The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry
The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry

Author: J. D. McClatchy

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1996-06-25

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 0679741151

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This groundbreaking volume may well be the poetry anthology for the global village. As selected by J.D. McClatchy, this collection includes masterpieces from four continents and more than two dozen languages in translations by such distinguished poets as Elizabeth Bishop, W.S. Merwin, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney. Among the countries and writers represented are: Bangladesh--Taslima Nasrin Chile--Pablo Neruda China--Bei Dao, Shu Ting El Salvador--Claribel Alegria France--Yves Bonnefoy Greece--Odysseus Elytis, Yannis Ritsos India--A.K. Ramanujan Israel--Yehuda Amichai Japan--Shuntaro Tanikawa Mexico--Octavio Paz Nicaragua--Ernesto Cardenal Nigeria--Wole Soyinka Norway--Tomas Transtromer Palestine--Mahmoud Darwish Poland--Zbigniew Herbert, Czeslaw Milosz Russia--Joseph Brodsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko Senegal--Leopold Sedar Senghor South Africa--Breyten Breytenbach St. Lucia, West Indies--Derek Walcott

New Makers of Modern Culture
New Makers of Modern Culture

Author: Justin Wintle

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 1812

ISBN-13: 1136768823

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New Makers of Modern Culture will be widely acquired by both higher education and public libraries. Bibliographies are attached to entries and there is thorough cross- referencing.

The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture
The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture

Author: Justin Wintle

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-28

Total Pages: 1362

ISBN-13: 1134021380

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A Who's Who of Western culture, from Woody Allen to Emile Zola... Containing four hundred essay-style entries, and covering the period from 1850 to the present, The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture includes artists, writers, dramatists, architects, philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, sociologists, major political figures, composers, film-makers and many other culturally significant individuals and is thoroughly international in its purview. Next to Karl Marx is Bob Marley, with John Ruskin is Salman Rushdie, alongside Darwin is Luigi Dallapiccola, Deng Xiaoping rubs shoulders with Jacques Derrida as do Julia Kristeva and Kropotkin. With its global reach, The Concise New Makers of Modern Culture provides a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world. The entries carry short bibliographies and there is thorough cross-referencing as well as an index of names and key terms.

Makers of Modern Culture
Makers of Modern Culture

Author: Justin Wintle

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780415265836

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This volume provides lively and clearly written expositions of those figures who have done most to shape our views in the period since 1914. Music, cinema, drama, art, fiction, poetry and philosophy are just some of the fields covered

Catalogue...
Catalogue...

Author: Ernakulam, India. Maharaja's college. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas

Author: Philip F. Kennedy

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-12-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 178074188X

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This is the first book to present the life, times and poetry of one of the greatest poets in the Arab tradition, Abu Nuwas. Author Philip Kennedy provides the narrative of Abu Nuwas's fascinating life, which was full of intrigue and debauched adventure, in parallel with the presentation of his greatest poems, across all genres, in easy and accessible translations, giving commentary where needed.