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Nick Hern Books Burying Your Brother in the Pavement
Book SynopsisA play about grief and looking at someone that little bit more closely. Tom's brother Luke is dead. This has upset a lot of people but it hasn't upset Tom. Or, rather, it has upset him, but in ways he can't explain and other people can't understand. You see, Tom and Luke were never friends. In fact, Tom didn't really like Luke at all. So it's an odd decision - to try and bury Luke in the pavement of the Tunstall Estate where he was killed. But to Tom, it sort of makes sense, in a stupid-weird kind of way. As he sleeps out on the pavement, he comes across planning officials, tramps, undertakers, police officers, sisters, mothers, estate agents, ghosts, pavement elephants, sky dragons and a strange lad called Tight who wants to sell him a Travelcard. Written specifically for young people, Burying Your Brother in the Pavement was part of the 2008 National Theatre Connections Festival and was premiered by youth theatres across the UK.Trade Review'Holds a central place within the canon of challenging plays for young people... full of fantastic, carefully crafted characters... challenges the audience to rethink their relationships with those closest to them' * Drama & Theatre Magazine *
£11.39
Nick Hern Books Chimerica
Book SynopsisA powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play (2014), the Evening Standard Best Play Award (2013), the Critics' Circle Best New Play Award (2014), and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe – a young American photojournalist – captures a piece of history. New York, 2012. Joe is covering a presidential election, marred by debate over cheap labour and the outsourcing of American jobs to Chinese factories. When a cryptic message is left in a Beijing newspaper, Joe is driven to discover the truth behind the unknown hero he captured on film. Who was he? What happened to him? And could he still be alive? A gripping political examination and an engaging personal drama, Chimerica examines the changing fortunes of two countries whose futures will shape the whole world. Lucy Kirkwood's play Chimerica was first performed at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2013 before transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End.Trade Review'Gloriously rich, mind-expanding... if we see a better new play this year, we'll be extremely lucky' * Guardian *'Hurtles along with a mixture of humour, dramatic tension and terrific visual ingenuity... a hugely entertaining and at times deeply affecting play... I cannot recommend it too highly' * Telegraph *'A gripping, multilayered and meticulously researched thriller... like an expansive HBO mini-series expertly compacted into an evening at the theatre... Kirkwood's sharp, incisive dialogue is splendid' * Time Out *'A tremendously bold piece of writing... topical without being gimmicky and well-informed without being showily so... a landmark production' * Evening Standard *'Ambitious, sprawling, morally fascinating, as gripping as a good novel' * The Times *'A taut, complex and nuanced thriller with [an] exhilaratingly ambitious scope' * Exeunt Magazine *'Rich, riveting and theatrically ambitious... fizzing with wit and intelligent ideas... a work of real brilliance' * The Arts Desk *'Absolutely riveting... an important, far-reaching drama' * The Stage *
£10.44
Nick Hern Books Pronoun (NHB Modern Plays)
Book SynopsisA love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Josh and Isabella are childhood sweethearts. They were meant to spend their gap year together, they were meant to be together forever. But Isabella has now become a boy. Pronoun was commissioned as part of the 2014 National Theatre Connections Festival and premiered by youth theatres across the UK. Especially written for young actors, the play can be performed by a cast of seven, with some doubling of roles, or a much larger cast.Trade Review'Honest, touching and relevant… as thought-provoking as it is engaging' A Younger Theatre
£10.44
Nick Hern Books A-Typical Rainbow
Book Synopsis'I can change colours of objects by looking at them, hear the symphonies of household simplicities, taste the emotions in a room like sweet or bitter wine, and feel life's every heartbeat breaking through my ribcage in glorious technicolour. Just don't ask me to make eye contact.' An imaginative child's glorious fantasies – of dolphins and dragonflies, gingerbread houses and chocolate rivers – offer him an escape from hostile reality. When reality dictates he has to conform to the 'real world', he has to make a choice. Should he live authentically and risk stigma, or can he continue to hide? Based on real events from the perspective of the writer and the autistic community, JJ Green's A-Typical Rainbow is an uplifting play about the experience of growing up neurodivergent and queer in early 2000s Britain. It premiered at London's Turbine Theatre in June 2022, produced by Aria Entertainment, directed by Bronagh Lagan, and starring playwright JJ Green, who is a passionate advocate for autistic artists like himself. This edition includes the full text of the play along with contributions from the largely – and proudly – neurodivergent cast and creative team.Trade Review'Plenty of theatrical wonders... sparky humour and magic... clear signs of a talented playwright in the making whose work bursts with imagination and whimsy' * Guardian *'A colourful testament to the power of imagination' * The Stage *'Delightful: full of colour, metaphor and lashings of humour... a rare, insightful, golden moment of theatre' * Reviews Hub *'Powerful, emotional and enchanting... everything about this show is magical... an incredibly raw and honest piece... Green's writing is something else entirely, a rare talent that needs to be treasured and exalted' * Broadway Baby *'A hugely important piece of theatre... gives unparalleled agency to its autistic protagonist, and its message light-footedly unpicks stigmas and untruths about autism... the queer romance which blossoms in the second act is not only brilliantly written but exudes euphoria' * WhatsOnStage *
£10.44
Alma Books Ltd Plays Volume 1
Book SynopsisThese five plays provide an excellent introduction to Kaiser's vision of the regeneration of man, which he illustrated in his works by a total paring down of detail, penetrating to the core of the matter and revealing man's true potential.In From Morning to Midnight the cashier, downtrodden victim of the capitalist system, turns bank robber in order to test the power, freedom and happiness that money can bring. His grand gesture of setting himself and others free turns into an odyssey of disillusion and ends in his violent death. The unique stage technique employed by Kaiser is as challenging today as it was when the play was first performed. The Burghers of Calais has always been considered Kaiser's greatest play and the classic of Expressionist drama. In it, Kaiser exploits the non-naturalistic technique of Expressionism. The play embraces vast expansiveness and total concentration, stylized gesture and lengthy monologues.Trade Review"These Kaiser plays … must be read by anyone with more than a passing interest in drama … One now realizes how prophetic these works are – both in content and technique." * The Cork Examiner *
£11.69
Josef Weinberger Plays ALie of the Mind by Shepard Sam Author ON
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City Lights Books City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
