The Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry by James W. Halporn

By James W. Halporn

This article offers a transparent and straightforward define of Greek and Latin meters so that the verse of the Greeks and Romans might be learn as poetry. even if the Greek and Latin elements are conceived as primarily self sufficient, the preparations of every part determine in this kind of approach as to facilitate using the 2 in conjunction. No related quantity exists in English.

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By James W. Halporn

This article offers a transparent and straightforward define of Greek and Latin meters so that the verse of the Greeks and Romans might be learn as poetry. even if the Greek and Latin elements are conceived as primarily self sufficient, the preparations of every part determine in this kind of approach as to facilitate using the 2 in conjunction. No related quantity exists in English.

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Complete Works of Robert Browning 6: With Variant Readings & by Robert Browning

By Robert Browning

In seventeen volumes, copublished with Baylor collage, this acclaimed sequence positive factors annotated texts of all of Robert Browning’s recognized writing. The sequence encompasses autobiography in addition to impacts referring to Browning’s lifestyles and occupation and features of Victorian inspiration and culture.?

The 6th within the projected seventeen-volume paintings, this quantity covers the second one half Men and Women (1855), might be Browning's most renowned assortment, and everything of Dramatis Personae (1864), the 1st e-book Browning produced after the dying of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1861.

Men and girls II comprises a number of nice dramatic poems on which Browning's recognition nonetheless relies, together with "Andrea del Sarto," "Saul," and "Cleon." it is usually the extra intimate and private works "The mum or dad Angel" and "One note More," in addition to the mysterious "Women and Roses." The Brownings' shared pursuits in Renaissance artwork and nineteenth-century Italian politics tell the tough "Old photos in Florence."

The booklet of Dramatis Personae used to be a key occasion within the fast upward push of Browning's status within the 1860s, even though the gathering is marked via a welter of conflicting impulses that arose after the poet left Italy and his married lifestyles at the back of. The vintage monologues "Rabbi Ben Ezra" and "Abt Vogler" are the following, yet beside them Browning put the approximately surreal "Caliban upon Setebos" and the achingly self-regarding "James Lee's Wife," one of many volume's handful of dramatic lyrics approximately betrayed or failed relationships. additionally incorporated are "A loss of life within the Desert," which contributed to the serious Victorian debate approximately scriptural validity and spiritual authority; and "Mr Sludge, 'The Medium,'" Browning's ferocious, pyrotechnic exposé of a spiritualist fraud.

As regularly during this acclaimed sequence, a whole list of textual variations is supplied, in addition to wide explanatory notes.

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By Robert Browning

In seventeen volumes, copublished with Baylor collage, this acclaimed sequence positive factors annotated texts of all of Robert Browning’s recognized writing. The sequence encompasses autobiography in addition to impacts referring to Browning’s lifestyles and occupation and features of Victorian inspiration and culture.?

The 6th within the projected seventeen-volume paintings, this quantity covers the second one half Men and Women (1855), might be Browning's most renowned assortment, and everything of Dramatis Personae (1864), the 1st e-book Browning produced after the dying of Elizabeth Barrett Browning in 1861.

Men and girls II comprises a number of nice dramatic poems on which Browning's recognition nonetheless relies, together with "Andrea del Sarto," "Saul," and "Cleon." it is usually the extra intimate and private works "The mum or dad Angel" and "One note More," in addition to the mysterious "Women and Roses." The Brownings' shared pursuits in Renaissance artwork and nineteenth-century Italian politics tell the tough "Old photos in Florence."

