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Search Books Please visit the How to Order page to place an order. To search for a book, you can fill in as many or as few of the fields below as you wish. If you are not getting any results, try leaving some of the fields blank. Order Now! BookId: J1-24 Title: Penguin Modern Poets #24 Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler Author: Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch, James Schuyler. Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: This book is new, no marking, writing or name, 215 pages Order Now! BookId: J1-25 Title: Penguin Modern Poets #25 Gavin Ewart, Zulfikar Ghose, B S Johnson Author: Gavin Ewart, Zulfikar Ghose, B.S.Johnson Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: This book is new, no marking, writing or name, 159 pages Order Now! BookId: J1-26 Title: Penguin Modern Poets #26 Dannie Abse, Michael Longley, D J Enright Author: Dannie Abse, Michael Longley, D.J.Enright Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: This book is new, no marking, writing or name, 173 pages Order Now! BookId: J1-27 Title: An anthology of War Poetry Author: Julian Symons Publisher: Pelican Books Price: 12.00 Description: The book is in poor condition but get some of the best poetry ever made because of the War .... A selection of War poems from the 1500 trough the Napoleonic Wars and until the Second World War .... the best poets have been selected .... Too bad , the pelican cover of this book has disappeared and the book is left with the title page as a cover , which is far from perfect; also a loose page with a portrait of the author ....but no page of the poems has been affected. 189 pages of poetry in fair condition .... a good reading or studying copy. Order Now! BookId: J1-29 Title: The Penguin New Writing #21 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 25.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This particular issue from 1944 is in fair/good condition , the cover has been taped back but the inside is clean and easy readable,158 pages ... Some text by R D Marshall, R Westerby, J Sommerfield, B L Coombes, S Spender and more . Order Now! BookId: J1-3 Title: Penguin modern Poems #3 George Barker, Martin Bell, Charles Causley Author: George Barker, Martin Bell, Charles Causley Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: Very good condition,new, 128 pages with index Order Now! BookId: J1-30 Title: The Penguin New Writing # 30 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. this issue is #30 , in very good condition , including some illustrations, and flowers picked up by a botanist to mark some pages .... good condition however , 192 pages , some of the writers : Graham Greene, Boris Pasternak, Henry Reed (Antigone), J. Maclaren-Ross, Tom Hopkinson and more Order Now! BookId: J1-31 Title: The Penguin New Writing Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 25.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This issue is #14 from 1942 . the condition is good for the reading part , the cover has suffered a bit with time, fading and small tears , 140 pages , some interesting pictures again , some of the authors: Christopher Isherwood, C Day Lewis, W H Auden, Yao Hsueh-Yin, Walter Allen (on Aldous Huxley ) and more. Order Now! BookId: J1-32 Title: The Penguin New Writing #23 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This issue from 1945 in in good condition , a bit of fading on the cover and some spots of dirt but very good inside, 175 pages, some color painting illustrations. Some of the writers will be Humphrey Knight, James Stern, Percy Coates, V.S. Pritchett or Philip Toynbee but they are many more.... Order Now! BookId: J1-33 Title: The Penguin New Writing #33 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This particular issue of 1948 is in good condition, clean in and out(except that it got wet and dirty at some time and dried out leaving tracks of its misery)... 160 pages, great choice of art illustrations , some of the new writers : P H Newby, Terence Tiller, Andre Gide, Alan Ross or Antonio Baldini... a great selection. Order Now! BookId: J1-34 Title: The Penguin New Writing #34 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This issue from 1948 is very good in and out, again interesting art illustration including some stage photographs, 160 pages , writers including: Anthony Thorne, Julia Strachey, John Fleming, John Atkins and many more... Order Now! BookId: J1-35 Title: The Penguin New Writing # 25 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This book is in very good condition for a 1945 edition, 192 pages , more writers than usual as well, one page was oversized but nothing wrong ..., some of the writers: Joseph Gurnard, C Day Lewis, Rupert Doone, R H Martin , K B Poole and more . Order Now! BookId: J1-36 Title: The Penguin New Writing #32 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing in Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. In very good condition, 1947, some interesting art and stage pictures , 160 pages , new writings from Edith Sitwell, Nigel Heseltine , Jim Phelan, norman Nicholson, Lawrence Durrell and more . Order Now! BookId: J1-37 Title: The Penguin New Writing #22 Author: John Lehmann Publisher: Penguin Price: 12.00 Description: New Writing was a popular literary periodical in book format founded in 1936 by John Lehmann and committed to anti-fascism. It featured leading poets and writers of the day such as W.H. Auden, V.S. Pritchett, Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wintringham, Stephen Spender, Ahmed Ali,Jim Phelan, Rex Warner, and B. L. Coombes.New Writing also published articles about Mass-Observation by Tom Harrisson. After having been approached by Lehmann to contribute a piece to the periodical, George Orwell developed a "sketch" he had had in mind for some time, and which appeared as "Shooting an Elephant", first published in the second number of the periodical, in Autumn 1936. A second piece by Orwell, "Marrakech", appeared in the Christmas 1939 edition. Penguin New Writing With New Writing's future uncertain, Lehmann wrote New Writing iNn Europe for Pelican Books, a critical summary of the writers of the 1930s. Wintringham reintroduced Lehmann to Allen Lane of Penguin Books, who secured paper for Penguin New Writing, a monthly book-magazine, this time as a paperback, and which survived until 1950. This particular issue from 1944 is missing its cover which explain the price.... otherwise the book is complete , 160 pages , some of the new writing is from: Alan Weir, Harold Acton, Norman Cameron, Peter Yates or Ronald Mason and many more. Order Now! BookId: J1-4 Title: Penguin Modern Poets #4 David Holbrook, Christopher Middleton, David Wevill Author: David Holbrook, Christopher Middleton, David Wevill Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: Very good, as new but past owner name , penguin, 112 pages . Order Now! BookId: J1-40 Title: Twentieth Century Poetry an Anthology chosen by Harold Monro Author: Harold Monro Publisher: Chatto & Windus Price: 40.00 Description: This anthology of 20th century poetry contains poets such as Robert Bridges; Roy Campbell; Richard Church; Robert Graves; Aldous Huxley; Rudyard Kipling; T. S. Eliot; Siegfried Sassoon; W B Yeats etc. The book is in perfect condition , the dust jacket is kept inside for the collector but is in poor condition, .The book is hard cover , green cloth cover , name of author and book title in gold letters on the spine. Very clean book , but name of past owner on the front end paper , and on the back paper a poem has been added by A. Tillotson ... unknown from me , maybea poet as well. Harold Edward Monro was a British poet, the proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop in London which helped many famous poets bring their work before the public. Monro was born in Brussels, but his parents were Scottish. He was educated at Radley and at Caius College, Cambridge. His first collection of poetry was published in 1906. He founded a poetry magazine, The Poetry Review, which was to be very influential. In 1912, he founded the Poetry Bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, publishing new collections at his own expense and rarely making a profit, as well as providing a welcoming environment for readers and poets alike. Several poets, including Wilfred Owen, actually lodged in the rooms above the bookshop. Monro was also closely involved with Edward Marsh in the publication of Georgian Poetry. Although homosexual, he married before World War I, but he and his wife separated and were divorced in 1916. In 1917, he was called up for military service, a very unhappy experience for him. His health soon gave way, and he returned to run the Poetry Bookshop in 1919. He was not a mainstream war poet, but did occasionally write about the subject. In 1920, he married his long-standing assistant, Alida Klementaski. Their relationship seems to have been an intellectual rather than a physical one. Monro continued to suffer from alcoholism, which contributed to his early death. Order Now! BookId: J1-41 Title: Aeschylus in English Verse Author: Lewis Campbell Publisher: Oxford University Press Price: 65.00 Description: This little book from 1925 is an interesting gem with seven plays from Aechylus translated in English by Professor Lewis Campbell of the University St Andrews . for the person who is familiar here are the titles of these plays : The suppliants The Persians Seven against Thebes Agamemnon The Choephorge or libations-Bearers The Eumenides Prometheus bound . If the dust-jacket is a bit tired , being hundred years old, the book itself is in great condition , and there are no markings,writings (except the past owner name) or bad spots in the 278 pages which include the notes ,the cover is darker green with black lettering. as well. Order Now! BookId: J1-42 Title: Cowper Poems Author: William Cowper presented by Eva Hope Publisher: Walter Scott Publishing Price: 40.00 Description: Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Undated hardback edition in the Canterbury Poets series, c. 1900, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, - text bright and clear throughout. Some pencil annotations, 334 pages. William Cowper 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800 was an English poet and Anglican hymn writer. