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Poetry (53 titles)
Books are all in good to excellent condition.
Only single
copies of each title are available.
| Unterecker, John |
A Reader's Guide to William Butler Yeats | Yeats draws heavily upon mystical and theosophical systems of an arcane nature, often referring to events in his own life and in history. | $15 |
| Bodkin, Maud | Archetypal Patterns in Poetry | Author explores the effects of Jungian archetypes and universal characters and experiences in poetry. | $10 |
| Baker, George | Ballads of Bravery | Beautiful red, black, gray, and gold pictorial illumination cover with gilt figure of a woman. Printed 1877. Hardcover. | $28 |
| Thomson, J.A.K. | Classical Influences on English Poetry | Thomson describes each of the classical poetic forms, from the epic to the epigram using excellent illustrative samples | $12 |
| Arnstein,
Flora J. |
Children
Write Poetry: A Creative Approach |
Readers
will find Arnstein's teaching method inspiring and engrossing as will
laymen interested in children and education. For Elementary Grades |
$15 |
| Whittier, John G. | The
Complete Poetic Works of John Greenleaf Whittier |
Numerous
illustrations to Whittier's poems. Magnificent gilt illumination on cover.
Printed in 1880. Hardcover. |
$18 |
| Foster, H. Lincoln | Contemporary
American Poetry |
Poets
discussed range from Edna St. Vincent Millay to Richard Wilbur and Ogden
Nash. Text contains biographical notes on poets as well as a Glossary of
Literary Terms. |
$15 |
| Maritain, Jacques | Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry | Author discusses the poetry of Eliot and Thomas, the painting of Roualt and Picasso, the music of Bach and Mozart, the philosophy of Aristotle, Plato and Thomas Aquinas. | $30 |
| Marshall, Carol & Myers, John A., Jr. | Designs
for Reading : Poems |
Content includes The Shape of a Poem, The Sound of a Poem, The Words of a Poem, Pictures in the Mind's Eye as well as a Glossary of Literary Terms and an Index of Title and Authors. For Secondary Grades | $9 |
| Swanwick, Anna, Translator | Faust: A Dramatic Poem | Man gives up his soul in exchange for the riches and pleasures of the world. | $23 |
| Blackmur, R.P. | Form & Value in Modern Poetry | Essays on Hardy, Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Moore, Hart Crane, Cummings and others. | $8 |
| Lewis, D.B. Wyndham | Francois Villon | A Documented Survey of the poet. | $38 |
| Henderson, Harold G. | Haiku: An Introduction | Author shows how the haiku is a very exacting form, requiring compliance with the strictest aesthetic standards of concreteness, objectivity, and suggestiveness. | $10 |
| Altenbernd, Lynn & Lewis, L.L. | A Handbook for The Study of Poetry | Everything you need to know to understand poetry! | $7 |
| Ciardi, John | How Does A Poem Mean? | Many rare and somewhat unknown poems by famous authors are presented in this volume. Poems are preceded by the author's observations and followed by questions. | $32 |
| Hamilton, Anne | How To Revise Your Own Poems: A Primer for Poets | Inspiration & Technique; Poetry & Verse; Rhythm; Onomatopeia; Connotation; Imagery & Figures of Speech; The Sonnet; Triteness; Bad Poetry; Reasons for Writing Poems; etc. Hardcover. | $17 |
| Knapp, Edgar H | Introduction to Poetry | Questions
and Comments to each of the poems. Grades 6-12. |
$14 |
| Whitman, Walt | Leaves of grass. The worlds popular classics | Reprint of Whitman's best-known poems. Hardcover.. | $10 |
| Walter Nina Willis | Let
Them Write Poetry |
For
teachers of children from kindergarten through high school. Contains
an excellent bibliography of books about poetry appreciation and poetry
writing for children. |
$10 |
| McKuen, Rod | Lonesome Cities | Author paints wistful portraits of cities and their people and their need for one another. Hardcover. | $15 |
| Untermeyer, Louis, Ed. | Modern
American Poetry Modern & British Poetry |
An extensive
collection of American and British poetry. |
$17 |
| Stauffer, Donald A. | The Nature of Poetry | A critical examination of the structure, texture, and meaning of English poetry, with examples running from Spenser to Yeats. | $18 |
| Viereck, George Sylvester | Nineveh and Other Poems | Poems include Golgotha, the Garden of Passion, and The Magic City. | $27 |
| Middleton, Christopher | Nonsequences: Selfpoems | Collection of poetry from the pen of Christopher Middleton. Titles include The Monsters and Disturbing the Tarantula, and An Englishman in Texas. Hardcover. | $24 |
