This collection of poems, from 1972 to 1990, is selected from "A State of Justice", "The Strange Museum", "Liberty Tree" and "Seize the Fire". This book also includes a verse translation of Sophocles'
Intends to recount the origins of the Second World War. This volume opens with the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919, which excluded Germany from the community of nations, and with the answering but ill
Comprised of pieces spanning five centuries, Crusoe's Secret explores the culture of English dissent, whether through canonical works - Paradise Lost, Robinson Crusoe, Clarissa - or moving between epi
The first installment of Paulin's ambitious new epic poem about World War II No matter the Führer is uncultured he has Heidegger says such beautiful such sculptured hands--but these are dangerou
Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, Tom Paulin has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene.
Since his precise, potent and subtle portraits of Northern Irish life first came to public attention in the 1970s, Tom Paulin has been an unmissable writer on the contemporary poetry scene.
The Secret Life of Poems is a primer which offers a poem - or on occasion an excerpt - succeeding with commentary in which rhythm, form, metre and sources are the order of the day, not ethical comment
Tom Paulin's first collection since The Road to Inver in 2004, Love's Bonfire sets poems about early life and marriage beside up-to-the minute and minutely registered perceptions of post-settlement
Medea, maddened by her husband Jason's infidelity, murders their two sons. It is one of the most famous of the Greek tragedies. This title conveys the shocking story and our conflicted loyalties as sp
This important study from the prizewinning novelist and critic Amit Chaudhuri explores D. H. Lawrence's position as a "foreigner" in the English canon. Focussing on the poetry, Chaudhuri examines how
William Blake is a poet without parallel, who remains a source of wisdom and inspiration to countless individuals throughout the world. This selection was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Ro
William Blake is a poet without parallel, who remains a source of wisdom and inspiration to countless individuals throughout the world. This selection was commissioned in 1905 by the firm of George Ro
After years of indifference and neglect, John Clare (1793-1864) is now recognized as one of the greatest English Romantic poets. Clare was an impoverished agricultural laborer, whose genius was gener
