Author: Frank B. Copp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330982075
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Excerpt from Idle Hour Poems "Another book, to swell the fearftil tome Of literary trash!" The reader cries. "Already like old Babels foolish dome The tower reaches nearly to the skies, And foolish men - and women too - seem bent On raising higher still this monument." Not I! dear friend. Not I am thus inclined. But, as I scrutinize the lofty pile, Within its walls some little rents I find, And have been trying, for a little while. To find some "rubbish" - now I know you grin! To find some rubbish fit for "filling in." I never claimed a Poet horn to be. And never made the Muse - as some men do - My daily comrade. Speaking honestly. I never read a book poems through! And yet I love to make these little rhymes. It makes dull life seem rosier at times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Idle Hour Poems (Classic Reprint)
Author: Frank B. Copp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330982075
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Excerpt from Idle Hour Poems "Another book, to swell the fearftil tome Of literary trash!" The reader cries. "Already like old Babels foolish dome The tower reaches nearly to the skies, And foolish men - and women too - seem bent On raising higher still this monument." Not I! dear friend. Not I am thus inclined. But, as I scrutinize the lofty pile, Within its walls some little rents I find, And have been trying, for a little while. To find some "rubbish" - now I know you grin! To find some rubbish fit for "filling in." I never claimed a Poet horn to be. And never made the Muse - as some men do - My daily comrade. Speaking honestly. I never read a book poems through! And yet I love to make these little rhymes. It makes dull life seem rosier at times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781330982075
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Excerpt from Idle Hour Poems "Another book, to swell the fearftil tome Of literary trash!" The reader cries. "Already like old Babels foolish dome The tower reaches nearly to the skies, And foolish men - and women too - seem bent On raising higher still this monument." Not I! dear friend. Not I am thus inclined. But, as I scrutinize the lofty pile, Within its walls some little rents I find, And have been trying, for a little while. To find some "rubbish" - now I know you grin! To find some rubbish fit for "filling in." I never claimed a Poet horn to be. And never made the Muse - as some men do - My daily comrade. Speaking honestly. I never read a book poems through! And yet I love to make these little rhymes. It makes dull life seem rosier at times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Idle Hour Poems
Author: Frank B. Copp
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783348063739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Idle Hour Poems is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783348063739
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Idle Hour Poems is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Macaronic Poetry
Author: Appleton Morgan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Macaronic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Macaronic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A Catalogue of the Birmingham Collection
Author: Birmingham Public Libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birmingham (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birmingham (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Macaronic Poetry, Collected with an Introduction by J. A. M.
Author: James Appleton MORGAN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Fantasy
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis
Author: James J. Connolly
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144262423X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Bringing together leading scholars of literature, history, library studies, and communications, Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis rejects the idea that print culture necessarily spreads outwards from capitals and cosmopolitan cities and focuses attention to how the residents of smaller cities, provincial districts, rural settings, and colonial outposts have produced, disseminated, and read print materials. Too often print media has been represented as an engine of metropolitan modernity. Rather than being the passive recipients of print culture generated in city centres, the inhabitants of provinces and colonies have acted independently, as jobbing printers in provincial Britain, black newspaper proprietors in the West Indies, and library patrons in “Middletown,” Indiana, to mention a few examples. This important new book gives us a sophisticated account of how printed materials circulated, a more precise sense of their impact, and a fuller of understanding of how local contexts shaped reading experiences.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 144262423X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Bringing together leading scholars of literature, history, library studies, and communications, Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis rejects the idea that print culture necessarily spreads outwards from capitals and cosmopolitan cities and focuses attention to how the residents of smaller cities, provincial districts, rural settings, and colonial outposts have produced, disseminated, and read print materials. Too often print media has been represented as an engine of metropolitan modernity. Rather than being the passive recipients of print culture generated in city centres, the inhabitants of provinces and colonies have acted independently, as jobbing printers in provincial Britain, black newspaper proprietors in the West Indies, and library patrons in “Middletown,” Indiana, to mention a few examples. This important new book gives us a sophisticated account of how printed materials circulated, a more precise sense of their impact, and a fuller of understanding of how local contexts shaped reading experiences.
