Author: Dorothy Belle Pollack
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486478769
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Covering world poetry, ancient and medieval times, the 19th and 20th century, and both serious and humorous works, this volume contains more than 400 short poems. It features verses of 12 lines of less by Boethius, Su T'ung-Po, Plato, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Heine, Tennyson, Whitman, Yeats, Cummings, and scores of others.
Great Short Poems from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century
Author: Dorothy Belle Pollack
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486478769
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Covering world poetry, ancient and medieval times, the 19th and 20th century, and both serious and humorous works, this volume contains more than 400 short poems. It features verses of 12 lines of less by Boethius, Su T'ung-Po, Plato, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Heine, Tennyson, Whitman, Yeats, Cummings, and scores of others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486478769
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Covering world poetry, ancient and medieval times, the 19th and 20th century, and both serious and humorous works, this volume contains more than 400 short poems. It features verses of 12 lines of less by Boethius, Su T'ung-Po, Plato, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Heine, Tennyson, Whitman, Yeats, Cummings, and scores of others.
Great Short Poems from Around the World
Author: Bob Blaisdell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486478777
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This hardcover edition presents an international sampling of classic poetry. It features ancient Greek, Latin, and Persian poets such as Homer, Sappho, and Martial as well as Arabic, Chinese, German, Indian, Japanese, and Yiddish poems from the 12th century BC through the 20th century, plus English, Irish, and American classics by Yeats, Byron, Dickinson, and others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486478777
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
This hardcover edition presents an international sampling of classic poetry. It features ancient Greek, Latin, and Persian poets such as Homer, Sappho, and Martial as well as Arabic, Chinese, German, Indian, Japanese, and Yiddish poems from the 12th century BC through the 20th century, plus English, Irish, and American classics by Yeats, Byron, Dickinson, and others.
Ten Nights Dreaming
Author: Natsume Soseki
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486797031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A murderer discovers his true nature, a samurai attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories by a noted Japanese author.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486797031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A murderer discovers his true nature, a samurai attempts to meditate, and a dying man bestows his hat on a friend in these surrealistic short stories by a noted Japanese author.
Siddhartha
Author: Hermann Hesse
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486406539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover spiritual truths.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486406539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover spiritual truths.
A Wonder Book
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111350
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Evil creatures, magical feats, and exciting adventures abound in this captivating archive of six classic tales, retold by one of America's great writers.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111350
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Evil creatures, magical feats, and exciting adventures abound in this captivating archive of six classic tales, retold by one of America's great writers.
Erewhon
Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where machinery is forbidden, sickness is a crime, and criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. Butler's brilliant Utopian novel is an entertaining and thought-provoking work.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Erewhon (an anagram for "nowhere") is a faraway land where machinery is forbidden, sickness is a crime, and criminals receive compassionate medical treatment. Butler's brilliant Utopian novel is an entertaining and thought-provoking work.
The Heroic Slave
Author: Fredrick Douglass
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486831655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass based his only fictional work on the gripping true story of the biggest slave rebellion in U.S. history. The Heroic Slave was inspired by a courageous uprising led by Madison Washington in 1841. Washington rallied 18 of the 135 slaves aboard a ship bound for New Orleans, the country's primary slave-trading market. The mutineers seized control, landing the ship in the British-controlled Bahamas, where their freedom was recognized. Originally published nearly a decade before the Civil War, Douglass's novella was one of the earliest examples of African-American fiction. Douglass presents Madison Washington's heroism less as a matter of violent escape and more as a voluntary act of claiming self-ownership. Douglass's retelling encouraged readers to engage in the abolitionist cause. It captivated readers by equating black slaves' rebellion against tyranny with the spirit and democratic ideals of the American Revolution.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486831655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass based his only fictional work on the gripping true story of the biggest slave rebellion in U.S. history. The Heroic Slave was inspired by a courageous uprising led by Madison Washington in 1841. Washington rallied 18 of the 135 slaves aboard a ship bound for New Orleans, the country's primary slave-trading market. The mutineers seized control, landing the ship in the British-controlled Bahamas, where their freedom was recognized. Originally published nearly a decade before the Civil War, Douglass's novella was one of the earliest examples of African-American fiction. Douglass presents Madison Washington's heroism less as a matter of violent escape and more as a voluntary act of claiming self-ownership. Douglass's retelling encouraged readers to engage in the abolitionist cause. It captivated readers by equating black slaves' rebellion against tyranny with the spirit and democratic ideals of the American Revolution.
Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown
Author: Henry Box Brown
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486795756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
After more than 30 years of slavery, Henry "Box" Brown managed to have himself nailed inside a packing crate and shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. This important memoir recounts his daring and successful bid for freedom. "Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago." — Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486795756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
After more than 30 years of slavery, Henry "Box" Brown managed to have himself nailed inside a packing crate and shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. This important memoir recounts his daring and successful bid for freedom. "Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago." — Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
What Maisie Knew
Author: Henry James
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486822206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Strikingly modern in subject and narrative voice, this 1897 novel centers on a child's view of a bitter divorce. Rather than a gloomy parable of innocence corrupted, it abounds in dark humor.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486822206
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Strikingly modern in subject and narrative voice, this 1897 novel centers on a child's view of a bitter divorce. Rather than a gloomy parable of innocence corrupted, it abounds in dark humor.
Penguin Island
Author: Anatole France
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486813398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In this witty satire of France's religious and political history, a holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the creatures with souls, and the animal community develops human failings.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486813398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
In this witty satire of France's religious and political history, a holy man mistakenly baptizes a colony of penguins, God endows the creatures with souls, and the animal community develops human failings.