Editore: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2020
ISBN 10: 1528716280 ISBN 13: 9781528716284
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: New. Written between the years 1798 and 1801, The Lucy Poems is a charming, pocket-sized collection of William Wordsworths Lucy poems, first published in one of his best-known works, Lyrical Ballads.The lyrical poetry in this volume explores nature motifs alongside melancholic themes of grief and unrequited love, surrounding a young English girls death. Lucys identity continues to be unknown and she is commonly thought to be figurative, a literary device for Wordsworth to reflect his own feelings of longing and loss on to.This collection includes all five of Wordsworths Lucy poems: - Stange fits of passion I have known - She dwelt among the untrodden ways - I travelled among unknown men - Three years she grew in sun and shower - A slumber did my spirit sealWordsworth was traveling Germany with his sister, Dorothy, at the time of writing this series. His growing irritation at his traveling companion and his desire to be reunited with his close friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is evident in the works. Four of the five poems were first published in the collection Lyrical Ballads, composed by Wordsworth and Coleridge, that went on to form part of the early Romantic movement in England.This small edition of Wordsworths Lucy poems has been republished by Read & Co. Books Ragged Hand, complete with introductory excerpts from Thomas De Quincey and Thomas Carlyle. The Lucy Poems is an ideal collection for lovers of Romantic era poetry and Wordsworths beautiful nature imagery - the perfect companion for those who love reading poetry on the go.
Editore: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2020
ISBN 10: 1528716280 ISBN 13: 9781528716284
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Good. Written between the years 1798 and 1801, The Lucy Poems is a charming, pocket-sized collection of William Wordsworths Lucy poems, first published in one of his best-known works, Lyrical Ballads.The lyrical poetry in this volume explores nature motifs alongside melancholic themes of grief and unrequited love, surrounding a young English girls death. Lucys identity continues to be unknown and she is commonly thought to be figurative, a literary device for Wordsworth to reflect his own feelings of longing and loss on to.This collection includes all five of Wordsworths Lucy poems: - Stange fits of passion I have known - She dwelt among the untrodden ways - I travelled among unknown men - Three years she grew in sun and shower - A slumber did my spirit sealWordsworth was traveling Germany with his sister, Dorothy, at the time of writing this series. His growing irritation at his traveling companion and his desire to be reunited with his close friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, is evident in the works. Four of the five poems were first published in the collection Lyrical Ballads, composed by Wordsworth and Coleridge, that went on to form part of the early Romantic movement in England.This small edition of Wordsworths Lucy poems has been republished by Read & Co. Books Ragged Hand, complete with introductory excerpts from Thomas De Quincey and Thomas Carlyle. The Lucy Poems is an ideal collection for lovers of Romantic era poetry and Wordsworths beautiful nature imagery - the perfect companion for those who love reading poetry on the go.
Editore: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2021
ISBN 10: 1528719301 ISBN 13: 9781528719308
Da: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Good. Originally published in 1912, this book contains a fantastic collection of illustrated, satirical poems written by The Women Suffrage Party. The Woman Suffrage Party was founded in New York, 1909. Fighting for the right to vote, these poems highlight the way women were treated at the time and strongly push the narrative for a change in history. With an introduction by English politician and feminist, Millicent Fawcett, this book is perfect for those who are interested in the Suffrage movement and also women in history.
Editore: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2020
ISBN 10: 1528716353 ISBN 13: 9781528716352
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: Good. This beautiful pocket-sized volume is a compilation of William Wordsworths poetry on birds. The collection includes lyrical, melancholic poems alongside whimsical pieces that will make readers hearts soar.With themes of freedom, hope and love in The Book of Birds Wordsworth uses darker imagery to express his innermost thoughts and views of the world through the beautiful imagery of birds. This carefully curated book collates some of the poets most inspiring work as well as a few of his seminal pieces.This collection includes fantastic poems such as: - The Green Linnet - To a Sky-lark, 1807 - To the Cuckoo - The Sparrows Nest - A Wrens Nest - Animal Tranquillity and Decay - The Contrast - The Parrot and the WrenProudly republished by Read & Co. Books Ragged Hand, Wordsworths Poetry on Birds is now in a new compact, pocket-sized edition. This collection is completed by an introductory excerpt from Reminiscences, 1881, by Thomas Carlyle, and would make the perfect gift for lovers of birds and collectors of Wordsworths poetry.
Editore: Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2020
ISBN 10: 1445557894 ISBN 13: 9781445557892
Da: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condizione: New. James Middleton Sutherland's 1887 work William Wordsworth is a fantastic biography of the famous English Romantic poet, exploring the details of his personal life with reference to his seminal writings. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English Romantic poet famous for helping to usher in the Romantic Age in English literature with the publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798), which he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His best known work is perhaps The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem from his early years which was changed and expanded many times throughout his life. He was poet laureate of Britain between 1843 until his death in 1850. Contents include: Some Tributes to Wordsworth's Eminence as a Poet, Wordsworth Makes a Tour in North Wales, Spends his Time Afterwards in Visiting his Friends, Wordsworth Settles with his Sister at Racedown Lodge, Near Crewkerne, Dorsetshire (1795), The 'Lyrical Ballads', Grasmere Described, etc. This classic work is republished here in a new, modern, high-quality edition with additional biographical excerpt from Leigh Hunt, Anna Marie Hall and Thomas Carlyle.