"An utterly enchanting book about books, this poetry anthology spans the globe and the ages testifying to the passion books and libraries have inspired.
A remarkably diverse treasury of literary celebrations, Books and Libraries is sure to take pride of place on the shelves of the book-obsessed.
Books have long captured the imagination of readers everywhere, commanding their love, earning their veneration. For Emily Dickinson they are frigates that 'take us Lands away'; for Wordsworth they are 'a substantial world, both pure and good'; Alberto Rios calls them 'the deli offerings of civilization itself'. This affection extends to the hallowed gathering places of the written word- libraries where one can best hear ""a choir of authors murmuring inside their books,"" as Billy Collins has it; bookshops, especially second-hand ones, 'too small for the worlds they hold, where words that sing you to sleep, stories that stalk your dreams, open like windows in a wall' (Gillian Clarke).
The poets collected here include Catullus, Horace, T'ao Ch'ien, Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ronsard, Lope de Vega, Shakespeare, Marvell, Blake, Pope and Keats; more recent luminaries include Brecht, Cavafy, Gabriela Mistral, Dylan Thomas, Iku Takenaka, Pablo Neruda, Wislawa Szymborska, Anne Stevenson, Maya Angelou, Derek Walcott, John Burnside and Ian McMillan."
By:
Various Edited by:
Andrew Scrimgeour, Andrew Scrimgeour Imprint: Everyman's Library Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 165mm,
Width: 113mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 241g ISBN:9781841598239 ISBN 10: 1841598232 Series:Everyman's Library POCKET POETS Pages: 272 Publication Date:24 September 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active