This book offers still more insight into the highly influential writer & poet Edward Thomas through his correspondence with Walter de la Mare: 318 letters from between 1906 & 1917 of which only three have been previously published. They are presented in an accessible enjoyable but scholarly volume. The letters provide new & crucial evidence about Thomass poetic processes & the start of his mature poetry. They also show the mutual support the two poets enjoyed; & give new information on the closeness of the Thomas & de la Mare families. They include some beautiful natural descriptions & track Thomass progress as a reviewer & writer. The physical spacing in the letters provides evidence of often hurried & tired writing but also of a sensitivity to what is not said to pauses to rhythm which prefigure his poems. His idiosyncratic handwriting also underlines key ideas about poetic composition & illuminates his understanding of his journey from prose writer to poet
- topics of great interest to Thomas scholars. Poet to Poet offers a moving epistolary account of the developing personal & poetic relationship of both poets with biographical revelations & increased understanding of their influence on each other & key points relating to their poetic processes. The letters are arranged chronologically & are divided into three sections which illuminate Thomas & De la Mares relationship: 1906-09 The Reviewer & the Poet; 1910-13 Two Writers; 1913-17 Two Poets. Each section has a short introduction highlighting general points of interest & change in their epistolary relationship. The book

Includes:: a transcriptors preface brief biographical information on the two poets suggestions for further reading & an index. The Introduction highlights essential points from the letters in particular revelations about both poets writing processes how Thomass criticism of De la Mares verse informs his own information on their relationship & details of de la Mares character.


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It is 1841. Patty is married to John Clare: peasant poet genius & madman. Travelling home one day Patty finds her husband sitting footsore at the side of the road having absconded from a lunatic asylum over eighty miles away. Hopeful that his condition has enhanced she takes his hands in delight but he fails to recognize her. She is devastated to discover that he has not returned home to find her but to search for his childhood sweetheart Mary Joyce to whom he believes he is married. Patty still loves John deeply but he seems lost to her obsessed with the idealised image of a woman that she cannot possibly match. Plagued by jealousy she seeks strength in memories: their whirlwind courtship the poems John wrote for her their shared affinity for the l&. She must try to heal John's turbulent unhappy soul & restore him to the man she married. But as John descends further into delusion & his behaviour becomes increasingly volatile hope seems to be fading. Will she ever be able to conquer her own anger & hurt & reconcile with this man she now barely knows? ...

Essential reading for all students of Greek theatre & literature Aristotles Poetics" remains equally stimulating for anyone interested in literature. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated with an introduction & notes by Malcolm Heath. In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy Aristotle examine the dramatic elements of plot character language & spectacle that combine to produce pity & fear in the audience & asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of " Aeschylus" " Sophocles" & " Euripides" the " Poetics" introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis (imitation) hamartia (error) & katharsis which have informed serious thinking about drama ever since. Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication & resolution recognition & reversals while centring on characters of heroic stature idealised yet true to life. One of the most perceptive & influential works of criticism in Western literary history the " Poetics" has informed serious thinking about drama ever since. Malcolm Heaths lucid translation makes the " Poetics" fully accessible to the modern reader. It is accompanied by an extended introduction which discusses the key concepts in detail &

Includes:: suggestions for further reading. Aristotle (384-22 BC) studied at the Academy of Plato for 20 years & then established his own school & research institute The Lyceum. His writings which were of extraordinary range profoundly affected the whole course of ancient & medieval philosophy & are still eagerly studied & debated by philosophers today. If you enjoyed " Poetics" you might like Aristotles " The Metaphysics" also available in " Penguin Classics"."

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The most legendary names in poetry from Wales
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Sometimes it seems like there are as many definitions of poetry as there are poems. Coleridge defined poetry as the best words in the best order." St. Augustine called it "the Devils wine." For Shelley poetry was "the record of the best & happiest moments of the happiest & best minds." But no matter how you define it poetry has exercised a hold upon the hearts & minds of people for more than five millennia. Thats because for the attentive reader poetry has the power to send chills shooting down the spine & lightning bolts flashing in the brain
- to throw open the doors of perception & hone our sensibilities to a scalpels edge. Poetry For Dummies is a great guide to reading & writing poems not only for beginners but for anyone interested in verse. From Homer to Basho Chaucer to Rumi Shelley to Ginsberg it introduces you to poetrys greatest practitioners. It arms you with the tools you need to understand & appreciate poetry in all its forms & to explore your own talent as a poet. Discover how to: * Understand poetic language & forms * Interpret poems * Get a handle on poetry through the ages * Find poetry readings near you * Write your own poems * Shop your work around to publishers Dont know the difference between an iamb & a trochee? Worry not this friendly guide demystifies the jargon & it covers a lot more ground besides including: * Understanding subject tone narrative; & poetic language * Mastering the three steps to interpretation * Facing the challenges of older poetry * Exploring 5 000 years of verse from Mesopotamia to the global village * Writing open-form poetry * Working with traditional forms of verse * Writing exercises for aspiring poets * Getting published From Sappho to Clark Coolidge & just about everyone in between Poetry For Dummies puts you in touch with the greats of modern & ancient poetry. Need guidance on composing a ghazal a tanka a sestina or a psalm? This is the book for you."
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The Poetry Handbook" is a lucid & entertaining guide to the poet's craft & an invaluable introduction to practical criticism for students. Chapters on each element of poetry from metre to gender offer a wide-ranging general account & end by looking at two or three poems from a small group (including works by Donne Elizabeth Bishop Geoffrey Hill & Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott) to build up sustained analytical readings. Thorough & compact with notes "ations supplemented by detailed reference to the Norton Anthology of Poetry & a companion website with texts links & further discussion The Poetry Handbook is indispensable for all school & undergraduate students of English. A final chapter addresses examinations of all kinds & sample essays by undergraduates are posted on the website. Critical & scholarly terms are italicised & clearly explained both in the text & in a complete glossary; the volume also

Includes:: suggestions for further reading. The first edition widely praised by teachers & students showed how the pleasures of poetry are heightened by rigorous understanding & made that understanding readily available. This second edition
- revised expanded updated & supported by a new companion website
- confirm " The Poetry Handbook" as the best guide to poetry available in English."



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One of the UKs most exciting up-&-coming hip-hop artists Scroobius Pip is a master of the spoken word lyric. From his childhood musings in the school playground to his feelings on the rat race Pip has selected from his online fan collective artistic collaborations that bring the power of his lyrics to the printed page creating an innovative multimedia collection of modern poetry. ...

This is a feast for lovers of American literature. No poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as the most eminent the most distinguished Anglo-American poet" by T.S. Eliot he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes. In iconic poems like " Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" simple images summon the rural landscape of New England & Frost unfailingly moves the reader with his profound grasp of the human condition. This is the most comprehensive & authoritative volume of Frosts verse available comprising all eleven volumes of his poems meticulously edited by Edward Connery Lathem." ...

Simon Armitage is one of the leading poets of his generation. Since his first collection Zoom" in 1989 he has published ten full-length collections of poetry while also writing & presenting numerous works for radio television & film. He is now one of the poets most widely studied at GCSE examination level. This study guide to Simon Armitages poetry will be essential reading & preparation for GCSE students & their teachers to whose needs it has been expertly tailored. The book examines Armitages work in just the ways that students need to think about it
- in respect of how the poems are crafted in language & form & the kinds of themes ideas & attitudes that they reflect. It also

Includes:: sections on studying individual poems for the examination an illuminating biography with questions & answers & sample essays."


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