Portable Poetry imprint: 119 books
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft...
by Amy Lowell
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft...
The Earthly Paradise - Part 1
"The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?"
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Earthly Paradise - Part 4
"The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?"
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Poetry Of Robert Bridges - Volume 2
New Poems, Later Poems & Poems in Classical Prosody
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Robert Bridges was born in Walmer, Kent on the 23rd of October 1844. He went to study medicine intending to practise until the age of forty and then retire to write poetry. Lung disease forced him to retire in 1882, and from that point on he devoted himself to writing and literary research. However,...
The Poetry Of Charlotte Mew
“Before I die I want to see, the world that lies behind the strangeness of your eyes”
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Charlotte Mary Mew was born on 15th November, 1869 in London to professional parents - her father was responsible for the design of Hampstead Town Hall. Charlotte, one of seven children; three of whom died in early childhood, was educated at Lucy Harrison's School for Girls and attended lectures at...
The Earthly Paradise - Part 3
"The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?"
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Defence of Guenevere
"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Life And Death Of Jason
"Have nothing in your house that your house that you do not know to be useful, or to be beautiful."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Earthly Paradise - Part 2
"The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?"
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs
"The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
William Morris was born in Walthamstow, London on 24th March 1834 he is regarded today as a foremost poet, writer, textile designer, artist and libertarian. Morris began to publish poetry and short stories in 1856 through the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine which he founded with his friends and financed...
The Poetry of William Cullen Bryant - Volume 1
"Winning isn't everything, but it beats anything in second place."
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...
The Poetry of William Cullen Bryant - Volume 2 - The Later Poems
“Truth crushed to earth shall rise again.”
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
On January 11, 1821, he married Frances Fairchild. With an invitation to address the Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa Society he wrote "The Ages", a panorama in verse of the history of civilization, culminating in the establishment of the United States. That poem led a collection, entitled Poems, which...
by Alice Meynell
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft...