Longman Annotated English Poets
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Six: 1822
1st Edition
Edited
By Carlene Adamson, Will Bowers, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Michael Rossington
October 01, 2025
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the final volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley, which aims to present all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition ...
The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five: The Ring and the Book, Books 1-6
1st Edition
Edited
By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
April 14, 2025
The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book...
The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Six: The Ring and the Book, Books 7-12
1st Edition
Edited
By John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
April 14, 2025
The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book’...
The Complete Poems of Samuel Johnson
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert D. Brown, Robert DeMaria, Jr.
June 21, 2024
This definitive edition, the first since 1974, presents all the poetry of Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), including his play, Irene, with detailed, wide-ranging commentary. It has been expertly edited with attention to the extant manuscripts and all relevant printings. The volume includes the entirety...
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Five: 1821–1822
1st Edition
Edited
By Carlene Adamson, Will Bowers, Jack Donovan, Kelvin Everest, Mathelinda Nabugodi, Michael Rossington
June 20, 2024
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major poets of the English Romantic period. This is the fifth volume of a six-volume edition of The Poems of Shelley, which aims to present all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order and with full annotation. Date and circumstances of composition ...
The Poems of Lord Byron - Don Juan: Volumes IV & V
1st Edition
Edited
By Jane Stabler, Gavin Hopps
May 31, 2024
Byron’s Don Juan is one of the greatest poems in the English language. Byron’s friends initially agreed that ‘it will be impossible to publish this’. Byron prevailed, however, and the first two cantos were issued anonymously after much editorial revision. Even in its revised form, Don Juan was ...
The Poems of W. B. Yeats: Volume Two: 1890-1898
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter McDonald
September 25, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly-established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...
The Poems of W.B. Yeats: Volume One: 1882-1889
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter McDonald
September 25, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly-established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...
The Poems of W.B. Yeats: Volume Three: 1899-1910
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter McDonald
May 31, 2023
In this multi-volume edition, the poetry of W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) is presented in full, with newly established texts and detailed, wide-ranging commentary. Yeats began to write verse in the nineteenth century, and over time his own arrangements of poems repeatedly revised and rearranged both texts...
Shelley: Selected Poems
1st Edition
Edited
By Kelvin Everest
March 23, 2023
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was one of the major Romantic poets and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English Language. In this volume, the editors have selected the most popular, significant and frequently taught poems from the six-volume Longman ...
The Poems of Ben Jonson
1st Edition
Edited
By Tom Cain, Ruth Connolly
December 21, 2021
Ben Jonson, who was with Shakespeare and Marlowe one of three principal playwrights of his age, was also one of its most original and influential poets. Known best for the country house poem ‘To Penshurst’ and his moving elegy ‘On my First Son’, his work inspired the whole generation of ...
The Complete Poems of Shakespeare
1st Edition
Edited
By Cathy Shrank, Raphael Lyne
November 20, 2017
Although best known for his plays, William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was also a poet who achieved extraordinary depth and variety in only a few key works. This edition of his poetry provides detailed notes, commentary and appendices resulting in an academically thorough and equally accessible ...