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In Paradise Regained, Satan again is on the prowl, having successfully tempted Adam and Eve, and forced their departure from the Garden of Eden. Here he sets out to tempt again, this time Jesus himself, as he comes to the end of his 40 days in the desert. The magisterial poetry of Milton enriches the encounter and, while not matching the greatness achieved in Paradise Lost, provides drama and depth.

Erstmals 1855 erschienen und von Walt Whitman bis zu seinem Tod 1892 immer wieder bearbeitet und erweitert, stellen die "Grashalme" unzweifelhaft eines der Hauptwerke der amerikanischen Lyrik dar. In seinen "Grashalmen" sprengte Walt Whitman alle damals bestehenden Konventionen durch den Einsatz freier Rhythmen und das Anschlagen eines hymnischen Tons, der das Individuum in seiner kosmischen Dimension wie auch die Demokratie in ihrer Vielstimmigkeit auf eine bis dahin ungelesene und unerhörte Weise feiert.

John Keats' letters paint an unforgettably vivid and moving picture of the richly productive but also tragic final years of the poet's life. As he ponders on the nature of the writer's craft, he must first confront his brother's death from tuberculosis and then the imminent prospect of his own, tormented by the fear that he will not live to consummate his relationship with Fanny Brawne.

This power and moving work examines what it means to be a girl, a sister, a mother, a wife—a woman—and all the challenges and cheer it brings to life. In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human...

Uma antologia de poemas inéditos inspirados nas canções de Taylor Swift e escritos por um poderoso grupo de poetas contemporâneos. "Meditativo, variado e visceral, presta homenagem ao amor de Swift pelas palavras e às suas paixões profundas... [uma] coleção belíssima e inesquecível."...

This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five remarkable poems written down between the eighth century and today, which connect us directly with the nation's past and the experiences, emotions, and imaginations of those who lived it. These poems open windows onto...

The US edition of the bestselling The Poetry Pharmacy A beautiful collection of curated poems each individually selected to provide hope, comfort, and inspiration—for all of life's most difficult moments Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are...

Rosáceas são rosas desabrochadas dentro de vitrais circulares coloridos, usadas para adornar catedrais góticas. Quarto livro de Orides Fontela, publicado em 1986, Rosácea traz, mesmo com horizonte espiritual, essa maior concretude em suas representações imagéticas do real. Edição com textos de Augusto Massi, Patrícia Lavelle e Verônica Stigger.

And now, the Shipping Forecast issued by the Met Office… Often described as a litany, mantra or lullaby, the Shipping Forecast has long been a favourite of cosy homes on chilly evenings. Its practical use as a precise reading of the marine weather around the British Isles has been largely...

Edited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, a celebratory selection from one hundred years of influential, entertaining, and taste-making verse in The New Yorker Seamus Heaney, Dorothy Parker, Louise Bogan, Louise Glück, Randall Jarrell, Langston Hughes, Derek Walcott, Sylvia Plath...

This kaleidoscopic portrait of an unprecedented time brings together some of our most treasured writers today—Edwidge Danticat, Layli Long Soldier, Monica Youn, Julia Alvarez, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor—to give voice to the unthinkable grief and hopeful possibilities born...

In this urgent outpouring of American voices, our poets speak to us as they shelter in place, addressing our collective fear, grief, and hope from eloquent and diverse individual perspectives. “One of the best books of poetry of the year . . . Quinn has accomplished something dizzying here...

書評家・三宅香帆の京大生時代のデビュー作！ 【有川浩、推薦！】作品の芯を射貫かれた。予断のない読み筋が清々しく、ありがたい。人生狂わせちゃったみたいで、ごめんなさい。

I hate and love. How do I do this, you might ask. I don't know but I feel it and am tortured. A Penguin Classic Award-winning translator Stephanie McCarter presents a translation of the surviving poems of Catullus (84-54 BCE), the Roman poet and punk, the lover and the hater, the hedonist and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A READ WITH JENNA PICK From the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Mary Oliver, a definitive and enduring collection of her best work “No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love. . . . Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides...

Alcipe é o pseudônimo de Leonor de Almeida Portugal, a Marquesa de Alorna, das mais célebres poetas portuguesas dos séculos XVIII e XIX. Aqui estão reunidos alguns de seus mais célebres poemas: "Ao despotismo", "Escutai-me altos muros pavorosos", "Abre um som, terna flauta", "De Safo", "Às águas" e "Ciúmes".

Discover the beauty and clarity of life's final moments through Japan's haunting tradition of jisei—poems written at the edge of death. This moving collection brings together hundreds of translated death poems by Zen monks, haiku poets, and samurai warriors—many appearing in English for the first time. Compiled by renowned scholar Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems offers more than exquisite verse: it explores Japan's deep-rooted cultural approach to mortality, impermanence, and spiritual release.

Bloomsbury presents Haunting the Black Air, written and read by Anthony Joseph. 'A polyphonic exploration of memory, diaspora and sound' ROMALYN ANTE 'A kaleidoscope of image and word-power . . . A vital addition to the canon' MAGGIE HARRIS 'A work of rare formal daring and spiritual depth'...

Lass Liebe Deine Welt regieren. Wenn die Blitze Dein Herz taumeln lassen, wenn der Abgrund Dich ruft und alles Glück verloren scheint, dann trage ich Dich auf den Flügeln meiner Liebe. Koste vom Glück, entdecke das verborgene Licht und spüre den Sommerregenduft. "Ich trage Dich auf Flügeln" lässt Herzen höherschlagen und passt gut auf das Kopfkissen eines geliebten Menschen.

..tief aus der weiblichen Seele. Mit diesem Lyrik-Hörbuch möchten wir Ihnen eine besondere Auswahl an Gedichten sechs unterschiedlicher Dichterinnen - arrangiert zu einem Gesamtwerk - nahe bringen. Dies sind alles Werke aus der Tiefe der Seele dieser Frauen - vielleicht sogar die Essenz der Empfindungen eines ganzen Lebens, verdichtet in den Strophen der einzelnen Gedichte - ausgewählt und zusammengefügt für den Widerhall des Seelenlebens, der Gefühls- und Gedankenwelt einer jeden einzelnen Frau.