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PENGUINS POEMS FOR LIFE
Laura Barber
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Description for PENGUINS POEMS FOR LIFE
Hardcover. A compilation of poems on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, and of mourning and commemoration. Editor(s): Barber, Laura. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the 'seven ages' of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration. Ranging from Chaucer to Carol Ann Duffy, via Shakespeare, Keats, and Lemn Sissay, this book offers something for each of those moments in life - whether falling in love, finding your ... Read more
Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's idea of the 'seven ages' of a human life, this new anthology brings together the best-loved poems in English to inspire, comfort and delight readers for a lifetime. Beginning with babies, the book is divided into sections on childhood, growing up, making a living and making love, family life, getting older, and approaching death, ending with poems of mourning and commemoration. Ranging from Chaucer to Carol Ann Duffy, via Shakespeare, Keats, and Lemn Sissay, this book offers something for each of those moments in life - whether falling in love, finding your ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780713999617
SKU
V9780713999617
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Ref
99-99
About Laura Barber
Selected by former Penguin Classics editorial director Laura Barber, a lifetime lover of poetry. Laura spent the better part of a year reading dozens of anthologies and many more poetry collections to put together this fantastic collection. Laura also put together Penguin's Poems by Heart and the forthcoming Penguin's Poems for Love. Laura lives in London, where ... Read more
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