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War and Imagination

Perspectives from the Hudson Review

by Ronald Koury, Nina Bogin, Frederick Morgan, Franz Schneider, Charles Gullans, Joseph Bennett, John Finlay, Marilyn Nelson, Brooke Allen, Abraham Pais0, Louis Simpson1, Anne Stevenson2, Daniel Hoffman3, John Ridland4, Maria Terrone5, Maxine Kumin6, Benjamin Fondane7, John Balaban8, Donka Farkas9, Tennessee Williams0, Leo Tolstoy1, Richard Pevear2, Larissa Volokhonsky3, Wendell Berry4, Julián Ríos5, Nick Caistor6, Asako Serizawa7, Luke Mogelson8, Lara Prescott9, Cary Holladay0 ...

Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challenges the canon with essays, short stories, and a wide variety of perspectives.Paying particular attention to the twentieth century and prioritizing the writings of civilians, the works highlighted in ... Read more

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Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challenges the canon with essays, short stories, and a wide variety of perspectives.Paying particular attention to the twentieth century and prioritizing the writings of civilians, the works highlighted in
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Pearl

A New Verse Translation in Modern English

by John Ridland, Anonymous ...

Pearl is an intricate fourteenth-century poem written by one of the greatest Middle English poets—the anonymous artist who also gave us Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This medieval masterpiece presents the meditative Dream Vision of a father (the Dreamer) mourning the loss of a young daughter (his Pearl).Having recently translated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to critical acclaim, John Ridland ... Read more

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Pearl is an intricate fourteenth-century poem written by one of the greatest Middle English poets—the anonymous artist who also gave us Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This medieval masterpiece presents the meditative Dream Vision of a father (the Dreamer) mourning the loss of a young daughter (his Pearl).Having recently translated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to critical acclaim, John Ridland
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A New Verse Translation in Modern English

by John Ridland ...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the anonymous Gawain-Poet (or Pearl-Poet) is, like Beowulf, one of the greatest classics of English literature. Hailed as the finest Arthurian romance, this technically brilliant tale of enchantment, faith, temptation, and chivalry is tautly constructed, with a wonderfully rich vocabulary and vivid language that blends sophisticated atmosphere with psychological ... Read more

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the anonymous Gawain-Poet (or Pearl-Poet) is, like Beowulf, one of the greatest classics of English literature. Hailed as the finest Arthurian romance, this technically brilliant tale of enchantment, faith, temptation, and chivalry is tautly constructed, with a wonderfully rich vocabulary and vivid language that blends sophisticated atmosphere with psychological
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Herbert: Poems

by George Herbert ...

Series series Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though he is a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection.Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to pattern poems, the shapes of which reveal ... Read more

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George Herbert (1593-1633) has come to be one of the most admired of the metaphysical poets. Though he is a profoundly religious poet, even secular readers respond to his quiet intensity and exuberant inventiveness, which are amply showcased in this selection.Herbert experimented brilliantly with a remarkable variety of forms, from hymns and sonnets to pattern poems, the shapes of which reveal
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Aurora Leigh

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
Aurora Leigh is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth-century poem of contemporary life. This verse-novel is a richly detailed representation of the early Victorian age. The social panorama extends from the slums of London, through the literary world, to the upper classes and a number of superb satiric portraits: an aunt with rigidly conventional notions of female education; Romney Leigh, the ... Read more

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Aurora Leigh is the foremost example of the mid-nineteenth-century poem of contemporary life. This verse-novel is a richly detailed representation of the early Victorian age. The social panorama extends from the slums of London, through the literary world, to the upper classes and a number of superb satiric portraits: an aunt with rigidly conventional notions of female education; Romney Leigh, the
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Lord Rochester

Edited by Paddy Lyons ...

The archetypal Restoration rake, Rochester wrote poems of love, debauchery, erotic obsession and impotence full of honesty and raw power. ... Read more

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The archetypal Restoration rake, Rochester wrote poems of love, debauchery, erotic obsession and impotence full of honesty and raw power.
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Fréteval

by Mike Donati ...

