Introduction 3 Lucy Terry (c.1730–1821) 7 Bars Fight (1746) 8 Briton Hammon (dates unknown) 9 Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man (1760) 10 Phillis Wheatley (c.1753–1784) 15 From Poems on Various Subjects (1773) 17 To Maecenas 17 To the University of Cambridge, in New England 18 On Being Brought from Africa to America 19 On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 20 On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 21 On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age 22 On Recollection 23 On Imagination 25 To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, &c. 26 To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works 27 A Farewell to America to Mrs. S.W. 28 Jupiter Hammon (1711–c.1806) 31 An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ (1778) 32 John Marrant (1755–1791) 35 A Narrative of the Lord’s Wonderful Dealings with John Marrant, a Black (1785) 36 Olaudah Equiano (1745–1797) 49 Extracts from Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself (1789, 1791) 51 Chapter 1. The Author’s Account of His Country, Their Manners and Customs, &c. 51 Chapter 2. The Author’s Birth and Parentage – His Being Kidnapped with His Sister – Horrors of a Slave Ship 60 Chapter 3. The Author Is Carried to Virginia – Arrives in England – His Wonder at a Fall of Snow 69 Chapter 4. A Particular Account of the Celebrated Engagement between Admiral Boscawen and Monsieur Le Clue 78 Chapter 5. Various Interesting Instances of Oppression, Cruelty, and Extortion 89 Chapter 10. Some Account of the Manner of the Author’s Conversion to the Faith of Jesus Christ 99 Chapter 12. Different Transactions of the Author’s Life – Petition to the Queen – Conclusion 109 David Walker (c.1785–1830) 119 Extracts from Appeal in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America (1829) 120 Article 1. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Slavery 120 Article 2. Our Wretchedness in Consequence of Ignorance 127 Part 2 The Literatures of Slavery and Freedom: c.1830–1865 137 Introduction 139 Omar ibn Said (1770–1864) 143 Autobiography of Omar ibn Said, Slave in North Carolina (1831) 144 Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) 147 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845) 149 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) 210 William Wells Brown (1814–1884) 221 Narrative of William Wells Brown, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1847, 1850) 223 The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom: A Drama in Five Acts (1858) 263 Martin Robison Delany (1812–1885) 299 Extracts from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States (1852) 300 Chapter 1. Condition of Many Classes in Europe Considered 300 Chapter 2. Comparative Condition of the Colored People of the United States 301 Chapter 3. American Colonization 308 Chapter 4. Our Elevation in the United States 311 Chapter 5. Means of Elevation 313 Chapter 6. The United States Our Country 316 Chapter 17. Emigration of the Colored People of the United States 317 Chapter 23. A Glance at Ourselves – Conclusion 317 Harriet E. Adams Wilson (1825–1900) 323 Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black (1859) 324 Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813–1897) 365 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Written by Herself. (1861) 367 Part 3 The Literatures of Reconstruction, Racial Uplift, and the New Negro: c.1865–1920 491 Introduction 493 Frank J. Webb (1828–1894) 497 Two Wolves and a Lamb (1870) 498 Marvin Hayle (1870) 524 Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859–1930) 548 Peculiar Sam, or the Underground Railroad: A Musical Drama in Four Acts (1879) 550 Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858–1932) 565 What Is a White Man? (1889) 567 The Marrow of Tradition (1901) 573 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825–1911) 718 From Sketches of Southern Life (1891) 720 Aunt Chloe 720 The Deliverance 722 Aunt Chloe’s Politics 729 Learning to Read 729 Church Building 731 The Reunion 731 Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892) 733 Anna Julia Cooper (1858–1964) 852 Extract from A Voice from the South (1892) 853 Womanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race 853 Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) 867 From Lyrics of Lowly Life (1896) 869 The Poet and His Song 869 Accountability 870 Frederick Douglass 871 A Prayer 872 Passion and Love 873 An Ante-Bellum Sermon 873 Ode to Ethiopia 876 Whittier 877 A Banjo Song 877 To Louise 879 Alice 880 After the Quarrel 880 Beyond the Years 881 The Spellin’-Bee 882 A Negro Love Song 884 The Colored Soldiers 885 Nature and Art 887 When De Co’n Pone’s Hot 888 The Deserted Plantation 889 We Wear the Mask 890 Phyllis 891 When Malindy Sings 891 Extract from The Heart of Happy Hollow (1904) 893 The Lynching of Jube Benson 893 Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) 899 Extract from Up from Slavery (1901) 901 Chapter 14. The Atlanta Exposition Address 901 William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963) 909 The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 912 James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) 1026 The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912, 1927) 1028 Glossary 1102 Timeline 1110 Name Index 1121 Subject Index 1126
