Books : Love Poems by Women: An Anthology of Poetry from Around the World and Through the Ages
|
|
In association with Amazon.com
|
by: Wendy Mulford
List Price: $19.00Amazon.com's Price: $17.10 You Save: $1.90 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.819354
EAN: 9780449905388
ISBN: 0449905381
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: January 16, 1991
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: January 16, 1991
Sales Rank: 718484
Studio: Ballantine Books
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
For over 2,000 years women have been writing love poetry. Here is the first anthology of love poems written only by women. Poets from all ages and all parts of the world, expressing love not only for their male and female lovers, but for parents, children, friends, for art, God, nature, and homeland, are collected here, and include the works of: Sappho, Emily Dickenson, Ono no Komachi, Shadab Vajdi, Alice Walker, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and many more.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Love poems
Love Poems by Women is a great collection of love poems by women from around the world. Some of the poems are from female poets of long ago, so that makes them kind of hard to understand but if you take the time to read them, you want be disappointed. I plan to buy some poetry books of some of the poets in this book to add to my collection.
Rating:  - I rescued this book from a tossing-out.
This book is one of my literary treasures. I have opened it often--to practice saying the unsayable, quoting poems and lines to create a unique friendship bond and also to offer comfort (and righteous anger) in the wake of a broken heart, and to simply gain an introduction to some wonderfully worthy poets.
Its simple and forthright appearance belies its impact. An unreserved 5 stars.
I also heartily recommend The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, ... Read More
Rating:  - Not Really "Love" Poems
I was disappointed with this volume. The title said implied that these were "love" poems, but it seems that the most of them were poems about what jerks males were. Although I am sure that many, if not most, males are jerks, writing a poem about it does not really make it a love poem. Nevertheless, it was quite interesting to see what a great many women really feel about the men in their lives. One plus is that poems were included from many different times and cultures that allows one to get a ... Read More
Rating: - An eclectic compilation
The book carries a very broad sample of poets and styles, ranging anywhere from Elizabeth I to Dorothy Parker, and just about every possible style and writer in between. I've found some poems that I consider among my favorites now that I would have not otherwise encountered - particularly from different cultures.
The poems are also split up into into various 'messages' of love - while love is the common theme, these aren't all sugary sonnets or words of eternal bliss. It truly captures ... Read More
|
|
|
