Life and Death: A Collection of Classic Poetry and Prose

Introduced By Philip Pullman

ISBN 10: 1840465670 / ISBN 13: 9781840465679

Published by Wizard Books, 2004

About this Item

Type: Book (POETRY).

Seller Inventory # 301031

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life and Death: A Collection of Classic Poetry and Prose
• Publisher: Wizard Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840465670
• ISBN 13: 9781840465679
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No d/j as Published
• Weight: 6 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • POETRY

About this title

Synopsis

Includes poems by Matthew Arnold, William Cowper, Byron, Donne, Robert Frost and Keats, as well as extracts from Wuthering Heights, The Divine Comedy and The Pilgrim's Progress.

About the Author

Philip Pullman has won many awards for his children's books, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Award, the Smarties Prize, and, most recently, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass. The acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been published in more than twenty languages and came second in the recent BBC Big Read Top 100 poll. He was awarded the CBE in 2004. Kate Agnew has chaired the Booksellers Association Children s Group and has served as a judge for the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Award. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-wrote Children at War with Geoff Fox and has recently edited a series of short story collections for Egmont. In 1999 she won a special British Book Award for her contribution to the National Year of Reading.