£56.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Gothic
Book SynopsisAmerican Gothic remains an enduringly fascinating genre, retaining its chilling hold on the imagination.Trade Review“This excellent anthology provides an entertaining collection of gothic works of various genres written by both canonical authors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, and less familiar American writers, such as Harriet Prescot Spofford and Ella Wilkinson Peattie ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.” (Choice, 1 January 2014) "One of the main strengths of this collection lies in the fact that it places alongside the intelligent selection of extracts from authors already rightly well associated with the genre contributions from lesser known figures such as George Lippard. John Neal, Charles W. Chestnutt, and Cotton Mather, to name but a few. The edition also benefits greatly from a much greater acknowledgement of the traditionally underlooked contributions to the genre made by female authors… The anthology's thoughtful selection of texts and authors, and useful, practical, scholarly apparatus mean that it should be an immensely useful resource for anyone teaching on courses related to this ever-expanding and influential subsection of American literary studies." - Bernice Murphy, Trinity College DublinTable of ContentsList of Authors x Chronology xi Thematic Table of Contents xv Preface to the Second Edition xxviii Editorial Principles xxix Acknowledgments xxx Introduction 1 Cotton Mather (1663–1728) 3 “The Tryal of G. B.” 4 “The Trial of Martha Carrier” 8 A Notable Exploit; wherein, Dux Faemina Facti [The Narrative of Hannah Dustan] 10 “Abraham Panther” 12 A surprising account of the Discovery of a Lady … 12 J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur (1735–1813) 16 from Letters from an American Farmer: “Letter IX” 16 Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) 24 “Somnambulism: A Fragment” 24 Washington Irving (1783–1859) 36 “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 36 John Neal (1793–1876) 55 “Idiosyncrasies” 55 Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) 73 “Alice Doane’s Appeal” 74 “Young Goodman Brown” 80 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) 89 “The Skeleton in Armor” 89 Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) 94 “Hop-Frog” 94 “The Cask of Amontillado” 100 “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” 104 “The Fall of the House of Usher” 110 Five Poems 121 “The Raven” 121 “The City in the Sea” 124 “Ulalume” 125 “Annabel Lee” 127 “Dream-Land” 128 Herman Melville (1819–1891) 131 “The Bell-Tower” 131 George Lippard (1822–1854) 141 from The Quaker City; or, The Monks of Monk Hall 141 Henry Clay Lewis (1825–1850) 146 “A Struggle for Life” 146 Rose Terry Cooke (1827–1892) 152 “My Visitation” 152 Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) 164 Eight Poems 164 F 43 “Through lane it lay – thro’ bramble –” 164 F 340 “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” 165 F 341 “’Tis so appalling – it exhilarates –” 165 F 360 “The Soul has Bandaged moments –” 166 F 407 “One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted –” 166 F 425 “’Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch” 167 F 431 “If I may have it, when it’s dead,” 167 F 1433 “What mystery pervades a well!” 168 Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) 170 “A Whisper in the Dark” 170 Harriet Prescott Spofford (1835–1921) 194 “Her Story” 194 “Circumstance” 206 Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) 215 “An Inhabitant of Carcosa” 215 “The Death of Halpin Frayser” 217 Henry James (1843–1916) 227 The Turn of the Screw 227 George Washington Cable (1844–1925) 290 “Jean-Ah Poquelin” 290 Madeline Yale Wynne (1847–1918) 304 “The Little Room” 304 Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) 312 “The Foreigner” 312 Kate Chopin (1851–1904) 328 “Désirée’s Baby” 328 Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) 333 “Old Woman Magoun” 333 “Luella Miller” 344 Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948) 353 “The Bell in the Fog” 353 Anonymous (Folk Tale) 367 “Talking Bones” 367 Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) 368 “The Dumb Witness” 369 “The Sheriff’s Children” 376 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) 387 “The Giant Wisteria” 387 “The Yellow Wall-Paper” 392 Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1862–1935) 403 “The House That Was Not” 403 Edith Wharton (1862–1937) 406 “The Eyes” 406 Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933) 419 “In the Court of the Dragon” 419 Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950) 425 Two Poems 425 “Nancy Knapp” 425 “Barry Holden” 425 Edwin Arlington Robinson (1868–1935) 427 Six Poems 427 “Luke Havergal” 427 “Lisette and Eileen” 428 “The Dark House” 429 “The Mill” 430 “Souvenir” 431 “Why He Was There” 431 Frank Norris (1870–1902) 432 “Lauth” 432 Stephen Crane (1871–1900) 449 “The Monster” 449 Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906) 483 “The Lynching of Jube Benson” 483 Alexander Posey (1873–1908) 488 “Chinnubbie and the Owl” 488 Jack London (1876–1916) 492 “Samuel” 492 H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft (1890–1937) 505 “The Outsider” 505 Select Bibliography 510 Index of Titles and First Lines 513 Index to the Introductions and Footnotes 515
