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Author: Francesco Petrarch Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1786562065 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1362
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Petrarch, the Italian scholar, poet and humanist, was a major figure of the Renaissance, whose poems addressed to Laura, his idealised beloved, were imitated throughout Europe and served as an enduring model for lyrical poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Petrarch’s collected poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Petrarch's life and works * Concise introduction to Petrarch and his poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Features the various translations from George Bell and Sons 1879 edition of ‘The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch’ * Special Italian first line and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes a selection of Petrarch's prose, including PETRARCH’S SECRET * Features a bonus biography - discover Petrarch's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Francesco Petrarch BRIEF INTRODUCTION: FRANCESCO PETRARCH THE SONNETS, TRIUMPHS, AND OTHER POEMS OF PETRARCH The Poems LIST OF POEMS BY ITALIAN FIRST LINE LIST OF POEMS BY ITALIAN FIRST LINE (ALPHABETICAL) LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Prose LETTERS TO CLASSICAL AUTHORS PETRARCH’S SECRET The Biography THE LIFE OF PETRARCH by Thomas Campbell Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Francesco Petrarch Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1786562065 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1362
Book Description
Petrarch, the Italian scholar, poet and humanist, was a major figure of the Renaissance, whose poems addressed to Laura, his idealised beloved, were imitated throughout Europe and served as an enduring model for lyrical poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Petrarch’s collected poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Petrarch's life and works * Concise introduction to Petrarch and his poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Features the various translations from George Bell and Sons 1879 edition of ‘The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch’ * Special Italian first line and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes a selection of Petrarch's prose, including PETRARCH’S SECRET * Features a bonus biography - discover Petrarch's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Francesco Petrarch BRIEF INTRODUCTION: FRANCESCO PETRARCH THE SONNETS, TRIUMPHS, AND OTHER POEMS OF PETRARCH The Poems LIST OF POEMS BY ITALIAN FIRST LINE LIST OF POEMS BY ITALIAN FIRST LINE (ALPHABETICAL) LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Prose LETTERS TO CLASSICAL AUTHORS PETRARCH’S SECRET The Biography THE LIFE OF PETRARCH by Thomas Campbell Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Walter Savage Landor Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1786562049 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 2495
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The poetry of Walter Savage Landor spans the final years of the Enlightenment to the greatest achievements of the Victorian Empire. Landor is now regarded as a ‘poet’s poet’, whose sensitive and beautiful poetry won the admiration of Browning, Yeats, Ezra Pound and Robert Frost. His celebrated love poems were inspired by a succession of female romantic ideals – Ione, Ianthe, Rose Aylmer and Rose Paynter — while his "domestic" poems concerning his sister and children reveal equal finesse. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Landor’s collected poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Landor's life and works * Concise introduction to the life and poetry of Walter Savage Landor * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Rare collections available in no other digital publication * Excellent formatting of the poems * Includes a selection of Landor's prose * Features a bonus biography - discover Landor's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to Landor’s method of titling the majority of his poems with Roman numerals, this Delphi edition does not feature our usual chronological and alphabetical contents tables. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Walter Savage Landor BRIEF INTRODUCTION: WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR The Poetry Collections GEBIR COLLECTION OF 1846 THE HELLENICS THE LAST FRUIT OF AN OLD TREE DRY STICKS MISCELLANEOUS POEMS FROM “HEROIC IDYLS” WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, 1863 The Play COUNT JULIAN Selected Prose IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS: A SELECTION THE PENTAMERON CITATION AND EXAMINATION OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE The Biography WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR by Leslie Stephen Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Mary Robinson Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1788779827 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1162
