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Oxford University Press, USA The Oxford Book of Garden Verse
Book SynopsisThere have been poems about gardens for as long as there have been gardens. Gardens have been all things to all men and women: paradoxical sites of pleasure and pain, of safety and danger, art and nature, public spaces and private retreats, places of physical labour and metaphysical reflection. This diversity and versatility have always attracted poets, whose repertory of garden themes on the page matches what garden makers have achieved on the ground.In this anthology successive historical periods of gardening - from enclosed garden and landscape park to Victorian flower-garden and modern patio - are mirrored in verse from the Middle Ages to the present day. While poets have eagerly seized upon the metaphorical associations gardens inspire, they have also been attracted to the opportunities they offer for description, both romantic and robust. As well as being microcosms of society, either perfectly maintained or ill-kempt and overrun, where love can blossom alongside the flowers, or withering and decay may presage death, they are sites of real human labour. The gardener is here celebrated as much as his creation, as are his mundane tasks of weeding and making compost, mowing lawns and tending the allotment.In his Introduction John Dixon Hunt identifies certain themes that recur throughout a selection that ranges from Chaucer to Pope, Marvell to Tennyson, Coleridge to Fleur Adcock, W. B. Yeats to Anthony Hecht, and Rudyard Kipling to Anne Sexton. Particularly fertile in modern examples, this anthology is a riot of literary talent to match the most abundant of gardens.Trade ReviewIt is hard to better poetry as a source for understanding the importance of the garden to human society. There have been other collections of garden verse, but it would be difficult to find one as thorough, intelligent and satisfying as this. It should be on every literate gardeners shelf. TLS`by far the best such anthology yet compiled' Rosemary Pettit, Bookseller'It is the inclusion of a generous number of poems by living writers that gives this anthology its freshness.' Anne Scott-James, Daily Mail'a fascinating new anthology of verse from Oxford University Press' David Vickerman, Western Mail'Anyone who enjoys gardens and gardening could find that this anthology becomes their favourite bedside book. John Dixon Hunt's selection is so deliciously varied and so full of unfamiliar gems that it will surely win over even a normally unpoetical garden-lover.' Patricia Morison, The Oldie'promises to 'delight all those who garden and enjoy gardens, and who relish thje astonishing variety of poetry the garden has inspired' Roddy Llewellyn, The Mail on Sunday`a pleasure to read for all, regardless of how green their fingers may be' Oxford Times'an exhilarating mix of poetry, medieval and modern, haunting and humorous, on topics ranging from college garden to conservatory, potting shed and allotment' Dilly Halpin, Oxford Times'The anthology is certainly a pleasant read for all, regardless of how green their fingers may be.' Emma Howell, Oxford Times'I have always been disappointed by garden anthologies, which rely too heavily on well-known classics and doggerel, but John Dixon-Hunt breaks the mould with the range and depth of his selection. Francesca Greenoak, The Times'here are 239 English-language poems - romantic, witty, robust, wistful, sad and luxuriant - which will appeal to all who delight in gardens and poetry' Sunday Telegraph'a lovely collection of poems from the Middle Ages ... to contemporary poets ... Full of memorable imagery and wonderful descriptions, it is a book to treasure.' Day by Day'here are 239 English-language poems - romantic, witty, robust, wistful, sad and luxuriant - which will appeal to all who delight in gardens and poetry' Sunday Telegraph
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Book of Christian Verse
Book SynopsisWhat is meant by `Christian'' verse? What must there be in a passage of verse that gives us the right to call it `Christian''? These are the questions discussed in Professor Davie''s illuminating introduction and answered implicitly on every page of his collection of over 260 poems.This well-loved anthology embraces everything from the Anglo-Saxon ''The Dream of the Rood'' to the works of modern poets such as T. S. Eliot, Sir John Betjeman, W. H. Auden, and John Berryman. Australian and American poetry appears alongside English, Anglo-Irish, Scottish, and Anglo-Welsh verse, and the book also includes a selection of congregational hymns.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Donald Davie has put together a fascianting anthology. There is much in this anthology to charm, to teach - and above all, to enjoy for all who read poetry - but especially the Christian reader. * Diana Good, The Door *Fine poems abound in this book... should please, enrich and help a very wide readership * Catholic Herald *
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Oxford University Press The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley
Book SynopsisPhillis Wheatley (1753-1784) was the first black American to publish a book and enjoyed international fame during her short life. Yet despite the considerable achievements of this young poet, her work has never received its critical due. This collection restores her to her proper place in America''s literary heritage. Together with the editor''s essay on ''Phillis Wheatley''s Struggle for Freedom in Her Poetry and Prose'', the collection reveals her to have been a writer who passionately sought freedom, both for herself and for her people, through her work, and who, in her contemplative elegies and use of the poetic imagination to escape an unsatisfactory world, anticipated the Romantic movement of the following century.Trade ReviewWelcome and impressive. * American Literature *
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Oxford University Press, USA The Poets Book of Psalms
Book SynopsisPoetry has traditionally embodied religious imagination and reflected the deepest longings, joys, and tribulations of humanity. As the Bible''s best-known poetry, the Psalms have been a rich source of inspiration for meditation, song, and recitation for thousands of years.Uniting the lyrical songs of Israel with their literary legacy, The Poets'' Book of Psalms comprises renditions of the Psalms by twenty-five renowned poets from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. Poets include John Donne, Robert Burns, John Milton, Sir Philip Sidney, John Davies, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Sidney Herbert, David Rosenberg, and Laurance Wieder. The result--a complete and lyrical Psalter for the modern reader--supplies a living language alternative to existing prose translations and pious paraphrases.The collection includes an introduction by the editor that describes the often surprising history and politics surrounding many of the poets lives and work. For easy cross-referenceTrade ReviewFor biblical scholars of a literary bent * Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Upon the Translation of the Psalms ; Book One ; Book Two ; Book Three ; Book Four ; Book Five ; The Book of Psalms, King James Version ; Index of First Lines ; Index of Poets
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Oxford University Press Singing to the Goddess
Book SynopsisThis vibrant collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems - many of which are presented here for the first time in English translation - were written from the early eighteenth century up to the contemporary period. They represent the unique Bengali tradition of goddess worship (Saktism) as it developed over this period. Included are forty poems by the most famous of all Sakta poets, Ramprasad Sen (c.1718-1775) and ten lyrics by the renowned 20th-century poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. McDermott''s lucid introduction places these works in their historical context and shows how images of the goddesses evolved over the centuries. Her lively translations of these poetic lyrics evoke the passion and devotion of the followers of Kali and Uma and shed light on the history and practice of goddess worship.Trade ReviewOffers a much-needed contribution to the field of South Asia studies and to the history of religions as a whole ... McDermott's volume is unquestionably the most complete, meticulous, and readable collection of Sakta devotional poetry ever published ... McDermott has succeeded in one of the most difficult tasks of translation - that of remaining true to the literal text while still presenting the poems in a fluid and provocative style that really captures the powerful emotion of the Bengali songs. As such this collection should appeal to a wide audience - not just to South Asian scholars, but to a more general nonacademic audience, as well as to students in graduate and undergraduate classrooms. * History of Religions *
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Palgrave Macmillan Next Word Better Word The Craft of Writing Poetry
Book SynopsisThis accessible writer's guide provides a helpful framework for creating poetry and navigates contemporary concerns and practices. Both enlightening and encouraging, Next Word, Better Word demystifies a subtle art form and shows writers how to overcome obstacles in the creative process.Trade Review'Dobyns (Warren Wilson College) has long been prominent in contemporary American letters, not only for several books of poetry and an impressive number of novels and literary awards but also for his first collection of essays on poetry, Best Words, Best Order (1996). In the introduction to this new collection, Dobyns explains that Next Word, Better Word "complements and continues" its predecessor while attempting to be "more methodical" and more accessible to lay readers. Organized into 13 chapters, each devoted to some aspect of the genre, this book will certainly become, as did its predecessor, a classic. Impeccable in scholarship, packed with apt examples and careful reasoning, the present volume offers novice poets full, readable explanations