Book Synopsis Printer''s ink is the greater explosive.Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded the City Lights publishing house sixty years ago in 1955, launching the press with his now legendary Pocket Poets Series. First in the series was Pictures of the Gone Worldand within a year, he had brought out two more volumes, translations by Kenneth Rexroth and then, poems by Kenneth Patchen. But it was the success and scandal of Number Four, Howl & Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg (1956), that put City Lights on the map, positioning the Pocket Poets Series at the forefront of the literary counterculture. A landmark sixtieth retrospective celebrating 60 years of publishing and cultural history, this edition provides an invaluable distillation of the energetic, iconoclastic and still fresh body of work represented in the ongoing series. Ferlinghetti has selected a handful of poems from each of the sixty volumes, including the work of Ginsberg, KTrade Review"[A] book you can’t help but cherish.”—Times Literary Supplement "The true marvel of the City Light Pocket Poets Anthology is its reappearance in its 60th year. That represents a venerable tradition (and a long run) for an avant-garde that often mutates too quickly for continuity … just as Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems became the best-selling poetry book of a generation, Ferlinghetti’s own A Coney Island of the Mind, with its insouciant bravado and cheer, has passed the million sales mark. That’s a rare occurrence in these United States. So is the Pocket Poets Series.”—John Tytell, Los Angeles Review of Books "The 60th Anniversary Edition of the City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology is the kind of collection the publisher has produced for years. It keeps the brand alive and necessary, and wow, there are some special treats, like poems by Pablo Picasso. Its old news that Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who edited this, has been looking at art with devastating erudition since the middle of the last century. As anthologist, he has lost none of his edge, and so he gives us a fabulous stew of the familiar, in Allen Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, and other beats mixed in with Marie Ponsot, has earned more attention than she usually receives — There is so much more in this blazing gift of a volume that provides another example of the range of the City Lights endeavor. Allen Ginsberg. Gregory Corso. Diane di Prima. Check. Check. Check. Plus imported and domestic surprises. Pocket Poets has always been a project that enabled people to carry fine poems comfortably in their clothes, next to skin, so that this great stream of poetry could seep right in.”—The Rumpus “Open the book anywhere and you will be sure to find an unexpected delicacy that gives rise to political memories, trips to distant places, or spiritual quests … Ferlinghetti has once again given us the opportunity to walk the streets with laughter, satire, ferment, sadness, joy, dissidence, and love tucked in our pockets.”—R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Beat Scene "San Francisco’s City Lights Books began publishing the Pocket Poets Series in 1955. Speaking of his intentions for the series, Lawrence Ferlinghetti writes, 'I had in mind rather an international, dissident, insurgent ferment.' Consistent with this philosophy, the new 60th Anniversary Edition of the City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology includes not only the familiar names associated with a particular San Francisco literary scene (Ginsberg, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti himself, others), but writing and writers from across the years and oceans. Readers possessing only anecdotal familiarity with City Lights Books will find an unexpected breadth of artistic sensibility within the Anthology, and no doubt several fine poems by previously undiscovered writers. Recommended for established fans of the press and newcomers alike.”—Toad Suck Review"[A] book you can’t help but cherish.”Times Literary Supplement "The true marvel of the City Light Pocket Poets Anthology is its reappearance in its 60th year. That represents a venerable tradition (and a long run) for an avant-garde that often mutates too quickly for continuity just as Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems became the best-selling poetry book of a generation, Ferlinghetti’s own A Coney Island of the Mind, with its insouciant bravado and cheer, has passed the million sales mark. That’s a rare occurrence in these United States. So is the Pocket Poets Series.”John Tytell, Los Angeles Review of Books "The 60th Anniversary Edition of the City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology is the kind of collection the publisher has produced for years. It keeps the brand alive and necessary, and wow, there are some special treats, like poems by Pablo Picasso. Its old news that Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who edited this, has been looking at art with devastating erudition since the middle of the last century. As anthologist, he has lost none of his edge, and so he gives us a fabulous stew of the familiar, in Allen Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, and other beats mixed in with Marie Ponsot, has earned more attention than she usually receives — There is so much more in this blazing gift of a volume that provides another example of the range of the City Lights endeavor. Allen Ginsberg. Gregory Corso. Diane di Prima. Check. Check. Check. Plus imported and domestic surprises. Pocket Poets has always been a project that enabled people to carry fine poems comfortably in their clothes, next to skin, so that this great stream of poetry could seep right in.”—The Rumpus Open the book anywhere and you will be sure to find an unexpected delicacy that gives rise to political memories, trips to distant places, or spiritual quests Ferlinghetti has once again given us the opportunity to walk the streets with laughter, satire, ferment, sadness, joy, dissidence, and love tucked in our pockets.”R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Beat Scene "San Francisco’s City Lights Books began publishing the Pocket Poets Series in 1955. Speaking of his intentions for the series, Lawrence Ferlinghetti writes, 'I had in mind rather an international, dissident, insurgent ferment.' Consistent with this philosophy, the new 60th Anniversary Edition of the City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology includes not only the familiar names associated with a particular San Francisco literary scene (Ginsberg, Kerouac, Ferlinghetti himself, others), but writing and writers from across the years and oceans. Readers possessing only anecdotal familiarity with City Lights Books will find an unexpected breadth of artistic sensibility within the Anthology, and no doubt several fine poems by previously undiscovered writers. Recommended for established fans of the press and newcomers alike.”Toad Suck ReviewTable of ContentsCity Lights Pocket Poets Anthology 60th Anniversary Edition Edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 40th Anniversary edition, published in 1995, contained a selection of three poems each from every Pocket Poet book published in the series, up through Number 52. This edition picks up where that left off, including all of the above, and adding three poems each (selected again by Ferlinghetti, series editor) from the titles/poets published in the series since then: Number 53 SAVE TWILIGHT Julio Cortázar Number 54 ORPHIC SONGS Dino Campana Number 55 FRONT LINES Jack Hirschman Number 56 NINE ALEXANDRIAS Semezdin Mehmedinovic Number 57 THE LANGUAGE OF SAXOPHONES Kamau Daáood Number 58 STATE OF EXILE Cristina Peri Rossi Number 59 TAU Philip Lamantia Number 60 WHEN I WAS A POET David Meltzer
£999.99
Harvard University Press Ajax. Electra. Oedipus Tyrannus
Book SynopsisSophocles (497/6–406 BC), considered one of the world’s greatest poets, forged tragedy from the heroic excess of myth and legend. Seven complete plays are extant, including Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, Antigone, and Philoctetes. Among many fragments that also survive is a substantial portion of the satyr play The Searchers.Trade ReviewSir Hugh is providing, that is, what Nabokov, in rendering Eugene Onegin, called a metaphrase—a scrupulous, bare explanation of the original… Plainspun prose indeed, but attractively diaphanous. We can be pretty sure that these were the exact lexical intentions of Sophocles… Reading the seven Sophocles plays in the new Loeb version only confirms his impenetrable greatness. -- Donald Lyons * New Criterion *Hugh Lloyd-Jones was a very natural choice of editor… He gives a 22-page introduction on Sophocles’ life, together with a very brief consideration of the seven plays and a short guide to further reading. * Greece and Rome *
£23.70
Harvard University Press Cyclops. Alcestis. Medea
Book SynopsisEuripides (ca. 485–406 BC) has been prized in every age for his emotional and intellectual drama. Eighteen of his ninety or so plays survive complete, including Medea, Hippolytus, and Bacchae, one of the great masterpieces of the tragic genre. Fragments of his lost plays also survive.Trade ReviewA well-executed and stimulating production. * Classical Review *An excellent 48-page general introduction… The translation…is close to the Greek and reads fluently and well. All in all this is an excellent little volume. * Greece and Rome *Both experts and generalists will benefit from the work of this experienced Euripidean scholar. -- John E. Thorburn * Religious Studies Review *
£23.70
Samuel French Ltd The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Book SynopsisPeter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy embark on a magical mystery tour to the Land of Narnia through the wardrobe. There they encounter the wicked White Witch, representing the forces of evil, and the King of the Beasts, Aslan the lion, representing all that is good and right. The White Witch is destroyed, allowing good to triumph over evil in the time-honoured way.
£13.49
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Saga of the Volsungs: With the Saga of Ragnar
Book SynopsisFrom the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.Trade Review"This is a wonderfully supple and idiomatic modern translation of the most important account of the legendary Sigurd the Dragon-Slayer and his family in Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Crawford's version is vivid, clear, and exciting, tracing the intrigues, killings, battles, and magic that shape the lives of Sigurd's kindred. Coupled with it is the brilliant sequel, the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok. Rarely translated into English before, the saga tells of Sigurd's daughter and her husband, the unparalleled Viking king and hero, Ragnar, who is also a dragon-slayer. Lively and fresh, with gripping dialogue and intense scenes of action, the saga has long deserved to be better known. In Jackson Crawford it has found the perfect translator." —Carolyne Larrington, Professor of Medieval European Literature, University of Oxford
£42.50
Nick Hern Books Pig Heart Boy
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£10.44
Nick Hern Books Lavender Hyacinth Violet Yew
Book SynopsisA funny, affecting and beautifully queer stage play about a family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future. Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025.
£10.44
Oxford University Press Satires and Epistles
Book SynopsisHorace exposes the vices and follies of his Roman contemporaries in his Satires, and the Epistles include the famous Art of Poetry, whose advice on poetic style influenced many later writers and dramatists. John Davie's new prose translations perfectly capture the ribald style of the original.
£9.49
Oxford University Press The Plays and Fragments Oxford Worlds Classics
Book SynopsisMenander was the founding father of European comedy. From Ralph Roister Doister to What the Butler Saw, from Henry Fielding to P. G. Wodehouse, the stock motifs and characters can be traced back to him.The greatest writer of Greek New Comedy, Menander (c.341-290 BC) wrote over one hundred plays but until the twentieth century he was known to us only by short quotations in ancient authors. Since 1907 papyri found in the sand of Egypt have brought to light more and more fragments, many substantial, and in 1958 the papyrus text of a complete play was published, The Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) . His romantic comedies deal with the lives of ordinary Athenian families, and they are the direct ancestors not only of Roman comedy but also of English comedy from the Renaissance to the present day.This new verse translation is accurate and highly readable, providing a consecutive text with supplements based on the dramatic situation and surviving words in the damaged papyri. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade ReviewPeter Brown provides a sharp and wide-ranging, yet coherent introduction ... Balme's translation is the most meticulous yet to appear in English. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *Table of ContentsThe Bad-Tempered Man (Dyskolos) ; The Girl from Samos (Samia) ; The Arbitration (Epitrepontes) ; The Shield (Aspis) ; The Girl with the Shaven Head (Perikeiromene) ; The Man she Hated (Misoumenos) ; The Man from Sikyon (Sikyonios) ; Twice a Swindler (Dis Exapaton) ; The Hero (Heros) ; The Lyre-Player (Kitharistes) ; The Farmer (Georgos) ; The Apparition (Phasma) ; The Flatterer (Kolax) ; The Girl Possessed (Theophoroumene) ; The Girl from Leukas (Leukadia) ; The Girl from Perinthos (Perinthia) ; The Man from Carthage (Karchedonios) ; The Women drinking Hemlock (Koneiazomenai) ; Title Unknown ; A Selection of Fragments Quoted by Other Authors ; Fragments of Doubtful Authorship
£999.99
Oxford University Press Selected Poetry
Book SynopsisThomas Hardy (1840-1928) remains one of the best loved of the great English poets. Hardy thought of himself as a poet all his life, although his poetic career only flowered after he had retired from novel-writing in his mid-fifties. Over the next thirty years he wrote the poems that have established him as one of the great and most enduringly popular English poets of the twentieth century. His verse touches all the common themes of human existence: birth, childhood, love, marriage, ageing, death. If Hardy''s age brings anything to them, it is an old man''s ironic and elegiac sense that in life hopes are likely to be defeated and losses sustained, and that the world was not designed for human happiness. This collection is prepared by Samuel Hynes, editor of the Oxford English Texts edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hardy, and selected from the Oxford Authors critical edition. The introduction and notes illuminate Hardy''s central place in the tradition of English poetry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade Review'There is no more trusted name when it comes to the work of the great British poets than that of Oxford University Press. If you want the collected works, fully annotated and with scholarly editing then it's OUP you look to ... a series of elegant paperback volumes, each dedicated to a single poet, and with an introduction by an acknowledged expert.' David Thomas, Oxford Times'the selections are excellent, and the books real value for money' Robert Nye, The TimesTable of ContentsWessex Poems ; Poems of the Past and the Present ; Time's Laughingstocks ; Satires of Circumstance ; Moments of Vision ; Late Lyrics and Earlier ; Human Shows ; Winter Words ; Uncollected Poems
£9.49
Birlinn General Tools of the Trade
Book SynopsisBeing a doctor is a privilege; it is also very demanding and can be stressful, and to be able to look after others, we need to look after ourselves. We offer you this little book of poetry,Tools of the Trade,as a friend to provide inspiration, comfort and support as you begin work.
£6.99
HarperCollins Publishers King Lear
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!'Epic and tragic in its scope, King Lear explores a king's demise into madness and insanity when he is betrayed by two of his manipulative and scheming daughters. It is Cordelia, the third and only daughter who refuses to flatter her father to deceive, who is banished from the kingdom, leading to dramatic and tumultuous events.
£5.62
Oxford University Press William Shakespeare
Book SynopsisIn this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world''s greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare.Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeare''s social and intellectual background and the literary traditions on which Shakespeare drew. Examining the theatres and theatrical profession of the time, he also considers how Shakespeare experienced this world, both as an actor and as a writer. Examining Shakespeare''s narrative poems, sonnets, and all of his plays, Wells outlines their sources, style, and originality over the course of Shakespeare''s career, to consider the fundamental impact his work has had for subsequent generations. Written with enthusiasm and flair by a scholar who has devoted a lifetime to the study of Shakespeare and his works, this is an engaging and authoritative introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewWells approaches his subject matter with refreshing clarity and potent enthusiasm ... his convivial tone is one of this volume's great strengths. * English *an engaging and insightful guide which may inspire its readers to explore not only the author's life and works, but the wealth of contemporary Shakespearean manifestations. * English *So all in all I enjoyed this little book very much, and it made me want to go back to the plays themselves as well as to delve into some recent secondary works. If you think you might have failed to fully appreciate Shakespeare, whether owing to bad teaching or to less than first-rate performances, this is an excellent place to start exploring the life and work of probably the most celebrated dramatist not only in Britain but also throughout the world. * Shiny New Books, Harriet Devine *this is an excellent place to start exploring the life and work of probably the most celebrated dramatist not only in Britain but also throughout the world. * Shiny New Books *Table of ContentsPreface: Why Shakespeare? ; 1. Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon ; 2. Theatre in Shakespeare's time ; 3. Shakespeare in London ; 4. Plays of the 1590s ; 5. Shakespeare and comic form ; 6. Return to tragedy ; 7. The classical plays ; 8. Tragi-comedy ; Epilogue ; Chronology: Shakespeare's works ; Further reading ; Index
£999.99
Dover Publications Inc. 100 BestLoved Poems
Book SynopsisPopular, well-known poetry: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, Shall I compare thee to a summer''s day? Death, be not proud, The Raven, The Road Not Taken, plus works by Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Shelley, Emerson, Browning, Keats, Kipling, Sandburg, Pound, Auden, Thomas, and many others.
£5.62
Dover Publications Inc Dover Beach and Other Poems Dover Thrift Editions
Book SynopsisIn addition to the celebrated title poem, this volume contains a rich selection of Arnold's most famous verse: "The Scholar Gipsy," "Thyrsis," "The Forsaken Merman," "Memorial Verses," "Rugby Chapel," and many more.
£6.23
Pan Macmillan Nine Horses
Book SynopsisBilly Collins is one of the world’s most popular poets. While his poems often begin in the everyday and domestic, fans know that they might end anywhere - and that they will lift their heads from the book to a world startlingly different from the one they had left moments before. Billy Collins’ previous collection, Taking Off Emily Dickinson’s Clothes, was an extraordinary success, introducing thousands of readers to his exhilarating poetry for the first time. By turns wildly funny and intensely moving, Nine Horses has won Billy Collins even more admirers.Trade Review‘Billy Collins is one of my favourite poets in the world’ Carol Ann Duffy‘Delightfully direct, he won’t lose you in his lyricism but will transport you to a better place’ The Times
£10.44
Nick Hern Books The Hound of the Baskervilles
Book SynopsisA revised, definitive version of this riotously funny take on the celebrated Sherlock Holmes story, a firm favourite with theatre companies, both professional and amateur.
£10.44
Penguin Books Ltd The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Book SynopsisA car wreck on the slopes of Mount Morgan puts insurance tycoon Lyman Felt in the hospital. While Lyman recovers, two women meet in the hospital waiting room only to discover that they are both married to him. With his secrets exposed, Lyman tries to justify himself to the two women - the prim, cultured Theo and the restless, ambitious Leah - at the same time hoping to convince himself that he is blameless. Moving between broad farce and delicate tragedy, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan explores the struggle between honesty with others and honesty with oneself.
£10.44
Faber & Faber The Mother and The Father Faber Drama
Book SynopsisThe MotherAnne loved the time in her life when she prepared breakfast each morning for her two young children. Years later, spending hours alone, Anne convinces herself that her husband is having an affair. If only her son were to break-up with his girlfriend. He would return home and come down for breakfast. She would put on her new red dress and they would go out. The Mother, in this English translation by Christopher Hampton, was commissioned by the Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal, Bath, and premiered in May 2015. Florian Zeller''s The Mother was awarded the Moliere Award for Best Play 2011.The Father''A wonderfully peculiar, quietly stunning depiction of dementia... A controlled, unforgettable portrait of losing your memory.'' Times''A vivid, lucent translation by Christopher Hampton.'' Observer''One of the most acute, absorbing and distressing portraits of dementia I''ve ever seen.'' Daily Teleg
£11.69
University of Texas Press The Poetic Edda
Book SynopsisThese verses are a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage.Trade Review. . . the translation may indeed be regarded as the crowning achievement of a great scholar. * Scandinavian-American Bulletin *Table of Contents General Introduction The Prophecy of the Seeress: Voluspá The Sayings of Hár: Hávamál The Lay of Vafthrúthnir: Vafthrúthnismál The Lay of Grímnir: Grímnismál The Lay of Skírnir: Skírnismál The Lay of Hárbarth: Hárbarzljóth The Lay of Hymir: Hymiskvitha The Flyting of Loki: Lokasenna The Lay of Thrym: Thrymskvitha The Lay of Alviís: Alvíssmál Baldr's Dreams: Baldrs draumar The Lay of Ríg: Rígsthula The Lay of Hyndla: Hyndluljóth The Short Seeress' Prophecy: Voluspá hin skamma The Lay of Svipdag: Svipdagsmál The Spell of Gróa: Grógaldr The Lay of Fjolsvith: Fjolsvinnsmál The Lay of Grotti: Grottasongr The Lay of Volund: Volundarkvitha The Helgi Lays The Lay of Helgi Hjorvarthsson: Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I The Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II Sinfjotli's Death: Frá dautha Sinfjotla The Prophecy of Grípir: Grípisspá The Lay of Regin: Reginsmál The Lay of Fáfnir: Fáfnismál The Lay of Sigrdrífa: Sigrdrífumál The Great Lacuna Fragment of a Sigurth Lay: Brot of Sigurtharkvithu The First Lay of Guthrún: Guthrúnarkvitha I The Short Lay of Sigurth: Sigurtharkvitha hin skamma Brynhild's Ride to Hel: Helreith Brynhildar The Fall of the Niflungs: Dráp Niflunga The Second (or Old) Lay of Guthrun: Guthrúnarkvitha II (hin forna) The Third Lay of Guthrun: Guthrúnarkvitha III The Plaint of Oddrún: Oddrúnargrátr The Lay of Atli: Atlakvitha . The Greenlandish Lay of Atli: Atlamál hin groenlenzku Guthrun's Lament: Guthrúnarhvat The Lay of Hamthir: Hamthismál (hin fornu) The Catalogue of Dwarfs: (Dvergatal) Guide to Pronunciation Glossary Selected Bibliography Index and List of Names
£20.89
WW Norton & Co The Spanish Tragedy
Book SynopsisThomas Kyd’s highly influential and popular revenge play is now available in a richly documented and critically engaging Norton Critical Edition.
£16.40
Olympia Publishers Singing to the Bones
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£10.44
Dover Publications Inc. Selected Poems
Book SynopsisOver 100 best-known, best-loved poems by one of America''s foremost poets, reprinted from authoritative early editions. The Snake, Hope, The Chariot, many more, display unflinching honesty, psychological penetration, and technical adventurousness that have delighted and impressed generations of poetry lovers. No comparable edition at this price. Index of first lines.
£5.02
Dover Publications 101 BestLoved Poems
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Penguin Books Ltd Selected Poems
Book SynopsisRobert Browning was one of the greatest of English poets, whose intense and original imagination enabled him to transform any subject he chose - whether everyday or sublime - into startling memorable verse. In his work he brought to life the personalities of a diverse range of characters, and introduced a new immediacy, colloquial energy and psychological complexity to the poetry of his day. This selection brings together verse ranging from early dramatic monologues such as the chilling ''My Last Duchess'' and the ribald ''Fra Lippo Lippi'', which show his gift for inhabiting the mind of another, to the popular children''s poem ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' and many lesser known works. All display his innovative techniques of diction, rhythm and symbol, which transformed Victorian poetry and influenced major poets of the twentieth century such as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot and Robert Frost.Table of ContentsSelected PoemsIntroductionNote on the TextPorphyria's LoverJohannes Agricola in MeditationSong from Pippa Passes ("The year's at the spring")Scene from Pippa Passes ("There goes a swallow to Venice...")My Last DuchessSoliloquy of the Spanish CloisterThe Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Chld's Story"How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix"The Lost LeaderMeeting at NightParting at MorningHome-Thoughts, from AbroadThe Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's ChurchLove Among the RuinsA Lovers' QuarrelUp at a Villa - Down in the CityFra Lippo LippiA Toccata of Galuppi'sAn Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab PhysicianMesmerismA Serenade at the Villa"Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"The Statue and the BustHow It Strikes a ContemporaryThe PatriotMemorabiliaAndrea del SartoIn a YearCleonTwo in the CampagnaA Grammarian's FuneralJames Lee's WifeI. James Lee's Wife Speaks at the WindowII. By the FiresideIII. In the DoorwayIV. Along the BeachV. On the CliffVI. Reading a Book, Under the CliffVII. Among the RocksVIII. Beside the Drawing-BoardIX. On DeckGold Hair: A Story of PornicDis Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron de Nos JoursA Death in the DesertCaliban upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the IslandConfessionsYouth and ArtA LikenessMr. Sludge, "The Medium"Apparent FailureEpilogue [to Dramatis Personae]HouseSaint Martin's SummerNed BrattsClive[Wanting is - what?]DonaldNever the Time and the PlaceThe NamesNowBeatric SignoriniSpring SongNotesIndex of TitlesIndex of First Lines
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University of California Press The Maximus Poems
Book SynopsisThis work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book.
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Dover Publications Inc. Wheatley P Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Book SynopsisBorn in Africa in 1753, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped at the age of 7 and sold into slavery. At 19, she became the first black American poet to publish a book, on which this volume is based. Wheatley''s elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses into the origins of African-American literary traditions.
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Dover Publications Inc. Vivid and Repulsive as the Truth
Book SynopsisT. S. Eliot recognized Djuna Barnes as incontestably one of the most original writers of our time. This collection of Barnes''s early work features journalism (including a firsthand account of the force-feeding endured by suffragettes and an interview with James Joyce), poetry (The Book of Repulsive Women), and stories (Smoke).
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Button Poetry Our Numbered Days
Book SynopsisThe debut collection from viral poetry sensation Neil Hilborn.
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Nine Arches Press Flood
Book SynopsisIn Flood, Jessica Mookherjee inhabits several identities in her bone-framed coat'. With overarching themes of migration, otherness, sexual awakening, and maternal mental illness, we encounter the aftermath of catastrophe, of loss and being lost.Here, time folds us into origami boats' and the poems swell with the surging tides of youth and of becoming, of what we inherit and what we forge as our own path and what happens when we jump into the depths and experience life in full-flow. Alive with wildlife and nightlife, mythmaking and bad romance, the everyday and the otherworldly, Flood is a prodigious debut collection from a truly distinctive and vital voice, now reissued in this new edition by Nine Arches Press.
