18 libri simili a The Poetical Works of John Dryden
Paul Kelver
IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER.
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Essays
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English biography before 1700
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D.H. Lawrence
A collection of poems on themes of animals, people, celebration and condemnation, and love, by a prolific English poet, novelist, critic, travel writer, playwright, and painter.
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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.
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Don Juan
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…
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Poems
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Moments of vision
ix, 443 p. ; 23 cm
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The complete poetical works
Poetry written by the Scottish author Robert Burns.
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Among my books
A book of essays by American poet and writer James Russell Lowell (1819-1891).
There are six essays:
- Dryden
- Witchcraft
- Shakespeare Once More
- New England Two Centuries Ago
- Lessing
- Rousseau and the Sentimentalists
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Works of Thomas de Quincey
Works of Thomas de Quincey
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Aspects de la biographie
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
Index term: English literature
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Poems
Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each.
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The Magician
Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvention of this neglected 20th century masterSet in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look…
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Elegy written in a country churchyard
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The Rivals
A comedy of manners revolving around false identities, romantic entanglements, and parental disapproval satirizes the pretentiousness and sentimentality of 18th-century society.
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Arcadia
Basilus, a foolish old duke, consults an oracle as he imperiously wishes to know the future, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies about his family and kingdom he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of wandering princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all…
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