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Vita Nuova(2004) ALIGHIERI, DANTEA selection of the author's early poems, interspersed with his own prose commentary. It tells the story of his love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party in her father's house, through the author's sufferings, to his overwhelming griefVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Lais of Marie De France(1999) FRANCE, MARIEMarie de France (fl late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. This book takes a subtle and complex view of courtly love.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Anecdotal Evidence(2018) COPE, WENDYIn her first collection of new poetry since 2011's acclaimed Family Values, Wendy Cope celebrates 'the half-forgotten stories of our lives' with compassion, wisdom and wit.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Three Poems(2018) SULLIVAN, HANNAHWINNER OF THE 2018 T S ELIOT PRIZE FOR POETRYHannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three long poems of fresh ambition, intensity and substance.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Salt(2019) HARSENT, DAVID'They belong to each other in mood, in tone and by way of certain images and words that form a ricochet of echoes - not least the word "salt".' Mineral, eerie, sensory, the poems in the collection are experienced as encounters - some with the surety of daVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Song of Roland(1990)On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a Pyrenean pass. Written by an unknown poet, this book tells of Charlemagne's warrior nephew, Lord of Breton Marches,Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Arthurian Romances(1991) DE TROYES, CHRETIENThe "Arthurian Romances" contains prose translations of all five of Chretien's "verse romans" - "Erec and Enide", "Cliges", "Lancelot", "Yvain", "Perceval".Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Eclogues(1984) VIRGILHaunting and enigmatic, Virgil's "Eclogues" combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry. For despite their rustic setting and the beauty of their phraVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam(1981) KHAYYAM, OMAROmar Khayyam was revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. Presented in short epigrammatic stanza form, this title contains his verses of reckless romanticism and pragmatic fatalism in the face of death.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Orlando Furioso(1975) ARIOSTO, LUDOVICOOver a period of 27 years, the author created in this poem a world situated between fantasy and reality: a kaleidoscope of fabulous adventures, monsters, barbaric splendour and romance, all tempered by the unifying personality of the author - his humour aVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Orlando Furioso(1977) ARIOSTO, LUDOVICOA dazzling kaleidoscope of adventures, ogres, monsters, barbaric splendor, and romance, this epic poem stands as one of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance.Vezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Divine Comedy & Paradise(2004) ALIGHIERI, DANTEHaving climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in GVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Tristan with the 'Tristran' of Thomas(1974) VON STRASSBURG, GOTTFRIEDBy slaying a dragon, the young prince Tristan wins the beautiful Isolde's hand in marriage for his uncle, King Mark. On their journey back to Mark's court, however, the pair mistakenly drink a love-potion intended for the king and his young bride, and areVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Divine Comedy(2004) ALIGHIERI, DANTEBeginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, 'Purgatory' relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into the depths of the earth.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Comedy of Dante Alighieri(2005) ALIGHIERI, DANTEGuided by the poet Virgil, the author plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned, who tell of their saVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Collected Poems(2019) LOWELL, ROBERTEdmund Wilson wrote of Robert Lowell that he was the 'only recent American poet - if you don't count Eliot - who writes successfully in the language and cadence and rhyme of the resounding English tradition'. This book compiles a comprehensive selection oVezava: Mehka42,06 € -
Entertainer(2016) OSBORNE, JOHNSet against the backdrop of post-war Britain, this book conjures the seedy glamour of the old music halls for an explosive examination of public masks and private torment.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Black Sun(2018) MARTINEZ DE LAS RIVAS, TOBYBlack Sun confronts the dark dreams and hidden powers of this world, and, through the poet's attentive watching and wondering, offers its readers a way 'to know - & still to resist a last despair'. 'A lucid and spontaneous lyricism .Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Unaccompanied(2018) ARMITAGE, SIMON'A writer who has had a game-changing influence on his contemporaries.' Guardian'Armitage is that rare beast: a poet whose work is ambitious, accomplished and complex as well as popular.' Sunday Telegraph'The best poet of his generation.' Craig Raine, ObsVezava: Mehka18,21 €










