Alamosa Public Library

"This convenient single-volume edition contains all three parts of Dante's 14th-century poem; Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso; in an acclaimed translation by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Combining classical and Christian history as well as medieval politics and religion, this trilogy of sublime verse is among Western civilization's most important artistic works and essential reading for students of literature and history. Dante's allegory...

Introduces young readers to poetry with over thirty well-known poems written by one of America's most renowned poets.

The epic poem Paradise Lost tells the story of the fall of man. The poem details Satan's journey to the Garden of Eden and his intent to destroy God's new creation, and examines the personalities and motivations of Adam and Eve, before and after the fateful temptation. Paradise Regained was published four years after Paradise Lost, and alternatively focuses on the temptation of Christ and the recapturing on all that man had lost in Paradise Lost....

An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes her relationship with her shadow.

A biography of the twentieth-century American writer whose poetry combined artistic composition with word play and traditional rhyme and meter. Includes examples of his work.

A portrait of the American poet known as the Riddle of Amherst, interspersed with examples of her work.

"Journey into the world of Emily Dickinson where ordinary things and occurrences are filled with magical charm and graceful beauty," - back cover.