In an assembly of masterful lyrics and monologues, Paterson conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forces within the world and simultaneously offer some protection against them.
In an assembly of masterful lyrics and monologues, Paterson conjures a series of fables and charms that serve both to expose us to the unsettling forc...
Now in paperback, the highly acclaimed collection by Scottish poet Don Paterson, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize Dear son, I was mezzo del camminand the true path was as lost to me as everwhen you cut in front and lit it as you ran.See how the true gift never leaves the giver . . .--from Waking with Russell Hailed for its seriousness and moral urgency (The Independent), Landing Light is one of the most important and resonant poetry collections to come out of Britain in recent years.
Now in paperback, the highly acclaimed collection by Scottish poet Don Paterson, winner of the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award and the T.S. Eliot Prize De...
Rainer Maria Rilke's '55 Sonnets to Orpheus' remain a testimony to a writer whose significance other poets continue to testify to. Don Paterson's translation offers a radiant and at times distressing version of the great work.
Rainer Maria Rilke's '55 Sonnets to Orpheus' remain a testimony to a writer whose significance other poets continue to testify to. Don Paterson's tran...
Shakespeare's sonnets of 1609 are as thrilling and persuasive today as they were when they were first published. In this edition of the work, Don Paterson, an award-winning sonneteer and lyric poet in his own right, offers an illuminating and accessible guide to these unforgettable verses.
Shakespeare's sonnets of 1609 are as thrilling and persuasive today as they were when they were first published. In this edition of the work, Don Pate...
Poets have been fascinated and challenged by the sonnet ever since it was imported from Italy to England in the sixteenth century. With its fourteen lines, inexhaustibly variable, it has met particular needs of almost every major poet from Thomas Wyatt to Paul Muldoon. Don Paterson, himself an adept of the form, has devised an anthology that is both a sharing of personal favorites and a celebration of high moments in the sonnet's history. His introduction and wonderfully insightful notes provide a history and commentary that will prove illuminating to the casual reader and indispensable to...
Poets have been fascinated and challenged by the sonnet ever since it was imported from Italy to England in the sixteenth century. With its fourteen l...
Since his debut, Nil Nil, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1993, the author has lit up the poetry scene in the UK. This selection, drawn from twenty years of work, is made by the author himself and includes his original adaptations of the poems of Antonio Machado and Rainer Maria Rilke.
Since his debut, Nil Nil, won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 1993, the author has lit up the poetry scene in the UK. This selection, d...
Addressed to children, friends and enemies, the living and the dead, musicians, poets and dogs, this title features poems that display an ambition in their scope and tonal range matched by the breadth of their concerns.
Addressed to children, friends and enemies, the living and the dead, musicians, poets and dogs, this title features poems that display an ambition in ...
