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Reading Like a Writer

A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

de Francine Prose ...

A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read—and writeLong before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose.As she takes us on a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters—Dostoyevsky, ... Leer más

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A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read—and writeLong before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose.As she takes us on a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters—Dostoyevsky,
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The Odyssey

de Homer ...

Traducido por Emily Wilson ...

Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation."Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of CirceComposed at the rosy-fingered ... Leer más

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Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home—inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan—in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation."Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered." —Madeline Miller, author of CirceComposed at the rosy-fingered
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The Bell Jar

de Sylvia Plath ...

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep ... Leer más

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The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep
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Love is a Dog From Hell

de Charles Bukowski ...

A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a “passionate madman.” Alternating ... Leer más

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A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a “passionate madman.” Alternating
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The Iliad

de Homer ...

Traducido por Emily Wilson ...

**“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of BooksThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.**When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline ... Leer más

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**“Wilson’s Iliad is clear and brisk, its iambic pentameter a zone of enchantment.” —Ange Mlinko, London Review of BooksThe greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.**When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017—revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline
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The Odyssey

de Homer ...

Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. The Odyssey is attributed to the poet Homer and, after its companion ... Leer más

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Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son; however, his journey is plagued by misfortune as the gods feud over his fate, leaving the Ithacans to believe that he has died. The Odyssey is attributed to the poet Homer and, after its companion
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The Metamorphoses Of Ovid

Traducido por Allen Mandelbaum ...

de Ovid ...

**Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature — classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid — is revealed anew.**Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story ... Leer más

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**Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature — classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid — is revealed anew.**Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story
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The Last Night of the Earth Poems

de Charles Bukowski ...

In The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Charles Bukowski reckons with writing, death and immortality, literature, city life, illness, war, and the past.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter The poems in the first three sections of this book were published in three volumes: It Catches My ... Leer más

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In The Last Night of the Earth Poems, Charles Bukowski reckons with writing, death and immortality, literature, city life, illness, war, and the past.“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter The poems in the first three sections of this book were published in three volumes: It Catches My
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The Iliad & The Odyssey

de Homer ...

While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark not only on Greek history and literature, but upon western civilization itself. Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, laid the foundation upon which Ancient Greece developed not only its culture, but its societal values, religious beliefs, and practice of ... Leer más

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While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark not only on Greek history and literature, but upon western civilization itself. Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, laid the foundation upon which Ancient Greece developed not only its culture, but its societal values, religious beliefs, and practice of
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Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Delphi Classics)

de Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Delphi Classics ...

Series Libro 28 - Delphi Poets Series
A leading poet, literary critic and philosopher who helped found the Romantic Movement in England, Samuel Taylor Coleridge has had an immense impact on world literature. This volume of the bestselling Delphi Poets Series presents the complete works of Coleridge, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with ... Leer más

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A leading poet, literary critic and philosopher who helped found the Romantic Movement in England, Samuel Taylor Coleridge has had an immense impact on world literature. This volume of the bestselling Delphi Poets Series presents the complete works of Coleridge, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with
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The Divine Comedy

Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

de Dante Alighieri, Robin Kirkpatrick ...

Traducido por Robin Kirkpatrick ...

Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literatureAn epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and ... Leer más

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A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literatureAn epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and
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Complete Poems of Robert Frost

de Robert Frost ...

"Complete Poems of Robert Frost" gathers the timeless and evocative verses of one of America's most celebrated poets. Robert Frost, often hailed as the poet laureate of rural New England, captures the essence of the American landscape and the complexities of human experience through his masterful use of language and vivid imagery. This comprehensive collection includes Frost's best-known works, ... Leer más

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"Complete Poems of Robert Frost" gathers the timeless and evocative verses of one of America's most celebrated poets. Robert Frost, often hailed as the poet laureate of rural New England, captures the essence of the American landscape and the complexities of human experience through his masterful use of language and vivid imagery. This comprehensive collection includes Frost's best-known works,
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William Shakespeare: The Complete Works (Illustrated)

de William Shakespeare ...

This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Love’s Labour ’s Lost Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Two ... Leer más

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This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It Love’s Labour ’s Lost Measure for Measure Much Ado About Nothing The Comedy of Errors The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Two
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The Seasons of the Soul

The Poetic Guidance and Spiritual Wisdom of Herman Hesse

de Hermann Hesse ...

Traducido por LUDWIG MAX FISCHER, Ph.D ...