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him "the best modern poet", whilst William Wordsworth particularly admired his poem "Yardley-Oak". After being institutionalised for insanity, Cowper found refuge in a fervent evangelical Christianity. He continued to suffer doubt about his salvation and, after a dream in 1773, believed that he was doomed to eternal damnation. He recovered, and went on to write more religious hymns. His religious sentiment and association with John Newton (who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace") led to much of the poetry for which he is best remembered, and to the series of Olney Hymns. His poem "Light Shining out of Darkness" gave English the phrase: "God moves in a mysterious way/ His wonders to perform." He also wrote a number of anti-slavery poems, and his friendship with Newton, who was an avid anti-slavery campaigner, resulted in Cowper's being asked to write in support of the Abolitionist campaign. Cowper wrote a poem called "The Negro's Complaint" (1788) which rapidly became very famous, and was often quoted by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 20th-century civil rights movement. He also wrote several other less well-known poems on slavery in the 1780s, many of which attacked the idea that slavery was economically viable. Order Now! BookId: J1-43 Title: Meredith Selected poems Author: George Meredith Publisher: Constable & co Price: 40.00 Description: George Meredith OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also took a close interest in social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". He was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. As a poet, Meredith has drawn both praise and criticism for his innovation in metrical and stanzaic forms, along with his unorthodox syntax and metaphors. But his poetry is more varied than many assessments recognize; noting the tendency to overlook the pessimistic poetry Meredith produced after Modern Love and until the 1880s, Arthur L. Simpson explains that "The contrast between the derivative Romanticism of the early poems and the evolutionary naturalism of those published after 1880 is striking", and notes, of Meredith's work in the 1860s and 1870s, that "The tensions and polarities of the poems of this period bear comparison to those in the poetry of the early Tennyson, of Arnold, and of the Hopkins of the terrible sonnets." The book is a hard cover, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Green cloth cover with Meredith name as well as the title in black letters both on the front and the spine. No marking or writing inside , clear, easy to read , 245 pages. Order Now! BookId: J1-44/45 Title: George Meredith Poems vol 1 and 2 Author: George Meredith Publisher: Archibald constable Price: 100.00 Description: George Meredith OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. At first his focus was poetry, influenced by John Keats among others, but he gradually established a reputation as a novelist. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (1859) briefly scandalised Victorian literary circles. Of his later novels, the most enduring is The Egoist (1879), though in his lifetime his greatest success was Diana of the Crossways (1885). His novels were innovative in their attention to characters' psychology, and also took a close interest in social change. His style, in both poetry and prose, was noted for its syntactic complexity; Oscar Wilde likened it to "chaos illumined by brilliant flashes of lightning". He was an encourager of other novelists, as well as an influence on them; among those to benefit were Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times. As a poet, Meredith has drawn both praise and criticism for his innovation in metrical and stanzaic forms, along with his unorthodox syntax and metaphors. But his poetry is more varied than many assessments recognize; noting the tendency to overlook the pessimistic poetry Meredith produced after Modern Love and until the 1880s, Arthur L. Simpson explains that "The contrast between the derivative Romanticism of the early poems and the evolutionary naturalism of those published after 1880 is striking", and notes, of Meredith's work in the 1860s and 1870s, that "The tensions and polarities of the poems of this period bear comparison to those in the poetry of the early Tennyson, of Arnold, and of the Hopkins of the terrible sonnets." The books are in good condition , but the volume 1 is missing the end paper on the front , the spines are solid , no dust jacket , nice burgundy cover with signature of George Meredith on the cover, the spine have the name and the title of the book all in gold letters. Book one has 207 pages, book two has 255 pages ... Book one starts with "Modern Love" and other poems and is followed by some Sonnets, volume 2 has 5 sections , starting With Ballads and Poems of Tragic life, and followed by A reading of Earth , Odes , Verses and Epitaphs. Both volumes are solid, clear and easy to read. a nice addition to your library. Order Now! BookId: J1-46 Title: A Shropshire Lad Author: A.E.Housman Publisher: The Richards Press Price: 45.00 