£34.16
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American
Book SynopsisThe Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present.Trade Review"The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium." ( Native American Encyclopedia , 21 January 2014)Table of ContentsEditorial Advisory Board xv Preface xvi Introduction xxi Principles of Selection and Editorial Procedures xxv Acknowledgments xxvii Part 1 The Literatures of the New Negro Renaissance: c.1920–1940 1 Introduction 3 Claude McKay (1889–1948) 7 Jessie Fauset (1882–1961) 58 Jean Toomer (1894–1967) 77 Countée Cullen (1903–1946) 125 W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) 137 Rudolph Fisher (1897–1934) 164 Helene Johnson (1906–1995) 190 Alain Locke (1885–1954) 197 Langston Hughes (1902–1967) 207 George S. Schuyler (1895–1977) 219 Dorothy West (1907–1998) 244 Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) 251 Nella Larsen (1891–1964) 261 Sterling A. Brown (1901–1989) 318 Richard Wright (1908–1960) 332 Part 2 The Literatures of Modernism, Modernity, and Civil Rights: c.1940–1965 385 Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) 391 Robert Hayden (1913–1980) 418 Chester Himes (1909–1984) 426 Ann Petry (1908–1997) 441 James Baldwin (1924–1987) 472 Ralph Ellison (1914–1994) 512 Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965) 599 Part 3 The Literatures of Nationalism, Militancy, and the Black Aesthetic: c.1965–1975 607 Amiri Baraka (b. 1934) 613 Adrienne Kennedy (b. 1931) 637 Larry Neal (1937–1981) 649 Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) 661 Michael S. Harper (b. 1938) 665 Sonia Sanchez (b. 1934) 672 Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995) 680 June Jordan (1936–2002) 686 Part 4 The Literatures of the Contemporary Period: c.1975 to the Present 709 Samuel Delany (b. 1942) 715 Ntozake Shange (b. 1948) 725 Alice Walker (b. 1944) 733 Audre Lorde (1934–1992) 761 Octavia Butler (1947–2006) 778 Gloria Naylor (b. 1950) 808 Toni Morrison (b. 1931) 820 Rita Dove (b. 1952) 835 August Wilson (1945–2005) 869 Jamaica Kincaid (b. 1949) 915 Ernest J. Gaines (b. 1933) 922 Suzan-Lori Parks (b. 1963) 947 Edwidge Danticat (b. 1969) 951 Walter Mosley (b. 1952) 957 Percival Everett (b. 1956) 978 John Edgar Wideman (b. 1941) 988 Harryette Mullen (b. 1953) 999 Edward P. Jones (b. 1950) 1005 Charles R. Johnson (b. 1948) 1021 Glossary 1032 Timeline 1040 Name Index 1053 Subject Index 1058
£36.05
The University of Michigan Press You Work Tomorrow
Book SynopsisAn anthology of American labor poetry of the Great Depression. This work provides a glimpse into the remarkable but largely forgotten poems published in union newspapers during the turbulent 1930s. It offers an opportunity for you to learn how an earlier generation of workers confronted and challenged injustice and inequality.Trade ReviewAn outstanding piece of scholarship and a welcome contribution to the field, this collection of neglected but powerful poetry speaks to our own time as much as it does to its own era. - Nicholas Coles, University of Pittsburgh
£20.85
The University of Michigan Press Make Us Wave Back
Book SynopsisIncludes essays on an expansive list of subjects, among them the literary correspondence of William Maxwell; the meaning of the author's own role as poet laureate of the state of Maryland; the journals of Louise Bogan, and how they reveal Bogan's struggle with her own personal fears as well as the reconstruction of herself as a writer; and more.
£18.00
The University of Michigan Press New Literary Papyri from the Michigan Collection
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£60.95
Dover Publications Inc. The Iliad
Book SynopsisEpic masterpiece chronicles last days of Trojan War â quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, siege of Troy, death of Hector, Trojan Horse, many other incidents and events. Celebrated Samuel Butler prose translation.
£10.56
Dover Publications Inc. 1000 Poems from the Manyoshu The Complete Nippon
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Dover Publications Inc. The Dover Anthology of Bird Poetry
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£5.99
Dover Publications Inc. There Once Was a Limerick Anthology
Book SynopsisHumor buffs and poetry lovers will laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks featuring limerick legends plus renowned political figures, poets, and writers.
