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Dylan Thomas: Poems Selected by Derek Mahon by Dylan Thomas
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet: An Essential Choice of Classic Verse S.
In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Derek Mahon selects Dylan Thomas.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: Poems Selected by John Stammers by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet S.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the ...Show more
John Donne: Poems by Paul Muldoon
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet S.
John Donne (1572-1631) forfeited his Parliamentary seat and was briefly imprisoned when his secret marriage to Ann More was uncovered in 1601. He spent the subsequent decade in poverty, trying to rehabilitate his reputation. He entered the Church in 1615, and become Dean of St Paul's. His first volume o ...Show more
W. B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet Ser.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the ...Show more
W. H. Auden: Poems Selected by John Fuller by W.H. Auden
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet S.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their introductions, the selectors offer a passionate and accessible introduction to some of the greatest poets in history. W. H. Auden ...Show more
William Blake: Poems Selected by James Fenton by William Blake
Category: Gift | Series: Poet to Poet S.
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the ...Show more
William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth, Heaney
Category: Education | Series: Poet to Poet Ser.
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. In 1798 he published the Lyrical Ballads with Coleridge, settling shortly after in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. He died at Rydal Mount in 1850, shortly before the posthumous publication of that landmark of English Ro ...Show more
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