Description: Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman, published in 1896. Selling slowly at first, it then rapidly grew in popularity, particularly among young readers. Composers began setting the poems to music less than ten years after their first appearance, and many parodists have satirised Housman's themes and poetic style. A Shropshire Lad contains several repeated themes. It is not a connected narrative; though the "I" of the poems is in two cases named as Terence (VIII, LXII), the "Shropshire Lad" of the title, he is not to be identified with Housman himself. Not all the poems are in the same voice and there are various kinds of dialogue between the speaker and others, including conversations beyond the grave. The strong combination of emotional feeling, lyricism and folk qualities contributed to the popularity of A Shropshire Lad with composers.[ All but eight poems in the collection have been set to music, and eleven of them in ten or more settings. Among the latter, "Loveliest of trees, the cherry now" (II) has 47 settings and "When I Was One-and-Twenty" (XIII) has 44. It was thus a very popular little book . Only 3 1/2 X 5 inches , a very small book indeed , greenish cover, no dust jacket, solid hard cover with title on both the cover and the spine. name of past owner and 1928 date of ownership... the text is clean and easy to read , 101 pages , a nice and interesting little book with quite a follow-up in literature as well as music. Order Now! BookId: J1-47 Title: Palgrave Golden Treasury Author: Francis Turner Palgrave Publisher: J M Dent / Dutton Price: 30.00 Description: The book was meticulously compiled by poet and scholar Francis Turner Palgrave, in collaboration with Alfred Tennyson, who was then poet laureate. It is arranged chronologically in four books which each celebrate a different era in the evolution of English poetry, from Elizabethan to the 19th century . The Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics is a popular anthology of English poetry, originally selected for publication by Francis Turner Palgrave in 1861. It was considerably revised, with input from Tennyson, about three decades later. Palgrave excluded all poems by poets then still alive. The book continues to be published in regular new editions; still under Palgrave's name. These reproduce Palgrave's selections and notes, but usually include a supplement of more recent poems. Christopher Ricks in 1991 produced a scholarly edition of the original Treasury, along with an account of its evolution from 1861 to 1891, with inclusions and exclusions. Book I (Palgrave) William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling – Richard Barnefield – Thomas Campion – Samuel Daniel – Thomas Dekker – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex – John Donne – Michael Drayton – William Drummond – W. Drummond of Hawthornden – Thomas Heywood – Thomas Lodge – John Lylye – Christopher Marlowe – Thomas Nashe – William Shakespeare – Sir Philip Sidney – Edmund Spenser – The Shepherd Tonie – Joshua Sylvester – John Webster – Sir Thomas Wyatt Book II (Palgrave) Francis Beaumont – Thomas Carew – Abraham Cowley – Richard Crashaw – John Dryden – John Fletcher – William Habington – George Herbert – Robert Herrick – Ben Jonson – Richard Lovelace – Andrew Marvell – John Milton – John Norris of Bemerton – Francis Quarles – Sir Charles Sedley – John Shirley – Sir John Suckling – Henry Vaughan – Edmund Waller – John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester – George Wither – Sir Henry Wotton Book III (Palgrave) Anna Laetitia Barbauld – William Blake – Robert Burns – Henry Carey – Colley Cibber – John Collins – William Collins – William Cowper – Jane Elliott – John Gay – Oliver Goldsmith – Robert Graham of Gartmore – Thomas Gray – Lady A. Lindsay – Joshua Logan – W. J. Mickle – Lady Nairn – Ambrose Philips – Alexander Pope – Matthew Prior – Samuel Rogers – Christopher Smart – James Thomson Book IV (Palgrave) Poems from William Wordsworth's Lucy series. The two titles have been added by Palgrave (see last image below). More of Wordsworth's Lucy poems. Left: page 188 of the Golden Treasury showing Keats's poem with title added by Palgrave; right: page 321 containing footnotes, the first of which acknowledges Palgrave's addition(s). William Blake – Lord Byron – Thomas Campbell – Hartley Coleridge – Samuel Taylor Coleridge – Allan Cunningham – Thomas Hood – John Keats – Charles Lamb – Mary Lamb – H. F. Lyte – Thomas Moore – Percy Bysshe Shelley – Sir Walter Scott – Robert Southey – Charles Wolfe – William Wordsworth A large selection, from which each book edition had more or less content , in this edition 288 poems are listed , a total of 341 pages plus index. The book is in very used condition , and cover has broken on top , name of pas owner , the classic red burgundy with gold decor of the J M dent editions, .... a classic but a bit rough, a good reading book. Order Now! BookId: J1-48 Title: L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas Author: Milton, edited by Tuley Francis Huntington Publisher: Ginn & Co Price: 40.00 Description: Synopsis of L Allegro In particular, L'Allegro celebrates Grace Euphrosyne through the traditional