The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry
Penguin
Jan 2003 · Penguin UK
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THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION OF OUR MOST TREASURED WRITING ON THE MOST UNIVERSAL THEME, LOVE. FEATURING POETRY FROM EDGAR ALLEN POE, EMILY DICKINSON, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI AND MANY MORE.
Love itself might be blind, but over millennia it has inspired some of the most perceptive and visionary poetry ever written - from the fragments of Sappho, to Shakespeare's sonnets and verses of Byron, Keats and Shelley, right through to Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy.
Whether it's the burning passion of two young lovers, the steady companionship of a married couple, the unconditional love of a parent for a child or the enduring affection of lifelong friendship, discover the finest poems on love from across cultures and ages in this curated collection.
Love itself might be blind, but over millennia it has inspired some of the most perceptive and visionary poetry ever written - from the fragments of Sappho, to Shakespeare's sonnets and verses of Byron, Keats and Shelley, right through to Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy.
Whether it's the burning passion of two young lovers, the steady companionship of a married couple, the unconditional love of a parent for a child or the enduring affection of lifelong friendship, discover the finest poems on love from across cultures and ages in this curated collection.
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About the author
Jon Stallworthy was educated at Rugby, in the West African Frontier Force, and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry. He is now Professor of English Literature at Oxford.
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