Poetry volume

Author: Various                                                                                             Publisher: Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Rhodes University (1981) Condition: Very good, if you would like a full condition description, email us. Binding: Softcover Pages: 33 Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.5 x 0.3 cm +++ by Various +++ New Coin Poetry (Volume 17 1981) by Various Poets.

Poetry Movement Volume ll A poetry anthology. Author     Bhekumuzi Kubheka ISBN     Format     Paperback Pages

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days ""One of the virtues of good poetry is the fact that it irritates the mediocre."" Theodore Roethke was one of the most famous and outspoken poets and poetry teachers this country has ever known. In this volume of selected prose, Roethke articulates his commitments to imaginative possibilities, offers tender advice to young writers, and zings darts at stuffed shirts, lightweights and fools. ""Art is our defense against hysteria and death."" With the assistance of Roethke's widow, this volume has been edited to include the finest selections from out of print collections of prose and journal entries. Focused on the making and teaching of poetry, "On Poetry and Craft" will be prized in the classroom-and outrageous Roethke quotes will once again pepper our conversations. ""You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is."" Theodore Roethke was of an illustrious generation of poets which included Sexton, Plath, Lowell, Berryman, and like them he received nearly every major award in poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize and twice the National Book Award. In spite of his fame, he remained a legendary teacher, known for the care and attention he gave to his students, poets such as James Wright, Carolyn Kizer, Tess Gallagher, and Richard Hugo. Roethke died on August 1, 1963, while swimming in a friend's pool. ""But before I'm reduced to an absolute pulp by my own ambivalence, I must say goodbye. The old lion perisheth. Nymphs, I wish you the swoops of many fish. May your search for the abiding be forever furious."" On Poetry and Craft I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words. The poem, even a short time after being written, seems no miracle; unwritten, it seems something beyond the capacity of the gods. We can't escape what we are, and I'm afraid many of my notions about verse (I haven't too many) have been conditioned by the fact that for nearly 25 years I've been trying to teach the young something about the nature of verse by writing it--and that with very little formal knowledge of the subject or previous instruction. So it's going to be lik Features Summary Roethke's prose teems with fierce intelligence and outrageous quoteable quotes. Author Theodore Roethke (Author), Carolyn Kizer (Foreword by) Publisher Copper Canyon Press Release date 20010401 Pages 210 ISBN 1-55659-156-X ISBN 13 978-1-55659-156-3

