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Informationen zum Autor Paul Theroux (b. 1941) attended the University of Massachusetts then trained for the Peace Corps at Syracuse University. He was sent to Italy, then to Malawi. He was thrown out of the Peace Corps but remained in Africa, teaching in Uganda. Since then, he has traveled frequently, but now divides his time between Cape Cod and Hawaii. Other works include PIcture Palace, Mosquito Coast, Fong and the Indians, and Jungle Lovers. Gaby Morgan is an Associate Publisher at Macmillan Children's Books and has run the children's poetry list for thirty years. She has compiled many bestselling anthologies including Read Me and Laugh: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, Poems from the First World War, Fairy Poems – which was short-listed for the CLPE Award – and the Macmillan Collector's Library poetry series featuring anthologies on Happiness, Nature, Childhood, Travelling and Christmas. Gaby Morgan is an Associate Publisher at Macmillan Children's Books and has run the children's poetry list for thirty years. She has compiled many bestselling anthologies including Read Me and Laugh: A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, Poems from the First World War, Fairy Poems – which was short-listed for the CLPE Award – and the Macmillan Collector's Library poetry series featuring anthologies on Happiness, Nature, Childhood, Travelling and Christmas. Klappentext Poems for Travellers transports the reader to lands far and near in the company of some of our greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. As internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux writes in his introduction, 'Here is a collection of travel poetry composed by real travellers, weekending tourists, feverish fantasists, bluffers, dreamers, brave adventurers and resolute stay-at-homes. It succeeds in what poetry does best - inspires and consoles, reminds us of who we are, where we've been, and where we might want to go next.' A collection of classic travel poems introduced by novelist and prize-winning travel writer, Paul Theroux. Zusammenfassung Poems for Travellers transports the reader to lands far and near in the company of some of our greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. As internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux writes in his introduction, ‘Here is a collection of travel poetry composed by real travellers, weekending tourists, feverish fantasists, bluffers, dreamers, brave adventurers and resolute stay-at-homes. It succeeds in what poetry does best – inspires and consoles, reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and where we might want to go next.’ Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - i: Introduction Unit - 1: There Are No Foreign Lands Poem - 1: 'There are no foreign lands' Robert Louis Stevenson Poem - 2: A Prayer for Travellers Anon Poem - 3: On the World Francis Quarles Poem - 4: from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage George Gordon, Lord Byron Poem - 5: On First Looking into Chapman's Homer John Keats Poem - 6: Heaven-Haven Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem - 7: Travel Robert Louis Stevenson Poem - 8: from My Lost Youth Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poem - 9: Windy Nights Robert Louis Stevenson Poem - 10: The Vagabond Robert Louis Stevenson Poem - 11: On Journeys Through The States Walt Whitman Poem - 12: Songs of Travel, X Robert Louis Stevenson Poem - 13: from A Song About Myself John Keats Poem - 14: The Tables Turned William Word...
