Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti (Wordsworth Poetry Library)
8 best books like Selected Poems of Christina Rossetti (Wordsworth Poetry Library) (Christina Rossetti): The Complete Poems, Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poems, The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling, Selected Poetry and Prose, William Shakespeare: Selected Poems, Selected Poems, The World's Wife, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
| Author | Walt Whitman |
| ISBN | 0140424512 |
In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work that defined him as one of America’s most influential voices and that he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual emancipation, and what it meant to be an American. From...
Două steluţe din pricina faptului că am citit poemele în română, iar eu ştiu un lucru: poezia nu se poate traduce! Eminescu este un mare poet doar pentru români; Eminescu tradus în franceză ar semnifica o idee lirică, dar nu ar transmite aceeaşi stare pe care o transmite autohtonilor.
Desigur,...
| Author | Rudyard Kipling |
| ISBN | 1853264059 |
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Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York.
This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling...
| Author | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Shelley's short, prolific life produced some of the most memorable and well-known lyrics of the Romantic period. But he was also the most radical writer in the English literary tradition of his day, a fiery political visionary committed to social change and progress. The generous selection in this...
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| ISBN | 1407221418 |
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist...
Fabulous poetry book by Oscar Wilde. I actually reckon I found in his poetry (especially in the poems "From the Garden of Eros" and "The Harlot's house" the inspiration for the celebrated George Sanders novel " Lincoln in the Bardo". The language is eerily similar. Novel's musings aside. My favourite...
Be terrified.
It's you I love,
perfect man,
Greek God, my own;
but I know you'll go,
betray me, stray
from home.
So better by far for
me if you were stone.
—from "Medusa"
Stunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau...
How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
| Author | Alan Jacobs |
| ISBN | 0451499603 |
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.
As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs...
