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- Letters to a young poet
Letters to a young poetRainer Maria Rilke1656 - La Lusiade: o sia, La scoperta delle Indie orientali fatta d
La Lusiade: o sia, La scoperta delle Indie orientali fatta da' portoghesiLuís de Camões1572 - The prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson
The prose Edda of Snorri SturlusonSnorri Sturluson1665 - An introduction to poetry
An introduction to poetryX. J. Kennedy1966 - The renaissance;
The renaissance;Walter Pater1873 - The new life (La vita nuova) of Dante Alighieri
The new life (La vita nuova) of Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri1829 - Understanding poetry
Understanding poetryCleanth Brooks1938 - Footprints
FootprintsMargaret Fishback Powers1993 - The prelude
The preludeWilliam Wordsworth1850 - Madness, Rack, and Honey
Madness, Rack, and HoneyMary Ruefle2012 - How to read a poem
How to read a poemEdward Hirsch1999 - The anxiety of influence
The anxiety of influenceHarold Bloom1973