Vowing at an early age “to be a poet or nothing at all,” Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history. One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today. Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry. Published for ... Leer más

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Vowing at an early age “to be a poet or nothing at all,” Hermann Hesse rebelled against formal education, focusing on a rigorous program of independent study that included literature, philosophy, art, and history. One result of these efforts was a series of novels that became counterculture bibles that remain widely influential today. Another was a body of evocative spiritual poetry. Published for
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Night Picnic

Poems

de Charles Simic ...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet "illuminates the shadow side of life in poems as perfectly formed and directed as the beam of a flashlight" ( Booklist).The poems in Charles Simic's new collection evoke a variety of settings and images, from New York City to small New England towns; from crowds spilling onto the sidewalk on a hot summer night to an abandoned wooden church and a car graveyard ... Leer más

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet "illuminates the shadow side of life in poems as perfectly formed and directed as the beam of a flashlight" ( Booklist).The poems in Charles Simic's new collection evoke a variety of settings and images, from New York City to small New England towns; from crowds spilling onto the sidewalk on a hot summer night to an abandoned wooden church and a car graveyard
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Electric Gurlesque

Edición de Arielle Greenberg, Becca Klaver ...

Gurlesque: a term that describes writers who perform femininity in their poems in a campy or overtly mocking manner, risking the grotesque to shake the foundations of acceptable female behavior and language. This new digital anthology features poems and essays exploring grrly, grotesque, burlesque poetics that pushes the aesthetic envelope through radical, femme, Third Wave strategies. Built from ... Leer más

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Gurlesque: a term that describes writers who perform femininity in their poems in a campy or overtly mocking manner, risking the grotesque to shake the foundations of acceptable female behavior and language. This new digital anthology features poems and essays exploring grrly, grotesque, burlesque poetics that pushes the aesthetic envelope through radical, femme, Third Wave strategies. Built from
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自由的窄廊：國家與社會如何決定自由的命運【諾貝爾經濟學獎新修訂版】

The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty

de 戴倫．艾塞默魯, 詹姆斯．羅賓森 ...

Traducido por 劉道捷 ...

Series series beyond
自由的關鍵，原來是制衡！《國家為什麼會失敗》後，最具啟發性的典範之作。★ 五位諾貝爾經濟學獎得主一致推薦．全球唯一中文版☆ 《金融時報》年度經濟學必讀書單第一名為什麼有些國家保障自由，有些國家卻宰割公民？還有些國家徒具形式，根本無法有效治理？自由，意謂不受他人力量宰制，無須時時生活在恐懼之中。可是，綜觀人類歷史數千年，自由十分罕見。多數時候，強者為所欲為，弱者任憑宰割。理當維持秩序的國家機器若非不存在，就是淪為壓迫的幫兇。為什麼會這樣？艾塞默魯與羅賓森教授回顧古今中外，引領讀者走訪一個又一個文明故事。從雅典城邦、阿拉伯與中東、非洲、夏威夷與大洋洲、前蘇聯、歐洲、中國與美國。兩位作者主張：國家機器強，社會更要強，互相制衡，踏入「窄廊」，自由才有保障。本書結合兩位最優秀的政治與經濟學家，奠基於多年原創研究，建構一套清晰、具體的政治經濟學模型。非常適合回應當前全球關心的重大課題：◆ ... Leer más

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自由的關鍵，原來是制衡！《國家為什麼會失敗》後，最具啟發性的典範之作。★ 五位諾貝爾經濟學獎得主一致推薦．全球唯一中文版☆ 《金融時報》年度經濟學必讀書單第一名為什麼有些國家保障自由，有些國家卻宰割公民？還有些國家徒具形式，根本無法有效治理？自由，意謂不受他人力量宰制，無須時時生活在恐懼之中。可是，綜觀人類歷史數千年，自由十分罕見。多數時候，強者為所欲為，弱者任憑宰割。理當維持秩序的國家機器若非不存在，就是淪為壓迫的幫兇。為什麼會這樣？艾塞默魯與羅賓森教授回顧古今中外，引領讀者走訪一個又一個文明故事。從雅典城邦、阿拉伯與中東、非洲、夏威夷與大洋洲、前蘇聯、歐洲、中國與美國。兩位作者主張：國家機器強，社會更要強，互相制衡，踏入「窄廊」，自由才有保障。本書結合兩位最優秀的政治與經濟學家，奠基於多年原創研究，建構一套清晰、具體的政治經濟學模型。非常適合回應當前全球關心的重大課題：◆
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God Makes the Rivers to Flow

An Anthology of the World's Sacred Poetry and Prose

de Eknath Easwaran, Eknath Easwaran ...