The booklet of Dramatis Personae used to be a key occasion within the fast upward push of Browning's status within the 1860s, even though the gathering is marked via a welter of conflicting impulses that arose after the poet left Italy and his married lifestyles at the back of. The vintage monologues "Rabbi Ben Ezra" and "Abt Vogler" are the following, yet beside them Browning put the approximately surreal "Caliban upon Setebos" and the achingly self-regarding "James Lee's Wife," one of many volume's handful of dramatic lyrics approximately betrayed or failed relationships. additionally incorporated are "A loss of life within the Desert," which contributed to the serious Victorian debate approximately scriptural validity and spiritual authority; and "Mr Sludge, 'The Medium,'" Browning's ferocious, pyrotechnic exposé of a spiritualist fraud.

As regularly during this acclaimed sequence, a whole list of textual variations is supplied, in addition to wide explanatory notes.

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The Poetry Oracle: Ask a Question and Find Your Fate by Amber Guetebier

By Amber Guetebier

Combining poetry with divination, this assortment resurrects the traditional Greek artwork of Rhapsodomancy, or divining one's fortune or future by utilizing poetry or verse. Harkening again to antiquity, whilst Polyhymnia—the muse of sacred poetry—and Calliope—the muse of epic poetry—were invoked for information, every one web page of this anthology comprises 3 poetic excerpts, chosen for their oracular knowledge. Readers are requested to think about a question after which randomly opt for an excerpt, in an effort to provide revelations and concept for extra contemplation. Excerpts are drawn from poets through the a long time, together with Sappho, Li Po, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, William Blake, and J.R.R. Tolkien. notwithstanding designed as a prophetic instrument, it may well even be used as an creation to a few of the world's maximum poets.

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By Amber Guetebier

Combining poetry with divination, this assortment resurrects the traditional Greek artwork of Rhapsodomancy, or divining one's fortune or future by utilizing poetry or verse. Harkening again to antiquity, whilst Polyhymnia—the muse of sacred poetry—and Calliope—the muse of epic poetry—were invoked for information, every one web page of this anthology comprises 3 poetic excerpts, chosen for their oracular knowledge. Readers are requested to think about a question after which randomly opt for an excerpt, in an effort to provide revelations and concept for extra contemplation. Excerpts are drawn from poets through the a long time, together with Sappho, Li Po, Rumi, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, William Blake, and J.R.R. Tolkien. notwithstanding designed as a prophetic instrument, it may well even be used as an creation to a few of the world's maximum poets.

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Earth and All the Stars: Reconnecting With Nature Through by Anne W. Rowthorn

By Anne W. Rowthorn

Anne Rowthorn drew jointly items starting from the earliest Hindu tune (3,000 B.C.) and the oldest identified Celtic prayer to a modern poem by way of a Nigerian youngster, with a spate of spiritual and cultural works in among. This assortment good points works from the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hahn, Ernesto Cardenal, Wendell Berry, Boris Pasternak, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Albert Einstein and items by means of teenagers in UN environmental courses.

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By Anne W. Rowthorn

Anne Rowthorn drew jointly items starting from the earliest Hindu tune (3,000 B.C.) and the oldest identified Celtic prayer to a modern poem by way of a Nigerian youngster, with a spate of spiritual and cultural works in among. This assortment good points works from the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hahn, Ernesto Cardenal, Wendell Berry, Boris Pasternak, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Albert Einstein and items by means of teenagers in UN environmental courses.

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Anthologie De La Poesie Francaise (French Edition) by G. Pompidou, Visit Amazon's Georges Pompidou Page, search

By G. Pompidou, Visit Amazon's Georges Pompidou Page, search results, Learn about Author Central, Georges Pompidou,

17.5 x 10.9 x 2.3 CM

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By G. Pompidou, Visit Amazon's Georges Pompidou Page, search results, Learn about Author Central, Georges Pompidou,

17.5 x 10.9 x 2.3 CM

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Fast Ships, Black Sails by Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

By Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

Do you like the sound of a peg leg stomping throughout a quarterdeck? or even you wish a parrot in your arm, a powerful wind at your again? experience, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, probability - and, definite, plunder! Oh, the satan does love a pirate - and so do readers in every single place! Swashbuckling from the prior into the long run and house itself, quickly Ships, Black Sails, edited via Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, provides a really unique quantity of unique tales certain to make you stroll and speak like a pirate.