Welcome to comics show by Cédric and Max with Fréteval médieval adventures. Fréteval is a knight, a man lost and disapear. But he wants one thing: Find the way! You can read "Soul Warriors" after, a little pursuit comics by TCG! Free all publics, 21 pages. ... Read more

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Welcome to comics show by Cédric and Max with Fréteval médieval adventures. Fréteval is a knight, a man lost and disapear. But he wants one thing: Find the way! You can read "Soul Warriors" after, a little pursuit comics by TCG! Free all publics, 21 pages.
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The Man in the Moon : Anthology of Poems

by Sam Cullingworth ...

This is a collection of poems that I have compiled over a six month period to provide a "time-lapse" record of my existence. Things I have felt, thought about, everyday occurrences to the more bizarre events. Hobbies, duties, spirituality and an awareness of environment in all its forms will hopefully be conveyed here. If you have as much pleasure reading these as I have writing them, or if they ... Read more

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This is a collection of poems that I have compiled over a six month period to provide a "time-lapse" record of my existence. Things I have felt, thought about, everyday occurrences to the more bizarre events. Hobbies, duties, spirituality and an awareness of environment in all its forms will hopefully be conveyed here. If you have as much pleasure reading these as I have writing them, or if they
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Rays

by Richard Price ...

Centered on recurring themes of sleep and sleeplessness, this delicate collection of poetry explores the nuances of human relationships. Beginning provocatively with a "translation" of Shakespeare's 18th sonnet, the poems offer witty, tender, and lyrical reflections on the intricate suffusion of desire within both private and public forms of expression. Exploring the consequences of passion, this ... Read more

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Centered on recurring themes of sleep and sleeplessness, this delicate collection of poetry explores the nuances of human relationships. Beginning provocatively with a "translation" of Shakespeare's 18th sonnet, the poems offer witty, tender, and lyrical reflections on the intricate suffusion of desire within both private and public forms of expression. Exploring the consequences of passion, this
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If We Could Speak Like Wolves

by Kim Moore ...

If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in the 2011 Book & Pamphlet Competition, chosen by Carol Ann Duffy, and was selected as one of the Independent's Books of the Year in 2012. ... Read more

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If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in the 2011 Book & Pamphlet Competition, chosen by Carol Ann Duffy, and was selected as one of the Independent's Books of the Year in 2012.
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London Romance

by Nowaki Nei ...

Series series London Romance
Ann Hardy is gentle, loyal young maid who starts working for a slightly eccentric middle-aged gentleman named Victor Glenn who lost his beloved wife to disease. Soon, Ann's sweet smile wins Victor over, and the two gradually become closer... but between them stands the staunch wall of "social status."This is a sweet, gentle love story about a teenage maid and a middle-aged gentleman, set in late ... Read more

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Ann Hardy is gentle, loyal young maid who starts working for a slightly eccentric middle-aged gentleman named Victor Glenn who lost his beloved wife to disease. Soon, Ann's sweet smile wins Victor over, and the two gradually become closer... but between them stands the staunch wall of "social status."This is a sweet, gentle love story about a teenage maid and a middle-aged gentleman, set in late
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Tramonto in una tazza - Sunset in a Cup

by Lidia Chiarelli ...

Series Book 26 - Poesis
La raccolta poetica di Lidia Chiarelli, che scrive in italiano e in inglese, si può definire un omaggio a dodici scrittrici inglesi e americane (Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Emily Dickinson …) ed è arricchita da collage digitali, rappresentando un bell’esempio di come la poesia e l’arte una volte unite possano dare origine ad una nuova opera ricca e completa, secondo i principi enunciati ... Read more

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La raccolta poetica di Lidia Chiarelli, che scrive in italiano e in inglese, si può definire un omaggio a dodici scrittrici inglesi e americane (Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Emily Dickinson …) ed è arricchita da collage digitali, rappresentando un bell’esempio di come la poesia e l’arte una volte unite possano dare origine ad una nuova opera ricca e completa, secondo i principi enunciati
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