Works

Works

Jonathan Swift

25,20 €
IVA incluido
Disponible
Editorial:
Nabu Press
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9781279561089
25,20 €
IVA incluido
Disponible

Selecciona una librería:

  • Librería Samer Atenea
  • Kálamo Books
  • Librería Elías (Asturias)
  • Librería Kolima (Madrid)
  • Librería Proteo (Málaga)

Explore the brilliant and satirical mind of Jonathan Swift in 'Works, Volume 6: Consisting Of Miscellanies In Verse.' This curated collection offers a comprehensive look at Swift’s poetic endeavors, showcasing his sharp wit and keen observations on society. From playful rhymes to biting social commentary, Swift’s verse provides a unique window into the 18th century.Dive into a world of clever wordplay and insightful reflections as Swift tackles a range of subjects with his characteristic blend of humor and intellect. A must-read for enthusiasts of classic literature and those seeking a deeper understanding of Swift’s enduring legacy, this volume promises to entertain, provoke, and enlighten. Discover why Swift remains one of the most important and influential voices in English literature.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Artículos relacionados

  • Beyond the Road
    JT Curran
    “Beyond the Road” is JT Curran’s first published volume of poetry.  Selected from collected works which span over fifty years, JT’s poetry blends colorful observations with thought-provoking reflections.  With wit, compassion, irony, and humor, this book invites the reader to consider the signposts, off-ramps, co-travelers and vistas which populate our journeys. JT’s words remi...
    Disponible

    24,76 €

  • Polishing the Silver
    Jennifer Chrystie
    ‘There’s a touch of both Dickinson and Larkin in Jennifer Chrystie’s mature exhumation of the tales and tropes of family. Figures who could so easily flit like phantoms in her well honed poetry are palpably enjoying an after-life in the poet’s ability to redeem through deep understanding. The collection arcs from, at one extreme, the parsimonies of the household, to the transce...
    Disponible

    15,83 €

  • One Kiss
    Edward V Bonner
    The very title of Edward V. Bonner's first volume of poetry, One Kiss (Ingram, 2015), suggests some ways in which the poems inside balance the universal with the particular. Most of the poems examine the themes of beauty and risk, pleasure and danger, in the context of one of three kinds of relationships: to romantic partners, to the spiritual world, and to the world of nature....
    Disponible

    11,43 €

  • Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica
    Valerius Flaccus / Michael Barich
    Swollen seas, erotic monsters, Greek passion gone Latin, deftlyThis 1st-century AD Latin version of the earlier Greek epic features exotic lands, wondrous monsters and a sea voyage over swells of young love. Valerius Flaccus lent sharp Roman refinements and erotic passion to the tale, which are skillfully sustained in this careful and appealing modern translation in English ver...
    Disponible

    19,29 €

  • Crow Impressions & Other Poems
    Edith Hoisington Miller
    Foreword Welcome to the poetry of Edith Hoisington Miller. Through her book, Crow Impressions & Other Poems, we travel through Edith Miller’s life, a journey lived to the fullest through family stories, travel adventures, nature, music, and history. In her poetry, we discover a writer who has spent her life as a quiet observer, but, at the same time, deeply engaged in natural ...
    Disponible

    15,40 €

  • The Truth about A
    Maureen O'Shaughnessy
    In his interpretation of Antigone, Seamus Heaney says, ‘Nobody can be sure they are always right.’ Maureen O’Shaughnessy’s The Truth about A further attends to this idea through various readings of the myth as portrayed by Sophocles, Brecht, Ted Hughes, Anne Carson and, most particularly, Euripides. Set in contemporary Sydney, among a fictional underworld family, The Truth abou...
    Disponible

    13,35 €

Otros libros del autor

  • Gulliver’s Travels
    Jonathan Swift
    Gulliver’s Travels was written in 1726 by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish cleric. It was intended to be a satirical novel and follows the four strange and mystical voyages of a man named Lemuel Gulliver. ...
    Disponible

    17,25 €

  • Gulliver’s Travels
    Jonathan Swift
    Ship’s surgeon Lemuel Gulliver journeys to societies of tiny people, giants, speculative intellectuals, and rational horses. Each apparent wonder becomes a ruthless test of human pride, politics, knowledge, and claims to civilization.Published anonymously in 1726, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels borrows the confident manner of contemporary travel writing to create one of li...
    Disponible

    15,77 €

  • Polite Conversation in Three Dialogues
    Jonathan Swift
    A drawing room flickers with candlelight, voices swirling in a dance as sharp as the glint of cutlery-beneath the surface, every polite exchange conceals a duel of wit. In this biting work of eighteenth century satire, the surface gentility of British manners is skewered with a pen as precise as a rapier. The dialogues, brimming with sly asides and artful repartee, expose the a...
    Disponible

    18,95 €

  • Gulliver’s Travels
    Jonathan Swift
    A simple sea voyage becomes the beginning of an extraordinary journey beyond the limits of imagination.Shipwrecked, abandoned, and carried to lands unknown, Lemuel Gulliver encounters remarkable civilizations unlike any found upon ordinary maps. From kingdoms where he is a giant among tiny people to nations where he himself appears insignificant, every adventure challenges his ...
    Disponible

    18,28 €

  • Los Viajes de Gulliver
    Jonathan Swift
    Un naufragio. Una costa desconocida. Un hombre despierta atado por miles de hilos diminutos, prisionero de personajes que no le llega a la rodilla. Así comienza la odisea de Lemuel Gulliver, un aventurero cuya sed de mundo lo llevará a los rincones más insólitos jamás imaginados: reinos de gigantes donde él es la criatura minúscula, islas flotantes gobernadas por la razón y el ...
    Disponible

    10,72 €

  • Gulliver’s Travels | Timeless Classics
    Jonathan Swift
    ’In Jonathan Swift’s satirical masterpiece, 'Gulliver’s Travels,' Lemuel Gulliver embarks on an extraordinary journey that takes him to fantastical lands and bizarre civilizations. After a shipwreck, he finds himself on the shores of Lilliput, where he encounters tiny inhabitants engaged in petty political rivalries. His adventures continue in Brobdingnag, a realm of giants, wh...
    Disponible

    12,45 €