One of the great English Romantic poets William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist poet mystic & visionary His work ranges from the deceptively simple & lyrical Songs of Innocence & their counterpoint Experience
- which juxtapose poems such as ' The Lamb' & ' The Tyger' & ' The Blossom' & ' The Sick Rose'
- to highly elaborate apocalyptic works such as The Four Zoas Milton & Jerusalem Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy religion & myth to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual & revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated intrigued & enchanted readers for generations

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Poet dramatist critic & editor T S Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry This edition of The Complete Poems & Plays published for the first time in paperback

Includes:: all of his verse & work for the stage from Prufrock & Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943) &

Includes:: such literary landmarks as The Waste Land Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats & Murder in the Cathedral' Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened more astonished more humble' Ted Hughes



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Includes:: all of Burns' poems & songs with a helpful glossary explaining difficult words a chronology

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With an Introduction & Notes by David Ellis University of Kent at Canterbury Lawrence's reputation as a novelist has often meant that his achievements in poetry have failed to receive the recognition they deserve This edition brings together in a form he himself sanctioned his Collected Poems of 1928 the unexpurgated version of Pansies & Nettles adding to these volumes the contents of the two notebooks in which he was still writing poetry when he died in 1930 It therefore allows the reader to trace the development of Lawrence as a poet & appreciate the remarkable originality & distinctiveness of his achievement Not all the poems reprinted here are masterpieces but there is more than enough quality to confirm Lawrence's status as one of the greatest English writers of the twentieth century ...

With an Introduction by Paul Wright ' What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817 This collection contains all of his poetry the early work which is often undervalued even today the poems on which his reputation rests including the ' Odes' & the two versions of the uncompleted epic ' Hyperion' & work which only came to light after his death including his attempts at drama & comic verse It all demonstrates the extent to which he tested his own dictum throughout his short creative life That life spanned one of the most remarkable periods in English history in the aftermath of the French Revolution & this collection with its detailed introductions & notes aims to place the poems very much in their context The collection is ample proof that Keats deservedly achieved his wish to 'be among the English Poets after my death' ...

With an Introduction & Bibliography by Stephen Matterson Trinity College Dublin Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation the vastness of the land & the emergence of a sometimes troubled consciousness communicated in language & idiom regarded by many at the time as shocking Whitman's poems are organic & free flowing fit into no previously defined genre & skilfully combine autobiographical sociological & religious themes with lyrical sensuality His verse is a fitting celebration of a new breed of American &

Includes:: ' Song of Myself' ' Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' the celebratory ' Passage to India' & his fine elegy for the assassinated President Lincoln ' When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd'

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CONCRETE JUNGLENew York City's Detective Schaefer has seen it all from domestic murders to drug-gang executions But Schaefer's never seen the Big Apple awash in so much blood as tonight with flayed bodies hung like meat being cured for mealtime When Schaefer has a close encounter with one of the murderers he realizes he's run into something much bigger than the police suspect Can even the toughest cop stand up to the ultimate hunter? COLD WARSomething has fallen from the sky over the Siberian wilderness & soon decapitated human bodies are littering the surrounding area The Russian authorities are baffled but deep within the Pentagon someone knows that the Predators are back BIG GAMEDeep in the rugged New Mexico desert a strange aircraft has landed an alien Predator has arrived hunting for human prey For Corporal Enoch Nakai a Navajo soldier it is a legend come back to life the return of the horned monster who was destroyed by the hero Nayenezgani the mythical monster slayer Using the wisdom of his ancestors Nakai will confront the Predator in a final battle worthy of legend But this time will the hero emerge the victor? ...

The first of three volumes collecting ALL of the Psychotechnic League future history stories from multiple Hugo- & Nebula-award-winning author Poul Anderson After World War III ravages the globe humanity led by the Psychotechnic Institute bands together to create peace on Earth & to spread that peace throughout the solar system & beyond But soon the cycle of war & destruction begins anew

Includes:: short stories never before collected in a Psychotechnic League volume FROM THE ASHES OF WORLD WAR IIIAbout the Author Poul Anderson was one of the most prolific & popular writers in science fiction He won the Hugo Award seven times & the Nebula Award three times as well as the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America With a degree in physics & a wide knowledge of other fields of science he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories He was author of over a hundred novels & story collections & several hundred short stories as well as several mysteries & nonfiction books

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Volume two of three collecting ALL of the Psychotechnic League future history stories from multiple Hugo- & Nebula-award-winning author Poul Anderson After World War III ravages the globe humanity led by the Psychotechnic Institute bands together to create peace on Earth & to spread that peace throughout the Solar System & beyond But soon the cycle of war & destruction begins anew

Includes:: short stories never before collected in a Psychotechnic League volume!FROM THE RAVAGES OF WAR HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER TOMORROWAfter World War III has ravaged the globe & toppled once-great nations a new science offers hope for the future Psychodynamics the ability to influence government & popular opinion Led by the Psychotechnic Institute humanity denounces its violent ways once & for all Peace reigns on Earth Humankind shakes off the tyranny of gravity & ventures out into the galaxy But no sooner is utopia realized than the cycle of war & destruction begins anew The second of three volumes collecting all of multiple Hugo- & Nebula-Award winning author Poul Anderson&s massive future history magnum opus

Includes:: short stories previously uncollected in a Psychotechnic League volume! About the Author Poul Anderson was one of the most prolific & popular writers in science fiction He won the Hugo Award seven times & the Nebula Award three times as well as the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America With a degree in physics & a wide knowledge of other fields of science he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories He was author of over a hundred novels & story collections & several hundred short stories as well as several mysteries & nonfiction books



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Volume three of three collecting ALL of the Psychotechnic League future history stories from multiple Hugo- & Nebula-award-winning author Poul Anderson

Includes:: stories never before collected in a Psychotechnic League volume! After World War III ravages the globe humanity led by the Psychotechnic Institute bands together to create peace on Earth & to spread that peace throughout the Solar System & beyond But soon the cycle of war & destruction begins anew After World War III has ravaged the globe & toppled once-great nations a new science offers hope for the future Psychodynamics the ability to influence government & popular opinion Led by the Psychotechnic Institute humanity denounces its violent ways once & for all Peace reigns on Earth Humankind shakes off the tyranny of gravity & ventures out into the galaxy But no sooner is utopia realized than the cycle of war & destruction begins anew The final of three volumes collecting all of multiple Hugo- & Nebula-Award winning author Poul Anderson&s massive future history magnum opus

Includes:: short stories previously uncollected in a Psychotechnic League volume! About the Author Poul Anderson was one of the most prolific & popular writers in science fiction He won the Hugo Award seven times & the Nebula Award three times as well as the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America With a degree in physics & a wide knowledge of other fields of science he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories He was author of over a hundred novels & story collections & several hundred short stories as well as several mysteries & nonfiction books



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