Verlaine ranks alongside Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Rimbaud as one of the most outstanding poets of late nineteenth-century France whose work is associated with the early Symbolists, the Decadents, and the Parnassiens. Remarkable not only for his... Zobraziť viac
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische... Zobraziť viac
Se narra la historia de Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, el Cid. Se ha optado por una adaptación del cantar en prosa... Zobraziť viac
In this personal and characteristically brilliant new collection from John Fuller, an abundance of memories abound. From “those once endless years” of a childhood in wartime – tasting of Granny’s chicken soup, twizzers and cherry-go-rips... Zobraziť viac
The book speaks to the poet's own (young) generation about how technology affords new ways of expressing love, while nostalgically evoking times before Facebook and selfies. However, nature-versus-technology is not the primary theme here... Zobraziť viac
From the familial love that gives us the strength to protect and care for our families and the platonic love that drives us to do anything to help our friends, to the self-love that gets us through difficult times and... Zobraziť viac
Written in the twilight of the Roman Republic, the poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus offers a delicious insight into the passions and gossip of high Roman society. From the poet and his friends to cultural and political titans, including Caesar, ... Zobraziť viac
The Purple Palace & other Poems is the debut Poetry collection by Artist Shayna Klee. The semi-autobiographical book is divided into two parts and takes place between two countries; Part I, "is a cloud a living thing?", takes place during the Author's... Zobraziť viac
In this passionate, profound collection, Anne Michaels explores one of her essential concerns: 'what love makes us capable of, and incapable of'. Here is the paradox at the heart of loss, the ways in which passion must accept, must insist, ... Zobraziť viac
Ariel was the second book of Sylvia Plath's poetry to be published, and was originally published in 1965, two years after her death by suicide... Zobraziť viac
Anglická verzia knihy Píseň. Zbierka 144 krátkych básní - poetických meditácií o živote, Bohu a našom postavení vo svete. Časť znierky vyšla pôvodne v samizdate pod názvom Proto jsem ti zahrál tuto píseň... Zobraziť viac
Poems of living and loving from Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri. Freedom is the most precious commodity in the world. In this powerful collection, the celebrated novelist, essayist, dramatist and poet, Ben Okri, explores the... Zobraziť viac
"I want to be a poet with all my heart. With all my heart and, even more, I want to die for it!" These were the words Jirí Orten wrote to the poet Frantisek Halas in 1939, who published his first book of poetry... Zobraziť viac
This collection of Holan's narrative poems, Narrative Poems II, was published in 1963, but the poems were written between 1948 and 1953, during some of the cruellest years following the establishment... Zobraziť viac
Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Although renowned for its minimalism and brevity, usually running three lines in seventeen syllables, .and by its use of natura Zobraziť viac
From the eighth floor of a tower block in Central Europe, Jan Zábrana surveyed the twentieth century. He had been exiled from his own life by Communism. His parents were imprisoned, their health broken, and he was not allowed to study languages... Zobraziť viac
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky'. This... Zobraziť viac
Cikánova nová německojazyčná sbírka obsahuje pásmo "Nocturno für Eurydike" o naději, smrti a touze, věnované japonské zpěvačce jménem Doji Morita. Ve sbírce obsažené mikroromány jednají o organizaci "magických dívek" a... Zobraziť viac
"Jirous was unique, a historian, a poet, a rock-and-roll magus, a brave spirit whose life testified that culture is politics." (Tom Stoppard) " There were three key moments in my life: when I first heard... Zobraziť viac
The Second World War has shaped the modern world more than any other single event. This generous and haunting selection of English-language and translated poems includes verse written by servicemen who participated in the war... Zobraziť viac
