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1) Himnos
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Berceo tradujo tres Himnos del latín: se considera que los dos primeros provienen de la época carolingia: el Veni Creator Spiritus pleno de dulçe lumne, dedicado al Espíritu Santo, y Ave Sancta María estrella de la mar, atribuido a san Bernardo o a Fulberto de Chartres y que gira en torno a la idea de María, como madre universal; y el tercero, Tu Christe que luz eres, que alumnas el dia.
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Dive into the compelling world of Arrive Dead at the Same Place, a poignant poetry collection by Ken Eaton-Dykes. This anthology bridges the ordinary and the extraordinary, capturing life's diverse tapestry with wit, wisdom, and a touch of cynicism.
Eaton-Dykes' poetry traverses a vast emotional landscape, from reflective musings on war and its indelible impact on society to the humorous absurdities of daily existence. Written in an array of styles,...
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Jean Racine's last and greatest tragedy is based on a legend that has intrigued dramatists as far back as Euripides and Seneca. Phaedra, the second wife of Theseus, the heroic king of Athens, is consumed with an illicit passion for Hippolytus, her stepson.
Given word that her husband is dead, she confesses her love for Hippolytus and is rebuffed. When Theseus turns out to be alive after all, Phaedra connives in a lie to convince her husband that...
4) Feast
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To read Tomaž Šalamun is to understand the delights of contemporary poetry. He is one of the major names in the international avant-garde. Irreverent, self-mythologizing, tragic, and visionary, he is a poet of immense range and cunning, able to encompass everything from Balkan wars and politics to the most intimate personal experiences. Feast, his latest collection in English, brings together both early and more recent work.
5) The School for Wives and the Learned Ladies, by Molière: Two comedies in an acclaimed translation
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The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride, The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household.
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The work of this "eminent, still-wild spirit of Central Europe" (Publishers Weekly) continues to electrify. In The Blue Tower, language is remade with tenderness and abandon: "Rommel was kissing heaven's dainty hands and yet / from his airplane above the Sahara my uncle / Rafko Perhauc still blew him to bits." There is an effervescence and a sense of freedom to Tomaž Salamun's poetry that has made him an inspiration to successive generations of American...
7) Andromache
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A skillful translation of the classical French tragedy about the captivity of Hector's wife after her abduction by the son of Achilles. The rhymed couplets retain the simplicity of form and powerful language of the original. "{This translation} is a striking tour de force" (Hudson Review). Drawings by Igor Tulipanov.
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I floated to the West
I floated through the water
Through the air and the land
Then I became the raindrops in the sand
I floated in the night
Weightless. No effort was made by me
And all the stars were smiling
In the morning I arrived
From the Middle Kingdom far away
I floated
I floated to the West
That's what they say
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This collection of poems from Tomaž Šalamun is exuberant, ambitious, and full of surprises. Here the devil is encountered and understood-
I see the devil's head, people, I see his whole body...
he longs for innocence, as we do.
Here the poet juggles many tones, languages, and countries. Desire is evoked as both frustrating and exhilarating-
I'm watered by longing, knocking my
head into the wall, on the ground, or I burn, burn,
folded up on...
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HOW HURTFUL CAN A TRANSFORMATION BE? "Dysphoria" is a poignant collection of eighty poems that traverse the emotional landscape of personal transformation.Amidst the turmoil of loss and rebirth, the author bids farewell to the old self, embracing the journey of self-discovery with raw vulnerability and resilience.Through the veil of grief, each verse becomes a testament to the human spirit's capacity to evolve, to shed its former skin and emerge anew.With...
12) Poems
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Maurice Maeterlinck, acclaimed for his prose and drama, delves into the realm of poetry in this collection. His verses explore the intricacies of nature, love, and the human spirit. Through poetic expression, Maeterlinck weaves emotions, reflections, and
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El Libro de la erudición poética (1611), de Luis Carrillo y Sotomayor, es el texto que mejor describe los principios del culteranismo. Según Carrillo, los lectores cultos y minuciosos deberían interpretar, con extrema paciencia, las referencias y metáforas del texto en una y otra lectura. Cabe añadir que no se trataba de "oscurecer" la literatura, sino que se suponía que ésta era "oscura" debido a su profundidad.
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From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand.
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From a writer whom Charles Simic calls "one of the finest poets living" comes a collection of witty, compassionate, contemplative, and always surprising poems. Szymborska writes with verve about everything from love unremembered to keys mislaid in the grass. The poems will appear, for the first time, side by side with the Polish originals, in a book to delight new and old readers alike.
EVERYTHING
Everything-a bumptious, stuck-up word.
It should...
16) The Blacks
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An English translation of Genet's symbolic drama which was first performed in Paris in 1959.
17) Poemas
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Juan Latino, al que también se conocía como Juan de Sessa, nació en Etiopía en 1518 hijo de una esclava. Según la versión oficial, llegó a Granada siendo muy pequeño para servir en la casa del duque de Sessa.
Por su dependencia y buena relación con el aristócrata, recibió una educación superior e ingresó en la Universidad de Granada, donde se doctoró. El duque, con el que se crió desde la infancia, lo acabó manumitiendo ─liberando─...
18) Here
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When Here was published in Poland, reviewers marveled, "How is it that she keeps getting better?"
These twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators Clare Cavanagh and Stanislaw Baranczak, are among her greatest ever. Whether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on Earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought.
From the title poem:
I can't speak for elsewhere,
but here on Earth...
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Inspired by Rimbaud and Ashbery, the Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun is now inspiring the younger generation of American poets-and Woods and Chalices will secure his place in the ranks of influential, experimental twenty-first-century writers.
The wet sun stands on dark bricks. Through the king's mouth we see teeth. He sews lips. The owl moves its head. She's tired, drowsy and black. She doesn't glow in gold like she'd have to.
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In the midst of a war-ravished city, a brothel caters to the elaborate role-playing fantasies of men from all walks of life. These perverse costumed masquerades parody and stylize the nature of the anarchic political struggle that rages outside. In a stunning series of macabre scenes, Genet presents his caustic view of man and society.
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