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Author: Wendy Cope
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571262066
Size: 72.79 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Two Cures For Love

by Wendy Cope, Two Cures For Love Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Two Cures For Love books, The idea for this book grew out of Wendy Cope's experience of meeting her audience, when reading her poems in schools. This is an edition of the poems which identifies the references, verse-forms, contexts and occasions of her work, and which offers readers a new arrangement of the poetry as a whole. The notes also identify dates of composition, so that it is possible to observe the development of her work. As well as drawing on Wendy Cope's three published books, the selection also includes a significant number of poems collected or published for the first time.

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Author: William Baer
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781604732566
Size: 25.97 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Fourteen On Form

by William Baer, Fourteen On Form Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Fourteen On Form books, When free verse and its many movements seemed to dominate poetry, other writers worked steadfastly, insistently, and majestically in traditional forms of rhyme and meter. Such poets as Anthony Hecht, Donald Justice, Derek Walcott, and Richard Wilbur utilized sonnets, villanelles, blank verse, and many other forms to create dazzling, lasting work. Their writing posed a counterpoint to free verse, sustained a tradition in English language verse, and eventually inspired the movement called New Formalism. Fourteen on Form: Conversations with Poets collects interviews with some of the most influential poets of the last fifty years. William Baer, editor of The Formalist, asks incisive questions that allow writers to discuss in detail a wide range of topics related to their work, methods of composition, and the contemporary poetry scene. Maxine Kumin reflects on being a woman poet during a period in which women were not encouraged to submit to journals. With clarity and passion, Walcott remembers the impetus of his famous "Eulogy to W. H. Auden." British poet Wendy Cope talks about the differences between how her barbed poems are received in England and abroad. The conversations return continually to the serious matter of poetic craft, especially the potential power of form in poetry. These well-paced conversations showcase poets discussing their creative lives with insight and candor. The sum total of their forthright opinions in Fourteen on Form not only elucidates the current situation of the art form, but it also serves as a primer for understanding the fundamental craft of poetics.

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Author: William Sieghart
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525561099
Size: 15.53 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The Poetry Remedy

by William Sieghart, The Poetry Remedy Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Poetry Remedy books, The US edition of the bestselling The Poetry Pharmacy A beautiful collection of curated poems each individually selected to provide hope, comfort, and inspiration—for all of life's most difficult moments Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them most, from general glumness to news overload, and from infatuation to losing the spark. Whatever you’re facing, there is a poem in these pages that will do the trick. This pocket-size companion presents the most essential fixes in William Sieghart’s poetic dispensary—those that, again and again, have shown themselves to hit the spot. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even an excess of ego—or whether you are seeking hope, comfort, inspiration, or excitement—The Poetry Remedy will provide just the poem you need in that moment.

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Author: Adrienne M. Martin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317291301
Size: 63.81 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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The Routledge Handbook Of Love In Philosophy

by Adrienne M. Martin, The Routledge Handbook Of Love In Philosophy Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download The Routledge Handbook Of Love In Philosophy books, The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy collects 39 original chapters from prominent philosophers on the nature, meaning, value, and predicaments of love, presented in a unique framework that highlights the rich variety of methods and traditions used to engage with these subjects. This volume is structured around important realms of human life and activity, each of which receives its own section: I. Family and Friendship II. Romance and Sex III. Politics and Society IV. Animals, Nature, and the Environment V. Art, Faith, and Meaning VI. Rationality and Morality VII. Traditions: Historical and Contemporary. This last section includes chapters treating love as a subject in both Western and non-Western philosophical traditions. The contributions, all appearing in print here for the first time, are written to be accessible and compelling to non-philosophers and philosophers alike; and the volume as a whole encourages professional philosophers, teachers, students, and lay readers to rethink standard constructions of philosophical canons.

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Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409095665
Size: 14.41 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Icons Of England

by Bill Bryson, Icons Of England Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Icons Of England books, This celebration of the English countryside does not only focus on the rolling green landscapes and magnificent monuments that set England apart from the rest of the world. Many of the contributors bring their own special touch, presenting a refreshingly eclectic variety of personal icons, from pub signs to seaside piers, from cattle grids to canal boats, and from village cricket to nimbies. First published as a lavish colour coffeetable book, this new expanded paperback edition has double the original number of contributions from many celebrities including Bill Bryson, Michael Palin, Eric Clapton, Bryan Ferry, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Adie, Kevin Spacey, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Richard Mabey , Simon Jenkins, John Sergeant, Benjamin Zephaniah, Joan Bakewell, Antony Beevor, Libby Purves, Jonathan Dimbleby, and many more: and a new preface by HRH Prince Charles.

