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On Poetry

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“This is a book for anyone,” Glyn Maxwell declares of On Poetry. A guide to the writing of poetry and a defense of the art, it will be especially prized by writers and readers who wish to understand why and how poetic technique matters. When Maxwell states, “With rhyme what matters is the distance between rhymes” or “the line-break is punctuation,” he compresses into simple, memorable phrases a ... Read more

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“This is a book for anyone,” Glyn Maxwell declares of On Poetry. A guide to the writing of poetry and a defense of the art, it will be especially prized by writers and readers who wish to understand why and how poetic technique matters. When Maxwell states, “With rhyme what matters is the distance between rhymes” or “the line-break is punctuation,” he compresses into simple, memorable phrases a
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Glyn Maxwell: Plays Two

by Glyn Maxwell ...

Includes the plays Broken Journey, Best Man Speech and The Last ValentineA car breaks down in a quiet place in the small hours. Soon a man is dead, a woman traumatised, another man accused. But who really knows what happened? Even the dead man tells a tale. Broken Journey examines the terror and beauty hidden in the mist.The truth hurts for bridegroom Addy, when his downtrodden friend takes ... Read more

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Includes the plays Broken Journey, Best Man Speech and The Last ValentineA car breaks down in a quiet place in the small hours. Soon a man is dead, a woman traumatised, another man accused. But who really knows what happened? Even the dead man tells a tale. Broken Journey examines the terror and beauty hidden in the mist.The truth hurts for bridegroom Addy, when his downtrodden friend takes
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Drinks With Dead Poets

A Season of Poe, Whitman, Byron, and the Brontes

by Glyn Maxwell ...

A spirited homage to the departed literary greats—set in an entrancing English village—this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.“I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . .”Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there—is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?—but he has ... Read more

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A spirited homage to the departed literary greats—set in an entrancing English village—this novel tells the tale of a profound autumn term with Poe, Yeats, Whitman, Dickinson, and the Brontës.“I am walking along a country lane with no earthly idea why . . .”Poet Glyn Maxwell wakes up in a mysterious village one autumn day. He has no idea how he got there—is he dead? In a coma? Dreaming?—but he has
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The Boys At Twilight

Poems 1990–1995

by Glyn Maxwell ...

The poems in this volume were selected by Glyn Maxwell from TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON (published in 1990, when he was twenty-eight), OUT OF THE RAIN (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize), and REST FOR THE WICKED. Maxwell "is a formalist," wrote Robert McIlwaine about his first book, "but . . . he is an outspoken anti-elitist social poet. His strenuous well-wrought poems . . . come from an English ... Read more

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The poems in this volume were selected by Glyn Maxwell from TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON (published in 1990, when he was twenty-eight), OUT OF THE RAIN (shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize), and REST FOR THE WICKED. Maxwell "is a formalist," wrote Robert McIlwaine about his first book, "but . . . he is an outspoken anti-elitist social poet. His strenuous well-wrought poems . . . come from an English
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Liberty

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Series series Oberon Modern Plays
April 1793, the French Revolution is four years old and the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre finds threats to national liberty at home and abroad.When Gamelin, an ambitious and idealistic young magistrate, joins a group of old friends for a picnic outside Paris, the ties of love and affection can take the strain. But how strong will they prove when Gamelin is given power over life and ... Read more

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April 1793, the French Revolution is four years old and the Committee of Public Safety under Robespierre finds threats to national liberty at home and abroad.When Gamelin, an ambitious and idealistic young magistrate, joins a group of old friends for a picnic outside Paris, the ties of love and affection can take the strain. But how strong will they prove when Gamelin is given power over life and
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How The Hell Are You

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A new collection from Glyn Maxwell – one of the great poetic stylists of the era, and one of its leading dramatic voices – is always a cause for celebration.Here, there are squibs and satires, lyrics and songs, poems written to family members and in memory of loved ones, a series of poems written by an artificial intelligence that will thrill and disturb in equal measure, and a chance for the ... Read more

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A new collection from Glyn Maxwell – one of the great poetic stylists of the era, and one of its leading dramatic voices – is always a cause for celebration.Here, there are squibs and satires, lyrics and songs, poems written to family members and in memory of loved ones, a series of poems written by an artificial intelligence that will thrill and disturb in equal measure, and a chance for the
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The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013

by Derek Walcott ...

A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career"He gives us more than himself or ‘a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language." Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet Derek Walcott has received: a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry ... Read more

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A collection spanning the whole of Derek Walcott's celebrated, inimitable, essential career"He gives us more than himself or ‘a world'; he gives us a sense of infinity embodied in the language." Alongside Joseph Brodsky's words of praise one might mention the more concrete honors that the renowned poet Derek Walcott has received: a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship; the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Glyn Maxwell ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
A new version, from award-winning poet Glyn Maxwell, of Robert Louis Stevenson's Gothic masterpiece. A decent man finds himself stalked and confronted by his own evil alter-ego. ... Read more

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A new version, from award-winning poet Glyn Maxwell, of Robert Louis Stevenson's Gothic masterpiece. A decent man finds himself stalked and confronted by his own evil alter-ego.
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Maxwell: Plays Three

by Glyn Maxwell, Lewis Carroll ...

Series series Oberon Modern Playwrights
Three beautifully crafted plays for young people by the award-winning playwright Glyn Maxwell. Contains the plays Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, and Merlin and the Woods of Time. ... Read more

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Three beautifully crafted plays for young people by the award-winning playwright Glyn Maxwell. Contains the plays Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, and Merlin and the Woods of Time.
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Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand, Glyn Maxwell ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet, Raconteur Cyrano de Bergerac is all these things, but none of them makes him happy. What he desires above all is the love of the beautiful Roxane. But his problem is as plain as the nose on his face. Surely he is too ugly ever to be loved? Salvation of a kind arrives in the form of the handsome yet tongue-tied Christian de Neuvillette might not Cyrano's eloquence and ... Read more

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Swordsman, Philosopher, Poet, Raconteur Cyrano de Bergerac is all these things, but none of them makes him happy. What he desires above all is the love of the beautiful Roxane. But his problem is as plain as the nose on his face. Surely he is too ugly ever to be loved? Salvation of a kind arrives in the form of the handsome yet tongue-tied Christian de Neuvillette might not Cyrano's eloquence and
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The Story of Madras (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. From Fishing Village to Colonial Port: Trade, Tamil Culture, and the Urban Evolution of South India

by Glyn Barlow, Maxwell Clark ...

Glyn Barlow's *The Story of Madras* offers a concise yet wide-ranging account of the city's formation and historical character, tracing its development from the early English settlement at Fort St. George through the expansion of colonial administration and commerce. Combining narrative history with topographical and institutional observation, Barlow presents Madras not merely as an imperial ... Read more

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Glyn Barlow's *The Story of Madras* offers a concise yet wide-ranging account of the city's formation and historical character, tracing its development from the early English settlement at Fort St. George through the expansion of colonial administration and commerce. Combining narrative history with topographical and institutional observation, Barlow presents Madras not merely as an imperial
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Ploughshares Summer 2016 Guest-Edited by Claire Messud & James Wood

by Claire Messud, James Wood, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lydia Davis, Peter Bichsel, Kamel Daoud, Carys Davies, Viet Dinh, Amity Gaige, Georgi Gospodinov, Cate Kennedy, Glyn Maxwell, Melissa Pritchard, Weike Wang, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Chauna Craig, Emily Fox Gordon, Lucy Biederman ...

The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work ... Read more

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The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work
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