8 libri simili a Festus, a poem
Marmion
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Temi in comune: Poetry
Paradiso riconquistato
Paradise Regained demonstrates Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts.
Temi in comune: Temptation, Poetry
La donna del lago
«La donna del lago» è un raffinato poema in sei canti firmato da Sir Walter Scott. Questa storia in versi è all'origine di numerose opere successive di altri scrittori e, ancora oggi, continua a dettare il passo a chi si affaccia alla scrittura come ai letterati del nostro tempo. Da essa sono nate celebri opere liriche; è stata purtroppo travisata da sciocchi accecati dal pregiudizio razziale;…
Temi in comune: Victorian, Poetry
Many Dimensions
The magical Stone of Suleiman falls into evil hands.
Temi in comune: Temptation
Guerra nel cielo
Williams gives a contemporary setting to the traditional story of the Search for the Holy Grail. Examining the distinction between magic and religion, War in Heaven is an eerily disturbing book, one that graphically portrays a metaphysical journey through the shadowy crevices of the human mind. ( Amazon)
Temi in comune: Poetry
Poetical works of Robert Bridges
Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines.
Temi in comune: Poetry
Don Giovanni
Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in…
Temi in comune: Poetry
Milton's Poems
John Milton (9 dicembre 1608 – 8 novembre 1674) è stato un poeta e intellettuale inglese, autore di una delle opere più influenti e celebrate della letteratura mondiale: il poema epico *Paradise Lost*, pubblicato nel 1667.
Scritto in versi sciolti e composto da oltre dieci capitoli, l'opera nasce in un periodo di enorme fermento religioso e profondi sconvolgimenti politici, e affronta il tema…
Temi in comune: Temptation, Poetry