£6.19
Dover Publications Inc. Acrostic Poetry
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£5.68
University of California Press Poems for the Millennium Volume One
Book SynopsisReveals the revolutionary concepts at the very heart of twentieth-century poetry. This volume offers three 'galleries' of individual poets - figures such as Mallarme, Stein, Rilke, Tzara, Mayakovsky, Pound, H D, Vallejo, Artaud, Cesaire, and Tsvetayeva.Trade Review"Poems for the Millennium: Part One is ... one of the very best of its kind." Kaurab OnlineTable of ContentsIntroduction Thanks and Acknowledgments FORERUNNERS Prologue to Forerunners William Blake "Obey thou the Words of the Inspired Man" Friedrich Holderlin In the Days of Socrates Elias Lonnrot from The Kaleva/a Walt Whitman This Compost Charles Baudelaire Fuses I & II Emily Dickinson Fascicle 34 Poem 9 Bald Mountain Zaum-Poems Gerard Manley Hopkins That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautreamont from Maldoror Arthur Rimbaud from A Season in Hell After Bitahatini from The Night Chant Stephane Mallarme from Le Livre A FIRST GALLERY Stephane Mallarme A Throw of the Dice Never Will Abolish Chance C. P. Cavafy Waiting for the Barbarians Days of 1908 And I Lounged and Lay on their Beds Adolf Wolfli Nostalgic Song for My Beloved from From the Cradle to the Graave, or, through working and sweating, suffering and hardship, even through prayyer into damnation Match Factory at Chaami 1911 Ruben Darlo Far Away and Long Ago To Roosevelt Paul Valery Crusoe Alfred Jarry The Passion of Jesus Considered as an Uphill Race Gertrude Stein from Tender Buttons A Valentine to Sherwood Anderson from Lifting Belly Rainer Maria Rilke Death Tombs of the Hetaerae The First Duino Elegy Max Jacob 1914 from The Cock and the Pearl Andrey Bely from The Dramatic Symphony Guillaume Apollinaire Horse Calligram Zone A Phantom of Clouds from Poems for Lou The Little Car from Victoire Pablo Picasso A Bottle of Suze Franz Kafka Before the Law Mina Loy from Love Songs to ]oannes Three Moments in Paris Dino Campana Genoa Fernando Pessoa "The startling reality of things" from Maritime Ode from Oblique Rain Ezra Pound Papyrus The Return Canto One Hagiwara Sakutaro Chair Spring Night Lover of Love So Terrifyingly Melancholy Blaise Cendrars The Great Fetishes from The Prose of the Trans-Siberian and of Little Jeanne of France Marcel Duchamp The 1914 Box Giuseppe Ungaretti THREE POEMS Mattina/ Morning Soldiers Babel The Rivers Pierre Reverdy Secret Flower Market Inn Squares Vicente Huidobro Ars Poetica CowBoy Express FUTURISMS Prologue to Futurism I Carlo Carra Demonstration for Intervention in the War F. T. Marinetti from The Manifesto of Futurism Apres Ia Marne, Joffre visita le front en auto from Zang Tumb Tuuum Successively from The Variety Theater Manifesto FOUR SINTESI Francesco Cangiullo: Detonation F. T. Marinetti: A Landscape Heard F. T. Marinetti: They Are Coming Fortunato Depero: Colors Paolo Buzzi Finger-Nails Aldo Palazzeschi The Stranger Nuns Go Walking Prologue to Futurism II Vasily Kamensky Constantinople: Ferroconcrete Poem D. Burliuk, Aleksandr Kruchenykh, V. Mayakovsky, Viktor Khlebnikov from A Slap in the Face of Public Taste Velimir Khlebnikov Incantation by Laughter Four Poems from Zangezi Aleksei Kruchenykh Declaration of the Word as Such from Pomade From the Sahara to America Vladimir Mayakovsky Listen from A Cloud in Trousers Screaming My Head Off Mayakovsky's Suicide Note Anatol Stern Europa EXPRESSIONISM Prologue to Expressionism Wassily Kandinsky Sounds Chalk and Soot Else Lasker-Schiiler Chronica THREE PORTRAITS Georg Trakl George Grosz To the Barbarian: August Stramm Encounter Urdeath Battlefield Paul Klee The Wolf Speaks Poem A Friend The Happy One Poem Gottfried Benn Little Aster Lovely Childhood Cycle Man and Woman Go through the Cancer Ward Night Cafe A Bunch of Drifter Sons Hollered GeorgTrakl Sleep The Evening De Profundis Revelation and Decline DADA Prologue to Dada Tristan T zara Zurich Chronicle February I9I6 Hugo Ball The Sun from Flight Out of Time The Complete Sound-Poems of Hugo Ball Tristan Tzara Metal Coughdrops Chanson Dada from Dada Manifesto on Feeble & Bitter Love The Great Lament of My Obscurity Three Richard Huelsenbeck "We Hardly" Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janko, Tristan Tzara L'amiral cherche une maison a louer Hans Arp Kaspar Is Dead People The