- Blurb -
An anthology that explores the power and beauty of rivers through poems from around the world and through the ages. AN EVERYMAN' S LIBRARY POCKET POET. Rivers were the arteries of our first civilizations-the Tigris and Euphrates of Mesopotamia, India' s Ganges, Egypt' s Nile, the Yellow River of China-and have nourished modern cities from London to New York, so it' s natural that poets have for centuries drawn essential meanings and metaphors from their endless currents. In this collection, British poets from Shakespeare and Wordsworth to Ted Hughes and Alice Oswald mingle with American voices ranging from verses by the indigenous Klallam people and the African-American spirituals "Deep River" and "Roll, Jordan, Roll" to such recent poets as Gary Snyder, Mary Oliver, and Natasha Tretheway. Walt Whitman' s iconic "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," Emily Dickinson' s tersely erotic "My River runs to thee," and Langston Hughes' sonorous "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" run alongside poems from ancient Babylon and Egypt. Contributions from India, Nepal, Japan, China, Thailand, France, Germany, Russia, Serbia, Chile, Mexico, the Congo, and Nigeria round out this celebration of the rivers of the world. Everyman' s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.
- Author Bio -
HENRY HUGHES is a poet, essayist, and professor of English at Western Oregon University. A winner of the Oregon Book Award, he is also the editor of the Everyman' s Library collections The Art of Angling- Poems about Fishing and Fishing Stories.
- Full Details -
Status: | Indent title, imported to order |
ISBN-13: | 9780593535530 |
Published: | 4 Oct 2022 |
Published In: | United States |
Imprint: | Random House Books |
Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
Format: | Hardback |
Height: | 159mm |
Width: | 105mm |
Pages: | 256 |
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