Anthologies in Poetry & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

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The Best of the Playwrights: Tragedies and Comedies by the Masters

Medea by Euripides; Antigone by Sophocles; The Oresteia by Aeschylus; Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth by Shakespeare; A Doll's House by Ibsen; Uncle Vanya by Chekhov; Pygmalion by Shaw and others

by Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus, William Shakespeare, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Bernard Shaw ...

Narrated by Mark Bowen, David J. Miles ...

Unabridged

61 hours

This collection contains the following works:Medea by SophoclesAntigone by SophoclesAgamemnon by AeschylusEumenides by AeschylusThe Choephori by AeschylusThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Macbeth by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's ... Read more

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This collection contains the following works:Medea by SophoclesAntigone by SophoclesAgamemnon by AeschylusEumenides by AeschylusThe Choephori by AeschylusThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareThe Tragedy of Macbeth by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night's
... Read more
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A Poem for Every Day of the Year

A beautiful poetry collection for the whole family to share

by Allie Esiri ...

Narrated by Allie Esiri, Damian Lynch, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Forbes, Simon Russell Beale ...

Series Audiobook 7 - A Poem for Every Day and Night of the Year
Unabridged

11 hours 8 min

A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 of the greatest poems in the English language, compiled by the award-winning poetry curator Allie Esiri. The collection is passionately narrated by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale, with introductions read by Allie Esiri and contributions from Damian Lynch and Peter Forbes.Reflecting the changing seasons and linking to ... Read more

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A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 of the greatest poems in the English language, compiled by the award-winning poetry curator Allie Esiri. The collection is passionately narrated by Helena Bonham Carter and Simon Russell Beale, with introductions read by Allie Esiri and contributions from Damian Lynch and Peter Forbes.Reflecting the changing seasons and linking to
... Read more
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A Little History of Poetry

by John Carey ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Series series The Little Histories Series
Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been ... Read more

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A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been
... Read more
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How a Poem Moves

A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry

by Adam Sol ...

Narrated by Adam Sol ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With ... Read more

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A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With
... Read more
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The Poets' Corner

The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family

by Mr. John Lithgow ...

Narrated by Mr. John Lithgow ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to
... Read more
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Victorian Poetry Volume 1

by Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, G. K. Chesterton ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Series series Victorian Poetry
Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt ... Read more

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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt
... Read more
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Poetry Please

by Various Poets ...

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast
... Read more
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Tres Grandes Poetas De America

by Pablo Neruda, Leon De Greiff, Jose Asuncion Silva ...

Narrated by Pablo Neruda, Leon De Greiff, Fabio Camero ...

Unabridged

3 hours 18 min

Tres grandes poetas de América, Neruda, León de Greiff, y Silva (leídos por ellos mismos) se reúnen en esta antología única, que permite apreciar matices incluso desconocidos de la obra de ellos. Este audiolibro se agrega a la serie de poemas leídos, con nombres atractivos e indispensables para los amantes de la poesía. ... Read more

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Tres grandes poetas de América, Neruda, León de Greiff, y Silva (leídos por ellos mismos) se reúnen en esta antología única, que permite apreciar matices incluso desconocidos de la obra de ellos. Este audiolibro se agrega a la serie de poemas leídos, con nombres atractivos e indispensables para los amantes de la poesía.
... Read more
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Fifty Shades of Spring

50 of the best poems about spring

by William Wordsworth, James Joyce, Kahlil Gibran, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Milton, Henry Alford, Katherine Mansfield, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, Phillip Henry Savage ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Kelly O'Doherty, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Nature’s year begins. Temperatures slowly rise. Green gradually becomes the dominant colour of the landscape. Rain from drenching showers to windy squalls help nourish the land. Nature has embarked on her epic symphony of the year.Each year, each season, each day is a little different from her previous work. Days lengthen as her canvas and palette grows more confident. Colour emerges from the ... Read more

