'A FINE ENGROSSING, SYMPATHETIC STUDY OF SASSOON' - THE TIMESWith two collections of his verse written during the First World War, Siegfried Sassoon established himself as among the greatest of the war poets.
Beyond African Orality offers the first English translation and interpretation of sixty Wolof Ajami poems (Wolof written with an enriched form of the Arabic script) by Serin Mbay Jaxate (c.
This newly selected edition of William Morris's works brings together poetry and prose, lectures, articles, and letters from his life, ordered chronologically, with an introduction highlighting his pressing and prescient writing on matters of the natural and built environment, human and non-human relations, internationalism, migration, and social justice, as well as the wide range of his literary and artistic concerns.
This volume in the 21st Century Oxford Authors series offers readers a generous selection of the poetry upon which Byron's fame depended and his reputation now rests.
Abu Nuwas, the pre-eminent bacchic bard of the classical Arabic canon, was loved and reviled in equal measure for his lyrical celebration of Abbasid Baghdad's dissolute nightlife, his cutting satires of religion and the clergy, and the extraordinary range and virtuosity of his literary talent.
Abu Nuwas, the pre-eminent bacchic bard of the classical Arabic canon, was loved and reviled in equal measure for his lyrical celebration of Abbasid Baghdad's dissolute nightlife, his cutting satires of religion and the clergy, and the extraordinary range and virtuosity of his literary talent.
Despite its small size, epigram attracted some of the best poetic talents of antiquity, exerting a strong influence on Latin literature and continuing to inspire poetic creativity until today.
Despite its small size, epigram attracted some of the best poetic talents of antiquity, exerting a strong influence on Latin literature and continuing to inspire poetic creativity until today.
'A spectacular comeback' Jeremy Noel Tod, Prospect'Siken s signature intensity still throbs between sentences' The Yale ReviewA collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke.
This authoritative edition of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer presents Chaucer's works for a new generation of students, and for a wide range of general readers.
This authoritative edition of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer presents Chaucer's works for a new generation of students, and for a wide range of general readers.
A vital and vivid poetry collection about place, time, illness and recovery'This is a profound, enduring collection' Guardian, Best New PoetryEach of the three sections in Goyle, Chert, Mire focuses on one of the distinctive elements characteristic of the Blackdown Hills a little-known, sparsely populated area straddling the border between Somerset and Devon and in particular the remote springline valley where the author lives.
'I spring from the pages into your arms' Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass stands as one of the most influential and innovative literary works of the last two hundred years.
'I spring from the pages into your arms' Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass stands as one of the most influential and innovative literary works of the last two hundred years.
First published in 1912, "The Bird of Time - Songs of Life, Death & The Spring" is a fantastic collection of beautiful poetry by Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949).
I had the honor of teaching the course "e;Oral Expression Techniques"e; to first-year university students at the University of Shahid Badji Mokhtar in Annaba.
Based on his transcriptions and translations of the music of the most talented of Yoruba musicians, Michael Banjo has brought to life the thoughts and the idiosyncrasies of Yoruba society of southwest Nigeria.
One Flesh, One Bad Costume: Sincerely, anonymonereal is a poetry compilation that primarily targets every introvert who is constantly in a struggle finding a balance between introversion and extroversion.
Songs of the Wild SoulBy Angel SaraSongs of the Wild Soul is a poetic journey into the untamed places of the human heart—the places where love, loneliness, freedom, desire, pain, hope, and self-discovery quietly live.
Songs of the Wild Soul – Part TwoBy Angel SaraSongs of the Wild Soul – Part Two is a poetic journey through love, longing, memory, heartbreak, hope, and the quiet mysteries of the human soul.
100 Days is a collection of one hundred poems, each marked not by sequence but by memory — echoes of thought, heartbeats caught in ink, truths and lies once believed.
Aleiah wrote this book because she wanted to inspire the reader and help people to make the right decisions in their lives and enjoy their lives and be grateful and thankful for whatever God has blessed them with.
