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Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poetry by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one of the most acclaimed translators of our time. A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Góngora pioneered poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of his time that he was derided as...

In a room in a house in a provincial town, three sisters wait for their lives to begin. Olga, the eldest. Masha, the middle child. Irina, the youngest. The clock strikes. A candle is lit. The clock stops. Something catches fire. The clock strikes. They wake up. Cordelia Lynn's new version...

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography,...

Originally published by Johns Hopkins University Press as highly regarded scholarly print and PDF-style digital book versions, Prof. John Van Sickle's <i>Virgil's Book of Bucolics</i> underwent the Bare Knuckles Press treatment. Which is to say, the poems were illustrated with newly commissioned...

Discover Dante's original Inferno in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation. Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins....

With an Introduction by Ellen Rees, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo. The plays of Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) are critically acclaimed throughout the world. The father of modern drama, Ibsen broke with theatrical conventions and created a more realistic form of...

Poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables . Ses Fables constituent la principale œuvre poétique de la période classique, et l’un des plus grands chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature française. Ces...

Poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables . Ses Fables constituent la principale œuvre poétique de la période classique, et l’un des plus grands chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature française. Ces...

Poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables . Ses Fables constituent la principale œuvre poétique de la période classique, et l’un des plus grands chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature française. Ces...

Poète français de grande renommée, principalement pour ses Fables . Ses Fables constituent la principale œuvre poétique de la période classique, et l’un des plus grands chefs-d’œuvre de la littérature française. Ces...

A German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour; and four novels. In addition, numerous literary and...

First performed in 1921 with Romans calling out 'Madhouse!' from the audience, "Six Characters in Search of an Author" has remained the most famous and innovative of Pirandello's plays. Often labeled a satirical tragicomedy, this play initiated the anti-illusionism movement of the early twentieth century,...