18 books like Colección de las obras sueltas, assi en prosa, como en verso

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Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada Pablo Neruda · 1924 · ★ 4.2 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada es una de las obras más célebres del poeta chileno Pablo Neruda. Publicado en junio de 1924, el poemario lanzó a su autor a la fama con apenas 19 años de edad, y es una de las obras literarias de mayor renombre del siglo XX en el idioma español. Audazmente metafórica y sensual, esta colección yuxtapone la pasión juvenil con la desolación del dolor.… Shares: Spanish poetry, Poetry

Diana Jorge de Montemayor · 1580 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Demanding Los siete libros de la Diana, de Jorge de Montemayor, se publicó por vez primera en 1559, aunque las ediciones posteriores ampliaron el texto original. Esta obra tiene como precedente las églogas de Garcilaso de la Vega y la poesía pastoril española. Se distingue por estar escrita en una mezcla de verso y prosa y por unificar diversos «ambientes» en la misma historia. Entre otros, incluye:el… Shares: Spanish poetry, Bibliography, Poetry

La vida es sueño Pedro Calderón de la Barca · 1740 · ★ 3.9 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Demanding Si Calderón es el autor teatral barroco por excelencia, cabe también decir que La vida es sueño es una obra que sustancia los grandes temas de este movimiento. La historia del príncipe Segismundo, que sale de la cueva en la que había sido encerrado por su padre para convertirse en rey por breve tiempo -un tiempo que fue un sueño- antes de ser devuelto de nuevo a ella, da pie a un complejo drama… Shares: Spanish drama, History and criticism, Poetry

Os Lusíadas Luís de Camões · 1572 · ★ 4.0 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Demanding Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-language literature and is frequently compared to Virgil's Aeneid. The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469–1524). The ten cantos of the poem… Shares: Spanish poetry, Early works to 1800, Poetry

Poems Federico García Lorca · 1900 · ★ 3.7 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The work of Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's greatest modern poet, has long been admired for its emotional intensity and metaphorical brilliance. Few poets take us more directly and memorably to what Lorca described as "the dark root of the scream," the terrain of the duende, where inspiration delivers a new poetic reality and "intelligence" discovers its limitations. For many years, until the… Shares: Spanish poetry, Poetry

Poet in New York Federico García Lorca · 1940 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Bilingual edition presenting Lorca's reaction to the American metropolis. Shares: Spanish poetry, Poetry

Poema de mio Cid Anonymous · 1868 · ★ 3.5 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Challenging El Poema de mio Cid, o Cantar de mio Cid, es un cantar de gesta anónimo que relata hazañas heroicas inspiradas libremente en los últimos años de la vida del caballero castellano Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar el Campeador. La versión conservada fue compuesta, según la mayoría de la crítica actual, alrededor del año 1200. Se trata de la primera obra poética extensa de la literatura española y el único… Shares: Spanish poetry, Poetry

Opera Bartolomeo Scappi · 1570 · 978p · ≈ 32h · Demanding Macbeth at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in St. Olaf's Castle, Savonlinna, Finland, in 2007]] Shares: Death and burial, Early works to 1800

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares: Poetry

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

Arcadia Sir Philip Sidney · 1598 · ★ 3.7 · 561p · ≈ 18h · Demanding 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… Shares: Early works to 1800, Poetry

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Meg Stainsby · 1992 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English late 14th-century chivalric romance in alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and… Shares: Bibliography, History and criticism

Libro de buen amor Juan Ruiz · 1900 · ★ 3.4 · 261p · ≈ 8h · Challenging 275 p. ; 16 cm Shares: Spanish poetry, Poetry

The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll · 1876 · ★ 4.0 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark. Shares: Bibliography, History and criticism, Poetry

Inferno Dante Alighieri · 1767 · ★ 4.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Demanding Dante, after becoming lost on the path of life, is led by Virgil into Hell to begin his journey back to the light of God. Shares: Bibliography, History and criticism, Poetry

Epistolae Ho-Elianae James Howell · 1650 · 510p · ≈ 17h · Demanding Epistolae Ho-Elianae (or Familiar Letters) is a literary work by the 17th-century Anglo-Welsh historian and writer, James Howell. It was mainly written when Howell was in the Fleet Prison, during the 1640s; but its content reflects earlier travels he made from 1616 on behalf of a London glass factory. It appeared in three volumes from 1645 to 1650. A fourth volume was added in a collected edition… Shares: Bibliography, Early works to 1800

A Shropshire lad A. E. Housman · 1896 · ★ 4.0 · 95p · ≈ 3h · Challenging First published in 1896, this is Housman's first and most widely known collection of poems. Dismal and fatalistic, Housman speaks of the cruelty of life. In contrast to the dreary subject matter, the poetry itself is brisk and lively. Considered by many to be among the finest works of modern British poetry. Shares: Bibliography, Poetry

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