Simonides Lyricus - Essays on the 'other' classical choral lyric poet(Pevná vazba)

Simonides Lyricus - Essays on the 'other' classical choral lyric poet(Pevná vazba)

Greek Lyric (Anacreon)(Pevná vazba)

The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain. Later writers quoted from the poets, but only so much as suited their needs; these

The Lyric Theory Reader: A Critical Anthology (Jackson Virginia)(Paperback)

The Lyric Theory Reader collects major essays on the modern idea of lyric, made available here for the first time in one place. Representing a wide range of perspectives in Anglo-American literary criticism from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the collection as a whole documents the

Greek Lyric (Campbell David a.)(Pevná vazba)

Towards the end of the fifth century BCE, Aristophanes and the other writers of comedy used contemporary poets and musicians as targets for their jokes, making fun of their innovations in language and music. The dithyrambs of Melanippides, Cinesias, Phrynis, Timotheus, and Philoxenus are remarkable

Because: A Lyric Memoir (Mensch Joshua)(Pevná vazba)

Joshua Mensch's devastating lyric memoir, Because, explores with extraordinary literary power and sophistication the toxic power of adults who prey on the children in their care. Its story begins when Mensch is ten years old and first meets Don, the charming director of a youth wilderness camp and

A Harp in the Stars: An Anthology of Lyric Essays (Noble Randon Billings)(Paperback)

Greek Lyric (Sappho)(Pevná vazba)

This volume contains the poetic fragments of the two illustrious singers of early sixth-century Lesbos: Sappho, the most famous woman poet of antiquity, whose main theme was love; and Alcaeus, poet of wine, war, and politics, and composer of short hymns to the gods. Also included are the principal

Montale - Poems (Montale Eugenio)(Pevná vazba)

Montale's incandescently beautiful poetry is deeply rooted in the venerable lyric tradition that began with Dante, but he brilliantly reinvents that tradition for our time, probing the depths of love, death, faith and philosophy in the bracing light of modern

The Spring (Connole Annie)(Pevná vazba)

The Spring is a book-length lyric essay that examines grief and transformation through the lens of mystical animal appearances following the death of the narrator's

Irish Poems(Pevná vazba)

With its roots in the devotional verse of the early Christian church and the long lyric poems of the Irish bards, Irish poetry has a rich and robust tradition both of engagement and

Whispers from Eternity (Yogananda Paramahansa)(Pevná vazba)

'Mystical Prayers of Poetic Beauty' - In the tradition of the great lyric mystics of all religions, Paramahansa Yogananda's 'Whispers from Eternity' offers a window on the devotional experience of ecstasy. Sharing prayers and affirmations directly inspired by his high state of God-communion, this

Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke Rainer Maria)(Paperback)

Facsimile of 1943 Edition. Born in 1875, the great German lyric poet Rainer Maria Rilke published his first collection of poems in 1898 and went on to become renowned for his delicate depiction of the workings of the human heart. Drawn by some sympathetic note in his poems, young people often wrote

Love Poems (Washington Peter)(Pevná vazba)

It has often been said that love, both sacred and profane, is the only true subject of the lyric poem. Nothing better justifies this claim than the splendid poems in this volume, which range from the writings of ancient China to those of modern-day America and represent, at its most piercing, a

Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments (Pindar)(Pevná vazba)

Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him sure to win Apollo's laurels. The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the

The Love Songs of Sappho (Sappho)(Paperback)

Called the 'Tenth Muse' by the ancients, Greece's greatest female lyric poet Sappho (ca. 610-580 b.c.e.) spent the majority of her life on the famed island of Lesbos. Passionate and breathtaking, Sappho's poems survive only in fragments following religious conspiracies to silence her. Sappho penned

Nature and Other Essays (Emerson Ralph Waldo)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including 'Nature,' 'Self-Reliance,' 'Love,' and 'Art.' Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay 'Nature' declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for

Horace and Housman (Gaskin R.)(Pevná vazba)

The lyric poems of Horace and Housman are two enigmatic bodies of work that have much in common, and a close reading of each poet's writings can illuminate the other's. This is the first book to provide a detailed, critical comparison between these two poets, and also the first to make use of

Selected Poems (Keats John)(Pevná vazba)

Keats is celebrated as a writer in three forms: lyric verse, narrative verse and letters. All three are represented here in a volume which reprints all the famous odes, a selection os sonnets and other short poems, both versions of HYPERION, extentsive selections from ENDYMION, and the complete

Complete English Poems (Donne John)(Pevná vazba)

Donne created new forms of lyric, satire, elegiac and religious verse, and his independence of view, compact manner of expression encompassing conflicting moods, impassioned paradox, outbreaks of cynicism and wry humour make his work particularly appealing to the twentieth-century

Poems, Local, Lyric, and Miscellaneous (M'Culloch James S.)(Pevná vazba)

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do

David Campbell: A Life of the Poet (Persse Jonathan)(Paperback)

David Campbell (1915-79) was one of Australia's finest lyric poets. Born into a landed family, he was a grazier for most of his life in the Canberra and Bungendore district of the Monaro. He fought with the RAAF in the Second World War, rising to the rank of wing commander, and he was twice awarded

Men Explain Things to Me - And Other Essays (Solnit Rebecca (Y))(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing

The Carnival of the Animals [With CD (Audio)] (Prelutsky Jack)(Pevná vazba)

A great way to introduce children to classical music. America's first Children's Poet Laureate has written all-new verses to accompany the composer Camille Saint-Sa ns's The Carnival of the Animals, and the illustrator of the Harry Potter books has turned these rollicking rhymes into a

The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Learn about the world's greatest classical compositions and musical traditions in The Classical Music Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Classic Music in this overview guide to the subject,