Great Unrestrained Sadist The Man. The Woman Francis Picabia Spermal Chimney from Eunuch Unique Portrait de Tristan Tzara Marcel Duchamp Speculations SURcenSURE Cast Shadows Else von Freytag-Loringhoven Affectionate Holy Skirts Kurt Schwitters Desire Portrait of Herwarth Walden Anna Blossom Has Wheels Murder Machine 43 from Ur Sonata Theo van Doesburg Still Life: The Table Remembrance of the Founts of Night Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes Artichokes Andre Breton The Mystery Corset Andre Breton & Philippe Soupault from The Magnetic Fields A SECOND GALLERY William Butler Yeats from A Vision and The Second Coming Gertrude Stein Identity a Poem Rainer Maria Rilke The Eighth Duino Elegy Wallace Stevens Dance of the Macabre Mice Connoisseur of Chaos James Joyce from Ulysses William Carlos Williams The Locust Tree in Flower Paterson D. H. Lawrence Tortoise Shout Ezra Pound Canto 32 Canto 51 H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) from Tribute to the Angels Marianne Moore Sea Unicorns and Land Unicorns T. S. Eliot [The Waste Land] St.-John Perse from Anabasis Edith Sitwell from Far;ade Still Falls the Rain The Madwoman in the Park Osip Mandelstam from Tristia Whoever Finds a Horseshoe Poem No. 286 (On Stalin) The Charlie Chaplin Poem Last Poems Edith Sodergran Hell Vierge Moderne Instinct Cesar Vallejo from Tri/ce: IX, XXV, LXXV The Hungry Man's Wheel Telluric and Magnetic Vicente Huidobro from Altazor: Cantos I, VI, vn Jorge de Lima Distribution of Poetry Papa John The Enormous Hand Poem of Any Virgin J. V. Foix When I Sleep, Then I See Clearly I Arrived in That Town, Everyone Greeted Me, and I Recognized No One. When I Was Going to Read My Verses, the Devil, Hidden behind a Tree, Called Out to Me Sarcastically and Filled My Hands with Newspaper Clippings Marina Tsvetayeva from The Poem of the End e. e. cummings No Thanks, No. 70 Poem, or Beauty Hurts Mr. Vinal Lucian Blaga I Will Not Crush the World's Corolla of Wonders Psalm Jacob Glatshteyn To a Friend Who Wouldn't Bother to Strain His Noodleboard Because Even So It Is Hard to Go Hunting When Your Rifle Is Blunt and Love Is Soft as an Old Blanket Eugenio Montale The Lemon Trees The Eel Little Testament Paul van Ostaijen The Murderers Hart Crane The Mango Tree The Circumstance 0 Carib Isle! Federico Garcia Lorca Night Suite, for Piano & Poet's Voice Ode for Walt Whitman SURREALISM Prologue to Surrealism Andre Breton from Manifesto of Surrealism (1924) Robert Desnos Trance Event Language Event One Language Event Two Andre Breton A Man and Woman Absolutely White Free Union Poem-Object On the Road to San Romano Go for Broke Philippe Soupault FOUR POEMS Route Life-Saving Medal Sporting Goods Sunday Comrade Louis Aragon Poem to Shout in the Ruins Benjamin Peret My Final Agonies Joan of Arc On All Fours Robert Desnos Cuckoo Midway Epitaph Tristan Tzara Maison Aragon from The Approximate Man Gisele Prassinos Hair Tonic A Conversation Paul Eluard & Andre Breton from The Immaculate Conception Salvador Dali The Great Masturbator Max Ernst from The Hundred Headless Woman Anton in Artaud All Writing Is Garbage The Spurt of Blood "OBJECTIVISTS" Prologue to "Objectivists" Ezra Pound Vortex. Pound. William Carlos Williams from Spring and All Louis Zukofsky from Poem Beginning "The" George Oppen Discrete Series Charles Reznikoff Testimony Carl Rakosi A Journey Away Basil Bunting from The First Book of Odes "Weeping oaks grieve, chestnuts raise" Vestiges NEGRITUDE Prologue to Negritude Aime Cesaire Macumba Word Aime Cesaire & Rene Depestre from Discourse on Colonialism Leopold Sedar Senghor Speech and Image: An African Tradition of the Surreal Taga for Mbaye Dy6b Man and Beast The Kaya-Magan Leon Damas Just Like the Legend S.O.S. Hiccups Aime Cesaire from Notebook of a Return to the Native Land The Miraculous Weapons A THIRD GALLERY Anna Akhmatova Requiem Nelly Sachs Chorus of the Dead Chorus of the Stars Hugh MacDiarmid from A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle David Jones Miyazawa Kenji Spring and the Ashura Daydreaming on the Trail Pictures of the Floating World Bertolt Brecht First Psalm (Posthumous) Three Fragments Alabama Song Melvin B. Tolson from The Harlem Gallery: Book I, the Curator Henri Michaux from Slices of Knowledge Tomorrow Francis Ponge The Oyster from The Sun Placed in the Abyss Wen Yiduo (Wen I-to) Dead Water Miracle Vitezslav Nezval