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- The battle of Maldon : together with The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son, and The tradition of versification in Old English / by Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973,author.; Grybauskas, Peter,editor.; container of (work):Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.; container of (work):Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Tradition of versification in Old English.; translation of:Tolkien, J. R. R.(John Ronald Reuel),1892-1973.Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem).English.(Tolkien);
Includes bibliographical references."First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts. In 991 AD, vikings attacked an Anglo-Saxon defence-force led by their duke, Beorhtnoth, resulting in brutal fighting along the banks of the river Blackwater, near Maldon in Essex. The attack is widely considered one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, due to it being immortalised in the poem, The Battle of Maldon. Written shortly after the battle, the poem now survives only as a 325-line fragment, but its value to today is incalculable, not just as an heroic tale but in vividly expressing the lost language of our ancestors and celebrating ideals of loyalty and friendship. J.R.R. Tolkien considered The Battle of Maldon 'the last surviving fragment of ancient English heroic minstrelsy'. It would inspire him to compose, during the 1930s, his own dramatic verse-dialogue, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, which imagines the aftermath of the great battle when two of Beorhtnoth's retainers come to retrieve their duke's body. Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien's own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien's bravura lecture, 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English', a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been 'the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien's fiction', most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings."--- Subjects: English poetry;
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- Don't read poetry : a book about how to read poems / by Burt, Stephanie,1971-author.;
"In Don't Read Poetry, award-winning poet and literary critic Stephanie Burt offers an accessible introduction to the seemingly daunting task of reading, understanding, and appreciating poetry. Burt dispels preconceptions about poetry and explains how poems speak to one another--and how they can speak to our lives. She shows readers how to find more poems once they have some poems they like, and how to connect the poetry of the past to the poetry of the present. Burt moves seamlessly from Shakespeare and other classics to the contemporary poetry circulated on Tumblr and Twitter. She challenges the assumptions that many of us make about "poetry," whether we think we like it or think we don't, in order to help us cherish--and distinguish among--individual poems. A masterful guide to a sometimes confounding genre, Don't Read Poetry will instruct and delight ingénues and cognoscenti alike"--- Subjects: Literary criticism.; Poetry; American poetry; English poetry;
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- Bubblegum delicious : poems / by Lee, Dennis,1939-; McPhail, David,1940-;
"Ages 5-9"--P. [2] of cover.- Subjects: Children's poetry, Canadian (English); Humorous poetry, Canadian (English); Nonsense verses; Canadian poetry.;
- © 2001, c2000., HarperCollinsPublishers,
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The best Canadian poetry.
Selected by editor John Barton, the 2022 edition of 'Best Canadian Poetry' showcases the best Canadian poetry writing published in 2021. Barton lives in Victoria, BC.- Subjects: Poetry.; Canadian poetry (English); Canadian poetry;
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- Alligator pie / by Lee, Dennis,1939-; Newfeld, Frank,1928-;
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 1975Thirty-seven nonsense verses on a variety of topics include "Thinking In Bed," "On Tuesdays I Polish My Uncle," and "Billy Batter."- Subjects: Nonsense verses.; Children's poetry, Canadian (English);
- © c1974., Macmillan,
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- The Penguin treasury of popular Canadian poems and songs / by Colombo, John Robert,1936-;
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- Subjects: Canadian poetry (English); Songs, English; Songs, French;
- © c2002., Penguin,
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- Thanks for Thanksgiving / by Patterson, Heather,1945-; Gerber, Mary Jane;
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- Subjects: Thanksgiving Day, Canadian; Children's poetry, Canadian (English); Thanksgiving Day;
- © c1998., Scholastic,
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- Walking through the jungle / by Lacome, Julie.;
In this adaptation of a traditional English nursery rhyme, a young boy imagines the sounds made by various animals in the jungle.LSC- Subjects: Nursery rhymes, English.; Children's poetry, English.; Jungle animals; Animal sounds;
- © 2004, c1993., Candlewick Press,
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- The complete book of rhymes, songs, poems, fingerplays, and chants : over 700 selections / by Silberg, Jackie,1934-; Schiller, Pamela Byrne; Wright, Deborah C.;
For use with children ages 3 to 6.- Subjects: Children's poetry, American; Children's poetry, English; Nursery rhymes; Finger play; Chants.;
- © c2002., Gryphon House,
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- The tree that time built : a celebration of nature, science, and imagination / by Hoberman, Mary Ann.; Winston, Linda.; Fortin, Barbara.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 180), Internet addresses (p. 181) and index.LSC- Subjects: Nature; Science; Environmentalism; Children's poetry, American.; Children's poetry, English.; Children's poetry;
- © c2009., Sourcebooks Jabberwocky,
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