Poetry History Criticism category: 2222 books

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Le Romancero (1851), dernier grand recueil lyrique de Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), l’écrivain allemand exilé à Paris, expose dans une veine grinçante et radicale le bilan d’un rapport singulièrement déchiré avec le...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important,...

This volume offers a strikingly innovative account of Propertius' relationship with Virgil, positing a keen rivalry between two of the greatest poets of Latin literature, contemporaries within the circle of Maecenas. It begins by examining all of the references to Greek mythology in Propertius' first...

A full chronological record of the poems of Robin Hyde, a New Zealand journalist, novelist, dramatist, and poet active in the 1930s, is presented in this book. The 300 poems chosen show Hyde’s growth as a poet and her response to the painful events of her personal life and to the political and social...

The shorter English version is extant only as a fragment of 308 lines in a MS. at Vale Royal, and was edited by R.C.N. (i.e. R.C. Nichols) for the Roxburghe Club, London, 1873. The MS. is stated by editor to have been written about 1450. After relating Partinope's arrival in the enchanted city and...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Sentiment du monde, troisième recueil de l’écrivain brésilien Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902-1987), marque un tournant dans sa poésie en amorçant une réflexion sur la dimension historique de son temps, filtrée, comme...

Black Marigolds by E. Powys Mathers "This is a versified translation of the Caurapancasika. This love poem of fifty stanzas was written by the Kasmiri poet Bilhana Kavi in the 11th century. The story runs that the Brahman Bilhana had a clandestine love affair with Princess Yaminipurnatilaka,...

A collection of poetry that will tug at the heart and then empower. These poems take you on a journey through heart ache and pain then lead you into finding one's own strength within.

Sempre intense, a volte lapidarie, sarcastiche, ironiche, le poesie di Salvatore Marruzzino hanno un linguaggio ricchissimo di sfumature che riporta al parlato viscerale di Napoli e lascia trapelare la raffinata e distaccata intelligenza partenopea. Salvatore Marruzzino (Aversa 1949) è docente...

"Avrei - Poesie quasi d'amore" è una raccolta di poesie dalle note inconfondibili. Il linguaggio, ricchissimo di sfumature, riporta al parlato viscerale di Napoli e lascia trapelare la raffinata e distaccata intelligenza partenopea. L'autore Salvatore Marruzzino è nato ad...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Goethe (1749-1832) commença à concevoir sa dernière grande œuvre poétique dans l’été 1814. Il avait alors soixante-cinq ans. Depuis les Affinités électives (1809), il s’était consacré pour l’essentiel à la...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Jacques Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), orateur sacré sans égal, disciple de Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), académicien en 1671, évêque de Meaux en 1681, premier théologien du roi Louis XIV, est un apôtre de la dévotion. Une...

I poeti, i poeti che ci interessano, vivono al di sopra delle proprie possibilità cognitive. Non importa quanto siano lucidi nella descrizione delle cose di cui parlano. Non importa quanto alto sia il grado della loro capacità di evocazione. Non importa quanto disponibili siano le leggi metriche...

Poesie per un'esistenza che non lascia spazio allo sconforto.  L'esigenza di fissare i momenti fa di questa raccolta di poesie di Patrizia Argentino e fotografie di Mimma Livini un diario di parole e immagini che trasforma la quotidianità in metafora: si apre con una notte di travaglio emotivo...