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Sky Above, Great Wind
The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $17.95
Ryokan (1758–1831) is, along with Dogen and Hakuin, one of the three giants of Zen in Japan. But unlike his two renowned colleagues, Ryokan was a societal dropout, living mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple. He liked playing with children. He... Read more >
The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan
Written by Kazuaki Tanahashi
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $17.95
Ryokan (1758–1831) is, along with Dogen and Hakuin, one of the three giants of Zen in Japan. But unlike his two renowned colleagues, Ryokan was a societal dropout, living mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple. He liked playing with children. He... Read more >
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Kipling: Poems
Written by Rudyard Kipling
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $13.50
Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing children’s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a... Read more >
Written by Rudyard Kipling
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $13.50
Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing children’s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a... Read more >
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Inferno
Written by Dante
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2005
Price: $7.00
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Written by Dante
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2005
Price: $7.00
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Leaves of Grass
The "Death-Bed" Edition
Written by Walt Whitman
Introduction by William Carlos Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $15.00
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice... Read more >
The "Death-Bed" Edition
Written by Walt Whitman
Introduction by William Carlos Williams
Format: Trade Paperback, 800 pages
On Sale: November 28, 2000
Price: $15.00
Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice... Read more >
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Love Poems
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1993
Price: $13.50
It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing... Read more >
Edited by Peter Washington
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 2, 1993
Price: $13.50
It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing... Read more >
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Edited by Stephen Mitchell
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Introduction by Robert Hass
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2013
Price: $11.99
"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke
Edited by Stephen Mitchell
Translated by Stephen Mitchell
Introduction by Robert Hass
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: January 30, 2013
Price: $11.99
"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Complete Poems and Selected Letters of John Keats
Written by John Keats
Introduction by Edward Hirsch
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2001
Price: $16.00
'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a... Read more >
Written by John Keats
Introduction by Edward Hirsch
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2001
Price: $16.00
'I think I shall be among the English Poets after my death,' John Keats soberly prophesied in 1818 as he started writing the blankverse epic Hyperion. Today he endures as the archetypal Romantic genius who explored the limits of the imagination and celebrated the pleasures of the senses but suffered a... Read more >
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Evidence
Poems
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 88 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $14.00
Poems
Written by Mary Oliver
Format: Trade Paperback, 88 pages
On Sale: September 14, 2010
Price: $14.00
Never afraid to shed the pretense of academic poetry, never shy of letting the power of an image lie in unadorned language, Mary Oliver offers us poems of arresting beauty that reflect on the power of love and the great gifts of the natural world. Inspired by the familiar lines from...
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The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake
Written by William Blake
Edited by David V. Erdman
Commentaries by Harold Bloom
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
On Sale: March 5, 1997
Price: $27.00
Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom.
An "Approved Edition" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. Read more >
Written by William Blake
Edited by David V. Erdman
Commentaries by Harold Bloom
Format: Trade Paperback, 1024 pages
On Sale: March 5, 1997
Price: $27.00
Since its first publication in 1965, this edition has been widely hailed as the best available text of Blake's poetry and prose. Now revised, if includes up-to-date work on variants, chronology of poems and critical commentary by Harold Bloom.
An "Approved Edition" of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. Read more >
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Inferno
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.00
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences. Read more >
Written by Dante
Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: December 9, 2003
Price: $14.00
Translated by Anthony Esolen
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences. Read more >