A collection of illustrated poems selected especially to introduce top infant-age children to a range of poetic styles. The volume is for six- to seven-year-olds, and includes a variety of poems with settings that will be familiar to children of that age, poems by significant children's poets and fun humorous poems using language play.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Alden Nowlan, one of Canada's finest and most influential poets, died in 1983. He leaves a rich legacy of poetry that is accessible yet profound, and that speaks to people's lives with wry observation and keen insight. For Nowlan fans and new readers alike, award-winning poets Lorna Crozier and Patrick Lane help to review and recontextualize Nowlan's place in twentieth-century Canadian poetry. With these selected poems, Lane and Crozier's choices reflect the recurring themes that illuminate Nowlan's work. This new volume is truly the best of Alden Nowlan's poetry, and above all is a tribute to a poet who deserves to be treasured for all time. Features Summary "(Nowlan's) work is the work of a brave man... his details are fantastically clear. His clear direct language is no transformative--it's not about one thing changing another--but a descriptive language... Author Alden Nowlan (Author), Lorna Crozier (Volume editor), Patrick Lane (Volume editor) Publisher House of Anansi Press Ltd,Canada Release date 19950831 Pages 176 ISBN 0-88784-573-8 ISBN 13 978-0-88784-573-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Poetry. "RETURNING A BORROWED TONGUE is a necessary addition to our rich Asian American canon. It is an exciting tapestry of Filipino American poets from all walks of life - from the urban centers to lush rural settings; from the veteran activist generation to fresh young poets now blossoming from universities..This volume should be an inspiring read for both poetry students and ethnic students alike" -Marilyn Chin, author of THE PHOENIX GONE, THE TERRACE EMPTY. Features Summary Poets from both sides of the Pacific join together for the first time in this 50th anniversary anthology. Author Nick Carbo Publisher Coffee House Press Release date 19960401 Pages 254 ISBN 1-56689-043-8 ISBN 13 978-1-56689-043-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 20 - 25 working days Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appeared in print except in their original editions. Included are: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass", "Sylvie and Bruno", "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", "The Hunting of the Snark" and all of the poetry, essays and phantasmagoria along with a substantial collection of his miscellaneous writings. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories" is part of "Barnes & Noble"'s series of quality leatherbound volumes. Each title in the series presents a classic work in an attractively designed edition bound in genuine bonded leather, with beautiful illustrations and breathtaking endpapers. These books make elegant additions to any home library. Features Summary Includes such stories as - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass", "Sylvie and Bruno", "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", "The Hunting of the Snark" and the poetry... Author Lewis Carroll (Author), John Tenniel (Illustrator) Publisher Barnes & Noble Books Release date 20101101 Pages 1165 ISBN 1-4351-2294-1 ISBN 13 978-1-4351-2294-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Weissbort's intention was to end his tenure with the series "Modern Poetry in Translation "with an issue devoted, in part, to Eastern Europe, as the first book in the MPT series (1965) was largely devoted to this region or, more precisely, to the first post-War generation of poets, such as Zbigniew Herbert, Miroslav Holub, and Vasko Popa. In this most recent volume of "MPT," Weissbort explores the changed landscape of the past thirty years, including interviews with writers of succeeding generations and a few survivors from the Herbert generation. Other features of "Looking Eastward "include a broad selection of MPT cofounder Ted Hughes' unpublished translations from various languages and time periods, and a selection of work from student translators. Features Summary Poetry from Eastern Europe, the Subcontinent, China, and Hughes. Author Daniel Weissbort Publisher MPT Books Release date 20030724 Pages 280 ISBN 0-9533824-9-4 ISBN 13 978-0-9533824-9-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations, including his masterpieces 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin' and 'The Captain's Daughter'. Features Summary Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories... Author Alexander Pushkin (Author), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator), Richard Pevear (Translator) Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20171207 Pages 512 ISBN 0-241-29037-6 ISBN 13 978-0-241-29037-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Rita Dove's Collected Poems: 1974-2004 showcases the wide-ranging diversity that earned her a Pulitzer Prize, the position of US poet laureate, a National Humanities Medal and a National Medal of Art. Gathering thirty years and seven books, this volume compiles Dove's reflections on adolescence in The Yellow House on the Corner and her irreverent musings in Museum. She sets the moving love story of Thomas and Beulah against the backdrop of war, industrialisation and the civil right struggles. The multifaceted gems of Grace Notes, the reinvention of Greek myth in the sonnets of Mother Love, the troubling rapids of recent history in On the Bus with Rosa Parks and the homage to America's kaleidoscopic cultural heritage in American Smooth all celebrate Dove's mastery of narrative context with lyrical finesse. Features Summary Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language in one unabridged volume. Author Rita Dove Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc Release date 20160507 Pages 432 ISBN 0-393-28594-4 ISBN 13 978-0-393-28594-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare, whose plays still rank as the greatest dramas ever produced in the English language four centuries after they were written. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays in a beautiful edition. This volume also features Shakespeare's complete poetry, including the sonnets. With this beautiful edition, you can enjoy Shakespeare's enduring literary legacy again and again. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare is one of Barnes & Noble's Leatherbound Editions. Each volume presents classic works by the world's best-loved authors in a beautifully designed edition bound in bonded leather. The attractive covers are embossed with colourful foils and the books have many special details including decorative endpapers, gilded edges, and ribbon markers. Elegant and affordable, these volumes are cornerstones for any home library. Features Summary Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare... Author William Shakespeare Publisher Barnes & Noble Books Release date 20151001 Pages 1280 ISBN 1-4351-5447-9 ISBN 13 978-1-4351-5447-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Adrian Plass has been delighting readers with his poetry for over twenty-five years, and this book finally brings it all together in one volume. As he says, 'To have them all, good, not so good, simple, complicated, light-hearted, funny, serious, sensible and silly collected into one volume is more exciting than I can say.' Funny, poignant, challenging and downright hysterical - these poems will delight readers. Some were born from times of incredible personal difficulty. Others have come from his visits to dangerous and poor parts of the world. Others come from his love affair with the Church. All of them reflect the man, his faith, his life and his joy Features Summary Collects poems that reflect the author, his faith, his life and his joy. Author Adrian Plass Publisher Authentic Media Release date 20100701 Pages 294 ISBN 1-85078-876-6 ISBN 13 978-1-85078-876-8