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Nick Hern Books the Woman
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MuseumsEtc From the Silence to the Street
Book SynopsisA collection of poems by spoken word artist Aditi Banerjee in response to the genocide taking place in Palestine and illustrated by colour images
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Oxford University Press Shakespeares Tragedies
Book SynopsisTragedy, including grief, pain and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare''s plays, often leading to the death of at least one character, if not several. Yet such themes can also be found in Shakespearian plays which are classed as comedies, or histories. What is it which makes a Shakespearian tragedy, and what dramatic themes and conventions did the bard draw upon when writing them?In this Very Short Introduction Stanley Wells considers what is meant by the word ''tragedy'', and discusses nine of Shakespeare''s iconic tragic plays. He explores how the early definitions and theoretical discussions of the concept of tragedy in Shakespeare''s time would have influenced these plays, along with the literary influence of Seneca. Wells also considers Shakespeare''s uses of the word ''tragedy'' itself, analysing whether he had any overall concept of the genre in relation to the drama, and looking at the ways in which the theatrical conventions of his time shaped his plays, such as the use of boy players in women''s roles and the physical structures of the playhouses. Offering a critical analysis of each of the nine plays in turn, Wells concludes by discussing why tragedy is regarded as fit subject for entertainment, and what it is about tragic plays that audiences find so enjoyable.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Review... probably never - against the backdrop of so much literary, and other noise, today - has there ever been a greater need for short summaries of such works in an attempt to reach new audiences. So, from King Lear, to Antony and Cleopatra to Macbeth and Hamlet, et. al, the rudiments of all ten tragedies are condensed into just half a dozen pocket-sized pages each. Probably not for the connoiseur but much more likely for reluctant newbies still mystified by all the fuss. * Screentrade Magazine *cover[s] an impressive amount of literary and historical ground, and convey[s] a suitably sizeable serving of Shakespeare knowledge. * Shakespeare Magazine *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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Princeton University Press I Was Working
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Oxford University Press Peter Pan and Other Plays
Book SynopsisAs well as being the author of the greatest of all children's plays, Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie also wrote sophisticated social comedy and political satire. The Admirable Crichton and What Every Woman Knows are shrewd and entertaining contributions to the politics of class and gender, while Mary Rose is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage.Table of ContentsThe Admirable Crichton ; Peter Pan ; When Wendy Grew Up ; What Every Woman Knows ; Mary Rose
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Oxford University Press King John The Oxford Shakespeare
Book SynopsisKing John, a play that offers at least three fine acting roles and was once popular in the theatre, has been neglected in recent years. Its treatment of the death of Arthur, claimant to the throne, and the wit of the Bastard, son of Richard Coeur de Lion, make it particularly worthy of reconsideration. The wide-ranging introduction makes original claims for the play''s relevance to Elizabethan political issues and for its aesthetic importance in Shakespeare''s early career as a dramatist. This edition also offers a comprehensive stage history, a thorough bibliographical study of the Folio (1623) text, and a reconsideration of its disputed relationship with the anonymous Troublesome Reign of King John (1591). A.R. Braunmuller provides new information concerning King John''s early stage history, consideration of legal concepts and practices in the play, and a critical study of its presentation of women and of families.Trade Review`The Oxford Shakespeare is an admirably scholarly edition, immaculately presented, offering close attention to possibilities of staging as well as meaning.' Dr D. Sedge, Exeter University`This edition offers the most substantial & one of the most penetrating discussions of the play to date. A remarkable scholarly achievement.' Dr René J.A. Weis, Department of English, University College, London`a most impressive and illuminating edition' R. N. Alexander, Queen Mary Westfield, London`The major strength of Professor Braunmuller's edition is its introduction. He offers a sane review of such difficult questions as the date of the play, and such controversial ones as its relation to "The Troublesome Reign". The evidence is marshalled in a lucid manner and sensible conclusions drawn ... This is a significant contribution to the (now quickly developing) debate on "King John", and a good demonstration that investigations of Shakespeare as a political dramatist (as opposed to a moral sage) need not be critically reductive.' The Review of English Studies`By its 'conventionally ordered introduction' (p.1), A.R. Braunmuller's Oxford King John signals that it is, indeed what the dustjacket claims, 'the most thorough scholarly edition now available' ... his edition foregrounds technical material important to scholars over more general interests ... Braunmuller's approach to editing is as fair-minded and scholarly as his introduction ... the King John that sets out the issues most fully and fairly, the edition I want in my study, is Braunmuller's 'conventionally ordered', scholarly text.' Virginia Mason Vaughan, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, Yearbook of English Studies, 1992'Stanley Wells' OUP Complete Works of Shakespeare is now eight years old and has spawned a new Oxford Shakespeare which appears now in splendidly affordable volumes in that nonpareil of libraries of good reading The World's Classics.' The Oxford Times
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Oxford University Press Four Comedies
