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100 Poets - A Little Anthology by John Carey
30.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry A poem seems a fragile thing. Change a word and it is broken. But poems outlive empires and survive the devastation of conquests. Celebrated author John Carey here presents a uniquely valuable ...Show more
100 Poets: A Little Anthology by John Carey
22.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry"Does anyone know more about poetry than John Carey? Almost certainly not."--The TimesA poem seems a fragile thing. Change a word and it is broken. But poems outlive empires and survive the devasta ...Show more
A Little History of Poetry by John Carey
20.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times " A] fizzing, exhilarating book."--Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London "Delightful.'"--N ...Show more
A Little History of Poetry by John Carey
39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and ...Show more
Essential Paradise Lost by John Carey
24.99 AUD
Category: Reference
After its publication in 1667, John Milton's Paradise Lost was celebrated throughout Europe as a supreme achievement of the human spirit. Now it is little read. To bring readers back to Milton's masterpiece, John Carey has shortened it to a third of its original length. In this fascinating reinterpreta ...Show more
Sunday Best - 80 Great Books from a Lifetime of Reviews by John Carey
22.95 AUD
Category: Reference
A collection of John Carey's greatest, wisest, and wittiest reviews--amassed over a lifetime of writing In 1977, newly installed as a professor of English at Oxford, John Carey took the position of chief reviewer for the Sunday Times. In a career spanning over 40 years and upwards of 1,000 reviews, Care ...Show more
The Essential Paradise Lost by John Milton; John Carey
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Ideas | Reading Level: very good
After its publication in 1667, John Milton's Paradise Lost was celebrated throughout Europe as a supreme achievement of the human spirit.Now it is little read. To bring readers back to Milton's masterpiece, John Carey has shortened it to a third of its original length. In this fascinating reinterpretati ...Show more
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote "Lord of the Flies" by John Carey
24.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir
William Golding was born in 1911 and educated at his local grammar school and Brasenose College, Oxford. He published a volume of poems in 1934 and during the war served in the Royal Navy. Afterwards he returned to being a schoolmaster in Salisbury. "Lord of the Flies", his first novel, was an immediate ...Show more
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