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The English actress, poet and society beauty of the late eighteenth century, Mary Robinson was known as “the English Sappho” and earned her nickname “Perdita” for her celebrated role as the heroine of Shakespeare’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’. Robinson’s work has in more recent times received critical attention, recognising her importance in the development of Romanticism. In her day, she was acknowledged as a leading poet and her verses demonstrate wit, charm, theatricality and emotional resonance. A poet of sensibility, as well as of popular culture, Robinson wrote poems that chronicle the major events of her time, employing aesthetic innovations. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Robinson’s collected poetical works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Robinson’s life and works * Concise introduction to Robinson’s life and poetry * Many rare poems appearing in digital print for the first time, including ‘Captivity’, the poem Robinson wrote after her experiences in a debtors’ prison * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Robinson’s protofeminist essay ‘A Letter to the Women of England’ * Features the poet’s memoir - discover Robinson’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Mary Robinson Brief Introduction: Mary Robinson by John Joseph Knight Poems, 1775 Captivity: A Poem; and, Celadon and Lydia: A Tale Poems, 1791 Sight, the Cavern of Woe, and Solitude Monody to the Memory of the Late Queen of France Sappho and Phaon Lyrical Tales The Wild Wreath The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction A Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination The Memoir Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer et al Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1913487075 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 9006
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Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, this collection charts the development of verse from the fall of the Roman Empire to the birth of the Renaissance. Contrary to popular belief, the poetry of the Dark Ages enjoyed a pioneering development, exploring new metres and complex imagery. Throughout the Middle Ages, poetry adopted numerous forms across the continent, from the epic greatness of the ‘chanson de geste’ to the sublime lyrical qualities of love poetry. This eBook provides a rich sample of medieval poetry; from the earliest dawn of English literature to the unparalleled brilliance of Dante; from the courtly adventures of Arthurian legend to the stirring lays of the Vikings; from the Eastern magic of Georgia to the ribald genius of Chaucer; this collection will immerse you in the perilous, amusing and tantalising world of the Middle Ages. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the poets’ lives and works * Concise introductions to the works * Most of the poems appear with their original medieval texts, as well as an English translation — ideal for students * Images of how the original manuscripts first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the medieval texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the sections you want to read * Features three critical works on the development of medieval literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: Medieval Poetry Hymn by Cædmon (7th century) Christ II by Cynewulf (8th century) (Tr. Raymond Wilson Chambers) Beowulf (c.1000) (Tr. William Morris) The Song of Roland (c. 1050) (Tr. C. K. Moncreiff) The Poem of the Cid (c. 1140) (Tr. Robert Southey) Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from ‘Roman de Rou’ by Wace (c. 1170) (Tr. Edgar Taylor) Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1180) (Tr. William Wistar Comfort) Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1210) (Tr. Jessie Weston) The Troubadours (1100-1350) by H. J. Chaytor The Knight in the Panther’s Skin by Shota Rustaveli (c. 1190) (Tr. Marjory Wardrop) The Song of the Nibelungs (c. 1200) (Tr. Daniel Bussier Shumway) Lays of Marie de France (c. 1210) (Tr. Eugene Mason) The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris [PARTIAL TRANSLATION] (c. 1230) (Tr. Geoffrey Chaucer) Poetic Edda (c. 13th century) (Tr. Benjamin Thorpe) Wine, Women and Song: Mediæval Latin Students’ Songs (c. 13th century) (Tr. John Addington Symonds) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1320) (Tr. H. F. Cary) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375) (Tr. Jessie Weston) Sonnets by Francesco Petrarca (c. 1374) (Tr. Thomas Campbell) Piers Plowman by William Langland (c. 1380) Edited by Thomas Wright The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1400) The Criticism The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory by George Saintsbury Medieval English Literature by W. P. Ker Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1786561034 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 4283
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The poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio was a leading writer of the Italian Renaissance, now best remembered as the author of the famous compendium of tales ‘The Decameron’. Boccaccio helped lay the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance, while raising vernacular literature to the status of the classics of antiquity. Noted for their realistic dialogue and imaginative use of character and plot, Boccaccio’s works went on to inspire Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare and countless other writers in the ensuing centuries. This comprehensive eBook presents Boccaccio’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare translations appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Boccaccio’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * Multiple translations of ‘The Decameron’, including the first English translation by John Florio, 1620 * John Payne's complete translation, with