The Smell of Matches
Louisiana State Univ Pr, March 1988. Trade Paperback. More
Poetry
Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics)
Oxford University Press, July 2002. Trade Paperback. Keats's letters have long been regarded as an extraordinary record of poetic development. According to T. S. Eliot, Keats's letters are "the most notable and most important ever written by any English poet." They represent one of the most sustained reflections on the..... More
The Poetical Works of William Blake, Including the unpublished French Revolution, together with the Minor Prophetic Books, and Selections from The Four Zoas, Milton, and Jerusalem (Oxford Standard Authors) BLAKE, William. John Sampson, edited by Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1961
Oxford University Press, 1960. Reprint. Trade Paperback. {4 & 3/4' x 7'} 12mo. Considerable wear to cover. 4 parallel creases right bottom corner of front panel. Other user wear, creasing edgewear & dust staining. One-quarter inch piece torn and hanging on just barely top of spine. Heavily darkened & dust..... More
Orlando Furioso
Indiana University Press, 1969. Paper Back. {5' & 7 & 3/4'} Rubbing to cover. Previous owner's name stamp on verso of front cover, top textblock edge and last page of textblock [349 pages]. More
Songs of Degrees: Essays on Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
University Alabama Press, July 1994. Paper Back. Songs of Degrees brings together 19 related essays on contemporary American poetry and poetics, published as journal articles between 1975 and 1989, by poet and theorist John Taggart. Over the past two decades, Taggart has been a significant intellectual and artistic force for..... More
Looking Out from Death: From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Songs of the Saints of India
Oxford University Press, USA, October 1988. First Thus. Paper Back. The verses of the great poets of north India stand at the fount of the Hindi language, and many would say that they also represent its greatest flowering. In addition to their major religious significance for Hindus, these poems treat..... More
The 64 Sonnets
Paul Dry Books, Inc., March 2004. Trade Paperback. John Keats is among the greatest English poets. (He himself imagined he would be counted so!) For some readers, his odes define the essence of poetry. We also discover in Keats a great composer of sonnets. Here, for the first time published..... More
French symbolist poetry: An anthology (French and English Edition) -- A Midland Book MB 250
Indiana University Press, 1973. First Thus. Paper Back. First Midland edition. Octavo in trade paperback with edgewear. Previous owner's name written in black ballpoint & previous dealer's stamp both on half title page. In French & English, [280 pages]. More
Robert Lowell (The Modern writers series)
Barnes & Noble Books, 1974. Cloth. Octavo. Front free end page has been cut out at hinge. Scars on front and rear pastedown. Previous owner's name in ink on title page. Dark brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering along spine. [166 pages]. More
William Carlos Williams -- University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers No. 24
University of Minnesota Press, January 1967. Reprint. Stapled Pamphlet. Second Printing. Stampled Pamphlet with wear along spine. Two Staples. [47 pages]. More
Medieval English Poetry
Faber & Faber, June 1972. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers and spine mildly worn from handling; Previous owner intials present at half-title; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Poems - Coleridge (Everyman Classics)
Everyman Paperbacks, 1986. Reprint. Trade Paperback. He kissed her forehead as he spake, And Geraldine in maiden wise Casting down her large bright eyes, With blushing cheek and courtesy fine She turned her from Sir Leoline; Softly gathering up her train, That o'er her right arm fell again;. {5' x...... More
John Keats: The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Classics, August 1977. Trade Paperback. The complete poems of an English master Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and..... More
Professing Poetry
Penguin Books, May 1978. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Closed tear at front hinge, repaired w/ scotch tape; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; An excellent reading copy. More
Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse
Yale Nota Bene, February 2001. Paper Back. A survey of the schemes, patterns and forms of English verse. John Hollander illustrates each variation with a self-descriptive example. In this third edition, he adds a section of examples taken from centuries of poetry that exhibit the patterns he has described. Gently..... More
Paradise Lost: Introduction (Cambridge Milton Series for Schools and Colleges)
Cambridge University Press, March 1972. Paper Back. In this, the first introductory volume of the Cambridge Milton for Schools and Colleges, Professor Broadbent, the general editor of the series, presents background and introductory material essential to students for a proper understanding of Paradise Lost. Chapters on mythology, the epic, the..... More
Tossing and Turning
Knopf, May 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing; Signed by author at title page; Tight binding; Clean sturdy purple paper covered boards w/ navy cloth spine; Immaculate gilt letting at front and spine; Approx. 2 inch faint crease present at rear board outer edge; Very mild edge wear..... More
John Donne Selected Poems (Phoenix Poetry)
Orion, January 2010. Reprint. Paper Back. 12mo. Sound. Soiling/dust stain textblock fore-edge. [105 pages]. More
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (Signet Classics)
Signet Book, February 1968. Mass Market PaperBack. Here in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest epic poems in English literature. Each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice, "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism..... More
The Essential Rossetti (Essential Poets)
Ecco Pr, January 1990. Paper Back. More
Personal choice: A poetry anthology
David & Charles, January 1978. Hardcover. Corners bumped; previous owner's name on front free endpaper. More
John Crowe Ransom -- University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers No. 18
University of Minnesota Press, 1967. Reprint. Pamphlet. Octavo laurel green with mild edgewear and sticker residue across front panel. Second printing. Stapled pamphlet (two staples). [48 pages]. More
Stephen Spender: A Literary Life
Oxford University Press, USA, January 2005. Hardcover. One of the leading poets and cultural icons of the 20th century, Stephen Spender was a prominent writer, literary critic, and social commentator--and close friend of some of the best-know creative talents of his day. Now, in this penetrating biography, John Sutherland paints..... More
Cambridge Introduction to T. S. Eliot
Cambridge University Press, October 2006. Paper Back. T. S. Eliot is not only one of the most important poets of the twentieth century; as literary critic and commentator on culture and society, his writing continues to be profoundly influential. Every student of English must engage with his writing to understand..... More