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By Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer

Do you like the sound of a peg leg stomping throughout a quarterdeck? or even you wish a parrot in your arm, a powerful wind at your again? experience, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, probability - and, definite, plunder! Oh, the satan does love a pirate - and so do readers in every single place! Swashbuckling from the prior into the long run and house itself, quickly Ships, Black Sails, edited via Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, provides a really unique quantity of unique tales certain to make you stroll and speak like a pirate.

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Tempestuous Restless Heart by Tami Hoag

By Tami Hoag

From number one long island occasions bestselling writer Tami Hoag comes a distinct version that includes of her romantic classics in a single impossible to resist quantity. This unforgettable pair of novels is bound to excite the sweetheart and thrill the romantic in each reader.TempestuousAlexandra Gianni had come to Briarwood together with her child daughter, Isabella, to begin over. decided to rebuild her lifestyles and the ramshackle farm she’d bought with the final of her funds, Alex had one aim: independence. She wasn’t trying to find one other dating or the painful revelations she’d need to percentage approximately her prior. such a lot of all, she wasn’t searching for a guy like Christian Atherton, who may lead her dangerously off track. however the good-looking, aristocratic English rider won’t settle for that it’s too overdue for Alex or that she has to maintain running…from her prior and him.Restless HeartAs a world-renowned globe-trotting photographer, Danielle Hamilton used to be at domestic with Tibetan nomads and Kenyan bushmen. yet she didn’t imagine she’d live to tell the tale six weeks within the “wilds” of latest Orleans babysitting her sister’s 5 kids. Then aid arrives within the type of the main not likely nanny Danielle may think. Tall, darkish, and Cajun, Remy Doucet isn’t relatively a nanny and he isn’t accepting Danielle’s sure bet that real love isn’t within the playing cards for her. He’s confident that her strength of mind mask a deeper have to permit pass, and he’s decided to end up she may perhaps belief him with the reminiscence of a tragedy that also haunts her goals.

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By Tami Hoag

From number one long island occasions bestselling writer Tami Hoag comes a distinct version that includes of her romantic classics in a single impossible to resist quantity. This unforgettable pair of novels is bound to excite the sweetheart and thrill the romantic in each reader.TempestuousAlexandra Gianni had come to Briarwood together with her child daughter, Isabella, to begin over. decided to rebuild her lifestyles and the ramshackle farm she’d bought with the final of her funds, Alex had one aim: independence. She wasn’t trying to find one other dating or the painful revelations she’d need to percentage approximately her prior. such a lot of all, she wasn’t searching for a guy like Christian Atherton, who may lead her dangerously off track. however the good-looking, aristocratic English rider won’t settle for that it’s too overdue for Alex or that she has to maintain running…from her prior and him.Restless HeartAs a world-renowned globe-trotting photographer, Danielle Hamilton used to be at domestic with Tibetan nomads and Kenyan bushmen. yet she didn’t imagine she’d live to tell the tale six weeks within the “wilds” of latest Orleans babysitting her sister’s 5 kids. Then aid arrives within the type of the main not likely nanny Danielle may think. Tall, darkish, and Cajun, Remy Doucet isn’t relatively a nanny and he isn’t accepting Danielle’s sure bet that real love isn’t within the playing cards for her. He’s confident that her strength of mind mask a deeper have to permit pass, and he’s decided to end up she may perhaps belief him with the reminiscence of a tragedy that also haunts her goals.

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Unicorns II by Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann

By Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann

A set of twelve stories of myth that includes the mythical unicorn comprises the paintings of Michael Bishop, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen, and others.

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By Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann

A set of twelve stories of myth that includes the mythical unicorn comprises the paintings of Michael Bishop, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Patricia C. Wrede, Jane Yolen, and others.

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