City with Towers Trap Door George Seferis The Poplar Leaf Mathios Paskalis among the Roses Les Anges sont blancs Laura Riding Elegy in a Spider's Web Gyula lllyes Logbook of a Lost Caravan Work While the Record Plays Nazim Hikmet Letters from Chankiri Prison Langston Hughes from Montage of a Dream Deferred Carlos Drummond de Andrade The Dead in Frock Coats 6 The Dirty Hand Motionless Faces 6 Lorine Niedecker News Subliminal Nicolas Guillen Don't Know No English Sense maya Wake for Papa Montero Moon The Usurers from The Daily Daily Pablo Neruda Walkin' Around Sexual Water Only Death Louis Zukofsky from Songs of Degrees "A" 1 Kenneth Rexroth from Prolegomena to a Theodicy Kusano Shimpei Birthday Party 4 or 5 Tadpoles Skylarks and Fuji Gunnar Ekelof Like Ankle-Rings, This Music If You Ask Me Hangman Absentia Animi Rene Char from Leaves of Hypnos Roger Gilbert-Lecomte Preface or The Drama of Absence in an Eternal Heart The Son of the Bone Speaks Old Precept of the Dead World Wink Rene Daumal from Clavicles for a Great Poetic Game Persephone That Is to Say Double Issue Short Revelation Concerning Death and Chaos Miklos Radnoti The Angel of Dread Seventh Eclogue YiSang from Crow's-Eye View Paper Memorial Stone Soyong Problems from Critical Condition Muriel Rukeyser The Dam Octavio Paz Hymn among the Ruins A BOOK OF ORIGINS Prologue to Origins Confucius I Ezra Pound from The Great Digest Orpingalik "Songs are thoughts, sung out with the breath ... " Alcheringa Definitions Leopold Sedar Senghor "The African image is not an image by equation ... " Allama Prabhu For the Lord of Caves Clayton Eshleman Placements I Robert Duncan from Rites of Participation Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) from Why's I Wise Aborigine Sound Poem Lily Events from The Goulburn Island Cycle Tristan Tzara from Poemes Negres The Dance of the Greased Women Tropical Winter Awotunde Aworinde from I fa Suite in Praise of the Yoruba Oracle Aime Cesaire Ex-Voto for a Shipwreck Three for Bear Seven Songs & Song Pictures Richard Johnny John, Jerome Rothenberg, lan Tyson Songs from the Society of the Mystic Animals Simon Ortiz Telling about Coyote from Cantares Hexicanos Maria Sabina from The Midnight Velada The 13th Horse Song of Frank Mitchell from The I Ching The Marrying Maiden Jackson Mac Low Mani-Mani Gatha Ezra Pound Canto 49 Charles Olson The Song of Ullikummi Armand Schwerner TabletV from The Thunder, Perfect Mind Diane di Prima from Loba Doc Reese 01' Hannah Bessie Smith Black Mountain Blues Naftali Bacharach A Poem for the Sefirot as a Wheel of Light Jacques Gaffarel Celestial Alphabet Event Edmond Jabes from The Book of Questions Credits Index of Authors
£31.50
University of California Press When God is a Customer
Book SynopsisFeatures the South Indian devotional poems that show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction The Songs ANNAMAYYA RUDRAKAVI KSETRAYYA SARAN GAP ANI Poem to Lord KONKANESVARA Notes to the Text Notes to the Songs Index of Refrains
£22.95
University of California Press A Wall of Two
Book SynopsisBuchenwald survivors Ilona and Henia Karmel were seventeen and twenty years old when they entered the Nazi labor camps from the Krakow ghetto. These remarkable poems were written during that time. They are presented with a biographical introduction that conveys the powerful story of the sisters' survival from capture to freedom in 1946.Trade Review"A stirring collection of poems." -- Robert Leiter Jewish Exponent "A remarkable unified body of survivors' words." Jewish Book World "Nothing can better describe the message of this moving collection than the authors' 'preface': 'These poems... form one cry only: 'Remember'." European LegacyTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: To an Unknown Reader Acknowledgments Introduction Key to Translators The Poems Afterword by Leon Wolfe Notes on the Translations About the Translators Bibliography
£26.37
University of California Press Ancient Greek Epigrams