Series Libro 4 - Essential Easwaran Library
Life-affirming and lyrical writings for inspiration and meditation, from saints and sages of the Christian, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions.Eknath Easwaran taught meditation and spiritual living for nearly 40 years and drew deep, ongoing inspiration from the sacred literature of the world's traditions.Read these 149 passages for daily inspiration, for the ... Leer más

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Life-affirming and lyrical writings for inspiration and meditation, from saints and sages of the Christian, Hindu, Sufi, Jewish, Native American, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions.Eknath Easwaran taught meditation and spiritual living for nearly 40 years and drew deep, ongoing inspiration from the sacred literature of the world's traditions.Read these 149 passages for daily inspiration, for the
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You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love

de Yona Harvey ...

The poems of award-winning poet Yona Harvey’s much anticipated You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love follow an unnamed protagonist on her multidimensional, Afro-futuristic journey. Her story stretches the boundaries normally constraining a black, female body like hers. Half-superhero, half-secret-identity, she encounters side-slipping, speculative realities testing her in poems that appear like ... Leer más

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The poems of award-winning poet Yona Harvey’s much anticipated You Don’t Have to Go to Mars for Love follow an unnamed protagonist on her multidimensional, Afro-futuristic journey. Her story stretches the boundaries normally constraining a black, female body like hers. Half-superhero, half-secret-identity, she encounters side-slipping, speculative realities testing her in poems that appear like
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New American Best Friend

de Olivia Gatwood ...

2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Runner-Up One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes. The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably ... Leer más

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2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Runner-Up One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes. The focus shifts from childhood to adulthood, gender to sexuality, violence to joy. And always and inexorably
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Hello Lovely!

Inspirational Quotes & Poems on Life, Love & Empowerment

de Lang Leav ...

Series series Lang Leav
Explore and discover a life-changing collection of beautiful quotes by one of the most quoted writers in modern history, Lang Leav.Inspired by years of requests to use her work in everything from wedding vows to art pieces, academic papers, and graduation speeches, Lang Leav thought it best to finally put her most sought-after words together into one place.Hello Lovely!: Inspirational Quotes & ... Leer más

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Explore and discover a life-changing collection of beautiful quotes by one of the most quoted writers in modern history, Lang Leav.Inspired by years of requests to use her work in everything from wedding vows to art pieces, academic papers, and graduation speeches, Lang Leav thought it best to finally put her most sought-after words together into one place.Hello Lovely!: Inspirational Quotes &
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Divina comedia

Edición de Ángel Chiclana

de Dante Alighieri ...

Series series Poesía
Dante Alighieri quiso decir lo que nunca ha sido dicho de mujer alguna: la expresión de un amor que transciende las dimensiones físicas de este mundo y se convierte en pura espiritualidadDante Alighieri (1265-1321), padre de la lengua italiana, invirtió doce años de su vida en escribir la Divina Comedia. Dos hechos biográficos -la muerte de su amada Beatriz y el exilio de su ciudad, Florencia- le ... Leer más

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Dante Alighieri quiso decir lo que nunca ha sido dicho de mujer alguna: la expresión de un amor que transciende las dimensiones físicas de este mundo y se convierte en pura espiritualidadDante Alighieri (1265-1321), padre de la lengua italiana, invirtió doce años de su vida en escribir la Divina Comedia. Dos hechos biográficos -la muerte de su amada Beatriz y el exilio de su ciudad, Florencia- le
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True Mistakes

de Lena Moses-Schmitt ...

Series series Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Finalist, 2025 Miller Williams Poetry PrizeIn her debut collection True Mistakes, the poet Lena Moses-Schmitt unleashes her powers of scrutiny on herself and on works of art to interrogate the essential nature of consciousness, identity, and time.As the poet goes about daily life—taking long walks, painting at her desk, going to work, grappling with the deaths of friends, struggling with anxiety ... Leer más

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Finalist, 2025 Miller Williams Poetry PrizeIn her debut collection True Mistakes, the poet Lena Moses-Schmitt unleashes her powers of scrutiny on herself and on works of art to interrogate the essential nature of consciousness, identity, and time.As the poet goes about daily life—taking long walks, painting at her desk, going to work, grappling with the deaths of friends, struggling with anxiety
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Selected Poems, 1968–2014

de Paul Muldoon ...

"The most significant English-Language poet born since the second world war." — The Times Literary SupplementSelected Poems 1968–2014 offers forty-six years of work drawn from twelve individual collections by a poet who "began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso" (Michael Hofmann). Hailed by Seamus Heaney as "one of the era's true originals," Paul Muldoon seems determined to escape ... Leer más

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"The most significant English-Language poet born since the second world war." — The Times Literary SupplementSelected Poems 1968–2014 offers forty-six years of work drawn from twelve individual collections by a poet who "began as a prodigy and has gone on to become a virtuoso" (Michael Hofmann). Hailed by Seamus Heaney as "one of the era's true originals," Paul Muldoon seems determined to escape
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