| Cerf, Bennett | Out On A Limerick | Over 300 printable limericks "assembled, revised dry-cleaned and annotated". | $8 |
| Bownas, G. & A. Thwaite | The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse | Themes of Japanese poetry include a gentle melancholy, unrequited love, the transiency of nature, and the pleasures of solitude. | $23 |
| Wilbur, Richard | Poe | Laurel Poetry Series contains complete poems by Poe with an introduction and notes. | $10 |
| Rossetti, D.G. | Poems and Translations 1850-1870 | Brown cloth hardback with 'Poems of Rossetti' in gilt on the spine, facing the title page is a b/w portrait of Rossetti drawn by himself, the picture protected by tissue. | $29 |
| Tennyson, Alfred Lord | Poems of Tennyson | Best selection of Tennyson's poem. Hardcover. | $10 |
| Whittier, John | Poems of Whittier | Selection of Whittier's best poems. Hardcover. | $10 |
| Scott, A.F. | The Poet's Craft | A Course in the Critical Appreciation of Poetry Based on the Study of Holograph Manuscripts and Earlier and Later Versions of Printed Poems. | $25 |
| Barfield, Owen | Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning | This study stands alone in focusing on the mysterious area in poetry between word and meaning. | $19 |
| Milton, John | The Poetic Works of John Milton | Green cloth cover with embossed design on front cover and spine and gilt lettering on spine. Hardcover. | $29 |
| Drew, Elizabeth | Poetry: A Modern Guide to Its Understanding and Enjoyment | Content includes: poetry and the poet, poetry and the reader, sound patterns, imagery, words, design of poems, etc. | $7 |
| Deutsch, Babette | Poetry in Our Time | A critical survey of poetry in the English-speaking world, 1900-1960. | $10 |
| Goldstein, Richard | The Poetry of Rock | Rock lyrics include those of Chuck Berry, Roger Miller, Lennon-McCartney, Paul Simon, Donovan, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, and others. | $10 |
| Myers, John A. & Marshall, Carol | The
Range of Literature : Poetry |
Text contains Glossary of Literary Terms and Index of Titles and Authors. Secondary Grades. | $14 |
| Dunning, Stephen, Lueders, E., & Smith, H. | Reflections
on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle |
A wonderful collection of modern verse with excellent accompanying photos. | $28 |
| Gregory, H. & Zaturenska,M. | Religious Verse | A rewarding, fresh, and vital harvest of poetry. | $6 |
| O'Conner, William Van | Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry | An authoritative and creative attempt to reveal the fundamental unity which is at the foot of all knowledge. | $19 |
| Empson, William | 7 Types of Ambiguity | A study of the effects of ambiguity in English verse. | $10 |
| Scott, Wilbur S. | Skills of the Poet | Contents include diction, meter, traditional forms, allusions, and symbols. | $14 |
| Browning, Elizabeth Barrett | Sonnets from The Portuguese | A small, but unique volume of Browning's most lovely sonnets. Ex-library. | $15 |
| Perrine, Laurence | Sound and Sense | An introduction to poetry. | $8 |
| Peck, Richard, Ed. | Sounds & Silences | A collection of American and English poetry about such facets of modern life as sonic booms, conscientious objectors, psychedelic images, and loneliness. | $5 |
| Knudson, R.R. & P.K. Ebert | Sports Poems | Includes poems about football, baseball, basketball, swimming, surfing, and a variety of other sports. | $12 |
| Maline, Julian and Berkley, James, Editors | Studies
in Poetry (Approaches to Literature - Vol. 3) |
Text includes a Dictionary of Questions for Understanding Literature. Secondary Grades. | $11 |
| Thackeray, William |
Thackeray's Ballads | Front and back covers and spine have beautiful gilt illustrations. Printed in 1882. Hardcover. | $49 |
| Hall, Donald | To Read Poetry | To help students read poetry with intelligence, gusto, and discrimination. | $35 |
| None Stated | A Treasury of the World's Best-Loved Poems | Includes poems of Byron, Pope, Milton, Browning, Keats, Shelley, Tennyson, and others. Hardcover. | $8 |
| Lerner, Laurence | The Truest Poetry | A study in aesthetics, concerned with the principles of literary criticism. Hardcover. | $12 |
| Burdett, Osbert | William Blake | Biography of William Blake, part of the English Men of Letters series edited by J. C. Squire. Printed in 1926. Hard Cover. Fair Condition. | $26 |
| Waley, Arthur | Yuan Mei Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet | Provides a fascinating glimpse of eighteenth century China during the heyday of the Manchu dynasty. | $18 |