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Das verlassene Dorf
The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. It is a work of social commentary, and condemns rural depopulation and the pursuit of excessive wealth.
Gemeinsame Themen: Personal copy, Library, English poetry, Poetry
Essays
Welcome to the Essays collection. A special selection of the nonfiction prose from influential and noteworthy authors. This book brings some of best essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, across a wide range of subjects, including individuality, freedom, society and many more topics. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.…
Gemeinsame Themen: Personal copy, Library
Die Ballade vom alten Seemann
A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published in the collection Lyrical Ballads (1798), which contributed significantly to the advent of modern poetry and the beginnings of British Romance…
Gemeinsame Themen: Illustrated books, English poetry, Poetry
Königsidyllen
Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) which retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, their court at Camelot and the quest for the Holy Grail, Arthurs love for Queen Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him with Lancelot, and the rise and fall of Arthurs kingdom.
Gemeinsame Themen: Illustrated books, Knights and knighthood, Poetry