Blake: The Complete Poems
Dryden:Selected Poems
Milton: Paradise Lost
Milton: The Complete Shorter Poems
Robert Browning: Selected Poems
Shelley: Selected Poems
Spenser: The Faerie Queene
Tennyson A Selected Edition
The Complete Poems of John Donne
The Complete Poems of Samuel Johnson
The Complete Poems of Shakespeare
The Poems of Alexander Pope: Volume One
The Poems of Alexander Pope: Volume Three The Dunciad (1728) & The Dunciad Variorum (1729)
The Poems of Andrew Marvell
The Poems of Ben Jonson
The Poems of Browning: Volume Four 1862 - 1871
The Poems of Browning: Volume One 1826-1840
The Poems of Browning: Volume Three 1846 - 1861
The Poems of Browning: Volume Two 1841-1846
The Poems of John Donne: Volume One
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Five 1697-1700
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Four 1693-1696
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume One 1649-1681
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Three 1686-1693
The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Two 1682-1685
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Four 1820-1821
The Poems of Shelley: Volume One 1804-1817
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Three 1819 - 1820
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Two 1817 - 1819
The Poems of W. B. Yeats Volume Two: 1890-1898
The Poems of W.B. Yeats Volume One: 1882-1889
The Poems of W.B. Yeats Volume Three: 1899-1910
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By W.H. Stevenson
February 15, 2007
William Blake (1757 - 1827) is one of the great figures in literature, by turns poet, artist and visonary. Profoundly libertarian in outlook, Blake's engagement with the issues of his day is well known and this - along with his own idiosynratic concerns - flows through his poetry and art. Like ...
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By Paul Hammond, David Hopkins
February 21, 2007
Dryden: Selected Poems is drawn from Paul Hammond and David Hopkins's remarkable five-volume The Poems of John Dryden, and includes a generous selection of his most important work. The great satires, MacFlecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel, are included in full, as are his religious poemsReligio ...
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By Alastair Fowler
August 22, 2006
Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the great works of literature, of any time and in any language. Marked by Milton's characteristic erudition it is a work epic both in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. For nearly 350 years it has held generation upon generation of scholars, students and readers ...
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By John Carey
August 21, 2006
This masterly edition contains all of Milton's English poems, with the exception of Paradise Lost, together with translations and texts of all his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. First published in 1968 - and substantially updated in 1996 - John Carey's edition has, with Alastair Fowler's Paradise ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
February 10, 2010
Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his elopement and marriage to Elizabeth Barratt, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Browning’s mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout ...
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By Kelvin Everest
March 23, 2023
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major Romantic poets and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English Language. In this volume, the editors have selected the most popular, significant and frequently taught poems from the six-volume Longman ...
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By A. C. Hamilton
August 21, 2006
The Faerie Queene is a scholarly masterpiece that has influenced, inspired, and challenged generations of writers, readers and scholars since its completion in 1596. Hamilton's edition is itself, a masterpiece of scholarship and close reading. It is now the standard edition for all readers of ...
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By Christopher Ricks
October 18, 2006
This is the only fully annotated and comprehensive selection of Tennyson’s poetry. Acknowledged as a major achievement of editorial scholarship, it has established itself as the standard edition of Tennyson. The collection contains in full all four of Tennyson's long poems: The Princess, In ...
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By Robin Robbins
June 10, 2010
The Poems of John Donne is one volume paperback edition of the poems of John Donne (1572-1631) based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of his work from composition to circulation and reception. Donne’s output is tremendously varied in style and form and demonstrates his ability to exercise his ...
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By Robert D. Brown, Robert DeMaria, Jr.
May 31, 2024
This definitive edition, the first since 1974, presents all the poetry of Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), including his play, Irene, with detailed, wide-ranging commentary. It has been expertly edited with attention to the extant manuscripts and all relevant printings. The volume includes the entirety...
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By Cathy Shrank, Raphael Lyne
November 20, 2017
Although best known for his plays, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was also a poet who achieved extraordinary depth and variety in only a few key works. This edition of his poetry provides detailed notes, commentary and appendices resulting in an academically thorough and equally accessible ...
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By Julian Ferraro, Paul Baines
March 05, 2019
The Poems of Alexander Pope is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Alexander Pope (1688–1744) resulting from a thorough reappraisal of his work, from composition through to reception. The annotations and headnotes are full and informative, and the layout is designed to enable the reader to ...
