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Oxford Book of Story Poems

Oxford Book of Story Poems more books like this

by Professor Michael Harrison (Editor), Christopher Stuart-Clark (Editor)

How many of one's favourite poems are story poems? This is a wonderful collection of over sixty narratives in verse with thrilling tales, silly nonsense rhymes, tragic poems that will keep you in suspense, and funny, quirky poems that will delight over and over again. All the classic poems you would expect to see are here, such as "Jabberwocky", ...

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Narrative Poems

Narrative Poems more books like this

by C S Lewis

C.S. Lewis enjoyed both stories and poetry. His narrative poems combine his gift in story-telling with his skills as a poet. The four pieces in this book are the only narrative poems by Lewis known to be in existence. The poems are full of Lewis's romantic imagination; they display his love and knowlege of classic mythology and his own mastery of ...

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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry more books like this

by Patrick Cheney (Editor)

This Companion provides a full introduction to the poetry of William Shakespeare through discussion of his freestanding narrative poems, the Sonnets, and his plays. Fourteen leading international scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on all relevant topics: from Shakespeare's seminal role in the development of English poetry, the ...

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The sonnets and narrative poems

The sonnets and narrative poems more books like this

by William Shakespeare

A complete and annotated edition of Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse, including the sonnets, "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece".

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Narrative Poems, the Pel

Narrative Poems, the Pel more books like this

by William Shakespeare, Jonathan V Crewe (Editor), A R Braunmuller (Editor)

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight more books like this

by Bernard O'Donoghue (Translator)

Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthur's Camelot in deep mid-winter. The mighty knight presents a challenge to the court: he will allow himself to be struck by one blow, on the condition that he ...

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The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse

The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse more books like this

by Peter Opie (Editor), Iona Opie (Editor)

This is a story-book in verse, universal in its appeal and representative of a literary tradition from Chaucer to Auden. Its tales are of various kinds - romantic, humorous, ghostly, and gory, written at any time over the past six hundred years.

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Story of All Things - PB

Story of All Things - PB more books like this

by Marshall Grossman, Marshall Grossman, Stanley Fish (Editor)

Marshall Grossman analyzes the influence of major cultural developments, as well as significant events in the lives of Renaissance poets, to show how specific narratives characterize distinctive conceptions of the self in relation to historical action. This far-reaching study of the development of subjectivity in response to historical change will ...

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Sonnets and Narrative Poems: The Complete Non-Dramatic Poetry

Sonnets and Narrative Poems: The Complete Non-Dramatic Poetry more books like this

by William Shakespeare, Sylvan Barnet (Editor)

A discussion of Shakespeare's life accompanies a collection of his sonnets and narrative poems, highlighted by critical notes and scholarly comments.

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Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems

Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems more books like this

by Peter Hyland

This title provides a lively and informed examination of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry: the narrative poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece" the "Sonnets" and various minor poems, including some only recently attributed to Shakespeare. Peter Hyland locates Shakespeare as a sceptical voice within the turbulent social context in ...

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English Epic and Heroic Poetry more books like this

by William Macneile Dixon

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The book of ballads. more books like this

by MacEdward Leach (Compiled by), Fritz Kredel, Limited Editions Club

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Chaucer: Complaint and Narrative more books like this

by W A Davenport

This book counters the view of Chaucer's complaints as exercises in a worn-out French tradition by demonstrating how his effort to fuse lyric and narrative modes led him to experiment with complaint. 'His analyses give new perspectives on several of Chaucer's works - an intelligent, original and profitable view.' - "Studies In The Age Of Chaucer".

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Oxford Books of Verse more books like this

by Iona Opie (Editor), Peter Opie (Editor)

This is a story-book, universal in its appeal and representative of a literary tradition from Chaucer to Auden. Its tales are of various kinds - romantic, humorous, ghostly, and gory, written over the past six hundred years. Here will be found Pope's 'Rape of the Lock' and Coleridge's 'Ancient Mariner'; the tale of John Gilpin and of the Idiot Boy ...

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: And Other Classic Stories in Verse more books like this

by Robin A Waterfield, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

This is a collection of narrative verse, particularly chosen to entertain children and develop a love of traditional poetry. It includes "The Lady of Shalott" by Tennyson, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Browning, "The Jumblies" by Lear and "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Carroll.

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Lord Randal and Other British Ballads more books like this

by Francis J Child (Editor)

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Elizabethan narrative verse more books like this

by Nigel Alexander

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George Crabbe & the Progress of Eighteenth-Century Narrative Verse more books like this

by Beth Nelson

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The Oxford Book of Narrative Verse more books like this

by Iona Opie (Editor), Peter Opie (Editor)

An anthology of 59 poems, most of which are given in their entirety, representing narrative verse from Chaucer to Auden. The editors have chosen poems that tell a straightforward and complete story or are, like Chaucer's "Death and the Three Revellers", stories within a story, or which are episodes from longer poems complete in themselves. Thus, ...

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Story-Telling Ballads more books like this

by Frances Jenkins Olcott

Here are 77 story-telling ballads and narrative poems, that will make the heart beat faster and the pulse-bound. They offer a feast of good things - romances, hero-tales, fairy legends, and adventures of knights and lovely damsels. They sing of proud and wicked folk, of gentle and loyal ones, of laidley worms, witches, mermaids with golden combs, ...

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Poems, Chiefly Narrative more books like this

by W. L. MacDonald (Editor), Francis Cox Walker

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The Mind's Empire: Myth and Form in George Chapman's Narrative Poems more books like this

by Professor Raymond B Waddington

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Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts more books like this

by Roald Dahl, Alan Cumming (Read by)

Revolting Rhymes If you thought you knew the stories of some of the most popular fairy tales, think again. Here are six of the best known tales retold with more than a twist or two, by that master of the comic and the bloodcurdling, Roald Dahl. Dirty Beasts Meet Roald Dahl's ghastly menagerie of wonderful comic animals. The collection includes ...

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The Narrative Poems more books like this

by William Shakespeare

A volume of Shakespeare's narrative poems - "Venus and Adonis", "The Rape of Lucrece", "The Phoenix and the Turtle" and "The Passionate Pilgrim". The book includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary and a short account of the textual problems.

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The poet's tales; a new book of story poems. more books like this

by William Cole (Compiled by), Charles Keeping

An anthology of story poems from English and American sources grouped under such headings as "Strange and Mysterious," "Love Stories," and "At Sea."

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