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This fantastic volume contains a collection of classic essays, poems, and excerpts by various authors dedicated to the famous Romantic poet, perfect for students of English literature and others with an interest in poetry.
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To Coleridge, A Poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mr. Coleridge, by William Hazlitt
The Death of Coleridge, by Charles Lamb
On Coleridge, by John Gibson Lockhart
Coleridge, by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Notes on Coleridge,...
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In the years following World War I, the "international" emerged as a distinct scale of political and cultural focus. Internationalisms proliferated in kind as writers and thinkers sought to imagine modes of cooperation that would balance transnational solidarities with national sovereignty. While so-called political realists across the twentieth century have regarded such attempts as wishful thinking, Aarthi Vadde argues that the negotiation of wishing...
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Extrait: "Un après-midi, j'étais assis à la terrasse du café de la Paix, contemplant la splendeur et les dessous de la vie parisienne. Tout en prenant mon vermouth, j'étudiais avec curiosité l'étrange panorama o l'orgueil et la pauvreté défilaient devant moi, quand je m'entendis appeler par mon nom."
1764) La Prophétie du Dante
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Extrait : "Me voilà donc rentré dans le monde fragile de l'homme. Je l'avais quitté depuis si longtemps que je l'avais oublié ; l'humaine argile pèse de nouveau sur moi ; – j'ai trop tt perdu l'immortelle vision qui suspendait mes terrestres douleurs ; avec elle j'ai traversé ce gouffre profond d'o l'on ne revient pas, et o j'ai entendu les cris des âmes en détresse, condamnées sans espoir..."
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Agatha Christie, novelista y dramaturga de éxito, es considerada una de las grandes escritoras del género policíaco. Esta prolífica autora, que se centra en la psicología de sus personajes y en el móvil de los crímenes, sigue despertando la pasión de lectores de todo el mundo con obras tan conocidas como Asesinato en el Orient Express, Diez negritos o Se anuncia un asesinato.
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• La vida de...
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In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his work off as that of a non-existent 15th-century poet named Thomas Rowley-which he did until unmasked by Horace Walpole. Brought up in poverty and without a father, he studied furiously and went on to try and earn a living from his writing. After impressing the likes of the Lord Mayor, William Beckford...
1767) The Rowley Poems
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2023
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In 1763, an 11-year-old boy named Thomas Chatterton began publishing mature works of poetry. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his work off as that of a non-existent 15th-century poet named Thomas Rowley-which he did until unmasked by Horace Walpole. Brought up in poverty and without a father, he studied furiously and went on to try and earn a living from his writing. After impressing the likes of the Lord Mayor, William Beckford...
1768) Troilus and Cressida
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Although one of his lesser known plays, Shakespeare's considerable abilities as a playwright are readily apparent in "Troilus and Cressida." This historical and tragic 'problem play', thought to be inspired by Chaucer, Homer, and some of Shakespeare's history-recording contemporaries, is initially a tale of a man and woman in love during the Trojan War. When Cressida is given to the Greeks in exchange for a prisoner of war, Troilus is determined to...
1769) An Ideal Husband
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First performed in 1895, "An Ideal Husband" is Oscar Wilde's classic and much-loved comedic drama. The play tells the story of an up-and-coming politician, Sir Robert Chiltern, who tries to hide his secret past from his judgmental wife and the blackmail scheme he is forced to participate in to keep that secret quiet. Lady Chiltern has a very particular idea of what makes the "ideal husband" which leaves her with little tolerance for Sir Robert's all...
1770) The departed
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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[2007]
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In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
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The History Press
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[2008]
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English
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Michael Collins is often thought of as Ireland's lost leader: a man born into a revolutionary environment who became a skilled statesman and military leader. Michael Foy's new book looks in depth at Collins' key role in the Anglo Irish War. It is based on primary sources which have not been accessed by previous historians.
1772) A Doctor's War
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Grub Street Publishing
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[2006]
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An engrossing memoir of a Royal Air Force doctor's World War II experiences, from surviving Dunkirk to witnessing Nagasaki ( The Irish Times ). As an RAF medical officer, Aidan MacCarthy served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was interned by the Japanese in Java, where his ingenuity helped his fellow prisoners through awful conditions. While en route to Japan in 1944, his ship was torpedoed, sending him into the Pacific. Miraculously, MacCarthy was...
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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns Robert Burns - Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) called himself "an Aeolian harp strung to every wind of heaven." His first volume of poems, entitled Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was published in 1786. An immediate success, it established Burns's poetic reputation, which has grown over two centuries to the point where he is not only the Scottish national poet but the object of a cult unique in British poetry.
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1774) Ballads
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This vintage book contains a collection of ballads compiled by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1891. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish poet, novelist, essayist, and travel writer. He was a prolific writer and highly-celebrated during his life, and his fantastic stories continue to entertain people of all ages to this day. Other notable works by this author include: "Treasure Island",...
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Triumph Books
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2015.
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The ultimate insider's account of a renowned coach and the athletes he inspired. With this memoir, former Notre Dame captain Frank Pomarico shares with readers what it was like to play for legendary coach Ara Parseghian, a leader whose guidance extended beyond the playing field and whose tips still inspire his players. The book culminates with the 1973 Sugar Bowl, the climactic and memorable game between Bear Bryant's undefeated Alabama squad and...
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Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) is a collection of sonnets by English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Written between 1845 and 1846, Sonnets from the Portuguese is a series of love poems written by Browning to her husband, the prominent Victorian poet Robert Browning. Although Elizabeth was initially unsure of the poems, Robert encouraged their publication, suggesting she title them to make readers believe they were translations and not personal...
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Open Road Media
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[2020]
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English
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Best known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales' mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twilight ventures into the eerie and puckish world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. "This handful of dreams," as the author referred to it, first appeared in 1893, and its title refers to the pre-dawn hours, when the Druids performed their rituals. It consists...
1778) These Mothers of Gods
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Rachel Bower's accomplished debut collection seeks to recover the lived experiences of women who have often appeared only fleetingly in official histories. The poems push towards a more expansive concept of motherhood, including our collective responsibilities for lives, environments and natural worlds.
With heartfelt lyricism, Bower weaves stories of labour and love. In moments of fear and determination for survival, this collection is a hymn to...
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If you are at all familiar with Tolkien's work, then Bilbo's cry, proclaiming the arrival of Eagles, will be no stranger to you. Indeed, these plot-armored birds are somewhat of a hallmark of the Master of Middle-Earth, one rejoiced over and lampooned in equal measure by both lovers and critics of his writing.
But, they are misunderstood. Tolkien's Eagles cannot be, taken literally, they are a narrative embodiment of the unlooked-for grace, the redemptive...
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ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guía de lectura Reencuentro, una obra maestra del escritor alemán Fred Uhlman. La obra narra la profunda amistad entre Hans, un alemán judío, y Konradin, un rico aristócrata de familia antisemita. Sin embargo, el auge del nazismo en Alemania y la escalada de la violencia contra los judíos acabarán con una amistad que parecía inquebrantable y conllevará la huida de Hans a los Estados Unidos. Una...
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