Theocritan pastoral model. The poem is playful and is set within a pastoral scene that allows the main character to connect with folk stories and fairy tales in addition to various comedic plays and performances. Il Penseroso ("the thinker") is a poem by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley. It was presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro, a vision of poetic mirth. The speaker of this reflective ode dispels "vain deluding Joys" from his mind in a ten-line prelude, before invoking "divinest Melancholy" to inspire his future verses. The melancholic mood is idealised by the speaker as a means by which to "attain / To something like prophetic strain," and for the central action of Il Penseroso – which, like L'Allegro, proceeds in couplets of iambic tetrameter – the speaker speculates about the poetic inspiration that would transpire if the imagined goddess of Melancholy he invokes were his Muse. The highly digressive style Milton employs in L'Allegro and Il Penseroso dually precludes any summary of the poems' dramatic action as it renders them interpretively ambiguous to critics. However, it can surely be said that the vision of poetic inspiration offered by the speaker of Il Penseroso is an allegorical exploration of a contemplative paradigm of poetic genre. The book will be in good condition but filled with marking by a younger who must have had a terrible time in school working on it , plenty of scribbles everywhere .... Out of that , the book is solid hard cover, strong spine, dark green cover with title and author's name on the cover. , and was part of The Standard English Classics Collection. 129 pages plus a long introduction of 51 pages. Order Now! BookId: J1-49 Title: The poetical works of John Milton Author: John Milton Publisher: Everyman's library J M dent Price: 60.00 Description: John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. Milton achieved fame and recognition during his lifetime; his celebrated Areopagitica (1644), written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His desire for freedom extended beyond his philosophy and was reflected in his style, which included his introduction of new words (coined from Latin and Ancient Greek) to the English language. He was the first modern writer to employ unrhymed verse outside of the theatre or translations. Milton is described as the "greatest English author" by biographer William Hayley, and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers in the English language", though critical reception has oscillated in the centuries since his death often on account of his republicanism. Samuel Johnson praised Paradise Lost as "a poem which...with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind", though he (a Tory) described Milton's politics as those of an "acrimonious and surly republican". Milton was revered by poets such as William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Thomas Hardy. Phases of Milton's life parallel the major historical and political divisions in Stuart England at the time. In his early years, Milton studied at Christ's College at the University of Cambridge, one of the world's most prestigious universities, and then travelled, wrote poetry mostly for private circulation, and launched a career as pamphleteer and publicist under Charles I's increasingly autocratic rule and Britain's breakdown into constitutional confusion and ultimately civil war. While once considered dangerously radical and heretical, Milton contributed to a seismic shift in accepted public opinions during his life that ultimately elevated him to public office in England. The Restoration of 1660 and his loss of vision later deprived Milton much of his public platform, but he used the period to develop many of his major works. Milton's views developed from extensive reading, travel, and experience that began with his days as a student at Cambridge in the 1620s and continued through the English Civil War, which started in 1642 and continued until 1651. By the time of his death in 1674, Milton was impoverished and on the margins of English intellectual life but famous throughout Europe and unrepentant for political choices that placed him at odds with governing authorities. The book is a Classic Everyman's library book with the standard green cover , title and author's name o the spine in gold letters. in good condition , several parts in the text , Paradise lost and paradise regained, Samson Agonistes, English Poems, Sonnets , Translations (mostly Psalms) , Latin Poems, and Greek Pieces... 