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Across English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European, Literary Criticism, and Poetry — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Persephone by Jenny Joseph.

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Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices

Ayesha Harruna Attah

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The Rossettis in Wonderland A Victorian Family History

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Matthew Prior A Study of His Public Career and Correspondence

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Shelley — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe. Shelley

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John Keats Selected Poems — John Keats

John Keats Selected Poems

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Oscar Wilde – The Major Works — Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde – The Major Works

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New Life: an Anthology for Parenthood — Sally Emerson

New Life: an Anthology for Parenthood

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

The Táin — Thomas Kinsella

Thomas Kinsella

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — J. A. Burrow

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Beowulf A Verse Translation — Michael Alexander

Beowulf A Verse Translation

Michael Alexander

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Selected Prose — John Donne

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Aurora Leigh and Other Poems — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Aurora Leigh and Other Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

The Canterbury Tales — Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Troilus and Criseyde — Geoffrey Chaucer

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

Good-Bye to All That An Autobiography — Robert Graves

Good-Bye to All That An Autobiography

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Selected Poems Milton — John Milton

Selected Poems Milton

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Beowulf A New Feminist Translation of the Epic Poem — Maria Dahvana Headley

Beowulf A New Feminist Translation of the Epic Poem

Maria Dahvana Headley

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

The Oxford Book of the Sea — Jonathan Raban

The Oxford Book of the Sea

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The Weather in Japan — Michael Longley

The Weather in Japan

Michael Longley

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Poems and Prose — Christina Rossetti

Poems and Prose

Christina Rossetti

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

John Donne A Selection of His Poetry — John Donne

John Donne A Selection of His Poetry

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