"This heady collection features love poems and prose excerpts by writers including Sappho, Shakespeare, Milton, the Brontes, and Wordsworth. Works are loosely arranged according to chapter headings drawn from particular poems, for instance "Love Is a Sickness" (after Samuel Daniel's poem), creating an engaging interchange of images and ideas, regardless of poet or era. As the title suggests, not every poem ends with a happily ever after; a Charlotte Mew poem reads, 'I so liked Spring last year/ Because you were here..../ This year's a different thing, --/ I'll not think of you.'
A collection of classic poetry and prose based on the enduring themes of love and romance, with an introduction by prize-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson. Includes material from the Romantics, Thomas Hardy, John Milton, Jane Austen, and Emily Bronte as well as Ovid, Catullus, and less well-known authors.
Kate Agnew is a previous chair of the Children's Booksellers Association. She has also contributed to the "Cambridge Guide to Children's Books" and has edited several children's books.
Jacqueline Wilson, OBE, is an internationally best-selling children's author.
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Love, poetry and romantic prose extracts are enduring favourites. Many classic poems and stories revolve around this theme in its many facets, including humorous poems. This anthology should appeal to teenagers' "romantic streak", while adults enjoy the classic content. Ages 14+.
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'A resonant sampling of both standards and lesser-known gems.' -- Publishers Weekly'The selection is brilliant, creating cross-currents, complications, and time travelling coincidences to challenge intelligent readers.' -- Times Educational Supplement
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781840465235
Publisert
2004-02-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Wizard Books
Vekt
165 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
02, 03, JC, Y
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
192
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