Fatherhood: Poems about Fathers

by Carmela Ciuraru

Book Overview

A celebration of fathers and fatherhood, this one-of-a-kind anthology features the richly varied voices of daughters and sons, and of fathers and grandfathers themselves.

From eleventh-century Chinese poet Su Tung-p'o's witty On the Birth of His Son to Dylan Thomas's poignant Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, from Sylvia Plath's searing poem Daddy to Yeats's tender A Prayer for My Daughter, from Homer to Seamus Heaney, from Shakespeare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307264580
• ISBN13: 9780307264589
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.5"