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The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry
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Description for The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry
Paperback. An anthology of poems that represents man's changeless responses to the changeless changing seasons of his heart. Editor(s): Stallworthy, Jon. Num Pages: 432 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Love itself might be blind, but over millennia it has inspired some of the most perceptive and visionary poetry ever written. From the fragments of Sappho, to the sonnets of Shakespeare and the Romantic verses of Byron, Keats and Shelley, right through to Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry collates and curates the very finest poems on this subject from across cultures and ages. Whether it's the burning passion of two young lovers, the steady companionship of a married couple, the unconditional love of a parent for a child or the enduring affection ... Read more
Love itself might be blind, but over millennia it has inspired some of the most perceptive and visionary poetry ever written. From the fragments of Sappho, to the sonnets of Shakespeare and the Romantic verses of Byron, Keats and Shelley, right through to Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry collates and curates the very finest poems on this subject from across cultures and ages. Whether it's the burning passion of two young lovers, the steady companionship of a married couple, the unconditional love of a parent for a child or the enduring affection ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141010977
SKU
V9780141010977
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-77
About Penguin
Jon Stallworthy was educated at Rugby, in the West African Frontier Force, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry. He is now Professor of English Literature at Oxford.
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