{"product_id":"faber-book-of-beasts-the","title":"Faber Book of Beasts, The","description":"''The Faber Book of Beasts is a generous and intelligent round- up of old favourites, new juxtapositions, and poems we mightn''t know about ... Will set heads shaking, as well as nodding with pleasure.'' Independent \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Wordsworth''s ''To a Skylark''\u003cbr\u003eW.B. Yeats'' ''Leda and the Swan''\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bishop''s ''The Moose''\u003cbr\u003eD.H. Lawrence''s ''Bat''\u003cbr\u003eMarianne Moore''s ''Elephants''\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Blake''s ''The Tyger'' \u003cbr\u003eGerard Manley Hopkins'' ''The Windhover''\u003cbr\u003eThom Gunn''s ''The Snail''\u003cbr\u003eSeamus Heaney''s ''Otter''\u003cbr\u003eJohn Donne''s ''The Flea''\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Smart''s ''My Cat Jeoffry''\u003cbr\u003e''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom childhood rhymes to canonical classics, Homer to Ted Hughes, this eclectic poetry anthology celebrating the earth''s creatures brims with beastly delights. Celebrated poet Paul Muldoon''s bestiary shows that we are ''most human in the presence of animals'', whether tame or wild, common or exotic, mammals or reptiles, real or imaginary - and the result is a must-read for animal-lovers of all ages everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Animals bring the best out in us [and make] the best art ... Elephants, skunks, otters, hedgehogs and hippos feature in Muldoon’s menagerie; how charming it is to observe how they nuzzle along together in his engaging anthology.'' Irish Times","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56987095695695,"sku":"9780571195473","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780571195473_1-faber-book-of-beasts-the.jpg?v=1770496063","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/faber-book-of-beasts-the","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}