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Elegiae Sextus Propertius · 1780 · ★ 3.9 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Demanding Of all the Greek and Latin love poets, Propertius (c.50-10 BC) is one of those who perhaps holds most immediate appeal for the twentieth century reader. His helpless infatuation for the sinister figure of his mistress Cynthia forms the main subject of his poetry, and is analysed with a tormented but witty grandeur in all its changing moods - from ecstacy to suicidal despair. The son of an… Shares: Glossaries, Concordances, Language, Poetry

Gabriel Conroy Bret Harte · 1875 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Novel of an honest young miner in the mountains and his family and troubles. Shares: Glossaries, Language

Shakespeare's bawdy Eric Partridge · 1947 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This classic work fully explains the whole range of sexual, scatological language and allusion in Shakespeare's works. Consisting of an alphabetical glossary with cross-references, this book helps the modern reader to make sense of the bawdy. Shares: Glossaries, Language

Valhalla: the myths of Norseland Julia Clinton Jones · 1878 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Shares: Norse Mythology, Poetry

The Poetic Edda Henry Adams Bellows · 1936 · 515p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The Poetic Edda translated by Henry Adams Bellows This edition is a reprint of the 1923 Bellows translation of Scandinavian mythology. Table Of Contians.... 01. Voluspo 02. Hovamol 03. Vafthruthnismol 04. Grimnismol 05. Skirnismol 06. Harbarthsljoth 07. Hymiskvitha 08. Lokasenna 09. Thrymskvitha 10. Alvissmol 11. Baldrs Draumar 12. Rigsthula 13. Hyndluljoth 14. Svipdagsmol 15. Völundarkvitha 16.… Shares: Norse Mythology, Poetry

Edda Snorri Sturluson · 1665 · ★ 3.9 · 259p · ≈ 8h · Demanding "Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of… Shares: Glossaries, Norse Mythology, Poetry

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

The Elder or Poetic Edda Olive Bray · 1908 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Excerpt from The Elder or Poetic Edda, Vol. 1: Commonly Known as Sæmund's Edda The Elder or Poetic Edda: Commonly Known As Sæmund's Edda was written by Olive Bray in 1908. This is a 408 page book, containing 100772 words and 27 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at… Shares: Norse Mythology, Poetry

Homer Όμηρος · 1833 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an ancient Greek poet who is traditionally credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society and is considered one of the most influential authors in history. The question of Homers identity and existence—dubbed the "Homeric… Shares: Language, 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: Concordances, Poetry

Rime Francesco Petrarca · 1475 · ★ 4.0 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Rime ice, ice that forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects, such as trees. Shares: Concordances, Poetry

Marmion Sir Walter Scott · 1800 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It is a poetry book. Sir Walter Scott’s love of the country induced him, after his marriage in 1797, to settle in a cottage at the pretty village of Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Four years after leaving this district he took Mr. Morritt of Rokeby to see the little dwelling, telling him that, though not worth looking at, ‘it was our first house when newly married, and many a contrivance it had to… Shares: Poetry

The meaning of meaning C. K. Ogden · 1923 · 363p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism (1923) is a book by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards. It is accompanied by two supplementary essays by Bronisław Malinowski and F. G. Crookshank. The conception of the book arose during a two-hour conversation between Ogden and Richards held on a staircase in a house next to the Cavendish… Shares: Language, Poetry

Poems Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1827 · ★ 3.6 A brief profile of the nineteenth century English poet, Alfred Tennyson, accompanies selections from some of his best known works. Shares: Language, Poetry

Carmina Horace · 1712 · ★ 4.0 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Demanding "The odes of Horace are the cornerstone of lyric poetry in the Western world. Their subtlety of tone and brilliance of technique have often proved elusive, especially when - as has usually been the case - a single translator ventures to maneuver through Horace's infinite variety. Now for the first time, leading poets from America, England, and Ireland have collaborated to bring all 103 odes into… Shares: Language, Poetry

P. Vergilii Maronis opera Publius Vergilius Maro · 1532 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Demanding 4to. ff. [2] (blank), [1] (plates), [14] (prelims), pp. 246, 588, [192], ff. [2] (blank). Signatures: â4, ê4, î4, ô2, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4, Hh3, 2A-Z4, 2Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, AAaa-DDdd4, EEee2, a-z4, aa4. Contemporary French calf. Gilt filet on boards’ edges. Gilded spine on 5 bars, red panel. Red edges. Signature “A.G.” on first blank. Manuscript note on second blank in French, stating this is a first… Shares: Concordances, Poetry

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