Results for: books tagged ‘Poetry Classics’
Sylvia Plath: Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (1932-63) possessed one of the most commanding voices in twentieth-century poetry. She published only one volume of verse, The Colossus, during her life and a single novel, The ... More
Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot: T. S. Eliot
As a poet, editor and essayist, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. This selection, which was made by Eliot himself, includes many of ... More
Ted Hughes: Ted Hughes
Right from the beginning, Ted Hughes (1930-98) wrote in a way that set him apart from his contemporaries, as Simon Armitage puts it in his introduction. By the time he ... More
W. B. Yeats: W. B. Yeats
W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) was not only Ireland's greatest poet but one of the most influential voices in world literature in the twentieth century. His extraordinary work, in the words ... More
W. H. Auden: W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden (1907-73) came to prominence in the 1930s among a generation of outspoken poets that included his friends Louis MacNeice, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. But he was ... More
John Betjeman: Hugo Williams
Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. After university he joined the staff of the Architectural Review, thereafter working as a ... More