554 pages , in excellent condition. Order Now! BookId: j1-5 Title: Penguin Modern Poets #5 Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg Author: Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg Publisher: Penguin Price: 28.00 Description: This book is new, no marking, writing or name, 102 pages Order Now! BookId: J1-50 Title: The longer Poems of William Wordsworth Author: William Wordsworth Publisher: Everyman's library J M Dent Price: 50.00 Description: William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850. The year 1793 saw the first publication of poems by Wordsworth, in the collections An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches. In 1795 he received a legacy of £900 from Raisley Calvert and became able to pursue a career as a poet. It was also in 1795 that he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. The two poets quickly developed a close friendship. For two years from 1795, William and his sister Dorothy lived at Racedown House in Dorset—a property of the Pinney family—to the west of Pilsdon Pen. They walked in the area for about two hours every day, and the nearby hills consoled Dorothy as she pined for the fells of her native Lakeland. She wrote, "We have hills which, seen from a distance almost take the character of mountains, some cultivated nearly to their summits, others in their wild state covered with furze and broom. These delight me the most as they remind me of our native wilds." In 1797, the pair moved to Alfoxton House, Somerset, just a few miles away from Coleridge's home in Nether Stowey. Together Wordsworth and Coleridge (with insights from Dorothy) produced Lyrical Ballads (1798), an important work in the English Romantic movement. The volume gave neither Wordsworth's nor Coleridge's name as author. One of Wordsworth's most famous poems, "Tintern Abbey", was published in this collection, along with Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The second edition, published in 1800, had only Wordsworth listed as the author, and included a preface to the poems. It was augmented significantly in the next edition, published in 1802. In this preface, which some scholars consider a central work of Romantic literary theory, Wordsworth discusses what he sees as the elements of a new type of verse, one that is based on the ordinary language "really used by men" while avoiding the poetic diction of much 18th-century verse. Wordsworth also gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility", and calls his own poems in the book "experimental". A fourth and final edition of Lyrical Ballads was published in 1805. The Borderers Between 1795 and 1797, Wordsworth wrote his only play, The Borderers, a verse tragedy set during the reign of King Henry III of England, when Englishmen in the North Country came into conflict with Scottish border reivers. He attempted to get the play staged in November 1797, but it was rejected by Thomas Harris, the manager of the Covent Garden Theatre, who proclaimed it "impossible that the play should succeed in the representation". The rebuff was not received lightly by Wordsworth and the play was not published until 1842, after substantial revision. Standars Everyman's library book, in greenish hard cover, no dust jacket, name of author and title on the spine in gold letters, good condition .... 688 pages . Order Now! BookId: J1-51 Title: The selected Poetry and prose of Wordsworth Author: William Wordsworth Publisher: Signet Price: 18.00 Description: William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850. The Selected Poetry and Prose of Wordsworth written by William Wordsworth, Geoffrey H. Hartman. Published by Signet Classic in 1970. This item is a Mass Market Paperback edition. This item is Used and is listed as being in Good condition. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used copy but still in readable condition. 448 pages Order Now! BookId: J1-52 Title: Coleridge, selected poems Author: Coleridge, edited by S G Dunn Publisher: Oxford university Press Price: 28.00 Description: Samuel Taylor Coleridge 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834 was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism. Throughout his adult life, Coleridge had crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he had bipolar disorder, which had not been defined during his lifetime. He was physically unhealthy, which may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction. Although experiencing a turbulent career and personal life with a variety of highs and lows, Coleridge's esteem grew after his death, and he became considered one of the most influential figures in English literature. For instance, a 2018 report by the British news agency The Guardian labeled him "a genius" who had progressed into "one of the most renowned English poets." Organizations such as the Church of England celebrate his work during public events such as a "Coleridge Day" in June, with these activities including literary recitals. Coleridge Selected Poems by S G Dunn .... a small hard cover book in perfect condition , republished in 1930 as the first edition was in 1918. The book has 127 pages including notes ... green-beige hard cover with decorative art nouveau or deco illustration... , just q couple of pencil marks otherwise very clean .... Of course it includes "the rime of the Ancient mariner". Order Now! BookId: J1-53 Title: Lyrical Ballads 1798-1805 Wordsworth and Coleridge Author: Wordsworth and Coleridge Publisher: Methuen , London Price: 100.00 Description: In 1798, Coleridge and Wordsworth published a joint volume of poetry, Lyrical Ballads, which proved to be the starting point for the English romantic age. Wordsworth may have contributed more poems, but the real star of the collection was Coleridge's first version of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. It was the longest work and drew more praise and attention than anything else in the volume. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834 was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on William Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking cultures. Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including "suspension of disbelief". He had a major influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson and American transcendentalism. Throughout his adult life, Coleridge had crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he had bipolar disorder, which had not been defined during his lifetime. He was physically unhealthy, which may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction. Although experiencing a turbulent career and personal life with a variety of highs and lows, Coleridge's esteem grew after his death, and he became considered one of the most influential figures in English literature. For instance, a 2018 report by the British news agency The Guardian labeled him "a genius" who had progressed into "one of the most renowned English poets." Organizations such as the Church of England celebrate his work during public events such as a "Coleridge Day" in June, with these activities including literary recitals. William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published by his wife in the year of his death, before which it was generally known as "the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on 23 April 1850. This book is presented with an introduction and notes by George Sampson , and with a frontispiece after two portraits by Coleridge and Wordsworth by Robert Hancock... Hard cover , no dust jacket, the green cover figures four golden hearts in the corners an golden lettering for the title on the spine .It is a very nice older book in perfect condition , name of past owner and a couple of markings with pencil are not damaging this collectible book 392 pages. Order Now! BookId: J1-54 Title: The best Plays of the Old Dramatists Christopher Marlowe Author: Christopher Marlowe, Havelock Ellis Publisher: T Fisher Unwin Price: 55.00 Description: Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593, was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. Marlowe is among the most famous of the Elizabethan playwrights. Based upon the "many imitations" of his play Tamburlaine, modern scholars consider him to have been the foremost dramatist in London in the years just before his mysterious early death. Some scholars also believe that he greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was baptised in the same year as Marlowe and later succeeded him as the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright. Marlowe was the first to achieve critical reputation for his use of blank verse, which became the standard for the era. His plays are distinguished by their overreaching protagonists. Themes found within Marlowe's literary works have been noted as humanistic with realistic emotions, which some scholars find difficult to reconcile with Marlowe's "anti-intellectualism" and his catering to the prurient tastes of his Elizabethan audiences for generous displays of extreme physical violence, cruelty, and bloodshed. Events in Marlowe's life were sometimes as extreme as those found in his plays. Differing sensational reports of Marlowe's death in 1593 abounded after the event and are contested by scholars today owing to a lack of good documentation. There have been many conjectures as to the nature and reason for his death, including a vicious bar-room fight, blasphemous libel against the church, homosexual intrigue, betrayal by another playwright, and espionage from the highest level: the Privy Council of Elizabeth I. An official coroner's account of Marlowe's death was discovered only in 1925, and it did little to persuade all scholars that it told the whole story, nor did it eliminate the uncertainties present in his biography. Six dramas have been attributed to the authorship of Christopher Marlowe either alone or in collaboration with other writers, with varying degrees of evidence. The writing sequence or chronology of these plays is mostly unknown and is offered here with any dates and evidence known. Among the little available information we have, Dido is believed to be the first Marlowe play performed, while it was Tamburlaine that was first to be performed on a regular commercial stage in London in 1587. Believed by many scholars to be Marlowe's greatest success, Tamburlaine was the first English play written in blank verse and, with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, is generally considered the beginning of the mature phase of the Elizabethan theatre. the book is from 1893, an expurgated edition . and with a presentation of Marlowe and three main plays l Tamburlaine, Faust and the jew of Malta , in good condition . part of the Memais series it is a hard cover , no dust jacket, , chocolate color cover with fancy art nouveau decoration , title and author;s name in black letters. 430 pages with notes and appendix. |
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