Looking Out from Death: From the Cultural Revolution to Tiananmen Square
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 1990. Trade Paperback. More
Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 1990. Trade Paperback. More
W W Norton & Co (Sd), February 1972. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo paperback with mild edgewear. Previous reader's name written in ink half title page. Complete number string. [179 pages]. More
Penguin Classics, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne (1572-1631) was also among the most intriguing figures of the Elizabethan age. A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became..... More
Lb May & Assoc Inc, April 1999. Trade Paperback. Edited with an Introduction, Chronology, Notes, Bibliography and Glossary by Roy Booth, Royal Holloway College, University of London. John Donne (1572-1631) is a poet of concerted emotional and intellectual force, whose strenuously original approach to the subject matter, diction and form..... More
W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1991. Trade Paperback. An annotated collection of Donne's most significant work, including five elegies, four satires, six verse letters, four divine poems and the text of all poems from the first 17th-century edition of his verse, originally published in 1633. Previous owner's name..... More
Columbia University Press, October 1984. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Previous owner initials present at half-title; Text free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Mercier Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. covertaped along top across spine; significant shelf wear; yellowing of pages; fine reading copy. More
St. Martin's, 1966. Hardcover. More
Yale University Press, September 2002. Trade Paperback. When Denis Donoghue left Warrenpoint and went to Dublin in September 1946, he entered University College as a student of Latin and English. A few months later he also started as a student of lieder at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. These..... More
Hill and Wang, January 1968. Trade Paperback. 1968 edition. Shelf wear and rubbing on the cover as befits its age. A four inch light crease line on the back cover. Previous owner's name on the half title page. Text pages very clean and unmarked. More
Harpercollins, October 1995. Trade Paperback. The poignant, accomplished new collection of poetry from the author of My Alexandria--1993 winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award, 1993 National Book Award Finalist. More
W. W. Norton & Company, January 1963. Paper Back. Minor cover wear. Previous owner's name. More
September 1993. Trade Paperback. Brought together for the first time in one volume are the astonishing poems of the nation's new Poet Laureate--the youngest poet so named, as well as the first African-American chosen for the position. Contains The Yellow House on the Corner, Museum, and Thomas and Beulah, winner..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, September 2010. Trade Paperback. The son of a white woman and an "African Prince," George Polgreen Bridgetower (1780-1860) travels to Vienna to meet "bad-boy" genius Ludwig van Beethoven. The great composer's subsequent sonata is originally dedicated to the young mulatto, but George, exuberant with acclaim..... More
Arco, 1969. Paper Back. Octavo. Darkened spine. Previous owner's name in ink on title page. [159 pages]. More
Penguin Uk, June 1999. Paper Back. This is an A-level revision guide giving a critical approach to W.B. Yeats, which is largely based on the Macmillan W.B. Yeats' Selected Poems. The author places the poetry of W.B. Yeats in the context of his mythological learning and evolviong metaphysical philosophy as..... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, June 2015. Paper Back. The most indispensable poems of Brazil's greatest poet Brazil, according to no less an observer than Elizabeth Bishop, is a place where poets hold a place of honor. "Among men, the name of 'poet' is sometimes used as a compliment or term..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, June 1994. Trade Paperback. John Dryden was the most illustrious poet of his day; the publication of his Works of Virgil was nothing less than a national event. He was in the public eye for some forty years, holding positions at court for a long period..... More
Macmillan, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover boards with a cloth spine. Foxing on the boards. Corner and edge wear. Light bumps and fading at the ends of the spine. Non authorial dedication on the front free endpaper. First printing of this author's first book. More
W W Norton & Co Inc. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First edition paperback. Complete number string. Clean, bright & sound. [146 pages]. More
Seven Stories Press, November 2001. Hardcover. Poems Seven: New and Complete Poetry, the winner of the National Book Award, presents the life work of a giant of American letters, tracks a forty-year career of honest, tough artistry, and shows a man at nearly 80 years of age and still at..... More
Ecco Pr, December 1990. Paper Back. 12mo. Foxing. Clean text. Remainder mark bottom edge. Damp stain. More
University of Oklahoma Press, February 1970. Paper Back. Octavo. Scar upper right corner of front cover. Spine tanned. Previous owner's name in ink on half title page. [209 pages]. More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, November 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. In a city like that one might sail through life led by a runaway hat. The young scattered in whatever directions their wild hair pointed and, gusting into one another, they fell in love. --from "Windy City" In his second book..... More