British & Irish 65

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer i……続きを見る

Geoffrey Chaucer is rightly regarded as the Father of English Literature. His observant wit, his narrative skill and characterization, his linguistic invention, have been a well from which the langu……続きを見る

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem written by Lord Byron. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and……続きを見る

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF MARY SHELLEY! ALL THE NOVELS, SHORT STORIES TRAVEL NARRATIVES, POEMS, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND NON-FICTION Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is one of the most famous works of fic……続きを見る

In this work, first published in 1953, C. Day Lewis, former Professor of Poetry at Oxford, chooses a form that enables his various gifts to be displayed to advantage and to sustain rapt interest in ……続きを見る

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was born on July 23rd 1823 at Woodford in Essex. Although he is still relatively unknown his stature as a Victorian Poet continues to increase. After some uneven su……続きを見る

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, was born on the 6th of August 1809 and was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and still remains a popular poet thro……続きを見る

Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Scottish canon to be placed alongside Burns for your poems is high praise indeed but its a rightful place for one of Scotlands finest novelists. Born in 1850 he manag……続きを見る

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights - a mixture of established and emerging writers - this National Theatre Connections anthology is published to coincide with the 2015 festival, wh……続きを見る

This book offers simple poetry,Think how exciting it would be to discover a book that told all about love, suffering, distance, un-communicated feelings of your heart and brain, or any senses you mi……続きを見る

A highly readable, provocative, and comical short-lined verse meditation on life and living, "An Actor's Prologue" is fun to read alone or aloud with people who want to consider what it means to act……続きを見る

From the last twenty years, here, for the first time, is a body of poetry from the artist known as Calactus. From romantic poetry, to dreams translated into Surrealist writing, to everyday reflectio……続きを見る

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A collection of poems about the feelings of emotions involved in a relationship and the effects on our outlook on life. 続きを見る

Four Poems about life events - light hearted and fun - or observational and topical. 続きを見る

In 1796, William Hayley named John Milton the greatest English author, high praise considering Milton (1608-1674) lived during the Age of Shakespeare. Regardless of whether Milton is truly the great……続きを見る

This play has been adapted from the four 'Sleezy the Fox' stories, which were recorded in the early 1990s for the original purpose of radio transmission. The prominent theme of the story is one of '……続きを見る

Lady Augusta Gregory (15 March 1852 22 May 1932), was an Irish dramatist and folklorist. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre……続きを見る

William Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest writer in the history of the English language, so renowned and respected that the time period in which he lived is often known as the Age of Sha……続きを見る

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most well known writers of the 20th century, chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, a……続きを見る

A collection of poems written over the course of many years about character from the days of nobility and chivalry and notes on how each poem started life. 続きを見る

Full Length Play, written and premiered in 2013. The play, with a cast of four (2M, 2F) follows the relationships, experiences and pressures of three workhouse inmates and a contentious new arrival ……続きを見る

After the interest created by his recently published ebook The Onion Peeler,as promised is the first of two volumes of what the author describes as street poetry,after the style of that great Austra……続きを見る

John Beresford presents the first volume of his poetry, covering topics as diverse as office boredom, a return visit to first school, the imagined thoughts of a moonlit tree and what makes a true fr……続きを見る

I'm a writer first, poet last; I've written some stinkers in the past; I don't compose like others do; I write for me as well as you; So here's volume four, alas. 続きを見る

A unique collection of poems that are sometimes comical, sometimes satirical, sometimes lyrical, sometimes personal, and sometimes (perish the thought!) political – and sometimes all of these togeth……続きを見る

a collection of poems at the heart of which lies the observation that it is the small things in life - set-backs as well as pleasures - which define us as human beings, and that an appreciation of t……続きを見る

'The Voice that Betrayed' contains eighty poems written by Dominic Lyne between 2011 and 2013. Focusing on subjects such as the breakdown of a relationship and drug abuse, this collection of poems c……続きを見る