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The Collected Poems of Federico García Lorca

The Collected Poems of Federico García Lorca is a bilingual edition that presents Spanish originals alongside English tr...

Spanish 20TH Century Surrealist Selected

9.63 Brilliant

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The Waste Land and Other Poems

'The Waste Land and Other Poems' is a literary collection by American-British poet T.S. Eliot, featuring works published...

Modernist 20TH Century Landmark British American

9.62 Brilliant

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The Whitsun Weddings

Published by Faber and Faber in 1964, Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings examines ordinary life in mid-twentieth-centu...

Lyric 20TH Century British English

9.46 Excellent

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Opened Ground

Opened Ground is a 1998 anthology of selected poems and prose by the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney. This...

Classic 20TH Century Irish Selected Poems

9.41 Excellent

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Omeros

Omeros is an epic poem written by Caribbean poet Derek Walcott, published in 1990. Structured in seven books and divided...

Epic 20TH Century Caribbean Canonical

9.35 Excellent

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Romancero Gitano

Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads) is a poetry collection published in 1928 by the Spanish writer Federico García Lorca. T...

Spanish Avant Garde 20TH Century Gypsy

9.34 Excellent

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Dictee

Dictee is a 1982 experimental novel and poetry collection by Korean-American artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. Th...

20TH Century Experimental Korean American Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

9.16 Excellent

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Sun Stone

"Sun Stone" ("Piedra de sol") is a long poem by the Mexican writer Octavio Paz, published in 1957. The poem is composed...

20TH Century Mexican Aztec Long Poem

9.10 Excellent

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Tender Buttons

Tender Buttons is a 1914 collection of prose poetry by American writer Gertrude Stein. The work is divided into three se...

American Modernist 20TH Century Experimental

8.89 Great

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The Sonnets

"The Sonnets" is a 1964 poetry collection by American poet Ted Berrigan that functions as a primary example of postmoder...

American 20TH Century Sonnet New York School

8.67 Great

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The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy

"The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy" is a 1983 poem by British author Geoffrey Hill, notable as a book-length m...

20TH Century Historical British Long Poem

8.63 Great

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Three Poems

Three Poems is a collection of long, prose-based poetry published by American poet John Ashbery in 1972. The book compri...

20TH Century Experimental Ashbery New York School

8.60 Great

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Glass, Irony and God

Glass, Irony and God is a 1995 poetry collection by the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson. The book is known for...

Lyric Canadian 20TH Century Experimental

8.60 Great

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Rivers and Mountains

Rivers and Mountains is a 1966 poetry collection by the American poet John Ashbery, associated with the New York School...

Lyric 20TH Century Long Poem Ashbery

8.55 Great

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A Wave

John Ashbery’s *A Wave* is a 1984 poetry collection recognized for its expansive length and complex structure. The title...

American 1984 Long Poem Ashbery

8.47 Great

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The Double Dream of Spring

The Double Dream of Spring is a 1970 poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, published by E. P. Dutton. The tit...

Lyric 20TH Century Ekphrastic Ashbery

8.45 Great

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Plainwater

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry is a 1995 hybrid collection by the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson. The work is d...

Canadian 20TH Century Experimental Carson

8.25 Great

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Madoc: A Mystery

Madoc: A Mystery is a book-length poetry collection by Northern Irish poet Paul Muldoon, published in 1990. The work con...

20TH Century Experimental Irish Book Length

7.76 Good

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The Tennis Court Oath

"The Tennis Court Oath" is a 1962 poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, serving as his second major published...

American Experimental 1962 Ashbery

7.70 Good

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Girls on the Run

Girls on the Run is a book-length poem by American poet John Ashbery, published in 1999 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Th...

Narrative 20TH Century Ekphrastic Ashbery

7.70 Good