Book SynopsisPlautus was the single greatest influence on Western comedy. Shakespeare''s Comedy of Errors and Molière''s The Miser are two subsequent classics directly based on Plautine originals.Plautus himself borrowed from the Greeks, but his jokes, rapid dialogue, bawdy humour, and irreverent characterizations are the original work of an undisputed genius. The comedies printed here show him at his best, and professor Segal''s translations keep their fast, rollicking pace intact, making these the most readable and actable versions available. His introduction considers Plautus'' place in ancient comedy, examines his continuing influence, and celebrates his power to entertain. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authoTrade ReviewThese translations are unrivalled in English. The dialogue is brisk, puns and alliterative strings trip from [Segal's] pen with an abandon that rivals the master himself, and the lyrics really ache to be sung. It is great theatre! * Professor Walter Moskalew, Classics Department, Ball State University *Table of ContentsThe Braggart Soldier ; The Brothers Menaechmus ; The Haunted House ; The Pot of Gold
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Penguin Books Ltd The Complete Poems
Book SynopsisOne of the major figures of English Romanticism, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) created works of remarkable diversity and imaginative genius. The period of his creative friendship with William Wordsworth inspired some of Coleridge''s best-known poems, from the nightmarish vision of the ''Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' and the opium-inspired ''Kubla Khan'' to the sombre passion of ''Dejection: An Ode'' and the medieval ballad ''Christabel''. His meditative ''conversation'' poems, such as ''Frost at Midnight'' and ''This Lime-Tree Bower Mr Prison'', reflect on remembrance and solitude, while late works, such as ''Youth and Age'' and ''Constancy to an Ideal Object'', are haunting meditations on mortality and lost love.Table of ContentsThe Complete PoemsIntroductionAcknowledgmentsTable of DatesFurther ReadingThe PoemsEaster HolidaysDura navisNil pejus est caelibe vitaSonnet to the Autumnal MoonJuliaQuae nocent docentThe NoseLifeTo the MuseDestruction of the BastilleAnthem for the Children of Christ's HospitalProgress of ViceMonody on the Death of Chatteron (first version)Monody on the Death of Chatteron (second version)An InvocationAnna and HarlandTo the Evening StarPainOn a Lady WeepingMonody on a Tea-KettleGenevieveOn Receiving an Account that his Only Sister's Death Was InevitableA Mathematical ProblemHonourOn ImitationInside the CoachDevonshire RoadsMusicAbsence: A Farewell Ode on Quitting School for Jesus College, CambridgeSonnet on the SameHappinessA Wish Written in Jesus Wood, Feb. 10th, 1792An Ode in the Manner of AnacreonTo DisappointmentA Fragment Found in a Lecture-RoomOdeA Lover's Complaint to his MistressWith Fielding's AmeliaWritten After a Walk Before SupperImitated from OssianThe Complaint of Ninathoma, from the SameThe RoseKissesSonnet ("Thou gentle look")Sonnet to the River OtterLines on an Autumnal EveningTo Fortune: On Buying a Ticket in the Irish LotteryPerspiration: A Travelling EclogueLines written at the King's Arms, Ross, formerly the House of the "Man of Ross"Imitated from the WelshLines to a Beautiful Spring in a VillageImitations Ad LyramThe SighThe KissTo a Young Lady, with a Poem on the French RevolutionTranslation of Wrangham's "Hendecasyllabi ad Bruntonam e Granta Exituram"To Miss Brunton with the Preceding TranslationEpitaph on an Infant[Pantisocracy]On the Prospect of Establishing a Pantisocracy in AmericaElegy, Imitated from One of Akenside's Blank-Verse InscriptionsThe Faded FlowerSonnet ("Pale Roamer through the night!")Domestic PeaceSonnet ("Thou bleedest, my poor Heart!")Sonnet to the Author of the "Robbers"Melancholy: A FragmentSongs of the PixiesTo a Young Ass, its Mother being Tethered Near itLines on a Friend Who Died of a Frenzy Fever Induced by Calumnious ReportsTo a Friend, together with an Unfinished PoemSonnets on Eminent Characters:1. To the Honourable Mr. Erskine2. Burke3. Priestly4. La Fayette5. Koskiusko6. Pitt7. To the Rev. W. L. Bowles (two versions)8. Mrs. Siddons9. To William Godwin, Author of "Political Justice"10. To Robert Southey, of Balliol College, Oxford, Author of the "Retrospect," and Other Poems11. To Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq.12. To Lord Stanhope, on Reading his Late Protest in the House of LordsTo Earl StanhopeLines to a Friend in Answer to a Melancholy LetterTo an InfantTo the Rev. W. J. Hort, while teaching a young lady some song-tunes on his fluteSonnet ("Sweet Mercy! how my very heart has bled")To the NightingaleLines composed while climbing the left ascent of Brockley Coomb, Somersetshire, May, 1795Lines in the Manner of SpenserTo the Author of Poems published anonymously at Bristol in September 1795The Production of a Young Lady, addressed to the author of the poems alluded to in the preceding epistleEffusion XXXV. Composed August 20th, 1795, at Clevedon, SomersetshireThe Eolian HarpLines written at Shurton Bars, near Bridgewater, September, 1795, in answer to a letter from BristolReflections on Having Left a Place of RetirementOn Donne's PoetryThe Hour When We Shall Meet AgainThe Destiny of NationsReligious MusingsFrom an Unpublished PoemOn Observing a Blossom on the First of February, 1796Verses addressed to J. Horne TookeOn a Late Connubial Rupture in High LifeSonnet written on receiving letters informing me of the birth of a Son, I being at BirminghamSonnet composed on a journey homeward; the author having received intelligence of the birth of a son, Sept. 20th, 1796Sonnet to a friend who asked, how I felt when the nurse first presented my infant to meSonnet [to Charles Lloyd]To a Young Friend, on his Proposing to Domesticate with the Author. Composed in 1796Addressed to a Young Man of Fortune Who Abandoned Himself to an Indolent and Causeless MelancholyTo a Friend Who Had Declared his Intention of Writing No More PoetryOde to the Departing YearThe RavenTo an Unfortunate Woman at the TheatreTo an Unfortunate WomanTo the Rev. George ColeridgeOn the Christening of a Friend's ChildInscription by the Rev. W. L. Bowles in Nether Stowey ChurchThis Lime-Tree Bower My PrisonThe Foster-Mother's TaleThe DungeonSonnets Attempted in the Manner of Contemporary Writers: Sonnet I; Sonnet II; Sonnet IIIParliamentary OscillatorsThe Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (1798)The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)ChristabelLines to W. L. while he Sang a Song to Purcell's MusicThe Three GravesThe Wanderings of CainFire, Famine, and SlaughterThe Old Man of the AlpsThe Apotheosis, or The Snow-DropFrost at MidnightFrance. An OdeLewti, or the Circassian Love-ChauntTo a Young Lady on her Recovery from a FeverFears in SolitudeThe NightingaleThe Ballad of the Dark LadieKubla Khan: Or, A Vision in a Dream[Lines from a notebook - September 1798][Hexameters:] William, My Teacher, My Friend![Translation of a passage in Ottfried's metrical paraphrase of the Gospel][Fragmentary translation of the Song of