| Selected Poetry Books - John Donne - This collection of Donne's verse is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition of his major works. It includes a wide selection from his secular and divine poems, while John Carey's introduction and extensive notes provide insights into Donne's poetic genius. |
£6.99 |
| Chinese Love Poetry (Gift Books) (Hardcover) - Selected English translations by respected scholars are each illustrated with a scene from a Chinese painting or print in the collection of the British Museum. Each poem is also illuminated by the artistic brushwork calligraphy of Qu Lei Lei. Further reading and brief biographies of the poets are also provided. |
£3.00 |
| Indian Love Poetry (Gift Books) (Hardcover) - Love is celebrated throughout Indian poetry - mystic love, love between humans and their God as well as passionate or affectionate love between lovers and among family and friends. The literary style and the language itself may be new to some, but the themes are universal throughout time and across cultures. This beautiful gift book collection offers examples of the very best traditional Indian poetry, illustrated with some of the finest and loveliest examples of Indian art in the British Museum's magnificent... <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Indian-Love-Poetry-Gift-Books/dp/0714124370#similarities">Read full description at Amazon.com</a> |
£3.40 |
| Medieval Love Poetry (Gift Books) (Hardcover) - Farewell my joy, and welcome paine, till I see my lady againe. The quest is the essence of medieval romance, whether the search is for the ideal beloved or for the Holy Grail. Love was sometimes the object and sometimes a snare that hindered the completion of the quest. This giftbook combines the two distinct but related themes of love and romance, illustrating original texts with the images of medieval romances (stories of knightly adventures and quests) such as "La Chatelaine de Vergi", "Troilus and Cressida... <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medieval-Love-Poetry-Gift-Books/dp/0714150169#similarities">Read full description at Amazon.com</a> |
£3.40 |
| Persian Love Poetry (Gift Books) (Hardcover) - Love is everywhere in Persian poetry and can be interpreted in various ways: as mystic love, the basis of the relationship between humans and God; as passionate or affectionate love between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children, family and friends; even as patriotic love for Iran. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection offers extracts specially translated... <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Persian-Love-Poetry-Gift-Books/dp/071412429X#similarities">Read full description at Amazon.com</a> |
£3.40 |
| Poetry Jump-Up Books - Grace Nichols - Presents children's poetry filled with life, music and rhythm that brings together the voices of black writers from Britain, Africa, America, Asia and the Caribbean. Including work from Benjamin Zephaniah, Maya Angelou and Zinziswa Mandela, this anthology is compiled by black British writers. |
£4.73 |
| The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry |
£8.49 |
| The Harvill Book of Twentieth-century Poetry in English - A collection of poetry in English by more than 100 20th-century poets. It reveals the seismic shifts and conflicting spirits of the age, from the modified romanticism of the Georgians, to the tragedy of AIDS; from the rage of World War II poets, to the drug-induced poetics of the 1960s. |
£11.49 |
| The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry - There are almost as many definitions and different sorts of love as there are poets. Edited on the assumption that any poem which speaks of one human's desire for another is a qualifying factor, this anthology ranges through time and fashion. This revised and enlarged second edition includes 52 new poems, a high proportion written since the mid 1970s by the likes of Simon Armitage, Wendy Cope, Carol Ann Duffy, James Fenton, Sophie Hannah and Seamus Heaney. |
£8.49 |
| The Usborne Book of Poetry for Children - This is a beautiful treasury of poetry for older children, featuring a selection of work from classic and modern poets including Shakespeare, Byron, Ted Hughes and Wendy Cope, alongside all new original poetry by Sam Taplin. The poems cover many different themes and moods, and are chosen to show children how inspiring, powerful and magical poems can be. It is gorgeously illustrated by Kristina Swarner. It is a fantastic gift for any child to cherish. |
