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T. S. Eliot the Poems: Volume 1 by T. S. Eliot
$120.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The Poems of T. S. Eliot is the authoritative edition of one of our greatest poets, scrupulously edited by Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue. It provides, for the first time, a fully scrutinized text of Eliot's poems, carefully restoring accidental omissions and removing textual errors that have crept in ...Show more
Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems 1957-1994 by Ted Hughes
$39.95 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A selection of work by the former Poet Laureate ranging from "The Hawk in the Rain" to "Rain-Charm for the Duchy", as well as uncollected poems from each decade of his working life. Hughes also included a group of new poems, some of which appeared later in "Birthday Letters".
The Ariel Poems: Illustrated Poems for Christmas by T. S. Eliot
$37.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
A cherished part of his oeuvre, the 'Ariel Poems' of T. S. Eliot were originally commissioned for a pamphlet series of the same name that first ran between 1927 and 1931. ('Nobody else seemed to want the title afterward,' said Eliot of the series, 'so I kept it for myself'). That pamphlet series inventi ...Show more
The Colossus by Sylvia Plath
$33.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Originally published in 1960, The Colossus was the only volume of Sylvia Plath's poetry published before her death in 1963. Showing a scholarly dedication to the craft, the poems in this collection are brimming with originality and the startling imagery that would later confirm her status as one of the ...Show more
The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin by Archie Burnett
$75.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
This entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in "Collected Poems" (1988), and in the "Early Poems and Juvenilia" (2005), some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse (by turns scurrilous, satirical, affecti ...Show more
The Forward Book of Poetry 2020 by VARIOUS
$32.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The Forward Book of Poetry 2020 brings together a selection of the best poetry published in the British Isles over the last year, including the winners of the 2019 Forward Prizes. In celebrating today's fresh voices alongside new work by familiar names, this anthology offers both an invaluable overview ...Show more
The Haw Lantern by Seamus Heaney
$22.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Widely praised on its first publication in 1987, The Haw Lantern ventured into new imaginative territory with poems exploring the theme of loss - including a celebrated sonnet sequence concerning the death of the poet's mother - joined by meditations on the conscience of the writer and exercises in an a ...Show more
The Importance of Music to Girls by Lavinia Greenlaw
$24.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway...the music attracted and repelled, organised and disturbed and then let us into the night, clusters of emotion ready to dissolve into sleep. In The Importance of Mu ...Show more
The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
$24.99 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning, and numerous subtleties. Rich with allusions to the religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, ancient literature, and Eliot's own life, the poem continues to ...Show more
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T S Eliot
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none of its power as w ...Show more
This Rare Spirit - A Life of Charlotte Mew by Julia Copus
$55.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered 'far and away the best living woman poet' in her day. The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sasson, Walter de la ...Show more
Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan
$28.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2018One of Bustle's 12 Most Anticipated Poetry Collections for 2018Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three long poems of fresh ambition, intensity, and substance. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters make for a comp ...Show more