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One of the world's transcendent literary masterpieces, the Inferno tells the timeless story of Dante's journey through the nine circles of hell, guided by the poet Virgil, when in midlife he strays from his path in a dark wood.
The Rubá’iyát of Omar Khayyam, in the famous translation by Edward FitzGerald, remains one of the most popular poems. It expressed the fascination of Victorian England with the Orient. Here, it forms the main work in the first half, along with other shorter poems by other leading Persian and Indian figures, including Rumi, Sa’di and Rabindranath Tagore. The second half is devoted to works written by Western poets on the theme of the East with The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, an excerpt from Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh – one of the best-sellers of the early nineteenth century.Mostra libro
Matthew Arnold, The Poetry. Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. Matthew Arnold is rightly placed amongst the other greats of Victorian Poetry; Browning and Tennyson. The son of the founder of Rugby School he grew up to become a poet via a career as a school inspector. His own words best represent how he came to be so well regarded: “My poems represent, on the whole, the main movement of mind of the last quarter of a century, and thus they will probably have their day as people become conscious to themselves of what that movement of mind is”. Many of the poems are also available as an audiobook from our sister company Portable Poetry. Many samples are at our youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PortablePoetry?feature=mhee The full volume can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon and other digital stores. Among the readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe. Index Of Poems; The Last Word; The Austerity Of Poetry (A Sonnet); Bacchanalia; Or, The New Age; The Buried Life; A Caution To Poets; Consolation; Continued; Despondency; Calais Sands; Dover Beach; The Sea of Faith; The Divinity (A Sonnet); Early Death And Fame; East London (A Sonnet); Epilogue; Faded Leaves; The Future; Growing Old; Haworth Churchyard; Human Life; Immortality; A Memory Picture; A Modern Sappho; Mortality; A Nameless Epitaph; Religious Isolation; The Youth Of Man; Youth And Calm; West London (A Sonnet); A Wish; A Southern Night; Requiescat; Tristram Ans Iseult.Mostra libro
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Dogs - An Introduction 2 - The Joy of a Dog by Edgar Albert Guest 3 - The Power of the Dog by Rudyard Kiping 4 - The Dog and His Master by Anne Kingsmill-Finch 5 - Man and Dog by Edward Thomas 6 - The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat by Eugene Field 7 - The Hairy Dog by Herbert Asquith 8 - A Little Dog That Wags His Tail by Emily Dickinson 9 - Verse for a Certain Dog by Dorothy Parker 10 - Incident. Charactristic of a Favourite Dog Which Belonged to a Friend of the Author by William Wordsworth 11 - An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog by Oliver Goldsmith 12 - To Flush, My Dog by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 13 - Epitaph to a Dog by Lord ByronMostra libro
The author of Good Heart presents “lyric poetry that sings, enchants, debunks and then reconstructs the truths and mysteries of our lives” (Jim Moore, author of Prognosis). Winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry Included in the Book Sense Picks Poetry Top Ten Written over the course of three decades, this extraordinary collection of new and selected poems presents a body of work from Deborah Keenan that is expressive variously of love and rage, vulnerability and authority, distraction and focus, and, perhaps above all, a sharply empathetic sense of observation. Keenan’s work balances holding on to what is dear with letting go of what she cannot change. With refreshing curiosity, these poems capture rich layers of life in trial and bliss alike, enabling us to see what a number of her contemporaries have recognized for some time: Deborah Keenan is one of our great poets. “My god, these are beautiful poems. I feel as if a great soul is speaking in these poems, after long thought and meditation and inward dialogue.” —Charles Baxter, author of The Feast of LoveMostra libro
Leipzig, Germany, 1722: Johann Kuhnau, revered organist of the Thomaskirche, suddenly dies, leaving his post vacant. In order to fill the position, the city council invites a small number of musicians to audition for the appointment, including Johann Sebastian Bach. This, however, is not his story. Based on actual events, Bach at Leipzig imagines with uncommon intelligence and wit how six little-known musicians resorted to bribery, blackmail, and betrayal in an attempt to secure the most coveted musical post in all of Europe.Mostra libro
The lights of a yacht on the French Riviera are reflected in the water and in the eyes of four hilariously mismatched lovers. Private Lives shimmers with wit, romance, desire and bittersweet truth.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Rosalind Ayres, Marnie Mosiman, Ian Ogilvy, Begonya Piazza and Kristoffer Tabori.Mostra libro
