{"title":"Series: Longman Annotated English Poets","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eLongman Annotated English Poets\u003c\/strong\u003e series offers readers a richly detailed exploration of classic and modern poetry, enhanced by comprehensive annotations that illuminate language, context, and literary techniques. Each volume invites a deeper understanding of the poet’s craft, ideal for both enthusiasts and students seeking to engage thoughtfully with English verse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith careful attention to historical background and thematic depth, this collection encourages reflection on the enduring power of poetry. Readers can expect insightful commentary that broadens appreciation without oversimplifying, making the works accessible while preserving their complexity and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-poems-of-browning-volume-three-9780582084537","title":"The Poems of Browning: Volume Three","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poems of Browning\u003c\/em\u003e is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the origins and development of Browning's art. Annotations and headnotes, in keeping with the traditions of Longman Annotated English Poets, are full and informative and provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVolumes one (1826-1840) and two (1841-1846) presented the poems from his early years up to his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett, including the dramatic poem \u003cem\u003eParacelsus\u003c\/em\u003e (1835), which first brought him to wide attention, and \u003cem\u003eSordello\u003c\/em\u003e (1840), which confirmed him as a poet of ambition and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVolume three (1847-1861) of \u003cem\u003eThe Poems of Browning\u003c\/em\u003e covers the years of Browning's life in Italy with his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning. During the fifteen years of his marriage and self-imposed exile, Browning produced \u003cem\u003eChristmas-Eve and Easter Day\u003c\/em\u003e (1850), a major statement of his religious philosophy, and \u003cem\u003eMen and Women\u003c\/em\u003e (1855), his greatest collection of shorter poems. The poems of \u003cem\u003eMen and Women\u003c\/em\u003e, like all Browning's work, are steeped in his wide and idiosyncratic knowledge of literature, music, art, history, and popular culture, but a new and distinctive touch comes from the sights, sounds, and textures of ordinary life in Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a comprehensive study of textual and contextual sources, including a significant amount of hitherto undiscovered or unpublished manuscripts of poems and letters, this volume offers the most complete and informative edition of works that are central to Browning's achievement. 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This collection is based on a comprehensive re-evaluation of his work from composition to circulation and reception. Donne’s output is tremendously varied in style and form, demonstrating his ability to exercise his rhetorical capabilities according to context and occasion. This edition aims to present the text of all his known poems, from the epigrams, songs and satires written for fellow young men about town, to the more mature verse-epistles and memorial elegies written for his patrons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Longman Annotated English Poets series traditionally presents poems in chronological order; however, in this edition, the principle has been observed only within generic sections. This organisation reproduces the manner in which Donne’s original readers first encountered the poems in the various manuscripts of his elegies and satires that circulated during his lifetime. 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In keeping with the traditions of the series, Donne’s own text has been modernised in punctuation and spelling, except where to do so would alter or disrupt a rhyme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607919476972,"sku":"9781408231241","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c1434425a023d5b549e9a0cc3778ea20.jpg?v=1778186537"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/series-longman-annotated-english-poets.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}