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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
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"I resignedly picked it up at last on the tail end of a history binge, telling myself, 'Okay, I'm finally going to slog through it. Just get it over with.' And I discovered all my trepidation had been for naught. This isn't an 'accessible for a scholarly... (read more)

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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition
by Walt Whitman
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"The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece... (read more)

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Making of a Poem: a Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (00 Edition)
Making of a Poem: a Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (00 Edition)
by Mark Strand
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Two beloved and esteemed poets have collaborated on this intimate and useful anthology illuminating the history, practice, and wonder of our most elusive art. Intended for all those who love poetry, including teachers, readers, writers, and students, The... (read more)

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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson
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A luminary of American poetry, Emily Dickinson is canonized for good reason. Her poems are vital, wildly eccentric, and filled with her rich and complex imagination. Absolutely essential.... (read more)

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Ramayana (06 Edition)
Ramayana (06 Edition)
by R. K. Narayan
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A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have... (read more)

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Nine Gates : Entering the Mind of Poetry (97 Edition)
Nine Gates : Entering the Mind of Poetry (97 Edition)
by Jane Hirshfield
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Poetry and the Mind of Concentration Every good poem begins in language awake to its own connections--language that hears itself and what is around it, sees itself and what is around it, looks back at those who look into its gaze and knows more perhaps... (read more)

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Paradise Lost ((3RD)05 Edition)
Paradise Lost ((3RD)05 Edition)
by John Milton
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'Gordon Teskey\"s freshly edited text of Milton\"s masterpiece is accompanied by a new introduction and substantial explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized, the latter, importantly, within the limits imposed by Milton\"s... (read more)

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Twentieth-century American Poetics : Poets on the Art of Poetry (04 Edition)
Twentieth-century American Poetics : Poets on the Art of Poetry (04 Edition)
by Dana Gioia
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This comprehensive chronological anthology includes 58 essays on poetry by 53 poets. Starting with James Weldon Johnson and Robert Frost, the book offers diverse and often conflicting accounts of the nature and function of poetry. The collection includes... (read more)

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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
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Paradise Lost, by John Milton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted... (read more)

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Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)
Whitman: Poetry and Prose (Library of America)
by Walt Whitman
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This Library of America edition is the most comprehensive volume of the work of Walt Whitman (1819–1892) ever published. It includes all of his poetry and what he considered his complete prose. It is also the only collection that includes, in... (read more)

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with 42 Illustrations by Gustave Doré
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with 42 Illustrations by Gustave Doré
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Doré's dramatic engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the... (read more)

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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by R K Narayan
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A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have... (read more)

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Ramayana : a Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic (03 Edition)
Ramayana : a Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic (03 Edition)
by Ramesh Menon
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The great Indian epic rendered in modern prose India's most beloved and enduring legend, the Ramayana is widely acknowledged to be one of the world's great literary masterpieces. Still an integral part of India's cultural and religious expression, the... (read more)

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Portable Walt Whitman (04 Edition)
Portable Walt Whitman (04 Edition)
by Walt Whitman
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When Walt Whitman self-published a collection of 12 poems entitled Leaves of Grass in 1855, he was an unknown, but ambitious, journalist from Long Island - by the time of his death he was beginning to be recognised as one of the most distinctive poetic... (read more)

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Complete Poems (04 Edition)
Complete Poems (04 Edition)
by Walt Whitman
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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... (read more)

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Faerie Queene (78 Edition)
Faerie Queene (78 Edition)
by Edmund Spenser
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‘Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine’ The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united... (read more)

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Book of Songs (96 Edition)
Book of Songs (96 Edition)
by Arthur (translator) Waley
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One of the five Confucian classics, The Book of Songs (Shijing) is the oldest collection of poetry in world literature and the finest treasure of traditional songs left from antiquity. Where the other Confucian classics treat “outward things: deeds,... (read more)

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Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam (73 Edition)
Selected Poems of Osip Mandelstam (73 Edition)
by Osip Mandelstam
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The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and experimental novels, reportage and... (read more)

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Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Edition)
Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Edition)
by Seamus Heaney
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The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship" (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaney"s clear and insightful introduction to Beowulfprovides students with an... (read more)

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The Norton Introduction to Poetry, Ninth Edition
The Norton Introduction to Poetry, Ninth Edition
by J Paul Hunter
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It not only sharpens students' close-reading skills and deepens their appreciation for the emotional power of poetry, but also connects poetry to the larger world by providing a thorough introduction to poetry's authorial, cultural, and critical contexts.... (read more)

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