{"product_id":"poems-of-the-sea-hardcover","title":"Poems of the Sea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. D. McClatchy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\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: \u003cb\u003eScenes From Another Life, Stars Principal, The Rest of the Way, Ten Commandments, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHazmat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written two books of essays: \u003cb\u003eWhite Paper\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTwenty Questions\u003c\/b\u003e. He has edited many other books, including \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry, Poets on Painters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHorace: The Odes\u003c\/b\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, and Johns Hopkins, and is now a professor at Yale, where since 1991 he has edited \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Stonington, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 6.5 x 4.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764191199520,"sku":"9780375413292","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d5366267250d4017e710c8adfd58d315.webp?v=1780245281","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poems-of-the-sea-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}