No poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as ‘the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet’ by T.S. Eliot, he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes. In iconic poems... Zobraziť viac
Antológia slovenskej poézie v poľštine. Obsahuje preklady tvorby autorov: Ivan Laučík, Peter Repka, Daniel Hevier, Oleg Pastier, Karol Chmel, Rudolf Jurolek, Erik Jakub Groch, Marián Milčák, Taťjana Lehenová, Velerij Kupka, Miroslav Brück, Jozef Urban... Zobraziť viac
Vasyl Symonenko (1935–1963) is a poetic legend of the Sixties as a social and artistic movement. His poems were not allowed to be published by Soviet censors, so they were distributed in self-published lists and copied by hand among teachers, ... Zobraziť viac
Translated by Niall Rudd Edited with an Introduction and Notes by William BarrJuvenal, writing between AD 110 and 130, was the greatest satirist of Imperial Rome. His powerful and witty attacks on the vices, abuses, and follies of the big city have... Zobraziť viac
With wry metaphor and precise imagery, poet and actress Amber Tamblyn offers poetic insights into what it's like to be an... Zobraziť viac
Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them... Zobraziť viac
Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to return and bear him back to the isle of his birth... Zobraziť viac
Thomas Hardy saw himself, first and foremost, as a poet, and he wrote poetry throughout his prolific and acclaimed novel-writing years before announcing in 1896 that he would no longer write novels, much to the astonishment of his worldwide readership... Zobraziť viac
Witty, heartbreaking, shocking, satirical: the short story can excite or sadden, entice or repulse. The one thing it can never be is dull. Now Victoria Hislop has collected 100 stories from her favourite women writers into one volume... Zobraziť viac
Alexander Pushkin’s epic magic-realist tale is brought vividly to life in this superb translation by D.M. Thomas. Drawing on the Russian folklore of Pushkin’s childhood, the poem recounts the abduction of Princess Ludmila ... Zobraziť viac
A luminous, seductive new collection from the fearless (The New York Times) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Glück is one of the finest American poets at work today. Her Poems 1962-2012 was hailed as a major event in this country's literature in the... Zobraziť viac
With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery... Zobraziť viac
This comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and with commentary by renowned author and translator William Scott Wilson... Zobraziť viac
r.h. Sin's This Day Is Dark is a blistering case study of when red flags are mistaken for passion and love falls in the hands of the wrong people, as explored in his signature poetic voice... Zobraziť viac
Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In the last book he completed before he died, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each... Zobraziť viac
It is remarkable that any Westerner―even so fine a poet as Kenneth Rexroth―could have captured in translation so much of the subtle essence of classic Japanese poetry: the depth of controlled passion, the austere elegance of style... Zobraziť viac
«Le Reichsführer Himmler bougea la tete, et le bas de son visage s'éclaira...- Le Führer, dit-il d'une voix nette, a ordonné la solution définitive du probleme juif en Europe.Il fit une pause et ajouta : - Vous avez été choisi pour exécuter cette... Zobraziť viac
This inspiring collection, curated by the host of the Poetry Unbound, presents fifty poems about what it means to be alive in the world today. Each poem is paired with Pádraig’s illuminating commentary... Zobraziť viac
The Iliad has had a far-reaching impact on Western literature and culture, inspiring writers, artists and classical composers across the ages... Zobraziť viac
Homer's great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature's first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca's epic, ten-year quest to return home after... Zobraziť viac
