Browse by category
A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected Poems by Ted Hughes; Alice Oswald
22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Originally the medieval bestiary or book of animals set out to establish safe distinctions - between them and us - but Hughes's poetry works always in a contrary direction: showing what man and beast have in common, the reservoir from which we all draw. Alice Oswald's selection is arranged chronological ...Show more
Memorial by Alice Oswald
24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Matthew Arnold praised the Iliad for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since -- but ancient critics praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the word used when gods come to earth not in disguise but as themselves). To retrieve the poem's energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its ...Show more
The Princess de Clèves (riverrun Editions) by Nancy Mitford (Translator); Madame de Lafayette; Alice Oswald (Introduction by)
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'Always be civil to the girls. You never know whom they might marry.' Nancy Mitford, from her introduction to The Princess de Clèves When the young, beautiful Mademoiselle de Chartres comes to court, her primary objective is to find herself a husband. Upon her mother's recommendation, she accepts the a ...Show more
0 - 2 of 3