{"product_id":"born-in-england-exploring-english-poetry-the-east-midlands-audiobook","title":"Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The East Midlands (Audiobook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of English poems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Nigel Davenport (Unabridged 1hr 52mins)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing poems by John Dryden, D H Lawrence, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Lisle Bowles \u0026amp; many more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEach poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the volumes of this series, we take a look at poetry through the prism of individual regions of England, or sometimes more quaintly known as ‘Albion’, or ‘Blighty’, through the centuries of its gloried history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEngland, despite its perception of reserve and under-statement has, in reality, strode the global stage at various time in many things, both good and bad, from Empire to long distance running. Here our focus in on its literature.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFamed for its fiction and dramas, it is equally admired for its plethora of gifted poets and the dazzling verse which has added so much to its artistic legacy.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese classic poets are wonders of their age and of their art.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eGenius is written in their names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this volume we have collected verse from poets born in the East of England.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese flat lowlands face out towards Europe yet within their counties are centuries of poetical history that indelibly mark out their talents as among our very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compilation - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1 - Born in England - Exploring English Poetry - The East Midlands - An Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e2 - Can Life Be a Blessing by John Dryden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e3 - Happy the Man by John Dryden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e4 - Farewell Ungrateful Traitor by John Dryden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e5 - Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e6 - The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e7 - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal from The Princess by Alfred Lord Tennyson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e8 - New Heaven and Earth by D H Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e9 - Figs by D H Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e10 - Cruelty and Love by D H Lawrence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e11 - To The Memory of My Dear and Honoured Father by Anne Bradstreet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e12 - To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e13 - The Author to Her Book by Anne Bradstreet\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e14 - The Vanities of Life by John Clare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e15 - In Summer Showers A Skreeking Noise is Heard by John Clare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e16 - The Lament of Swordy Well by John Clare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e17 - Written At Lovere, October 1736 by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e18 - Constantinople by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e19 - Sonnet XIX by Anna Seward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e20 - Elegy by Anna Seward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e21 - Of Tears by John Beaumont\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e22 - Of His Dear Son Gervase by Sir John Beaumont\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e23 - Life by Anna Laetitia Barbauld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e24 - The Rights of Women by Anna Laetitia Barbauld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e25 - The Glance by Francis Beaumont\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e26 - On the Tombs At Westminster Abbey by Francis Beaumont\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e27 - A Prayer To The Father of Heaven by John Skelton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e28 - Mannerly Margery Milk And Ale\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eby John Skelton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e29 - I Am a Woman Poor and Blind by Anne Askew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e30 - The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate by Anne Askew\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e31 - A Soldier's Cemetery by John William Streets (Killed and Missing in Action on 1st July 1916 Aged 31)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e32 - April Evening, France, April 1916 by John William Streets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e33 - Sailing Beyond Seas by Jean Ingelow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e34 - An Ancient Chess Set by Jean Ingelow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e35 - Upon His Picture by Thomas Randolph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e36 - A Devout Lover by Thomas Randolph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e37 - To My Young Lover by Jane Barker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e38 - A Virgin Life by Jane Barker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e39 - The Dying Slave by William Lisle Bowles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e40 - Sun-dial in the Churchyard of Bremhill by William Lisle Bowles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e41 - Lights Out by Jessie Pope\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e42 - War Girls by Jessie Pope\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e43 - Fragment by Henry Kirke White\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e44 - Sonnet To April by Henry Kirk White\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e45 - An Epistle to a Lady by Mary Leapor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e46 - Mira's Will by Mary Leapor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e47 - Lines Written In August by Thomas Babbington Macaulay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e48 - On a Sunbeam by Thomas Heyrick\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deadtree Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435545755726,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1194\/4786\/files\/9781836828778.jpg?v=1771249147","url":"https:\/\/www.deadtreepublishing.com\/products\/born-in-england-exploring-english-poetry-the-east-midlands-audiobook","provider":"Deadtree Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}