Selected Poems

Selected Poems - Paul Celan

Selected Poems - Paul Celan One of the major twentieth-century European poets, Paul Celan wrote poetry of exceptional linguistic brilliance and intensity drawn from his experiences, particularly of the war years and the loss of his parents in the death camps. In his...

Definice poezie: Selected poems

Poezie je svět, který nelze nakreslit, vyfotografovat nebo zfilmovat. Něco, co se připomene třeba až po dlouhých letech. Poezie je pojmenováním pro to, co člověk sám pojmenovat neumí, ale teprve když je to pojmenované, může o tom začít myslet. Pocity, kteréby si...

Selected Poems

A selection of poetry by one of the great Romantic poets, edited and introduced by Dr Andrew Hodgson.

Selected Poems

One of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous expression of feeling. This volume contains a rich selection from the most creative phase of his life, including extracts...

Curly Verse: Selected Poems - Leunig Michael

A Phone Call from Dalian: Selected Poems of Han Dong (Dong Han,Nicky Harman)(Brožovaná)

In a 1989 interview, Han Dong declared that he wrote poetry for nobody, not even himself. He likens the poet to a roofer: "I write poetry for the constitution of poetry, just as a roofer gives no thought to who lives in the house whose roof he is coveri

Selected Poems of Mallarme, Bilingual edition (Stephane Mallarme,C. F. MacIntyre)(Brožovaná)

The leading poet of French symbolism, Stephane Mallarme has exercised an enormous influence both on French and on English and American avant-garde writers. In this volume C. F. MacIntyre has translated forty-three of his poems, including the "Ouverture" and "Scene"...

Selected Poems

It is hard to imagine how radically the tender songs and simple stories in this collection changed the history of English poetry, but Wordsworth exerted a profound influence on the whole of nineteeth-century culture in Britain and America.

Selected Poems

Gernerally considered among the greatest American poets, Emily Dickinson has been read, studied and admired by generations of literature students and poetry lovers. This modestly priced new edition presents over 100 of her best-known, best-loved poems, reprinted from...

The Raven and Other Selected Poems

This selection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works includes some of his best-known pieces, including the triumphant, gleeful 'The Bells', the tragic ode 'Annabel Lee' and his famous gothic tour de force, 'The Raven'. Some present powerful, nightmarish images of the...

Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

This is the most beautiful and powerful of Milosz's poems from across his writing life. This selection brings together the most beautiful and powerful of Czeslaw Milosz's poems, spanning his writing life. In verses such as 'Cafe' he considers the upheaval, revolutions...

Selected Poems: Blake

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake (1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. Whether describing his own spirituality, the innocence of youth or the corruption...

New and Selected Poems (HOWE MARIE)(Pevná)

Characterized by "a radical simplicity and seriousness of purpose, along with a fearless interest in autobiography and its tragedies and redemptions" (Matthew Zapruder, New York Times Magazine), Marie Howe's poetry transforms penetrating observations of everyday life...

Selected Poems of Oksana Zabuzhko

Clytemnestra plotting her husband's murder, Ophelia criticizing her creator, and a report from Chernobyl all offer the poet occasions for reflections marked by a sophisticated wit and a philosophical probing reminiscent of Wislawa Szymborska or Adam Zagajewski. By...

Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems

Selected Poems: Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara (1926-66) is among the most delightful and radical poets of the twentieth century. He is celebrated for his apparently unpremeditated poems, autobiographical and immediate ('any time, any place'). This is not the whole O'Hara: he may have scribbled poems...

Selected Poems - Linton Kwesi Johnson

Selected Poems - Linton Kwesi Johnson Now including an afterword and new poems by the author and an introduction by Gary YoungePioneering poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has revolutionized English literature with his electrifying fusion of oral verse, Jamaican speech,...

Selected Poems of Lawrence Durrell - Lawrence Durrell

Selected Poems of Lawrence Durrell - Lawrence Durrell In this new selection from the poetry of Lawrence Durrell (the first for thirty years), Peter Porter has drawn on the full range of the published work, from A Private Country (1943) to Vega (1973), and has provided...

The Raven and Other Selected Poems - Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven and Other Selected Poems - Edgar Allan Poe HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘ “…Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.” ’This...

Selected Poems (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,Lawrence Buell)(Brožovaná)

A selection of Longfellow's poetry from the 19th century. Revealing differing tones, styles and themes, these works provide a picture of Longfellow's sense of himself, and his understanding of the true state of the times in which he lived.

Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems

Selected Poems

A completely new selection of poems from the daring and lyrical writer, chosen by James Fenton.

New and Selected Poems, Volume Two

This collection presents 42 new poems--an entire volume in itself--along with works chosen by Oliver from six of the books she has previously published.

100 Selected Poems

E.E. Cummings is without question one of the major poets of this century, and this volume, first published in 1959, is indispensable for every lover of modern lyrical verse. It contains one hundred of Cummings's wittiest and most profound poems, harvested from...

Selected Poems: Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara (1926-66) is among the most delightful and radical poets of the twentieth century. He is celebrated for his apparently unpremeditated poems, autobiographical and immediate ('any time, any place'). This is not the whole O'Hara: he may have scribbled poems...

Keats Selected Poems - John Keats

Keats Selected Poems - John Keats Keats is celebrated as a writer in three forms: lyric verse, narrative verse and letters. All three are represented here in a volume which reprints all the famous odes, a selection os sonnets and other short poems, both versions of...

The Raven and Other Selected Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)(Brožovaná)

This selection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works includes some of his best-known pieces, including the triumphant, gleeful 'The Bells', the tragic ode 'Annabel Lee' and his famous gothic tour de force, 'The Raven'. Some present powerful, nightmarish images of the...

Selected Poems, 1965-1975 - Margaret Atwood

Gathered from Margaret Atwood’s work over the decade of 1965–1975, Selected Poems 1 is a lasting collection from one of our most celebrated contemporary writers.Margaret Atwood’s early poetry garnered widespread critical recognition and helped establish her reputation...

Selected Poems (John Keats)(Pevná)

Keats is celebrated as a writer in three forms: lyric verse, narrative verse and letters. All three are represented here in a volume which reprints all the famous odes, a selection os sonnets and other short poems, both versions of HYPERION, extentsive selections from...

Selected Poems (R S Thomas)(Brožovaná)

RS Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century, but the 270 poems he chose for this definitive selection reveal a wide range of themes and concerns. He was a passionate Welsh patriot, but also an outspoken critic of his countrymen. His...