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This volume is a much-needed new selection of Seamus Heaney's work, taking account of recent volumes and of the author's work as a translator, and offering a more generous choice from previous volum……続きを見る

I can't believe my own sister would come with this thievery and anarchy to my door. Tree and Ree Etienne are laying their mother to rest when an unwelcome arrival at the graveside intrudes on their ……続きを見る

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions f……続きを見る

The first thing I remember is... falling. A young man arrives in a dying city with seashells in his pockets. He doesn't know who he is, or how he got here. He goes by the only name he can think of: ……続きを見る

The First World War holds a unique place in the nation's history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation's hearts. To mark the centenary of the First World War in 2014, the Poet Laurea……続きを見る

Shakespeare's Sonnets is the title of a collection of 154 sonnets accredited to William Shakespeare which cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty and mortality. It was initially publ……続きを見る

The Essay on Man is a philosophical poem, written, characteristically, in heroic couplets. Pope intended it as the centerpiece of a proposed system of ethics to be put forth in poetic form. It is an……続きを見る

L'Allegro (which means "the happy man" in Italian) is invariably paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso ("the pensive man"), which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and t……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll! The Complete 'Alice Stories', Novels, Short-Stories, Poems and Non-Fiction. The Ultimate Collection of Lewis Carroll! - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! Th……続きを見る

The Complete Works of John Keats! The Complete Poems, Drama and Correspondence. The Ultimate Collection of John Keats! - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! John Keats was one of the greatest of ……続きを見る

The popularity of the comic performers of late-Georgian and Regency England and their frequent depiction in portraits, caricatures and prints is beyond dispute, yet until now little has been written……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Thomas Hardy! The Complete Novels, Short Stories, Drama, Poems and Biographies. The Ultimate Collection of Thomas Hardy - In One Beautifully Formatted Volume! Thomas Hardy is a……続きを見る

Poems is a collection of poems about issues we face in life such as the inability to make crucial decisions, our dreams and the journey we make in life that leads us to certain transitions. It also ……続きを見る

A collection of poetry with something for everyone - romance, family, animals, comedy and travel. 続きを見る

When George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, the world lost one of its most well-known authors, a revolutionary who was as renowned for his personality as he was for his humour, humanity, and rebellious t……続きを見る

The inimitable Alan Bennett selects and comments upon six favorite poets and the pleasures of their works   In this candid, thoroughly engaging book, Alan Bennett creates a unique anthology of works……続きを見る

Aju Mukhopadhyay has been awarded some poetry awards from India and abroad. He published eight books of poems in English and two in Bengali. His poems have been published in 24 anthologies including……続きを見る

It's risky work, handlin' men, my lass. For when a woman builds her life on men, either husbands or sons, she builds on summat as sooner or later brings the house down crash on her head - yi, she do……続きを見る

Some poems are better written in flesh . . . After Wall Street and Tahrir Square, after ISIS and the NSA, after Ferguson and Eric Garner: here come the poets. In a downtown poetry slam with a place ……続きを見る

Owain Glyn's Windswept - Poems of Love containing 107 love and heart-felt poems, were inspired by the author's surroundings - the wild coast of Cornwall, UK, a land of legend from King Arthur, and M……続きを見る

This study offers a timely and necessary reassessment of the careers of Ann Yearsley and Hannah More. Making use of newly-discovered letters and poems, Andrews provides a full analysis of the breakd……続きを見る

At first, these extraordinary poems may unsettle and disturb, but the next reading could be one of rapture and astonishment; it all hinges on your point of view. Like the optical illusion of the mai……続きを見る

A personal insight in to the life of John Keats, his thoughts, his friends, where was his life going?... his poetry said it all. He was a hothead, short to temper, but so completely focused on becom……続きを見る

The work of this “eminent, still-wild spirit of Central Europe” (Publishers Weekly) continues to electrify. In The Blue Tower, language is remade with tenderness and abandon: “Rommel was kissing hea……続きを見る

Rita Kelly has been a writer for many years. She was always inspirational and is now inspired. Her writings show varied themes and authority. Thiscollection of poems from the pen of Rita Kelly is on……続きを見る

This unique anthology presents depictions of female figures in a wide range of English verse - narrative, dramatic and lyric, original and translated - from the Middle Ages to the late nineteenth ce……続きを見る

This collection of fifteen essays offers both student and theatergoer a guide to the stage plays, novel, and screenplays of one of the most celebrated British dramatists since Noel Coward. Readers w……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 10 April 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in its day, much of it containing recurring the……続きを見る

Verse dramas by the author of Frankenstein. According to Wikipedia: "Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramati……続きを見る

Willie is a 75 years young, canny Scott's man, funny without realising it. He hails from Greenock (Renfrewshire). He began work at fifteen years old, working in the shipyards as an apprentice joiner……続きを見る