Best-Loved Poems
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Best-Loved Poems
By (Author) Neil Philip
Illustrated by Isabelle Brent
By (author) Isabelle Brent
Edited by Neil Philip
Little, Brown & Company
Little, Brown & Company
13th January 2003
5th December 2002
United States
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 156mm, Height 204mm, Spine 24mm
460g
Description
This collection gathers together the best-loved gems of English-language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously silly. The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense, and are presented in nine sections: Poems of Childhood and Youth; Poems of Love and Marriage; Poems of Life; Poems of Loss and Comfort; Poems of War and Peace; Poems to Read Aloud; Poems to Read Quietly; Poems of Animals and Nature; and Poems of Magic and Mystery. The anthology includes works by William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney, Robert Burns, T.S. Eliot, Rudyard Kipling and W.B. Yeats, and the poems have all been chosen and arranged by Neil Philip. The volume is illustrated throughout with watercolour borders and decorative motifs by Isabelle Brent.
Author Bio
Isabelle Brent is one of the most highly-regarded illustrators working today. She is particularly noted for her subtle use of gold leaf. Neil Philip is a writer and critic whose previous anthologies include A NEW TREASURY OF POETRY and THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE.