EXCELLENT CONDITION!!! Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun. Each volume addressed different subjects, including literature — such as short stories and poetry, including fairy tales and nursery rhymes — as well as mathematics and the sciences. Starting out as seven volumes in the late s, the series was re-issued in a new edition every few years, sometimes incorporating new volumes and re-arranging existing ones. It grew to 15 volumes in the s, and remained there, though further changes were made in later editions.

Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun. Each volume addressed different subjects, including literature — such as short stories and poetry, including fairy tales and nursery rhymes — as well as mathematics and the sciences.

Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun. Each volume addressed different subjects, including literature — such as short stories and poetry, including fairy tales and nursery rhymes — as well as mathematics and the sciences. 2 additional volumes, atlas and dictionary, and parents' guide

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) This mesmerising, macabre collection contains Edgar Allan Poe's best-known poetry, including 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee' and 'Lenore', and a selection of his very best stories, along with his finest tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems explore the familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession and love, but this volume also contains many overlooked tales of the fantastic, black comedies, parodies and hoaxes, such as 'The Unparalleled Adventure of Hans Pfaall', 'Mesmeric Revolution', 'Hop-Frog', and 'The Imp of the Perverse'. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by David Pinching. Designed to appeal to the booklover, Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound hardback gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Format:Hardback Pages:480

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "Sarah Lindsay is blessed with the sort of X-ray vision a philosopher would kill for."-"The New York Times Book Review" Quirky, macabre, vivid, and fascinating, Sarah Lindsay's poetry in "Twigs and Knucklebones "melds science and art with astonishing facts that might just be true: spadefoot toads singing till their throats bleed, an explorer tumbling into an Antarctic crevasse and swinging from his tether like a pendulum. Many of Lindsay's poems occur "in extremis," and the situations are often severe and surreal: the futuristic "Valhalla Burn Unit on the Moon Callisto" or a bog person discovered in Eske's Field. These characters often span-in the space of a poem-various times, cultures, and contexts. Lindsay also creates her own fictional kingdom and peoples it with outlandish characters, including jerboas, megalomaniac archaeologists, an adjunct professor, goatherds, farmers, and the god Nummis, who is depicted with a "hawk on his head, fish in one hand, horned ibex at either side." "We prod and whisk and deduce what we can from marks in clay, from the trace of a wall. But the way the king tossed and caught his adoring daughters, the foolish songs he improvised for his wife, and his furry voice- these have been safely forgotten." Sarah Lindsay is the author of two previous books of poems. Her debut volume was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in North Carolina. Features Summary "Lindsay's poems open doors to other worlds and other ways of seeing."--New York Times Author Sarah Lindsay Publisher Perseus Books Group Release date 20081001 Pages 80 ISBN 1-55659-164-0 ISBN 13 978-1-55659-164-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Designed as a companion volume to the enormously successful 100 Poems by 100 Poets and arranged alphabetically, this collection spans centuries and continents. The poets range from Anna Akhmatova to Yuan Chen, from Charles Baudelaire to Virgil, each of them translated into memorable English by such poetic luminaries as Ben Johnson, Elizabeth Bishop, and Robert Graves. Full of surprising juxtapositions and possessed of a gargantuan range of voices and styles, 99 Poems in Translation is a unique convergence of some of the world's most beautiful poetry. Features Summary Straddling a wide range of styles, cultures, and time periods, this title gathers the works of such poets as Anna Akhmatora, Charles Baudelaire, Ovid... Author Harold Pinter (Author), Anthony Astbury (Author), Geoffrey Godbert (Author) Publisher Avalon Travel Publishing Release date 19970207 Pages 149 ISBN 0-8021-3489-0 ISBN 13 978-0-8021-3489-9

