9 libri simili a Thomas Hood
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: English poetry, 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: English poetry, Poetry
Marmion
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Temi in comune: Poetry
Saggio
An essay ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|s|.|eɪ}}, {{respell|ESS|ay}}) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the authors own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas…
Temi in comune: English poetry, Poetry
Stage-land
Temi in comune: English wit and humor, Wit and humor
The Song of Hiawatha and Other Poems
*Poesie e prose di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow*
Una raccolta che riunisce quarantasei tra le più celebri liriche e pagine in prosa di Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, voce amatissima della letteratura americana dell'Ottocento. Dai poemi narrativi di ampio respiro alle meditazioni più intime, dalle leggende della frontiera ai ricordi dell'infanzia, dal fragore dell'oceano al silenzio dei cimiteri,…
Temi in comune: English poetry, Poetry
1066 and All That
A tongue-in-cheek history of England which takes as its basic tenet the idea that history is only what you can remember and is therefore a collection of half remembered facts. The authors maintain that there are only two memorable dates, these being 1066 (the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Invasion) and 55 BC (the first Roman Invasion). The book begins with the Roman invasion and continues to…
Temi in comune: English wit and humor, Wit and humor
Gītāñjali
Una raffinata resa poetica in versi, condotta direttamente dal testo sanscrito e accompagnata dalla traduzione inglese.
Temi in comune: English poetry, Poetry
Poesia
Edizione facsimile dell'edizione del 1909 pubblicata da O.U.P.
Temi in comune: English poetry, Poetry