Poems Bewitched and Haunted
“Poems Bewitched and Haunted” by John Hollander is a curated anthology published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on September 13, 2005. This 256-page collection presents a diverse array of poems that explore supernatural themes, featuring contributions from notable poets spanning three millennia. The anthology includes works that evoke specters, witches, and ghosts, creating a literary celebration of the eerie and the otherworldly, perfect for the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve.
Readers will discover a rich tapestry of poetic forms, including ballads, odes, spells, and dialogues, all centered around themes of death, grief, and the supernatural. The collection draws from a wide range of historical figures, such as Homer, Virgil, and Emily Dickinson, showcasing their unique interpretations of the spirit world. This edition is designed with high production standards, featuring acid-free paper and decorative elements, making it a visually appealing addition to any poetry lover’s library.
Official synopsis Publisher
A delightfully ghoulish array of specters and sorceresses, witches and ghosts, hags and apparitions haunt these pages—a literary parade of phantoms and shades to add to the revelry of All Hallow’s Eve.
From Homer to Horace, Pope to Poe, Randall Jarrell to James Merrill, Poems Bewitched and Haunted draws on three thousand years of poetic forays into the supernatural. Ovid conjures the witch Medea, Virgil channels Aeneas’s wife from the afterlife, Baudelaire lays bare the wiles of the incubus, and Emily Dickinson records two souls conversing in a crypt, in poems that call out to be read aloud, whether around the campfire or the Ouija board. From ballads and odes, to spells and chants, to dialogues and incantations, here is a veritable witches’ brew of poems from the spirit world.
Everyman’s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.
Author
Publisher
Topics
FAQ
What is “Poems Bewitched and Haunted” about?
Who is the author of “Poems Bewitched and Haunted”?
When was “Poems Bewitched and Haunted” published?
What is the ISBN for “Poems Bewitched and Haunted”?
What are the book details (language, pages, edition)?
