The fourth volume of Frederic Raphael's notebooks, Ticks and Crosses covers the years 1976 to 1978 with the sharp wit and provocative intelligence for which the earlier books were acclaimed. Raphael o
This is a book of two complementary halves. The first half, Grimspound, is a four-part work, part prose, part poetry, that distills ten years of writing on site at the Bronze Age compound on Dartmoor
A collection of Lynette Roberts’s prose, this assortment relates her life in rural south Wales during World War II, offering insight into a fascinating period of history and showcasing how ordi
A clear, modern translation?of two vital works of Greek mythology, this?collection presents?The Theogony, telling the story of how the gods of Ancient Greece established control over the cosmos, and W
Comic invention and an unrestrained sense of the absurd are explored in this collection of one of England's best-loved poets. Adored by generations of nonsense-loving children and treasured by adults
Ned Denny’s Unearthly Toys are treacherous playthings, as rigorously structured as they are thematically unsettling, a "rhapsody of rags gathered from several dung-hills, excrements of auth
There are two kinds of Collected Poems, one of which presents an author’s work exactly as it first appeared volume-by-volume. This is the other sort. Neil Powell has re-examined his poems of the past
This book is the only single-volume anthology in English that fully represents the scope of Mayakovsky’s artistic work. It includes new translations of his major lyrics, as well as versions of several
Spotlighting a unique essay in Romantic autobiography, this collection of Hazlitt’s works center around the painfully candid memoir of unrequited love?"Liber Amoris." Coupled with a wealth of related
"Demonstrating the full range and achievement of Anthony Burgess’s poetry and verse, this collection contains extracts from his translations of the librettos of Carmen, Oberon, and others; of verse d
Arcimboldo’s famous seventeenth-century Mannerist portraits, in which the sitter’s face is composed of vegetables and fruit, suggest how – in subordinating a mixture of elements into
Pulling the best poems from various points in his early and later life, this collection celebrates previously published poems and offers new autobiographical pieces that explore the
The first volume of Frederic Raphael's journals, Personal Terms, was greeted in the TLS as 'a minor masterpiece'. With the publication of Cuts and Bruises, the third volume, the sequence unfolds into
For critics like John Ruskin and Walter Pater, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1892) was one of the great creative figures of the day, a painter and a poet of major stature. Yeats and the young Pound reg
Presenting new poems by the adventurous, contemporary?British poet Tom Raworth, this collection illuminates the complexity of thought and style present throughout his verse. Noteworthy?for their confl
From frozen January to the long hot days of harvest, from the bursting sweetbriar leaves of March to Christmas plum cake and elderberry wine - John Clare's Shepherd's Calendar brings the country year
Wild and Wounded collects Michael Hamburger's shorter poems since Intersections(2000). It is published to mark the 80th birthday of one of Britain's leading poets of the last half-century. The dominan
The virtuosity and high spirits of Sophie Hannah's poems are unusual at any time of day. She handles rhymed metrical forms with wily insouciance and passes the 'memorability test' with flying colors.
From the winner of the Betty Trask Award and the Premio Ciampi International Prize for Poetry comes a collection which explores a 1960s Catholic upbringing in Cork, Ireland, set against the backdrop o
Padraic Fallon created many radio plays during the 1950s, a time that is now recognised as the medium's golden age. These three plays, published for the first time - The Vision of Mac Conglinne (1953)
In Love in Another Language Dick Davis is shown to be the outstanding formal poet of his generation, a master of rhyme and metre, a poet worthy of keeping company with the best lyric writers in our tr
Lauded as a 'national treasure' and 'world class' by his contemporaries, 'Bard of Barnsley' Ian McMillan is one of Britain's well-loved poets, performers, broadcasters and entertainers. The host of Th
Two literary criticism pieces that have shaped approaches to teaching poetry since the 1950s are now available in one volume with a new foreword. Providing a brilliantly detailed analysis of the worki
Walt Whitman (1819-92) is the authentic voice of democratic America. After a childhood in Brooklyn, he spent many years in and around Manhattan and Washington, where he witnessed troops returning from
This contemporary edition makes available two of Graves's pieces of non-fiction that haave not been widely available since their original printing during the 1940s. In addition to the original text, t
Joyful, elegiac, and immediate, these lyric and often celebratory poems engage personal and natural history, nation-states and mental states, violence, religion, and poetry itself. An ecologically foc
Exploring the everyday relationships of common people, this collection of portraits and commentary highlights the dichotomies between husbands and wives, actors and directors, a poet and his landscape
Revisiting familiar spots and considering life’s ironies, Allen Curnow’s collection of verse reviews the chances and accidents that lead to the present. Including structured and free verse and transla
Reflecting the experiences of a rich and varied life, this collection of poems challenges traditional notions of form and combines intensely personal and multicultural themes. The elegies are politica
Intensely emotional and honest, this collection of searing poems about love, loss, jealousy, and fear, explores the literary and social landscape of post revolutionary Russia. Sharply addressing the c
Fusing poetry, memoir, and nature writing, this evocative prose collection conducts a literary exploration of place and language. Reflecting upon the geography, history, and mythology of Wales, the ve
King Driftwood teems with characters and narratives: treasure hunters, drug dealers, small-town eccentrics - blue-rinsed Mrs Dawes-Llewellyn, John the Song and Mothman, George Bush and Saddam Hussein
Rough Breathing is a substantial selection from thirty years of procedurally and formally inventive writing from poet, editor and art critic, Harry Gilonis. A lively, lyrical and clever collection, th
Written in the context of the unstable political and ecclesiastical situation after Charles II’s Restoration in 1660, this autobiographical and historical work of the well-loved mystic and poet, Thoma
Glittering with inventive wit and subversive humor, this evocative collection of poetry explores themes of yearning and loss. The reflections range in scope from Mozart to the Tasmanian landscape and