Book SynopsisAfter Sappho but before the great Latin poets, the most important short poems in the ancient world were Greek epigrams. This title offers a selection of the Greek epigrams. It showcases the poetry of nine poets, with many epigrams from The Milan Papyrus. It provides an introduction describing the emergence of the epigram in Hellenistic Greece.Trade Review"Crisp, clear, and written in 'accessible' English... [Fain has made] another part of classical literature available to the general reader." -- Matthew P. J. Dillon, University of New England, Australia European LegacyTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Introduction to Ancient Greek Epigrams Chapter 2. Anyte Chapter 3. Leonidas of Tarentum Chapter 4. Asclepiades Chapter 5. Posidippus Chapter 6. Callimachus Chapter 7. Theocritus Chapter 8. Meleager Chapter 9. Philodemos Chapter 10. Lucillius Selected Bibliography Abbreviations Illustration Credits Index of First Lines
£64.00
University of California Press Technicians of the Sacred Third Edition
Book SynopsisHailed by Robert Creeley as both a deeply useful book and an unequivocal delight and by the LA Times Book Review as one of the hundred most recommended American books of the late 20th century, Jerome Rothenberg's landmark anthology Technicians of the Sacred has educated and inspired generations of poets, artists, musicians, and other readers, exposing them to the multiple possibilities of poetry throughout the world. Juxtaposing primitive and archaic works of art from many cultures with each other and with avant-garde and experimental poetry, Jerome Rothenberg contends that literature extends beyond specific temporal and geographic boundaries, while acting as a retort to those who would call that larger humanity into question. A half-century since its original publication, this revised and expanded third edition provides readers with a wealth of newly gathered and translated texts from recently reinvigorated indigenous cultures, bringing the volume into the present and further extending the range and depth of what we recognize and read as poetry.Trade Review"If there is anyone out there struggling to write lyrics, get your hands on this book; immerse yourselves in it, live inside it for a while, free your mind, and you will emerge brimming with ideas." * Nick Cave *Table of ContentsTHE PRE-FACES Pre-Face (2017) Pre-Face (1984) Pre-Face (1967) THE TEXTS Origins & Namings Visions & Spels Death & Defeat The Book of Events (I) The Book of Events (II) Africa America Asia Europe & The Ancient Near East Oceania Survivals & Revivals THE STATEMENTS THE COMMENTARIES POST-FACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
£64.00
University of California Press Technicians of the Sacred Third Edition
Book SynopsisHailed by Robert Creeley as both a deeply useful book and an unequivocal delight and by the LA Times Book Review as one of the hundred most recommended American books of the late 20th century, Jerome Rothenberg's landmark anthology Technicians of the Sacred has educated and inspired generations of poets, artists, musicians, and other readers, exposing them to the multiple possibilities of poetry throughout the world. Juxtaposing primitive and archaic works of art from many cultures with each other and with avant-garde and experimental poetry, Jerome Rothenberg contends that literature extends beyond specific temporal and geographic boundaries, while acting as a retort to those who would call that larger humanity into question. A half-century since its original publication, this revised and expanded third edition provides readers with a wealth of newly gathered and translated texts from recently reinvigorated indigenous cultures, bringing the volume into the present and further extending the range and depth of what we recognize and read as poetry.Trade Review"If there is anyone out there struggling to write lyrics, get your hands on this book; immerse yourselves in it, live inside it for a while, free your mind, and you will emerge brimming with ideas." * Nick Cave *Table of ContentsTHE PRE-FACES Pre-Face (2017) Pre-Face (1984) Pre-Face (1967) THE TEXTS Origins & Namings Visions & Spels Death & Defeat The Book of Events (I) The Book of Events (II) Africa America Asia Europe & The Ancient Near East Oceania Survivals & Revivals THE STATEMENTS THE COMMENTARIES POST-FACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
£30.00
University of California Press The New Italian Poetry 1945 to the Present
£46.00
University of California Press An Anthology of Modern Arabic Poetry
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£34.00
University of California Press Contemporary Italian Poetry
Book SynopsisHermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962. Hermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini.
