Nathanael West was only thirty-seven when he died in 1940, but his depictions of the sometimes comic, sometimes horrifying aspects of the American scene rival those of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. 'A Cool Million', written in 1934, is a satiric Horatio Alger story set in the midst of the Depression. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk

A.E. Housman was one of the best-loved poets of his day, and A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems is a collection of poems whose elegant simplicity of form belies their hidden complexities. Housman's melodic and memorable poems have been popular for over a century. He writes typically of lost love, of the brevity of happiness, of young soldiers doomed to die. Admirers have found his work elegant and resonant; detractors have thought much of it mannered and glib. But Housman speaks with two voices: the smooth texts conceal a dark sub-text. This tormented and secretive man wrote poems alive with...

Davidson is hardly remembered today and part of the thinking behind this slim collection of his very best poems is to try to make his work available to readers in the 21st century. His poetry is often classified as fin de siecle and, as a result, his work often finds its way into anthologies alongside Oscar Wilde. There is a world-weary tone to some of his poems, but, as a label, fin de siecle does not really do justice to his best work - which influenced many avowedly modernist poets. At their best his poems display a sensitivity to ordinary life and a consciousness of class and a compassion...

Il Canzoniere ('Rime Sparsi') consta di 366 componimenti (il primo proemiale, poi uno per ogni giorno dell'anno) attraverso i quali il Petrarca ricostruisce la sua biografia sentimentale, poetica e spirituale. Ruolo essenziale nell'opera ha Laura, la donna amata dal poeta, dapprima viva, poi dopo la morte trasfigurata in una dimensione soprannaturale. Il poeta muove dalla Vita nuova dantesca per superare lo stilnovismo da un lato recuperando l'esperienza della poesia latina, dall'altro irrobustendo il linguaggio lirico duecentesco alla luce delle soluzioni stilistiche ed espressive offerte...

Si l'on devait citer le poete qui a exerce l'influence la plus profonde sur la poesie du debut du XXe siecle, il faudrait nommer Rimbaud. Avec plus de hardiesse encore que Baudelaire, il a etendu le champ d'exploration de la poesie. Avant lui, l'experience poetique etait principalement l'experience de la creation litteraire. Apres lui, la poesie devient un moyen de connaissance. C'est qu'il n'a pas hesite a se mettre en communication avec la part inconnaissable de lui-meme. Il y a decouvert un grand jeu d'images, fleurs eclatees, filles a levres d'orange, deluges et miracles, un jeu dont...

All of Lawrence's short stories in one volume. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk

In the heady and exciting days of the English Revolution, the Diggers stand out for their radicalism, and their proposals to abolish money and private property, and to collectivize the land. Winstanley was an impassioned voice, arguing passionately against injustice and poverty with beguiling logic and a burning sense that society should be more egalitarian. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of political thought and theory. Winstanley stands in a long line of radical English thought which reaches back to Wat Tyler and the Peasants' Revolt and is seen today in...

This edition contains all Blake's shorter poems which were not included in 'Poetical Sketches' or 'The Songs of Innocence and of Experience'. Most were found in his notebooks and papers after his death. Togther they offer a fascinating insight into his radical views and his, often scathing, opinions about his contemporaries. All the poems from the famous Pickering manuscript and from the Rossetti manuscript are included.