Bibliograph

River poems, edited by Henry Hughes

Type

Label

River poems, edited by Henry Hughes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

River poems

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1291877586

Responsibility statement

edited by Henry Hughes

Series statement

Everyman's Library pocket poets

Summary

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<U+2019>s iconic “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" and Emily Dickinson<U+2019>s tersely erotic “My River Runs to Thee" stream 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

Target audience

adult

Classification