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| Bishop, Elizabeth £12.99 <convert> 
This
is the definitive edition of one of America's greatest poets,
increasingly recognised as one of the greatest English-language
poets of the 20th century, loved by readers and poets alike.
This collection includes her four published volumes, fifty uncollected
works, and translation of Octavio Paz, Max Jacob and others.
Bishop's poems combine humour and sadness, pain and acceptance,
and observe nature and lives in perfect miniaturist close-up.
The themes central to her poetry are geography and landscape
(from New England, where she grew up, to Brazil and Florida
where she later lived), human connection with the natural world,
questions of knowledge and perception, and the ability or inability
of form to control chaos.
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Larkin, Philip; Tolley, A.T. (ed.) £25.00 <convert>
Larkin's Collected Poems has become essential reading on any bookshelf,
covering his four published volumes The North Ship (1945), The
Less Deceived (1955), The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows
(1974). But Larkin was a prolific writer in his youth, and wrote
over two hundred and fifty poems in the years leading up to
his first collection. Drawing on the pamphlets, manuscripts
and workbooks from 1938 to 1946, the Early Poems reveals, for
the first time, the formative writings and literary origins
of this most gifted of poets. | |
| Thomas, Dylan; Mahon, Derek (ed.) £6.99 <convert>
In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet
advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly
admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions,
the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work.
Here, Derek Mahon selects Dylan Thomas.
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Masefield, John £9.95 <convert>
John Masefield (1878-1967) is one of the great storytellers
of English poetry, a spinner of yarns and ballads of tall ships
and exotic seas, of the deep-rooted life of the rural England
in which he grew up, and of the great narratives of Troy and
Arthurian legend. Some included here – ‘Sea-Fever’
and ‘Cargoes’ – are among the best-loved poems
in English; others are little known; a few are hitherto uncollected
rarities. All share Masefield’s love of the particular
lives of seafarers and those who work the land, and his ability
to draw the reader into their stories. This is a representative
anthology of Masefield’s poems, in chronological sequence
spanning his long career. | |
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MacCaig, Norman; McCaig, Ewen (ed.) £25.00 <convert>
MacCaig's
life and poetry was principally divided into two parts, represented
by two locales: his home city of Edinburgh provided contrast
with his holiday home of Assynt, a remote area in North-west
Scotland where he spent much time, especially in the summer
months. The landscape and people of Assynt provided inspirations
for his poetry as well as bringing MacCaig close friendships
and a love for the land.
As he became older, MacCaig's fame spread and he received such
honours as the O.B.E. and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. By the
time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known
widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry. This
book is the third edition of MacCaig's Collected Poems and contains
778 poems, 100 of them previously unpublished.
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Plath, Sylvia £14.99 <convert>
These poems are, in Robert Lowells' words, "events rather
than the record of events, and as such, represent the triumph
of the poet's romantic ambition". This is the fully
restored version of Sylvia Plath's classic text and includes
notes and extra material published for the first time.
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Complete Poems
Early Poems
Dylan Thomas
Sea-Fever. Selected Poems of John Masefield
Poems of Norman MacCaig
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