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By Valerie Rumbold
October 12, 2007
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) is one of the greatest poets in European literature, comparable to the likes of likes of Shakespeare, Chaucer, Keats and Wordsworth. He is not easy to read though: his poetry uses dense literary and contemporary contextual allusions. This is why a book that gets the ...
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By Nigel Smith
August 22, 2006
Little known as a poet in his own time, Andrew Marvell (1621-78) was a patriotic politician and champion of religious toleration during the Restoration. Although long celebrated for the great love lyric, To His Coy Mistress, the last century has seen his wider reputation as a poet grow ...
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By Tom Cain, Ruth Connolly
December 21, 2021
Ben Jonson, who was with Shakespeare and Marlowe one of three principal playwrights of his age, was also one of its most original and influential poets. Known best for the country house poem ‘To Penshurst’ and his moving elegy ‘On my First Son’, his work inspired the whole generation of ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
January 26, 2012
The Poems of Robert Browning is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin
July 08, 1991
The Poems of Browning is the first collected edition to be based on the earliest printed texts, and to present these texts in order of their composition.Together, volumes I and II provide an authoritative and accessible tribute to this great poet. Volume I, 1826-1840 traces Browning's career up to ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
November 15, 2007
The Poems of Browning is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin
July 08, 1991
The Poems of Browning is the first collected edition to be based on the earliest printed texts, and to present these texts in order of their composition.Together, volumes I and II provide an authoritative and accessible tribute to this great poet. Volume II, 1841-1846 includes Pippa Passes and many...
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By Robin Robbins
November 20, 2008
John Donne (1572-1631) is firmly fixed in the canon of English literature. "No man is an island" and "For whom the bell tolls" are just two of his phrases known by virtually everyone. The Poems of John Donne is a two volume edition of Donne’s poems based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of his...
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By Paul Hammond, David Hopkins
September 14, 2005
This volume completes the five-volume Longman Annotated Poets Edition of the poems of John Dryden, the major poet of Restoration England. It provides a modernized text along with full explanatory annotation. The poems include Dryden's spirited translation from Ovid, Homer, Chaucer, and ...
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By Paul Hammond, David Hopkins
September 11, 2000
Volume Four covers poems published between 1693 and 1696, principally Dryden's translations from Juvenal and Persius, and those from Ovid and Homer included in the miscellany Examen Poeticum (1693). This new edition represents the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, ...
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By Paul Hammond
February 13, 1995
These first two volumes in a four-volume edition of Dryden's poems are the result of a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions, and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which...
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By Paul Hammond, David Hopkins
August 10, 2000
John Dryden was the greatest writer of Restoration England. This third volume in the five-volume edition of Dryden's poems results from a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The modernised text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions and...
By Paul Hammond
February 27, 1995
Volume II covers the poems of Dryden from 1682 to 1685. Together with volume one, the work forms the first part of the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, providing an invaluable resource for students of Restoration culture....
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By Jane Stabler, Gavin Hopps
May 31, 2024
Byron’s Don Juan is one of the greatest poems in the English language. Byron’s friends initially agreed that ‘it will be impossible to publish this’. Byron prevailed, however, and the first two cantos were issued anonymously after much editorial revision. Even in its revised form, Don Juan was ...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
June 30, 2022
The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book...
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By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
June 30, 2022
The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book’...
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By Carlene Adamson, Will Bowers, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Michael Rossington
June 20, 2024
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the fifth volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley, which aims to present all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of ...
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By Michael Rossington, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest
December 02, 2013
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the fourth volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order ...
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By Geoffrey Matthews, Kelvin Everest
November 20, 1989
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the first volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order ...
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By Carlene Adamson, Will Bowers, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Michael Rossington
June 20, 2024
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the final volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley, which aims to present all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition ...
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By Jack Donovan, Cian Duffy, Kelvin Everest, Michael Rossington
January 24, 2011
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the third volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order ...
By Kelvin Everest, Geoffrey Matthews
June 02, 2000
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major Romantic poets, and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English language. This is the second volume of the five-volume The Poems of Shelley, which presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order ...
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By Peter McDonald
September 25, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly-established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...
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By Peter McDonald
September 25, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly-established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...
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By Peter McDonald
May 31, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...