Deborah]Catullian HendecasyllablesThe Homeric Hexameter Described and ExemplifiedThe Ovidian Elegiac Metre Described and ExemplifiedOn a CataractTell's Birth-PlaceThe Visit of the GodsOn an Infant which Died before BaptismSomething Childish, but Very NaturalHome-Sick, Written in GermanyThe Virgin's Cradle-HymnLines written in the album at Elbingerode, in the Hartz ForestThe British Stripling's War-SongNamesThe Devil's ThoughtsLines Composed in a Concert-RoomThe Exchange[Paraphase of Psalm 46. Hexameters]Hymn to the Earth. HexametersMahometOde to Georgiana, Duchess of DevonshireA Christmas CarolOn an InsignificantJob's LuckLoveThe Madman and the Lethargist, an ExampleOn a Volunteer SingerTalleyrand to Lord GrenvilleThe Two Round Spaces on the Tomb-StoneThe Mad MonkA Stranger MinstrelInscription for a Seat by the Road Side Half-Way Up a Steep Hill Facing SouthApologia Pro Vita SuaThe Night-Scene: A Dramatic FragmentOn Revisiting the Sea-ShoreInscription for a Fountain on a HeathDrinking versus ThinkingAn Ode to the RainThe Wills of the WispOde to TranquillityA Letter to ___, April 4, 1802. - Sunday EveningDejection: An Ode[A Soliloquy of the full Moon, She being in a Mad Passion]Answer to a Child's QuestionA Day DreamThe Day-DreamTo AsraThe Happy HusbandA Thought Suggested by a View of Saddleback in Cumberland[Untitled]The KeepsakeThe Picture, or the Lover's ResolutionHymn before Sun-Rise, in the Vale of ChamouniThe Good, Great ManThe Knight's TombTo Matilda Betham from a StrangerWestphalian SongThe Pains of Sleep[Lines from a notebook - September 1803][Lines from a notebook - February-March 1804][What is Life?][Lines from a notebook - April 1805][Lines from a notebook - May-June 1805]Phantom[An Angel Visitant]Reason for Love's Blindness[Untitled]Constancy to an Ideal Object[Lines from a notebook - March 1806][Lines from a notebook - June 1806]Farewell to LoveTime, Real and Imaginary[Lines from a notebook - 1806][Lines from a notebook - October-November 1806][Lines from a notebook - 1806][Lines from a notebook - November-December 1806][Lines from a notebook - February 1807][Lines from a notebook - February 1807][Lines from a manuscript - 1807-8][Lines from a notebook - July 1807; includes lines previously published separately as "Coeli enarrant"][Lines from a notebook - January 1808]To William WordsworthMetrical Feet. Lesson for a BoyRecollections of LoveThe Blossoming of the Solitary Date-Tree. A LamentTo Two SistersOn Taking Leave of ___, 1817A Child's Evening PrayerAd Vilmum AxiologumPsyche[Sonnet - translated from Marino][Fragment: "Two wedded Hearts"]A Tombless EpitaphOn a Clock in a Market-PlaceSeparationThe Visionary Hope[Lines from a notebook - March 1810][Lines from a notebook - April-June 1810][Lines from a notebook - May 1810]Epitaph on an Infant[Lines from a notebook - 1811][Fragment of an ode on Napoleon][Lines inscribed on the fly-leaf of Benedetto Menzini's "Poesie" (1782)][Lines from a notebook - May-June 1811][Lines from a notebook - May-July 1811][Lines from a notebook - May 1814?][Lines from a notebook - 1815-16]On Donne's First PoemLimboMolesNe plus ultraThe Suicide's Argument[An Invocation: from "Remorse"]God's Omnipresence, a HymnTo a Lady. With Falconer's "Shipwreck"Human Life, On the Denial of Immortality[Song from "Zapolya"][Hunting Song from "Zapolya"][Faith, Hope, and Charity. From the Italian of Guarini]Fancy in NubibusIsrael's LamentA CharacterLines to a Comic Author, on an Abusive ReviewTo NatureThe Tears of a Grateful PeopleFirst Advent of Love[Reason][Lines from a notebook - 1822]From the GermanThe Reproof and ReplyYouth and AgeDesireThe Delinquent TravellersSong, ex improvisoWork Without HopeThe Two FountsThe Pang More Sharp Than AllSancti Dominici PalliumThe ImprovisatoreLove's Burial-Place: A MadrigalLines Suggested by the Last Words of BerengariusEpitaphium testamentariumDuty Surviving Self-Love[Homeless]SongProfuse KindnessWritten in an AlbumTo Mary PridhamVerses TrivocularWater BalladCologneOn my Joyful Departure from the Same City[The Netherlands]The Garden of BocaccioAlice du Clos: Or The Forked Tongue. A BalladLove, Hope, and Patience in Education[Lines written in commonplace book of Miss Barbour]To Miss A. T.Love and Friendship OppositeNot at HomeW. H. Eheu!Phantom or Fact?Charity in ThoughtHumility the Mother of Charity["Gently I took that which ungently came"]Cholera Cured Before HandLove's Apparition and EvanishmentTo the Young Artist, Kayser of KaserwerthKnow ThyselfMy Baptismal Birth-DayEpitaphAppendices:1. On the Wretched Lot of the Slaves in the Isles of Western India2. [Notebook draft of an essay on punctuation]NotesIndex of TitlesIndex of First Lines
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Penguin Books Ltd The School for Scandal and Other Plays
Book SynopsisThe three plays collected in this volume demonstrate Sheridan''s unerring ability to create unrivalled comedy out of ingenious plots, witty repartee, farcical situations and flamboyant characters. And while he never overtly moralizes, Sheridan uses brilliant comedy to deflate hypocrisy and satirize the manners of his age. In The Rivals, Captain Absolute becomes his own rival for the hand of Lydia Languish - wooing her under another name, while her aunt, the verbally inept Mrs Malaprop, wishes her to marry the real Captain. School for Scandal continues the theme of imposture when Sir Oliver tests his nephews by appearing to them in disguise, and learns that reputation and the approval of society are of little value. And The Critic, featuring the pompous Puff and the arrogant Sneer, is a mocking depiction of the theatre, playwrights and, of course, critics.
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HarperCollins Publishers Henry IV Part I Part II
Book SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.The better part of valour is discretion.'King Henry IV's son, Prince Harry is quick-witted yet idle and irresponsible and lives a roguish existence keeping dubious company. However, when the kingdom is threatened, Prince Harry shows his true worth and heroism and begins a journey of transformation from layabout to noble leader.
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Artbook D.A.P. The Collected Poems of Mary Ellen Solt
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Persians
Book SynopsisThe only surviving play of Aeschylus to be based on a historical eventthe Greek victory at Salamis just a few years before the play was writtenPersians appears in Deborah H. Roberts'' brilliant new verse translation accompanied by her Introduction, Notes, Maps, and Chronology. Also included are newly translated excerpts from Herodotus' Histories that should fascinate any reader of the play.
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