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A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (the mechanicals) who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

This evocative poem was first published in 1832 but republished in 1842 with extensive alterations.

One of the beloved classics of popular spirituality, Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet is a groundbreaking non-denominational collection of spiritual poetic aphorisms and essays known and loved throughout the world since its publication in 1923. Standing alongside Shakespeare and Lao Tzu, The Prophet has been translated into more than 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. The Beatles, John F. Kennedy, and Indira Gandhi are among those who have been influenced by its words.

Dante Alighieri was early in recognizing that our age has a problem. His hometown, Florence, was at the epicenter of the move from the medieval world to the modern. The Divine Comedy was born in a time of troubling transition, which is why it still speaks today. In this narrative retelling and guide, from the gates of hell, up the mountain of purgatory, to the empyrean of paradise, Mark Vernon offers a vivid introduction and interpretation of a book that, 700 years on, continues to open minds and change lives.

Die Menschheit als Spielball schicksalhafter Kräfte, der einzelne Mensch, der aus Ehrgeiz, Unwissenheit oder Eitelkeit Böses tut, obwohl er es gut meint - das sind die großen Themen der klassischen Dramenkunst. Heute so aktuell wie damals! Mit dabei, ungekürzt gelesen: Aischylos - "Die Perser", Sophokles - "Antigone", Sophokles - "König Ödipus", Euripides - "Medea".

The poems in this collection, "Fairies and Fusiliers", appeared in 1918, after Robert Graves returned from World War I in his early 20s. The fairy poems are from the carefree happy days of childhood and make-believe recalled by a man who has lived the reality and horror of war. The poems of war are written only as one who has witnessed it can tell them.

Together with Omar Khayyam and Jalāl ud-Din Mohammad Rumi, Khwaja Shams-ud-din Mohammed Hafiz-e Shirazi, more commonly known just as Háfiz, is considered one of the major figures of classical Persian literature. Gertrude Lothian Bell (1868 - 1926) was a traveler, archeologist, political advisor, and authority on Middle Eastern history and literature.

How do you get a handle on Hamlet's complex character? What makes for great performances of the play? Professor Rebholz brings a new and compelling interpretation of this great Shakespearean work, offering insights on Hamlet's mysterious actions and inaction and his slow march toward revenge. He also engages in a lively debate with Professor Ryan about ways to perform the play, and the two also discuss its religious and political contexts.

Arthur Rimbaud a écrit Le Bateau ivre en 1871 à l'âge de 16 ans. Le poème raconte la dérive d'un bateau sans maître chahuté par les flots. Le navire est en fait le reflet des tourments de l'âme du poète. On peut y déceler de nombreuses références à Charles Baudelaire, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Leconte de Lisle, Théophile Gautier.

Are you looking for love poems? If so, you will really enjoy The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English. While very little remains of Sappho's poetry, existing fragments suggest that she had a romantic interest in those of her own sex. Her poems are written as words spoken from one person to another and speak about the joys and difficulties of romantic love. In modern times, she has come to be known as a great lesbian poet, and her work is enjoyed by many both within and outside the LGBTQ community.

Die Welt mag dumm sein, die Menschen eitel oder krankhaft ehrgeizig - mit einem Lachen lässt sich alles besser ertragen. Die Kunst der Komödie bringt seit über 2500 Jahren dieses Lachen erfolgreich auf die Bühne. Die Box vereint acht Höhepunkte des Genres, ungekürzt gelesen: Aristophanes - "Die Vögel", Aristophanes - "Lysistrate", Molière - "Der eingebildet Kranke", Lessing - "Minna von Barnhelm", Kleist - "Der zerbrochne Krug", Büchner - "Leonce und Lena", Tschechow - "Onkel Wanja", Schnitzler - "Reigen".

The Works and Days is a didactic poem written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. It is in dactylic hexameter and contains 828 lines. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts.

As You Like It follows the lives of men and women who have been banished from their home after ruler, Duke Senior, was usurped by his younger brother. Duke Senior’s companions begin living in the forest outside of the duchy, where they encounter a man named Orlando, who has been secretly in love with the Duke’s daughter Rosalind.

Platons Dialoge gehören in philosophischer wie auch in literarischer Hinsicht unzweifelhaft zu den großen kulturellen Hervorbringungen des alten Griechenlands. Ihr Einfluss auf das Denken und auf das, was wir heute allgemein unter Philosophie verstehen, kann kaum überschätzt werden. Zentrale Themen der platonischen Philosophie wie die Frage nach dem Guten und die Frage, wie man auf zwingend richtige Gründe abgestütztes Wissen erlangt, haben mehr als nur Akzente in der abendländischen Geistesgeschichte hinterlassen.

"Наедине с собой. Размышления" - сборник афористических мыслей римского императора Марка Аврелия. "Мечтайте о великом. Лишь великие мечты в силах затронуть людские души."

Esta obra, fiel a las convenciones formales del género épico, está dividida en quince libros. Más de doscientas mutaciones entre las que podemos hallar relatos memorables, como los de Narciso, Eco o Apolo y Dafne, que han servido a lo largo de los siglos como materia para innumerables refacciones por parte de las artes y las ciencias, y que constituyen un fundamento indeleble para el imaginario occidental.

Los cuentos de Ruben Dario no son meras muestras de habilidad, sino de verdadero impetu narrativo. Mas alla de lo que puedan representar para la historia de la literatura, estos cuentos tienen una dignidad propia y autonoma que los enclava en la inmortalidad.

"La vida es sueño", de Pedro Calderón de la Barca, es una obra teatral barroca escrita en el año 1635 y referente de la literatura universal. Su protagonista, el príncipe Segismundo, se cuestiona sobre el sentido de la vida mientras se encuentra en cautiverio.Se trata de una obra caracterizada por las ideas filosóficas sobre la vida, el uso de la escenografía para contrastar ideas antagónicas y la importancia que se da a la civilización por sobre la barbarie.

The tragic poem, dominated by the themes of lust, crime, and revenge, tells the story of soldiers Tarquin and Collatine, and Collatine's wife Lucrece. It is believed to have been written in 1594. It is set just prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic. It is a poem with some similarity to Shakespeare's tragic revenge play, Titus Andronicus, and features aspects of other great Shakespearian works.

Parisina was first published in 1816. The tragic narrative poem is the sixth, and shortest, in the series of Byron's "Oriental Romances" or "Heroic Tales". Prince Azo, overhearing his wife, Parisina, muttering in her sleep, discovers that she is having an affair with his illegitimate son, Hugo. Parisina and Hugo were engaged to be married before Azo claimed her for his own bride. Hugo is sentenced to death, and Parisina is forced to watch the execution as her punishment.