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This Companion, first published in 2000, addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century. The chapters explore the historical and theatrical contexts in which women have written for the theatre and examine the work of individual playwrights. A chronological section...

Edition Complète de " Poèmes - Son premier recueil de poésies - Oscar Wilde ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. En 1881, son premier recueil...

This is my second book and is a selection of 72 poems that trace my journey from making connections with myself and with God. It looks at aspects of Christian life and experiences.These poems come from a time when I felt I should write 5 poems a week for a year and the first one in my diary sets down...

Shakespeare's sonnets are revered the world over for perfectly capturing the torments and joys of love requited or otherwise in just fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. This treasure of a book collects 29 of the bard's most romantic sonnets, each one lovingly illustrated by the talented Caitlin Keegan....

Considered by many critics the foremost English "metaphysical" poet, John Donne (1572–1631) earned renown for both sacred and secular verse, his love poems in the latter genre ranking among his most original and popular works. Brilliant and wide-ranging, Donne's verse is distinguished by its passion,...

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel   The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare’s...

“Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of 44 love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The collection was acclaimed and popular in the poet's lifetime and it remains so today.” (Citation from Wikipedia: The free Encyclopaedia)...

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), English poet and wife of the poet Robert Browning, is perhaps best known for her remarkable series of 44 love poems Sonnets from the Portuguese. Published in 1850, they were written by Mrs. Browning to her husband during the early years of their relationship....

Students often find understanding and interpreting poetry an uphill task, for the allusions and references almost baffle them, however, with repeated and careful reading of the same poem, taking the help of the reference books and guides; they often come close to the interpretation desired by the...

Poems Thomas Wyatt, poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII (1503-1542) This ebook presents «Poems», from Thomas Wyatt. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- A REVOCATION -03- ABIDE...

One of Blake's most inspired creations, "The Tyger" mingles the lyric and mystical in an exquisite union. Now you can experience the beauty of this and other poems the way Blake intended them — with his own hand-colored illustrations giving them visual form.This facsimile edition of one of Blake's...

16 works of Edward de Vere English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604) This ebook presents a collection of 16 works of Edward de Vere. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Anne Vavasour's Echo - Care...

Poems George Wither, english poet, pamphleteer, and satirist (1588-1667) This ebook presents «Poems», from George Wither. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- PRELUDE -03- A CHRISTMAS CAROL...