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The Eclogues, ten short pastoral poems, were composed between
approximately 42 and 39 BC, during the time of the 'Second'
Triumvirate of Lepidus, Anthony, and Octavian. In them Virgil
subtly blended an idealized Arcadia with contemporary history. To
his Greek model - the Idylls of Theocritus - he added a strong
element of Italian realism: places and people, real or disguised,
and contemporary events are introduced. The Eclogues display all
Virgil's art and charm and are among his most delightful
achievements. Between approximately 39 and 29 BC, years of civil
strife between Antony, and Octavian, Virgil was engaged upon the
Georgics. Part agricultural manual, full of observations of animals
and nature, they deal with the farmer's life and give it powerful
allegorical meaning. These four books contain some of Virgil's
finest descriptive writing and are generally held to be his
greatest and most entertaining work, and C. Day Lewis's lyrical
translations are classics in their own right. ABOUT THE SERIES: For
over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable
volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the
most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features,
including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful
notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further
study, and much more.
C. Day Lewis (1904-1972) was one of the leading young poets of the
1930's who - along with W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice, and Stephen
Spender - broke away from the staid poetic establishment to
dominate British poetry in the middle third of the century. Here,
for the first time, are all the poems Day Lewis wrote, including
occasional verse which has never appeared in book form and a number
of poems previously published only in limited editions. The
Complete Poems has been edited, with an introduction and textual
notes, by Jill Balcon, the poet's widow.
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The Aeneid (Paperback)
Virgil; Translated by C Day Lewis; Introduction by Jasper Griffin
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The supreme Roman epic and the greatest poem in Latin, the Aeneid
has inspired many of the great European poets including Dante and
Milton. The Trojan hero Aeneas, after surviving the sack of Troy,
makes his way to the West, urged on by benevolent deities and
following a destiny laid down by Jupiter, but harassed and impeded
by the goddess Juno. He wins his way to Italy despite many trials,
of which the greatest is the tragic outcome of his love affair with
Dido, Queen of Carthage. In Italy Aeneas visits the world of the
dead, and is forced to wage a fearful war with the indigenous
Italian tribes before he can found his city and open the history of
Rome. The Aeneid survives as a poem not only of Roman imperialism
but also of the whole world of human passion, duty and suffering.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the widest range of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Selected Poems (Hardcover)
C Day Lewis; Edited by Jill Balcon
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In this welcome centenary edition of C. Day Lewis' poems, Jill
Balcon has substantially extended her husband's own Penguin
selections of 1951 and 1969, including not only his last collection
"The Whispering Roots" (1970), but also vers d'occasion written
when he was Poet Laureate and a number of the Posthumous Poems.
This broad retrospective allows the reader a proper view of the
technical variety and range of Day Lewis' work, from the pastoral
lyrics of his youth, inspired by Hardy and Yeats, through the
political verse of the 1930s, to the reflective and more personal
poems of his later years. Day Lewis was fond of quoting Robert
Frost's dictum that 'a poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom'.
This could equally well describe his own development as a writer:
idealistic, sincere and psychologically acute, he bears witness in
his poetry to a lifelong commitment to serving literature and its
makers.
Wilfred Owen was twenty-two when he enlisted in the Artists' Rifle
Corps during World War I. By the time Owen was killed at the age of
25 at the Battle of Sambre, he had written what are considered the
most important British poems of WWI. This definitive edition is
based on manuscripts of Owen's papers in the British Museum and
other archives.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork.
A reissue of a much-loved adventure which has stood the test of
time and is as exciting today as when it was first published nearly
70 years ago. It all begins when Nick breaks the classroom window
with his football, and the Headmaster says Nick has to pay for the
damage. Nick has no more hope of raising the money than of going to
the Moon, so that's when rivalling Ted's and Toppy's gangs decide
to sign a truce and plan Operation Glazier to get the money for
Nick. The plan goes smoothly and soon the money has been collected,
but when it goes missing the boys turn detective to try and find
the culprit.
The range and variety of the poetry of a 40-year period which took
on a new coloring with the advent of the first World War.
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