£11.49 |
| The Virago Book of Love Poetry - For centuries women have written about love with passion, humour, frustration and despair; but never before have their voices come together as in this exhilarating and timeless compendium. Here are love poems in all their true, subversive drama, delicately arranged according to a balance of moods and modes: of argument and lyric, joke and passionate utterance, rejection, rage and ecstacy. Poets, well-known and obscure, ancient and modern - from Sappho to Akhamotova,Patti Smith to Selima Hill,... |
£7.49 |
| Magnetic Poetry: Book Lover (Misc. Supplies) |
£8.99 |
| Spanish Poetry: A Dual Language Book (Paperback) - Presents more than two hundred poems by sixteen Spanish and Latin American poets from the Renaissance and baroque periods and the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, in Spanish and in English translations by noted poets. |
£1.20 |
| The Book of Fairy Poetry (Hardcover) |
£1.98 |
| The Faber Book of Landscape Poetry (Hardcover) - This anthology is a celebration of the landscape of both Britain and Ireland, and of the poetry this has inspired throughout seven centuries. |
£16.50 |
| The Faber Book of War Poetry (Paperback) - An anthology of war poetry, edited by the former Home Secretary, Kenneth Baker. The verse surveys warfare through the eyes of poets who have participated in, witnessed, celebrated and deplored it, and ranges from Homer's treatment of the siege of Troy to Tony Harrison's commentary on the Gulf War. |
£16.50 |
| The Forward Book of Poetry (Paperback) - A selection of more than 50 new poems published in Britain and Ireland since this annual book's last edition, including the winning entries for the Forward Poetry Prizes. |
£8.99 |
| The Kingfisher Book of Children's Poetry (Paperback) - An anthology of 250 items which include ballads, limericks, riddles, boasts, nonsense verse and a wide range of other poetry from Britain and overseas. The book is intended for use at home or in the classroom. Michael Rosen also compiled "Mind Your Own Business" and "Wouldn't You Like to Know". |
£5.99 |
| The Lion Book of Christian Poetry (Paperback) - This comprehensive anthology brings together 700 poems by more than 250 poets spanning over 1000 years. It includes a high proportion of contemporary, twentieth century work drawn from around the world and to make it easy to use, it is arranged into nine thematic sections, each of which is further subdivided. The selection majors on accessibility, favouring shorter and simpler work while not neglecting the work of those rightly famous and acclaimed. Here you can find poems to reflect on in a quiet moment, poems... <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lion-Book-Christian-Poetry/dp/074595183X#similarities">Read full description at Amazon.com</a> |
£3.00 |
| The Oxford Book of American Poetry (Hardcover) - 'a good anthology' |
£15.41 |
| The Oxford Book of Children's Poetry (Hardcover) - A definitive collection of children's poetry to treasure forever |
£5.25 |
| The Puffin Book of Utterly Brilliant Poetry |
£3.19 |
| The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry (Paperback) - An anthology representing more than two hundred years of African American creative poetic endeavors features the work of fifty-two poets. |
£1.10 |
| Troy Thompson's Excellent Poetry Book (Paperback) - Troy Thompson's teacher, Ms Kranke, wants her class to write poetry, but troy couldn't care less about peotry - he can't even spell it. Besides, he's far too cool to write poems, until the thought of winning a computer and $500 worth of software persuades him to have a go - and then does he learn fast! |
£4.99 |
| Classical Love Poetry (Gift Books) (Hardcover) - Love is a ubiquitous theme in Classical poetry, from erotic Sappho, to bawdy Ovid, to the high poetics of Virgil. Whether describing unrequited love, the pain of being left behind, or simply how best to impress your girlfriend, the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. This collection takes the best from Classical poetry, with excerpts from Homer, Sappho, Catullus, Virgil, Horace and Ovid, to name but a few, and illustrates them with some of the finest examples of Greek and... <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classical-Love-Poetry-Gift-Books/dp/0714122459#similarities">Read full description at Amazon.com</a> |
£3.40 |
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