The Complete Old English Poems (Williamson Craig)(Pevná vazba)

The Complete Old English Poems (Williamson Craig)(Pevná vazba)

From the riddling song of a bawdy onion that moves between kitchen and bedroom to the thrilling account of Beowulf's battle with a treasure-hoarding dragon, from the heart-rending lament of a lone castaway to the embodied speech of the cross upon which Christ was crucified, from the anxiety of Eve,

The Old English Poems of Cynewulf (Cynewulf)(Pevná vazba)

The Old English poems attributed to Cynewulf, who flourished some time between the eighth and tenth centuries, are unusual because most vernacular poems in this period are anonymous. Other than the name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even the most basic facts of where or when he

Old Testament Narratives (Anlezark Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

The Old English poems in this volume are among the first retellings of scriptural texts in a European vernacular. More than simple translations, they recast the familiar plots in daringly imaginative ways, from Satan's seductive pride (anticipating Milton), to a sympathetic yet tragic Eve, to Moses

Complete English Poems (Milton John)(Pevná vazba)

This volume presents a complete text of all Milton's verse. Coleridge linked Milton and Shakespeare as the greatest of English poets, and even in our time Milton continues to exert a powerful influence, both on the writing of poetry and on critical

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (Hardcover) (Dickinson Emily)(Pevná vazba)

The Complete Poems: Second Edition (Keats John)(Paperback)

The complete poems of an English master Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in the consummate power of poetry and his liberal views. While he was criticized by many for his politics, his immediate circle of friends and family immediately recognized his

The Complete American Gods (Graphic Novel) (Gaiman Neil)(Pevná vazba)

The complete American Gods comic series, adapted by comics legend P. Craig Russell from the award-winning novel by Neil Gaiman, in a deluxe, oversized collection with slipcase and ribbon. Shadow Moon, fresh out of jail, finds his wife dead, his life in shambles, and nowhere to turn. But a chance

Hebrew-English Interlinear Old Testament-ESV (Blair Thom)(Pevná vazba)

The Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old Testament is an essential volume for all who study the Old Testament in the original Hebrew. On each page the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) Hebrew text is laid out word-by-word above an English gloss showing the basic meaning and morphology of each

Old Dogs: Are the Best Dogs (Williamson Michael S.)(Pevná vazba)

Featuring sixty black-and-white photographs of old dogs shot by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Michael S. Williamson and narrated by Washington Post staffer and columnist Gene Weingarten, this is a perfect collection for dog lovers that celebrates 'man's best friend.' Anyone who has ever loved

Old English Lives of Saints (Aelfric)(Pevná vazba)

Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints--including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops--for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time

Old English Lives of Saints (Aelfric)(Pevná vazba)

Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints--including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops--for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time

Old English Lives of Saints (Aelfric)(Pevná vazba)

Old English Lives of Saints, a series composed in the 990s by the Benedictine monk Aelfric in his distinctive alliterative prose, portrays an array of saints--including virgin martyrs, married virgins, aristocrats, kings, soldiers, and bishops--for a late Anglo-Saxon audience. At a turbulent time

Complete Poems and Major Prose (Milton John)(Pevná vazba)

Cavafy Poems (Cavafy Constantine P)(Pevná vazba)

In 2009 Knopf published a new translation of Cavafy's Complete Poems by the brilliant and award-winning writer and scholar Daniel Mendelsohn. Now Mendelsohn has made a selection of the poet's best-loved works for a Pocket Poets edition, including such favorites as 'Waiting for the Barbarians,'

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

Tarka the Otter (Williamson Henry)(Pevná vazba)

Killer Verse - Poems of Murder and Mayhem(Pevná vazba)

In forms as various as the melodramas of old Scottish ballads and the hard-boiled poems of twentieth-century noir, here are assembled the most colourful villains and victims ever to be immortalized in verse, from Cain and Abel and Bluebeard to Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden and Mafia

Midge & Mo (Williamson Lara)(Pevná vazba)

Midge doesn't want to go to a new school. He wants everything back the way it was - with his old school, his old friends and his parents back together. But Mo is desperate to be Midge's friend and is determined to help Midge feel happy

Residue of Dreams: Selected Poems of Jao Tsung-I (Jao Tsung-I)(Pevná vazba)

The Residue of Dreams is the first English-language publication of the classical-style poems of Jao Tsung-i (b. 1917), a prominent artist-calligrapher, scholar-poet, and polymath living in Hong Kong. Jao's poems in various traditional forms reflect the tumultuous history of twentieth-century China,

Milton: The Complete Shorter Poems (Carey John)(Paperback)

This masterly edition contains all of Milton's English poems, with the exception of Paradise Lost, together with translations and texts of all his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. First published in 1968 - and substantially updated in 1996 - John Carey's edition has, with Alastair Fowler's Paradise

On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light: Poems (Piercy Marge)(Pevná vazba)

A bountiful group of poems--direct, honest, and revelatory--that reflect on language, nature, old age, young love, Judaism, and our current politics, from one of our most read and admired poets 'Words are my business,' Marge Piercy begins her twentieth collection of poetry, a glance back at a

Poems (Wordsworth William)(Pevná vazba)

In the long history of English literature William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is the writer who achieved the most dramatic transformations of the poetic scene almost

Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold: Classic Love Poems with a Modern Twist (Shakespeare William)(Pevná vazba)

An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs

Lyrical Ballads (Wordsworth William)(Pevná vazba)

Lyrical Ballads (1798) is a landmark collection of poems that marks the beginning of the English Romantic Movement in literature. Co-written by friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the collection broke away from traditional poetic form. Of the twenty-three poems, Wordsworth