£34.00
University of California Press A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse
Book SynopsisA Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on their themes, structure, and cultural significance. From medieval epics like Cantar de Mio Cid to modern lyrical masterpieces, the anthology traverses a vast literary landscape, offering readers a cohesive exploration of Spanish poetic traditions. By focusing on the intrinsic qualities of each work rather than exhaustive biographical or source-related details, this anthology invites readers to engage critically and meaningfully with the text. The thoughtful organization of the book ensures accessibility for both seasoned scholars and general readers with a solid grasp of Spanish. The editor's approachmodernizing texts where appropriate while preserving linguistic nuancesenhances the reader's experience without sacrificing historical authenticity. Exclusions, such as Spanish-American and dramatic verse, reflect a deliberate focus, ensuring the integrity and depth of the selections presented. Whether delving into the grandeur of long-form poetry or savoring the lyrical beauty of sonnets, this anthology celebrates the timeless art of Spanish verse and its enduring resonance. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.
£63.00
University of California Press Anthology of Catalan Lyric Poetry
Book SynopsisThis title offers a profound exploration of Catalonia's rich poetic tradition, tracing its origins, influences, and thematic evolution over centuries. This collection is not merely a representative sample but a carefully curated selection of poems that embody what the editor perceives as the enduring essence of Catalan lyricism. Catalan poetry, the editor argues, contains a latent energy, waiting to be unleashed by the reader. This anthology aims to revitalize that energy, presenting poems that carry forward the spirit of their creation and evoke universal human experiences, from love and sorrow to spiritual longing and communal pride. The anthology highlights Catalonia's unique cultural and historical circumstances, which have shaped its poetic voice. From early influences by Provençal troubadours to Italian Renaissance currents, Catalan poetry has consistently evolved, absorbing foreign influences while maintaining a distinctive Mediterranean character marked by simplicity, balanc
£42.00
University of California Press Fifty Spanish Poems
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£34.00
University of California Press An Anthology of Modern Arabic Poetry
£80.00
University of California Press Contemporary Italian Poetry
Book SynopsisHermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1962. Hermeticism, Futurism, and post-war neo-realistic poetry are some of the movements covered in the lengthy and detailed introduction. Selections from Quasimodo, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959, Pavese, Ungaretti, Montale, and Bartolini.
£83.78
University of California Press A Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse
Book SynopsisA Critical Anthology of Spanish Verse is an essential collection for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding and appreciation of Spanish poetry across centuries. This meticulously curated volume provides not only a rich selection of poems but also insightful commentary that sheds light on their themes, structure, and cultural significance. From medieval epics like Cantar de Mio Cid to modern lyrical masterpieces, the anthology traverses a vast literary landscape, offering readers a cohesive exploration of Spanish poetic traditions. By focusing on the intrinsic qualities of each work rather than exhaustive biographical or source-related details, this anthology invites readers to engage critically and meaningfully with the text. The thoughtful organization of the book ensures accessibility for both seasoned scholars and general readers with a solid grasp of Spanish. The editor's approachmodernizing texts where appropriate while preserving linguistic nuancesenhances the reader's experience without sacrificing historical authenticity. Exclusions, such as Spanish-American and dramatic verse, reflect a deliberate focus, ensuring the integrity and depth of the selections presented. Whether delving into the grandeur of long-form poetry or savoring the lyrical beauty of sonnets, this anthology celebrates the timeless art of Spanish verse and its enduring resonance. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.
£96.00
University of California Press Anthology of Catalan Lyric Poetry
Book SynopsisThis title offers a profound exploration of Catalonia's rich poetic tradition, tracing its origins, influences, and thematic evolution over centuries. This collection is not merely a representative sample but a carefully curated selection of poems that embody what the editor perceives as the enduring essence of Catalan lyricism. Catalan poetry, the editor argues, contains a latent energy, waiting to be unleashed by the reader. This anthology aims to revitalize that energy, presenting poems that carry forward the spirit of their creation and evoke universal human experiences, from love and sorrow to spiritual longing and communal pride. The anthology highlights Catalonia's unique cultural and historical circumstances, which have shaped its poetic voice. From early influences by Provençal troubadours to Italian Renaissance currents, Catalan poetry has consistently evolved, absorbing foreign influences while maintaining a distinctive Mediterranean character marked by simplicity, balanc
£80.00
