This Arden edition of Shakespeare's sonnets is closely based on the 1609 Quarto. As Katherine Duncan-Jones demonstrates, this text was authorized by Shakespeare himself, and may be based on an authorial manuscript.

Contains the poems arranged thematically and the themes reflect the different experiences of war not just for the soldiers but for those left behind. This volume also offers a selection of soldiers' songs to reflect the voices of the soldiers themselves.

Hughes's three contributions to the anthology After Ovid an accurate account of the original so thoroughly imbued with his own qualities that it was as if Latin and English poet were somehow the same person. This volume continues the project, with 24 passages including the stories of Phaeton, Actaon, Echo and Narcissus, Procne and Midas.

This lively volume of Philip Larkin's prose writings - reviews and critical assessments of books and writers; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some long and revealing interviews - is an entertaining and significant collection stamped by wit, originality and intelligence.

Poems portray the author's experiences as a soldier during World War I and explore the horrors of war.