{"product_id":"poems-of-the-sea-hardcover","title":"Poems of the Sea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. D. McClatchy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously jacketed hardcover anthology of poems from around the globe and through the ages that pay tribute to the world's great waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Throughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and mermaids, phantom ships and the sunken city of Atlantis-have inspired as many imaginations as have the realities of lighthouses and shipwrecks, of icebergs and frothing foam and seaweed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This marvelous collection includes classics old and new, from Homer and Milton to Plath and Merwin. Here are Tennyson's seductive sea-fairies next to Poe's beloved Annabel Lee. Here is Coleridge's darkly brooding \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner\" alongside the grandeur of Shakespeare's \"Full Fathom Five.\" And here is Masefield's \"I must go down to the seas again\" alongside Cavafy's \"Ithaka\" and Stevens's \"The Idea of Order at Key West.\" In the wide variety of lyrics collected here-sonnets and sea chanteys, ballads and hymns and prayers-we feel the encompassing power of our planet's restless waters as metaphor, mystery, and muse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, poets have felt the ancient pull of the sea, exploring the full range of mankind's nautical fears, dreams, and longings. The colorful legends of the sea-pirates and mermaids, phantom ships and the sunken city of Atlantis-have inspired as many imaginations as have the realities of lighthouses and shipwrecks, of icebergs and frothing foam and seaweed.\u003cbr\u003eThis marvelous collection includes classics old and new, from Homer and Milton to Plath and Merwin. Here are Tennyson's seductive sea-fairies next to Poe's beloved Annabel Lee. Here is Coleridge's darkly brooding \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner\" alongside the grandeur of Shakespeare's \"Full Fathom Five.\" And here is Masefield's \"I must go down to the seas again\" alongside Cavafy's \"Ithaka\" and Stevens's \"The Idea of Order at Key West.\" In the wide variety of lyrics collected here-sonnets and sea chanteys, ballads and hymns and prayers-we feel the encompassing power of our planet's restless waters, as metaphor, mystery, and muse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. D. MCCLATCHY is the author of five collections of poems: \u003ci\u003eScenes From Another Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStars Principal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Rest of the Way\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Ten Commandments, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHazmat.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written two books of essays: \u003ci\u003eWhite Paper\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwenty Questions\u003c\/i\u003e. He has edited many other books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoets on Painters, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHorace: The Odes\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he edits The Voice of the Poet series for Random House AudioBooks, and has written seven opera libretti. He is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has taught at Princeton, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and Yale, where he edited \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 6.5 x 4.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330385187053,"sku":"9780375413292","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/8vjc36jOkO9780375413292.webp?v=1784927744","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/poems-of-the-sea-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}