on how to approach some of the most difficult problems of the craft. Seasoned poets and critics will find much to reconsider in terms of craft and aesthetics. Dobyns's polite, quiet attempt to reframe the genre amid divergent contemporary debate is of particular importance and should occupy conversations on the topic for quite some time. A particularly worthwhile challenge for undergraduates. Summing Up: Essential. All readers. - C. E. O'Neill, New Mexico State University at Alamogordo' - Choice Essential review Choice Essential review'No one but Stephen Dobyns has tackled this impossible genre with such smart, sensible, and charming results. Place this new one next to his Best Words, Best Order, and the poetry-instruction shelf of your library will be complete. All bitten by the poetry bug must read this.' - Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States, 2001-2003 and author of Ballistics 'Serious but playful; stylish and true; honest yet magical-this is a comprehensive and beautifully written book about the thorny, joyous art of making poems. It is the best contemporary guide to poetry I have read.' - David Morley, National Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick and author of Enchantment 'Stephen Dobyns unpacks the essential kit of the trade, all the taken-for-granted tools which poets think with and work with to find out what their poems want to say: line breaks, how syllables behave, the hide-and-seek of metaphor, how a poem hangs on the page like a bird in flight. He enters into dialogue with a galaxy of poets, to help us listen better to poems, to read better, and also maybe write better this most central of arts.' - Ruth Padel, author of Darwin: A Life in Poems and The Poem and the Journey 'Next Word, Better Word is a gift from a great teacher returning us to the enduring mysteries of the art.' - Ellen Bryant Voigt, former Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and author of Messenger: New and Selected Poems 1976-2006 "Stephen Dobyns, a great American poet, gives a lucid explanation of his craft. This book is valuable for poets, film-makers, novelists, playwrights, and anyone interested in the clear expression of original thought." - Fred Wiseman, film-maker 'Stephen Dobyns' new book on poetic craft defines, with an impressive breadth of reference, what is required for poets to give their subjects significant form, a nuanced aesthetic embodiment that is true to the poet's deepest concerns and open to a process of discovery, resistant to any idea that might limit a full exploration of the chosen materials. This book should be of genuine interest not only to apprentice poets but to anyone who wants to understand the choices involved in making a poem substantial and persuasive.'- Carl Dennis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and author of Poetry as Persuasion 'Robert Frost said that a poem 'must begin in delight and end in wisdom.' Here is the rare book about the process of poetry that does both, and brilliantly. Luminous erudition coupled with a palpable love for subject, Next Word, Better Word is sure to be an education and an inspiration for student poets, seasoned poets, and-dare I say-there's plenty here for prose writers, too. Dobyns not only takes us deeply into the matter of the poet's craft, but into the poet himself: how the knowledge necessary to write a good poem intersects with the enlightenment born of experience." - Binnie Kirshenbaum, Writing Chair, School of the Arts Writing Program, Columbia University and author of The Scenic Route 'Stephen Dobyns states in his introduction that 'writing a poem is one of the ways to love the world,' and the rest of the book demonstrates, in exquisite, careful detail, exactly how. Full of invaluable insights and basic information for aspiring poets, Dobyns' collection also has much to say to his peers-and he peoples his essays with some of the art's most engaging practitioners, from the well-known, such as Baudelaire and Rilke, to those who will be new to many, such as the Russian Acmeists, and most valuably, he gives us their poetry as well their thoughts and lives. It's a book to study, to return to, to annotate with marginalia, but it's also a book to curl up with and simply enjoy.' - Cole Swensen, Professor, Iowa Writers' Workshop and author of Goest Praise for Best Words, Best Order: 'Few writers are as versatile or prolific as Stephen Dobyns ... He provides us with informed, resonant readings of contemporary poems.' -The New York Times Book Review 'Painstaking, admirable, and enjoyable.' -The Times Literary Supplement 'These essays are wonderfully efficient little machines, reproducing in the reader Dobyns's deep understanding of and affection for the work of such peers as Rilke, Mandelstan, and Chekhov.' -Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Approaching Subject Matter Joining Form and Content Reconciling Paradox Aspects of the Syllable Line Breaks Context and Causality A Sense of Space Closure Revision Moral Inquiry Bearing Witness Counterpoint The Nature of Metaphor
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