all the hyperlinked footnotes - ideal for students * The original Italian text of ‘The Decameron’ * Rare translations of two novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * The rare long poem ‘Il Filostrato’, available in no other collection * The key works of Chaucer and Shakespeare that were inspired by Boccaccio * Includes a translation of Boccaccio’s ‘De Mulieribus Claris’, first time in digital print * Features two biographies - discover Boccaccio’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Decameron The Decameron: John Florio, 1620 The Decameron: John Payne, 1886 The Decameron: J. M. Rigg, 1903 The Decameron: Original Italian Text The Novels The Filocolo (Translated by H. G., London, 1566) The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta (Translated by Bartholomew Young, 1587) The Verse ‘The Knight’s Tale’ and ‘The Two Noble Kinsmen’ (Teseida) Il Filostrato (Translated by Hubertis Cummings) The Non-Fiction De Mulieribus Claris (Partially translated by Henry Parker, Lord Morely) The Life of Dante (Translated by James Robinson Smith) The Biographies Giovanni Boccaccio: A Biographical Study by Edward Hutton Giovanni Boccaccio by Francis Hueffer Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Author: Ivan Turgenev Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1908909218 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 3601
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The Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright, Ivan Turgenev is celebrated for the short story collection 'A Sportsman's Sketches', a milestone of Russian Realism, and his novel 'Fathers and Sons', now regarded as one of the major works of nineteenth century fiction. This comprehensive eBook presents Turgenev 's collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 3) Features: * Concise introductions to the major works * All 7 novels, each with their own contents table * Almost ALL of the short stories and novellas, with excellent formatting * Almost ALL of Turgenev's plays - discover 8 rare plays - first time in digital print! * Many images relating to Turgenev's life and works * Special criticism section, with BONUS texts by writers such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad, examining Turgenev's work * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * Includes Edward Garnett's seminal biography - explore Turgenev's artistic life! CONTENTS: The Novels Rudin (1857) A House of Gentlefolk (1859) On the Eve (1860) Fathers and Sons (1862) Smoke (1867) Torrents of Spring (1872) Virgin Soil (1877) The Novellas The Diary of a Superfluous Man (1850) Yakov Pasinkov (1855) Faust (1855) Acia (1858) First Love (1860) Phantoms (1866) An Unhappy Girl (1868) A Lear of the Steppes (1870) The Dream (1877) The Song of Triumphant Love (1881) Clara Militch (1883) The Short Stories A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) Miscellaneous Short Stories The Plays A Poor Gentleman (1841) Where It Is Thin, There It Breaks (1847) A Month in the Country (1850) A Provincial Lady (1851) Careless (1852) Broke (1852) The Family Charge (1862) The Bachelor (1862) The Criticism Ivan Turgénieff by Henry James Turgenev: Library of the World’s Best Literature by Henry James Turgenieff by Henry James Turgenev by William Lyon Phelps Turgenef by Ivan Panin A Letter: Turgenev by Joseph Conrad Turgenev by Robert Lynd Turgenev by S. P. B. Mais The Biography Turgenev: A Study by Edward Garnett Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of titles
Author: Francis Thompson Publisher: Delphi Classics ISBN: 1913487520 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1188
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Francis Thompson was a visionary mystic poet of the late 1890’s, whose work is chiefly associated with rhapsodic accounts of religious experience influenced by seventeenth century Catholic verse. His most famous poem, ‘The Hound of Heaven’, which describes the pursuit of the human soul by God, won instant critical acclaim, securing its status as a classic of English poetry. Thompson also produced elegant and poignant short poems, including ‘At Lord’s’, a nostalgic elegy on the sport of cricket. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. For the first time in digital publishing, this eBook offers Thompson’s complete works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Thompson’s life and works * Concise introduction to Thompson’s life and poetry * The poems’ text is based on the authoritative Burns & Oates 1913 edition * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Thompson’s complete prose, including many rare essays published posthumously * Features Everard Meynell’s seminal study of the poet’s life— discover Thompson’s intriguing life Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Francis Thompson Brief Introduction: Francis Thompson by Carroll B. Chilton Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Prose The Prose Works of Francis Thompson The Biography The Life of Francis Thompson, by Everard Meynell (1913) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author: Katharine Washburn Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated ISBN: 9780393041309 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1338
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An anthology of the best poetry ever written contains more than sixteen hundred poems, spanning more than four millennia, from ancient Sumer and Egypt to the late twentieth century
Author: Francesco Petrarch
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