100 Best Poems of All Time - Softcover

Pockell, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446676810 ISBN 13: 9780446676816

Verlag: Warner Books, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Here, in this compact volume, is a greatest hits collection of the 100 best poems ever written by the world's greatest poets. This essential collection is perfect for the poetry lover who wants to carry around their favourite poems, and ideal for the reader seeking an introduction to the greatest poems world literature has to offer. The authors included are each represented by his or her best-known and best-loved work, from the Classics (Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Ovid) to the Renaissance (Dante, Petrarch, Villon, Shakespeare) to the Romantics (Schiller, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats) to the 20th Century giants (Pound, Eliot, Frost, Stevens) down to the present day (Ginsberg, Plath, Angelou). Each poem is introduced by a brief head note which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

<div><b>Leslie Pockell</b> is the editor of <i>The 100 Best Poems of All Time</i>. <b>Adrienne Avila</b> is the co-author of <i>Everything I've Learned</i>.</div>

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Warner Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0446676810
• ISBN 13: 9780446676816
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar