Buzz Words: Poems About Insects by Howard Schechter (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Buzz Words by Howard Schechter, Kimiko Hahn Given that insects vastly outnumber us (there are approximately 200 million insects for every human) it is no surprise that there is a rich body of verse on the creeping, scuttling, flitting, stinging things with which we share our planet. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Given that insects vastly outnumber us (there are approximately 200 million insects for every human) it is no surprise that there is a rich body of verse on the creeping, scuttling, flitting, stinging things with which we share our planet.Many cultures have centuries-old traditions of insect poetry. In China,where noblewomen of the Tang dynasty kept crickets in gold cages-countless songs were written in praise of these insect musicians. The haiku masters of Japan were similarly inspired, though spread their net wider to include less prepossessing bugs such as houseflies, fleas and mosquitoes. In the West, poems about insects date back to the ancient Greeks, and insects feature frequently in European literature from the 16th century onwards.The poets collected here range from Donne, Marvell, Keats and Wordsworth; Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Christina Rossetti, to Elizabeth Bishop, Mary Oliver, Ted Hughes, Paul Muldoon and Alice Oswald. In translation there is verse by - amongst others - Meleager and Tu Fu, Ivan Turgenev, Victor Hugo, Paul Valery, Pablo Neruda, Antonio Machado and Xi Chuan.Bees, butterflies and beetles, cockroaches and caterpillars, fireflies and dragonflies, ladybirds and glowworms--the miniature creatures that adorn these pages are as varied as the poetic talents that celebrate them. Details ISBN1841598216 Pages 256 Publisher Everyman Year 2021 ISBN-10 1841598216 ISBN-13 9781841598215 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-03-04 Short Title Buzz Words Language English UK Release Date 2021-03-04 Imprint Everymans Library Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2021-03-04 NZ Release Date 2021-03-04 Author Kimiko Hahn Series Everymans Library POCKET POETS Subtitle Poems About Insects Edited by Kimiko Hahn DEWEY 808.81936 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131384178;

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