A collection of favorite poems by such writers as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edward Lear, Walt Whitman, and Langston Hughes, with portraits of the po

First published in 1988, this study explains how certain genres created by Classical poets were adapted and sometimes transformed by the poets of the modern wor

Classic poems from the English literary tradition come together in an anthology that traces our journey through life with a thoughtful blend of humour and playf

Great Britain has a long and grand tradition of poets translating classical authors. Virtually every great poet from Chaucer on has tried his or her hand at tra