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<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>     sort list by title | publication date Basho's Narrow Road Spring and Autumn Passages Matsuo Basho In 1689, the poet Matsuo Basho set off on a five-month journey into the mountains north of the capital, Edo. Along the way he paused to compose poems that are today revered for their clarity of observation. Ostensibly a travel diary, Narrow Road to... Flowers of Evil & Artificial Paradise Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) was one of the greatest French poets of the 19th century. Charles Baudelaire, poète maudit, the self-styled Satanic man whose collection The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) is marked by paeans to sexual degradation... Intimate Journals Charles Baudelaire Dismissed as a vulgar drug addict who wrote about sex and death, Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) went largely unrecognized until the 20th century. This collection of the notorious poet's essays transcends the squalor of his financial ruin and the... Twenty Prose Poems Charles Baudelaire From the introduction by Michael Hamburger: "Baudelaire's prose poems were written at long intervals during the last twelve or thirteen years of his life. The prose poem was a medium much suited to his habits and character. Being pre-eminently a... Califlora A Literary Field Guide Terry Beers Califlora is a playful literary exploration of the relationship between plant and human, drawing from our best writers and thinkers. Novelists, poets, farmers, naturalists, foragers, botanists, and mythmakers have long exulted in the Golden State's... The Rising of the Ashes Tahar Ben Jelloun Two epic poems focus on the bitter consequences of war and violence in the Middle East Selected Poems (Blake, William) (Penguin Classics) William Blake, Gerald E. Bentley The soulful mysticism of Blake—captured in a definitive new collection of his finest verse Writer and religious rebel, William Blake sowed the seeds of Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the vision that inspired him... Portrait and Dream New and Selected Poems Bill Berkson Titled after a Jackson Pollock painting at once figural and abstract, this collection spans nearly fifty years of Bill Berkson's poetry in all its deftness and variety. His poems, full of nuance, intensity, and exuberant wit, spread meaning across... Actual Air David Berman In these vivid and subtly radical poems, David Berman, lead singer/songwriter of the Silver Jews, reinvents overlooked details of everyday life-from the suitcase of a departing girlfriend to a baseboard electrical outlet. He charts a course through... Free Cell Anselm Berrigan The second volume in the City Lights Spotlight series—experimental poems by innovative New York poet and former St. Mark's Poetry Project director. Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience William Blake, Richard Holmes This beautiful, hardcover gift edition allows Blake to communicate with his readers as he intended, reproducing his illuminations and lettering from the finest existing example of the original. In this way readers can experience the mystery and beauty... The Marriage of Heaven and Hell A Facsimile in Full Color William Blake Inspired satire on religion and morality, including 70 aphorisms of "Proverbs of Hell." 27 full-color plates, full text... Songs of Experience Facsimile Reproduction with 26 Plates in Full Color William Blake This facsimile of Blake's original "Illuminated Book" reproduces 26 full-color plates from a rare 1826 edition. Includes "The Tyger," "London," "Holy Thursday," and other immortal poems. 26 color plates. Printed text of poems... Songs of Innocence William Blake The first and most popular of Blake's famous "Illuminated Books," in a facsimile edition reproducing all 31 brightly colored plates. Additional printed text of each poem. "The colors are lovely, the book is a joy." — Kliatt Paperback Book Guide... <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>>