William Wordsworth 
The Prelude [PDF ebook] 
Or Growth of a Poet’s Mind; An Autobiographical Poem

What were you to me? More than you’ll ever know!In life you were the man for all seasons, From whom I sought the guiding light of reason, The dearest friend that never needed my amends, The older bro …

A captivating collection of brief conversational poems by Maureen (Mo) Jones – grandmother, care home entertainer, retired teacher. Serious and humorous, these verses ignite talking points, sparking …

Alternative approaches have emerged which have radically altered our understanding of Tennyson”s poetry and his relationship to the Victorian age. This text covers the most significant areas of new …

Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins” new book is …

Despite being widely studied on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses the writing of Sylvia Plath has been relatively neglected in relation to the attention given to her life and what drove her …

The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a singl …

Provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of the vitality and variety of achievement in seventeenth-century English poetry. Revised and up-dated throughout, Dr Parfitt has added new material …

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