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100 men on the words that move them

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An edition of Poems that make grown men cry (2014)

Poems that make grown men cry

100 men on the words that move them

Paperback edition.
  • 4 Want to read

POETRY TEXTS & ANTHOLOGIES. GROWN MEN AREN'T SUPPOSED TO CRY. But in this fascinating anthology, one hundred men - distinguished in literature and film, science and architecture, theatre and human rights - confess to being moved to tears by poems that haunt them. Representing twenty nationalities and ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 80s, the majority are public figures not prone to crying. Here they admit to breaking down when ambushed by great art, often in words as powerful as the poems themselves. Seventy-five percent of the selected poems were written in the twentieth century, with more than a dozen by women. Their themes range from love in its many guises, through mortality and loss, to the beauty and variety of nature. Three men have suffered the pain of losing a child; others are moved to tears by the exquisite way a poet captures, in Alexander Pope's famous phrase, 'what oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd'.

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Poems that make grown men cry: 100 men on the words that move them
2015, Simon & Schuster / A CBS Company
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Poems that make grown men cry: 100 men on the words that move them
2014, Simon & Schuster
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Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them
2014, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
London
Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.81
Library of Congress
PN6101

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 310 pages
Number of pages
310

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35447731M
Internet Archive
poemsthatmakegro0000unse_u8t9
ISBN 10
1471134903
ISBN 13
9781471134906, 9781471134913
OCLC/WorldCat
911391125

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"A unique collection of poetry so powerful that 100 grown men--bestselling authors, poets laureate, and other eminent figures from the arts, sciences, and politics--have been moved to tears. Here they deliver touching and insightful personal introductions to a range of beloved poems. Grown men aren't supposed to cry. Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, however, a rare and fascinating collection, will profoundly move the strongest men--and women--to heartfelt tears. Father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, a British writer and movie producer respectively, have teamed up to compile a poetry anthology unlike any other. Poets whose work is represented in this collection include W.H. Auden, Charles Bukowski, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, D.H. Lawrence, Harold Pinter, Ezra Pound, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and a host of other notables. Familiar personalities who have confessed to breaking down range from J.J. Abrams to John le Carre;, Seamus Heaney to Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie to Jonathan Franzen, and Stanley Tucci to Colin Firth. Each explains why the poems have made them cry--often in words as moving as the poetry itself--delivering private insight into the souls of men whose writing, acting, or thinking you have enjoyed and admired. In Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, not only will you savor old favorites and discover new gems; you will share private moments through the joys and sorrows of some of the most moving poetry ever written. Most important, you will learn more about yourself in the process"--

"A unique collection of the world's finest poets and their most touching poems that has moved one hundred internationally renowned men to tears"--

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