This is a redesigned second printing of Seitlhamo Motsapi's acclaimed Earthstepper/The Ocean is Very Shallow, first published in 1996. "A very far cry from official New South African pietistic discourse of reconciliation, this collection brilliantly fuses pan-Africanist militancy, romantic spirituality, and scathing attack on neo-colonialism in its global and local forms. The political urgency is never compromised by empty rhetorical posturing or aesthetic banality: this is a rich, experimental poetry, raining down fresh imagery, complex conceits, carefully patterned to produce a volume of striking originality and stylistic rigour." -- Laura Chrisman, New Coin Title: earthstepper/the ocean is very shallow Author: Seitlhamo Motsapi Publisher: Deep South Paperback, 85pages ISBN: 9780958454223  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In this sharply innovative collection, renowned poet Fred Chappell layers words and images to create a new and dramatic poetic form -- the poem-within-a-poem. Like the shadow box in the volume's title, each piece consists of an inner world contained, framed, supported by an outer -- the two interdependent, sometimes supplementary, often contrary. For example, the grim but gorgeous "The Caretakers" is a landscape that reveals another image inside it. Chappell also introduces sonnets in which the sestet nests within the octet. Play serves as an important component, but the poems do not depend upon gamesmanship or verbal strategems. Instead, they delicately or wittily trace human feelings, respond somberly to the news of the world, and rejoice in humankind's plentiful variety of attitudes and beliefs. Just as an x-ray can show the inner structure of a physical object, so the techniques in Shadow Box display the internal energies of the separate works. With this new form -- the "enclosed" or "embedded" or "inlaid" poem -- Chappell broadens the expressive possibilities of formal poetry, intrigues the imagination in an entirely new way, and offers surprise and revelation in sudden flashes. At once revolutionary and traditional, Shadow Box contains an Aladdin's trove of surprises. Features Summary The two-for-the-price-of-one poems in Shadow Boxpoems enclosed, or embedded, or inlaid within poems--comprise a new and dramatic verse form by one of Americas most respected poets... Author Fred Chappell Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20090701 Pages 81 ISBN 0-8071-3453-8 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3453-5

Editor: Patrick Chabal with with Moema Parente Augel, David Brookshaw, Ana Mafalda Leite and Caroline Shaw Publisher: Witswatersrand University Press (1996) ISBN-10: 1868142965 ISBN-13: 9781868142965 Condition: Very Good. Light wear to cover, edges and corners. Binding: Softcover Pages: 314 Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 2.5 cm +++ by Patrick Chabal +++ This volume examines the Portuguese and Creole languages of the five African Portuguese-speaking countries: Angola; Cape Verde; Guinea-Bissau; Mozambique; and Seo Tome and Principe. The introduction explores the cultural and historical context within which the literature of these five countries was written. It is followed by detailed discussion of, and extensive quotations from, the prose and poetry published by these writers since independence.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours A Beautiful Composition of Broken is inspired by some of the events expressed artistically by Samantha King in the bestseller Born to Love, Cursed to Feel. It serves as a poetic documentary of the lives of people who have been mistreated, misunderstood, and wrongfully labeled in a way that limits them in this world. The author's most personal volume yet, A Beautiful Composition of Broken builds a conceptual bridge between r.h. Sin's earliest work and his forthcoming series, Planting Gardens in Graves. Features Summary r.h. Sin, bestselling author of the Whiskey, Words & a Shovel series, returns with a collection of poetry and prose meant to remind the wounded that they are... Author R H Sin Publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing Release date 20180215 Pages 475 ISBN 1-4494-9016-6 ISBN 13 978-1-4494-9016-4

 Second Edition. Verlag von Carl Krabbe, Stuttgart. 1897   German pocket volume of poetry of Friedrich Schiller. Half-blue cloth binding With gilt border cloth is scuffed and wearing through in places, printed paper boards scuffed with some edge chipping, gilt lettering & decorated banded spine and gilt lyre motif on front, book block red stained edges, printed end papers, pages tanning slightly with some finger marks, Gothic type.