The great nineteenth-century German thinker's musings on self-deceit, superstition, art and ambition
Dreamlike, poignant verse on passion, torment and resplendent landscapes from one of the first Romantic poets
Pastoral, lyrical verse evoking the rural landscapes and peoples of eight-century China from three of its finest poets
Moving, elegiac verse set in rural landscapes, penned by the grief-stricken Hardy after his wife's death.
Moonlight, spring blossom, a woman's hair - a medieval Japanese monk reflects on idle moments and life's fleeting joy.
The Orange and Other Poems provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling, and best-loved poets. In poems that go from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling—and being—in love to how to manage a painful break-up to cherishing the memories of people loved and lost, this is a collectio…
Lips the colour of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like 'guilt, and guilt, and guilt': these are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom. 'But what is the ninth kingdom?' she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. 'It is the kingdom of the frozen will,' comes the reply. 'There is no going back.'