{"product_id":"9780300283426","title":"A Little History of Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eby Carey, John \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePoetry anthologies (various poets)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished 04\/04\/2025 by YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS           in the United States as part of the Little Histories series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaperback | 320 pages, 40 b-w illus.\u003c\/p\u003e197 x 129 x 24mm | 352g\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present   Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work – over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been forgotten. This Little History is about some that have not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   John Carey tells the stories behind the world’s greatest poems, from the oldest surviving one written nearly 4,000 years ago to those being written today. Carey looks at poets whose works shape our view of the world – such as Shakespeare, Whitman and Yeats – and more recent poets like Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney, and Marianne Moore who have started to question what makes a poem ‘great’ in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Little Histories – Inspiring Guides for Curious Minds\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tales on Market Street","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43491409232078,"sku":"9780300283426","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7727\/4318\/files\/9780300283426.jpg?v=1776349588","url":"https:\/\/top-hatandtales.co.uk\/products\/9780300283426","provider":"Top Hat \u0026 Tales","version":"1.0","type":"link"}