The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198184317
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
'This Complete Sonnets and Poems is a distinguished addition to a distinguished series. It will repay continuing study, and act as a valuable point of reference for readers concerned more generally with Shakespeare's art and language. Colin Burrow's good sense, tact and balance as aneditor are deeply impressive.' -H. R. Woudhuysen, Times Literary SupplementThis is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death). A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to his plays; detailed notes explain the language and allusions in clear modern English. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198184317
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
'This Complete Sonnets and Poems is a distinguished addition to a distinguished series. It will repay continuing study, and act as a valuable point of reference for readers concerned more generally with Shakespeare's art and language. Colin Burrow's good sense, tact and balance as aneditor are deeply impressive.' -H. R. Woudhuysen, Times Literary SupplementThis is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death). A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to his plays; detailed notes explain the language and allusions in clear modern English. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.
Dark Hours
Author: Conchitina Cruz
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715424950
Category : Philippine poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Publisher: UP Press
ISBN: 9789715424950
Category : Philippine poetry (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191586099
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most complex and beautiful poems ever written. Their exploration of love, praise, homo- and hetero-sexual desire is enacted in the richest, densest writing in English. And the first printed work to which Shakespeare's name was attached was the erotic narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, which developed a sumptuous vocabulary in which to explore love, praise of the beloved, sexual desire, and the power of rhetoric. That poem was so popular that most of Shakespeare's contemporaries thought of him as primarily a poet, rather than a playwright. Yet despite the power of Shakespeare's poems, and their foundational place within his oeuvre, modern readers have seldom been encouraged to engage with his non-dramatic works as a whole. This new edition explains how this state of affairs has arisen, and why it needs to be changed. The volume contains the complete Sonnets and poems with a full commentary. An extensive and lively introduction explores Shakespeare's poetic development, and shows how the poems relate to each other and to his dramatic works. The Sonnets are freshly interpreted, not as cryptic fragments of autobiography, but as works which ask their readers to think about relationships between lyric poems and the historical circumstances which may have given rise to them. The narrative poems Venus and Adonis and Lucrece are placed where they belong, at the origin of Shakespeare's thinking about what it means to desire and to be desired. The edition responds to the most recent scholarly work on the interpretation and dating of Shakespeare's poems and Sonnets. It also explores what the poems may have meant to their earliest readers. For this reason it also includes poems attributed to Shakespeare in the seventeenth century, as well as those printed under his name in The Passionate Pilgrim in 1599.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191586099
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most complex and beautiful poems ever written. Their exploration of love, praise, homo- and hetero-sexual desire is enacted in the richest, densest writing in English. And the first printed work to which Shakespeare's name was attached was the erotic narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, which developed a sumptuous vocabulary in which to explore love, praise of the beloved, sexual desire, and the power of rhetoric. That poem was so popular that most of Shakespeare's contemporaries thought of him as primarily a poet, rather than a playwright. Yet despite the power of Shakespeare's poems, and their foundational place within his oeuvre, modern readers have seldom been encouraged to engage with his non-dramatic works as a whole. This new edition explains how this state of affairs has arisen, and why it needs to be changed. The volume contains the complete Sonnets and poems with a full commentary. An extensive and lively introduction explores Shakespeare's poetic development, and shows how the poems relate to each other and to his dramatic works. The Sonnets are freshly interpreted, not as cryptic fragments of autobiography, but as works which ask their readers to think about relationships between lyric poems and the historical circumstances which may have given rise to them. The narrative poems Venus and Adonis and Lucrece are placed where they belong, at the origin of Shakespeare's thinking about what it means to desire and to be desired. The edition responds to the most recent scholarly work on the interpretation and dating of Shakespeare's poems and Sonnets. It also explores what the poems may have meant to their earliest readers. For this reason it also includes poems attributed to Shakespeare in the seventeenth century, as well as those printed under his name in The Passionate Pilgrim in 1599.