The Earliest English Poems
Author : Michael Alexander
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780520015043
The Complete English Poems
Author : John Donne
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 659 pages
File Size : 14,32 MB
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0141916036
Book Description
No poet has been more wilfully contradictory than John Donne, whose works forge unforgettable connections between extremes of passion and mental energy. From satire to tender elegy, from sacred devotion to lust, he conveys an astonishing range of emotions and poetic moods. Constant in his work, however, is an intensity of feeling and expression and complexity of argument that is as evident in religious meditations such as 'Good Friday 1613. Riding Westward' as it is in secular love poems such as 'The Sun Rising' or 'The Flea'. 'The intricacy and subtlety of his imagination are the length and depth of the furrow made by his passion,' wrote Yeats, pinpointing the unique genius of a poet who combined ardour and intellect in equal measure.
The Complete English Poems
Author : George Herbert
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,60 MB
Release : 2004-10-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 014196586X
Book Description
George Herbert combined the intellectual and the spiritual, the humble and the divine, to create some of the most moving devotional poetry in the English language. His deceptively simple verse uses the ingenious arguments typical of seventeenth-century 'metaphysical' poets, and unusual imagery drawn from musical structures, the natural world and domestic activity to explore a mosaic of Biblical themes. From the wit and wordplay of 'The Pulley' and the formal experimentation of 'Easter Wings' and 'Paradise', to the intense, highly personal relationship between man and God portrayed in 'The Collar' and 'Redemption', the works collected here show the transcendental power of divine love.
Immortal Poems of the English Language
Author : Oscar Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 41,25 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0671496107
Book Description
447 British and American poems by 150 poets, including contemporary poets.
British Poems, from "Canterbury Tales" to "Recessional"
Author : Percy Adams Hutchinson
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 18,99 MB
Release : 1912
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
Book Description
Poems Aloud
Author : Joseph Coelho
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 18,50 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0711247692
Book Description
Poems are made to read OUT LOUD! A wittily illustrated anthology of poems, designed to be read aloud. 20 poems by the award winning â??Joseph Coelho will arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out 20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much loved and award winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho. There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody's ear. Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life. "Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho" ~ Books for Keeps
The Complete Old English Poems
Author :
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 41,24 MB
Release : 2017-03-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0812248473
Book Description
Includes the Junius manuscript, Exeter book, Vercelli book, Beowulf and Judith, metrical psalms of Paris Psalter and the meters of Boethius, poems of the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, riddles, charms, and a number of minor additional poems.
Poems of the English Race
Author : Raymond Macdonald Alden
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 1921
Category : American poetry
ISBN :
Book Description
The First Poems in English
Author : Michael Alexander
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 2008-05-29
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0141918764
Book Description
This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of Brunanburgh, depicting King Athelstan’s defeat of his northern enemies in 937 AD, while The Wanderer and The Seafarer reflect on exile, loss and destiny. The Gnomic Verses are proverbs on the natural order of life, and the Exeter Riddles are witty linguistic puzzles. Love elegies include emotional speeches from an abandoned wife and separated lovers, and devotional poems include a vision of Christ’s cross in The Dream of the Rood, and Caedmon’s Hymn, perhaps the oldest poem in English, speaking in praise of God.
Poems and Prose from the Old English
Author : Charles Osborne
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 34,24 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0300069944
Book Description
In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel's out-of-print classic, Poems from the Old English, Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H. Olsen place the oldest English writings in a different perspective. Keeping the classroom teacher's needs foremost in mind, Raffel and Olsen organize the major old English poems (except Beowulf) and new prose selections so as to facilitate both reading and studying. A general introduction provides an up-to-date and detailed historical account of the Anglo-Saxon period, and concise introductions open the literature sections of the book and many of the translations.
