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  The Poetry of Lewis Carroll

  Lewis Carroll

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  Beatrice Lillie, Boris Karloff and Cyril Ritchard amongst others read Lewis Carroll's finest poetry including Jabberwocky, The Hunting of the Snark and The Mock Turtle's Song

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  James Fritz Plays: One (NHB...

  James Fritz

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  A playwright known for dazzling structural inventiveness combined with emotional intelligence and wit, James Fritz is a unique voice in British theatre. His work, reflected in these six plays covering the first decade of his career, confronts the fault lines in our culture with thrilling imagination, an unflinching moral seriousness and a warm, compassionate sense of humour.
  Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre, 2014; Trafalgar Studios, 2015; winner of the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright) is a 'morally terrifying drama' (Evening Standard) that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.
  Ross & Rachel (Edinburgh Fringe, 2015; Off-Broadway, 2016) is a 'dialogue for one' that takes an incisive look at the myths of modern love. 'Shockingly good… a virtuosic piece of writing, playful, post-modern and devastatingly serious, all at once' Time Out
  Parliament Square (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and Bush Theatre, London, 2017; winner of the Judges' Award, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting) is a searingly powerful exploration of what one individual can do to effect change. 'There are few playwrights working in Britain today whose work is as slick and unsettling as James Fritz's' Exeunt
  Lava (Nottingham Playhouse/Fifth Word, 2018; revived 2022) is a funny, tender and moving story about friendship and reconnection in the aftermath of catastrophe. 'Compassionate, warm and funny… Fritz's plays find reservoirs of humour in places you wouldn't expect' The Stage
  Skyscraper Lullaby (Audible Original, 2022) is a powerful drama, first written as an audio play, about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, a haunting examination of the ways we cope with tragedy, complicity and remorse.
  Also included is a previously unpublished short play, twins (Arcola Theatre, 2015), as well as a playful and illuminating introduction written by the author.

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  Works and Days

  Hesiod

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  Works and Days by Hesiod is a timeless piece of ancient Greek literature that blends moral instruction, practical guidance, and mythological storytelling into a deeply reflective poetic work. Written in the 8th century BCE, this didactic poem offers insight into the values, struggles, and daily realities of early agrarian society, while delivering enduring lessons on justice, labor, and human conduct.
  
  Addressed to Hesiod's brother Perses, the poem unfolds as both a personal admonition and a universal guide for living a virtuous and productive life. Through a combination of advice and allegory, Hesiod emphasizes the dignity of honest work, the importance of fairness, and the consequences of idleness and greed. His words reflect a worldview in which human effort, guided by moral integrity, is essential to survival and prosperity.
  
  Interwoven with practical farming instructions and seasonal guidance, Works and Days also presents powerful myths, including the tale of Prometheus and Pandora, which explore the origins of human suffering and the necessity of toil. These stories serve not only as cultural touchstones but also as moral frameworks that reinforce the poem's central themes.
  
  Hesiod's voice is both personal and authoritative, offering wisdom that transcends time. His reflections on justice, hardship, and perseverance continue to resonate with readers across generations. Works and Days stands as a foundational text that bridges mythology and everyday life, inviting readers to reflect on the value of discipline, the rhythms of nature, and the enduring pursuit of a just and meaningful existence.

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  The Divine Comedy

  Dante Alighieri

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  The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. - The Divine Comedy is composed of three canticas (or "cantiche") — Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise) — composed each of 33 cantos (or "canti"). The very first canto serves as an introduction to the poem and is generally not considered to be part of the first cantica, bringing the total number of cantos to 100. - The poet tells in the first person his travel through the three realms of the dead, lasting during the Easter Triduum in the spring of 1300. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Pro Patria

  Julia Caroline Dorr

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  This is a collection of seven patriotic long poems by Julia Caroline Dorr.  - Summary by Carolin

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  There is No Place Without You -...

  Maya Bernstein

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  Maya Bernstein's debut volume presents poems rigorously composed and delicately honed. It reveals the sensitive spirit and sharp mind of a mature speaker exploring the gaping space between the infinitude of the divine and the finite nature of human existence. 
  Authentic and honest, spanning the secular and the sacred, these poems challenge and speak truth to our fears and joys, navigating the complex intimacy and distance we experience as humans striving to connect to ourselves, one another, and to the forces that act upon us in the world.

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