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"Considered as one of the classics of twentieth century feminist literature, The Room of One's Own is a book-length essay written by Virginia Woolf. Delineating the basic requirements of a woman to write, the author incorporates detailed revelations of the various power structures that stop a woman to excel and elucidate her creative capabilities. Illustrating the importance of women's literacy through a fictional character named Judith Shakespeare,...
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In this representative collection of Christina Rossetti's poems we find a vast array of narrative tales, love lyrics, sonnets, hymns, ballads, and sprightly verses for children. Ranked among the finest English poets of the nineteenth century, Christina Rossetti is a widely read, though not widely imitated poet, recognized for her devotional poetry, influenced by the religious conservatism and asceticism of the Church of England. This collection of...
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Written between 1845 and 1846 and first published in 1850, "Sonnets from the Portuguese" is a series of love poems written by the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her husband, the famous English poet and playwright, Robert Browning, which was critically acclaimed and instantly popular upon its publication and has remained so to this day. Referring to her olive-skinned complexion, Robert called his wife "his little Portuguese". It is from...
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Sonnets from the Portuguese (1850) is a collection of sonnets by English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Written between 1845 and 1846, Sonnets from the Portuguese is a series of love poems written by Browning to her husband, the prominent Victorian poet Robert Browning. Although Elizabeth was initially unsure of the poems, Robert encouraged their publication, suggesting she title them to make readers believe they were translations and not personal...
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Frayed Opus for Strings & Wind Instruments is a collection of poems that zooms in and out of places and states of mind, from a lit bicycle shed in the back yard to a root canal in November, from a typhoon in Hong Kong to instincts astray in various Copenhagen neigborhoods. Elegantly translated by Canadian collaborators Per Brask and Patrick Friesen, these dreamlike poems attempt, with honesty and humour, to fathom what it is to inhabit a specifically...
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A Sudden Sky is a book of northern poems with crystalline images and lines, fragile graceful poems that speak of fragments, of the moment between open and closed eyes, of the human need for embrace. These poems note the spaces between things -- always a gap, a failed connection, like radio waves caught in the sky.
Gernes has called poetry "a resistance movement," explaining, "A poem gives us the possibility of hearing our own voices. While the...
8) Poesía Viva
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50 poemas dedicados a los diversos temas de la vida. Espero traducir algunos de mis libros a varios idiomas y cruzar nuevos horizontes.
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Poetry has always been an essential aspect of cultural expression in Romania. One will find few countries where poetry has been such a force both culturally and politically. This volume fills an important gap as it is the first to attempt to present systematically some of the most important Romanian women poets of the past two centuries. For too long their contribution has been under-appreciated. This anthology is an effort to correct this oversight...
10) Poésie Vivante
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50 poèmes dédiés aux divers thèmes de la vie. Une collection de poèmes écrit au fil des années.
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Portrait Before Dark is a poem cycle that constitutes an imaginary dialogue between the poet and patron of the arts, Edward James, and the eccentric Viennese ballerina and star of the 1920's, Tilly Losch. Liana Sakelliou began writing these poems in August 2009, when she was serving as writer-in-residence at West Dean College in West Sussex, England. Three days before she was to leave for the U.K., a wildfire surrounded her home and neighborhood....
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Winner of 1997 Gerald Lampert Award for first book of poetry (League of Canadian Poets), Globe 100 book 1997 and Honourable Mention in the 1997 VanCity Book Prize Marilyn Dumont's Metis heritage offers her challenges that few of us welcome. Here she turns them to opportunities: in a voice that is fierce, direct, and true, she explores and transcends the multiple boundaries imposed by society of the self. She mocks, with exasperation and sly humour,...
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First published in 1932, this fantastic volume contains a large collection of letters written by famous English author Jane Austen. Although on the surface a series of discussions about silk stockings, dinner menus and attending dances, and other trivial matters, these letters offer the reader unique insights in the life and mind of this great author. "The Letters of Jane Austen" is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed her works and...
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Un recueil poétique touchant et plein de sens encore à découvrir.
"Chaque poème bascule du surplus de métaphores à l'implacable du constat. Les poèmes de Nadia Gilard sont des bouquets décapités." Olivier Barbarant
Laissez-vous transporter par un ensemble de poèmes rédigés d'une plume pleine de sens.
EXTRAIT Idole
Sous l'eau noire, profonde ; infirme, l'immobile et l'informe silence. Comme un goût de vieux dires,...
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Laure, dans des échanges poétiques et philosophiques, tente de se découvrir dans les regards des autres...
"Une pièce sombre o la nuit tombe comme avant d'aller mourir.
Une bougie posée sur la table éclaire le milieu, souligne les ombres vacillantes.
Une femme pressée traverse l'espace, le pas frappe le sol avec une hâte contrariée. Derrière la porte, enveloppée, dans un châle, une très jeune fille assise, immobile, joue l'absente."
La...
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Bienvenue dans Life Spirit.
As-tu déjà ressenti un peu de peur? As-tu déjà éprouvé un quelconque frisson? Sais-tu ce qu'est le bonheur? Dans ce recueil de poèmes, j'ai exploré les différents sentiments ressentis au cour d'une vie. Selon moi, ces derniers se regroupent dans un terme: celui de « l'esprit de la vie ». Bien sûr, il est évident que je ne prétends pas avoir raison, mais peut-être trouverez-vous des réponses à certaines...
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A la découverte d'une prose douce et poétique, pleine de sentiments.
À l'aube du mendiant au chevet d'un naufrage, aussi loin m'entraîne la larme au reflet de ma mère. Diligence d'une prunelle le carrousel de l'âge tendre, au fin fond de mes mirettes, gît un pastel... Quand frissonnait l'airelle, le printemps et sa jupette couronnaient mes années. Auréolée d'un levant elle était celle de mes couchants. Un soir de novembre sa caresse étiolée......
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Hace apenas una semana de la boda de Pietro y Giuliana, y poco más de un mes desde que se conocieron. Él es un abogado de clase acomodada, fatigado de una vida sosegada en la que reina el orden; ella, una excéntrica muchacha de origen más humilde que, tras huir de casa a los diecisiete años, ha debido valerse por sí misma. Pietro ha invitado a su familia a una comida en su apartamento para intentar tranquilizar a la madre, que no ve el repentino...
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This prizewinning collection of stories and essays is set in post-WWII Naples.
A classic of European literature, this superb collection of fiction and reportage is set in Italy's most vibrant and turbulent metropolis-Naples-in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Depicting the widespread suffering and brutal desperation that plagued the city, it comprises a mix of masterful storytelling and piercing journalism. This book, with its unforgettable...
20) Micropoemas 3
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Tercera entrega de los cautivadores micropoemas de Ajo, con más de 12000 ejemplares vendidos de los anteriores MICROPOEMAS 1 y 2, Ajo se ha convertido en el estandarte de la micropoesía. En este nuevo librín encontrarás micropoemas como-la suerte de los cobardes caduca mucho antes, o ¿Con quién me tengo yo que acostar para dormir siempre contigo?
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