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World of Odysseus
Who was Homer? When were the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" composed? What were Odysseus', Achilles, and Hector's beliefs about government, religion, and class? In this introduction to the …
Collected Poems
Michael Longley has been called "one of the finest lyric poets of our time." His Collected Poems, the work of forty years, displays a brilliantly sustained achievement, whose …
Bughouse - the poetry, politics and madness of ezra pound
In 1945, the American poet Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. He was also an irresistible figure and, in …
What in Me is Dark
Walking Papers
If life is pilgrimage, Walking Papers are the pages - the notes on the journey, news of the world, letters of introduction and dismissal - found in one's breast-pocket amongst …
Horseman's Word
We follow him back to the Norfolk village where as a small child he had glimpsed the world through his grandfather's eyes and we are inside his head as he gradually cuts loose from …
Selected Poems
Celebrated for his lyrical intensity, his metaphysical wit, his thematic and formal range, Michael Longley is widely regarded as one of the finest poets in these islands. There are …
Deaths of the Poets
The post-Romantic lore of the dissolute drunken poet has fatally skewed the image of poets in our culture. What is the price of poetry?In this book, two contemporary poets embark …
Somebody Else
This is a biographical study of Arthur Rimbaud's "lost years", the years after he turned his back on poetry, fame and France. Charles Nicholl pieces together the story of Rimbaud's …
Theories and Apparitions
In this, his eighth book of poetry, Mark Doty's subjects - our mortal situation, the evanescent beauty of the world, desire's transformative power and poetry's ability to give …