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Murder, Mayhem, and Madness-- Collected here are five of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and King Lear. These are the plays that made Shakespeare……続きを見る

Songs of Innocence and of Experience compiles two contrasting but directly related books of poetry by William Blake. Songs of Innocence honors and praises the natural world, the natural innocence of……続きを見る

Bethlehem is normally a quiet little town on the edge of the desert. But tonight, as dusk falls, there is a sense of something special in the air. An inn packed with revellers, shepherds sprawled on……続きを見る

Paradise Lost is the great epic poem of the English language, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight……続きを見る

When it was first published, Lyrical Ballads enraged the critics of the day: Wordsworth and Coleridge had given poetry a voice, one decidedly different to that which had been voiced before. This acc……続きを見る

A monologue for two male actors suitable as an audition or showcase piece. A thought provoking play dealing with the various forms of power .... elected and acquired. Is there any moral difference b……続きを見る

Fionn, a member of a peaceful race, is visiting a planet full of deep underwater beasts. With his message of peace and prosperity, he hopes to convince the savage beings to change their ways and acc……続きを見る

An English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard ……続きを見る

Both as poet and painter, William Blake created uncompromising, highly original art. He was strongly influenced by the spiritual: he claimed to have seen angels, and to have spoken with the many sup……続きを見る

I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion, and that there is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever……続きを見る

Marcus Brutus is Caesar's close friend and a Roman praetor. Brutus allows himself to be cajoled into joining a group of conspiring senators because of a growing suspicionーimplanted by Caius Cassius……続きを見る

Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film,……続きを見る

On a dark winter night, a ghost walks the ramparts of Elsinore Castle in Denmark. Discovered first by a pair of watchmen, then by the scholar Horatio, the ghost resembles the recently deceased King ……続きを見る

Pamela Millyard’s perceptive poetry takes us on a journey through life’s seasons, guided by scripture. Finding purpose in each stage of growth and recognizing the overarching plans of God along the ……続きを見る

Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish ……続きを見る

John Donne (1572-1631) is firmly fixed in the canon of English literature. "No man is an island" and "For whom the bell tolls" are just two of his phrases known by virtually everyone. The Poems of J……続きを見る

Includes an active table of contents so you can easily navigate to each book. Contents Beautiful Europe: Belgium It Can Be Done - Poems of Inspiration The Lake of Geneva The Lake of Lucerne The Chan……続きを見る

No family photograph can truly prepare Rowena for her first meeting with Maurice's three wives and teenage son. Young, nervous and extremely pregnant, she is warmly welcomed into the fold but her pr……続きを見る

It's November 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres is lurching towards its bloody conclusion. Young soldiers Will, Robbie and Jumbo are thrust into a landscape starkly different to the playing fields ……続きを見る

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today……続きを見る

As a serious drama set in an ordinary middle-class home, Ibsen's A Doll's House established a new politics of the interior that was to have a lasting impact upon twentieth-century drama. In this inn……続きを見る

An English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in……続きを見る

Ravishment of Reason examines the heroic dramas written for the restored English theatres in the later seventeenth century, reading them as complex and sophisticated responses to a crisis of public ……続きを見る

Do you ever think that there just aren't enough poetry books out there that focus on all the things in life that annoy you? Is there simply not enough material on the market that puts your complaint……続きを見る

Paul Farley is now widely recognized as one of the leading English poets writing today. Selected Poems takes stock of a singular talent of great formal gifts: for readers new to his work, this is an……続きを見る

An English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism. While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his lif……続きを見る

Example in this ebook "An air is more lasting than the voice of the birds, A word is more lasting than the riches of the world." The truth of this Irish proverb strikes us forcibly as we glance thro……続きを見る

The book includes a range of poems to entertain the average citizen commuting to work every day. Some poems will help soothe your anger but some, filled with the frustrating experience of travel, m……続きを見る

50% of royalties will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Joshua Bruce had no idea what he was letting himself in for when going for his first ever job interview. But after a few years, he was entangl……続きを見る

INTERLOCUTORES CLAUDIOーRei de Dinamarca. HAMLETーFilho do defunto Rei e sobrinho do Rei reinante. POLONIOーCamareiro mór. HORACIOーAmigo de Hamlet. LAERTEーFilho de Polonio. VOLTIMANDO CORNELIO ROS……続きを見る