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Author: Various Poets
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571323960
Size: 61.31 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Poetry Please Love Poems

by Various Poets, Poetry Please Love Poems Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Poetry Please Love Poems books, 'What will survive of us is love.' In this new anthology poets from across the ages lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, this new gathering of timeless love poems speaks to the heart about this most universal of themes. Whether in marriage or heartbreak, friendship or infatuation, whether in pursuit of the unattainable ideal or else settling down together for life, whether in love or out of it, you will find poems here to touch the heart. A vital assembly of our most treasured and enduring love poems.

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Author: Wendy Cope
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571274234
Size: 18.42 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Family Values

by Wendy Cope, Family Values Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Family Values books, From a motorway service area to her ambivalent relationship with religion, Wendy Cope covers a wide range of experience in her new collection. Her mordant humour and formal ingenuity are in evidence, even as she remembers the wounds of a damaging childhood; and in poems about love and the inevitable problems of aging she achieves an intriguing blend of sadness and joy. Two very different sets of commissioned poems round off a remarkable volume, whose opening poem sounds clearly the profound note of compassion which underlies the whole.

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Author: Wendy Cope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571352333
Size: 21.28 MB
Format: PDF
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Serious Concerns

by Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Serious Concerns books, Wendy Cope's first book of poems and parodies, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis, went straight into the bestseller lists. Its successor, Serious Concerns has proved even more popular, addressing such topics as "Bloody Men," "Men and Their Boring Arguments," "Two Cures for Love," "Kindness to Animals" and "Tumps" (Typically Useless Male Poets). This beautifully designed edition forms part of a series of ten titles celebrating Faber's publishing over the decades.

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Author: R. Scott Smith
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
ISBN: 1624661165
Size: 18.76 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Ancient Rome

by R. Scott Smith, Ancient Rome Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Ancient Rome books, "Terrific . . . exactly the sort of collection we have long needed: one offering a wide range of texts, both literary and documentary, and that--with the inclusion of Sulpicia and Perpetua--allows students to hear the voices of actual women from the ancient world. The translations themselves are fluid; the inclusion of long extracts allows students to sink their teeth into material in ways not possible with traditional source books. The anonymous texts, inscriptions, and other non-literary material topically arranged in the 'Documentary' section will enable students to see how the documentary evidence supplements or undermines the views advanced in the literary texts. This is a book that should be of great use to anyone teaching a survey of the history of Ancient Rome or a Roman Civilization course. I look forward to teaching with this book which is, I think, the best source book I have seen for the way we teach these days." --David Potter, University of Michigan

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Author: Chrétien de Troyes
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820340510
Size: 69.79 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 225
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Erec And Enide

by Chrétien de Troyes, Erec And Enide Book available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. Download Erec And Enide books, Erec and Enide marks the birth of the Arthurian romance as a literary genre. Written circa 1170, this version of the Griselda legend tells the story of the marriage of Erec, a handsome and courageous Welsh prince and knight of the Round Table, and Enide, an impoverished noblewoman. When the lovers become estranged because Erec neglects his knightly obligations, they subsequently ride off together on a series of adventures that culminate in their reconciliation and the liberation of a captive knight in an enchanted orchard. An innovative poet working during a time of great literary creativity, Chrétien de Troyes wrote poems that had a lively pace, skillful structure, and vivid descriptive detail. Ruth Harwood Cline re-creates for modern audiences his irony, humor, and charm, while retaining the style and substance of the original octosyllabic couplets. Her thorough introduction includes discussions of courtly love and the Arthurian legend in history and literature, as well as a new and provocative theory about the identity of Chrétien de Troyes. This clearly presented translation, faithful in preserving the subtle expressive qualities of the original work, is accessible reading for any Arthurian legend aficionado and an ideal text for students of medieval literature.

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