Бесплатные книги в жанре «Поэзия и драматургия»

Поэма «Потерянный рай», созданная величайшим британским поэтом и публицистом Джоном Мильтоном – одно из самых замечательных явлений в английской литературе 17 века.В творении, посвященном христианской теме грехопадения, пуританину Мильтону удивительно удалось совместить чувства, стиль и дух антич...

"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seiz...

"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1602. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seiz...

Roméo et JulietteWilliam Shakespeare Roméo et Juliette / Tragédie NOTICE SUR ROMÉO ET JULIETTE Deux grandes familles de Vérone, les Montecchi et les Capelletti (les Montaigu et les Capulet), vivaient depuis longtemps dans une inimitié qui avait souvent donné lieu, dans les rues, à des combats san...

PeaceAristophanes Peace INTRODUCTION The 'Peace' was brought out four years after 'The Acharnians' (422 B.C.), when the War had already lasted ten years. The leading motive is the same as in the former play—the intense desire of the less excitable and more moderate-minded citizens for relief from...

On the Nature of ThingsTitus Lucretius Carus On the Nature of Things BOOK I PROEM Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men, Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars Makest to teem the many-voyaged main And fruitful lands—for all of living things Through thee alone are evermore conceived, Through ...

Poems of ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge Poems of Coleridge INTRODUCTION In one of Rossetti's invaluable notes on poetry, he tells us that to him "the leading point about Coleridge's work is its human love." We may remember Coleridge's own words: "To be beloved is all I need, And whom I love, I ...

Lays of Ancient RomeThomas Babbington Macaulay Lays of Ancient Rome That what is called the history of the Kings and early Consuls of Rome is to a great extent fabulous, few scholars have, since the time of Beaufort, ventured to deny. It is certain that, more than three hundred and sixty years af...

RampolliGeorge MacDonald Rampolli PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATIONS I think every man who can should help his people to inherit the earth by bringing into his own of the wealth of other tongues. In the flower-pots of translation I offer these few exotics, with no little labour taught to exist, I hope t...

The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2Aristophanes The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 THE WASPS INTRODUCTION "This Comedy, which was produced by its Author the year after the performance of 'The Clouds,' may be taken as in some sort a companion picture to that piece. Here the satire is directed against the pas...