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Nature’s year begins. Temperatures slowly rise. Green gradually becomes the dominant colour of the landscape. Rain from drenching showers to windy squalls help nourish the land. Nature has embarked on her epic symphony of the year.Each year, each season, each day is a little different from her previous work. Days lengthen as her canvas and palette grows more confident. Colour emerges from the
... Read more
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Мальцы выходзяць з-пад кантролю

by Тамаш Зан, Адам Міцкевіч, Адам Глёбус, Пятро Мятла, Шандар, Вячаслаў Бортнік, Зьміцер Александровіч, Альгерд Бахарэвіч, Уладзіслаў Гарбацкі, Артур Камароўскі, Вольга Касьцюк, Юлі Таўбін, Яна Крэмень, Юры Гумянюк, Мікіта Ільінчык ...

Narrated by беларусы і беларускі ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Прыйшоў час запытаць, чаму традыцыйна лічыцца, што беларуская літаратура моцная ў апісанні вайны і прыроды, а хутчэй бездапаможная і стэрыльная ў апісанні цялеснасці, сексуальнасці і інтымнасці? Беларуская квір-літаратура ўжо робіць свае першыя крокі і гэта – цікавая і важная з’ява.Анталогія беларускага гей-пісьменства сабрала ўсё, што на гэты момант вядома пра гэты пласт нашай літаратуры. Яна ... Read more

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Прыйшоў час запытаць, чаму традыцыйна лічыцца, што беларуская літаратура моцная ў апісанні вайны і прыроды, а хутчэй бездапаможная і стэрыльная ў апісанні цялеснасці, сексуальнасці і інтымнасці? Беларуская квір-літаратура ўжо робіць свае першыя крокі і гэта – цікавая і важная з’ява.Анталогія беларускага гей-пісьменства сабрала ўсё, што на гэты момант вядома пра гэты пласт нашай літаратуры. Яна
... Read more
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Серебряный век. Афоризмы

by Сборник ...

Narrated by Роман Покрышкин ...

Series series Золотые слова
Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Cборник объединяет лучшие стихотворения великих поэтов конца XIX - начала XX веков, создавших неповторимую атмосферу своего времени. Эти стихи - ключ к пониманию эпохи, когда каждый звук и каждая рифма несли в себе глубокий смысл, раскрывали сокровенные тайны бытия и создавали новые миры. Прикоснитесь к живой истории, услышьте голоса поэтов, которые своим творчеством изменили мир. Независимо от ... Read more

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Cборник объединяет лучшие стихотворения великих поэтов конца XIX - начала XX веков, создавших неповторимую атмосферу своего времени. Эти стихи - ключ к пониманию эпохи, когда каждый звук и каждая рифма несли в себе глубокий смысл, раскрывали сокровенные тайны бытия и создавали новые миры. Прикоснитесь к живой истории, услышьте голоса поэтов, которые своим творчеством изменили мир. Независимо от
... Read more
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William Shakespeare - A Tribute in Verse

by Ben Jonson, John Milton, Matthew Arnold ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizlea Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in late April 1565 and baptized there on 26th April. He was one of eight children. Little is known about his life but what is evident is the enormous contribution he has made to World Literature. His writing was progressive, magnificent in scope and breathtaking in execution. His plays and sonnets helped enable the English language to speak with ... Read more

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in late April 1565 and baptized there on 26th April. He was one of eight children. Little is known about his life but what is evident is the enormous contribution he has made to World Literature. His writing was progressive, magnificent in scope and breathtaking in execution. His plays and sonnets helped enable the English language to speak with
... Read more
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Top 10 Poets, The - The 20th Century

Five poems each from some of the best poets born in the 20th Century

by Robert Frost ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
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Christmas Poetry

by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Herrick, Christinas Rossetti ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Tim Graham, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days it seems to also last for much of that year.For the religious amongst us this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet; it’s acknowledgment by billions of people countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for their own wares.Most religions ... Read more

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Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days it seems to also last for much of that year.For the religious amongst us this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet; it’s acknowledgment by billions of people countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for their own wares.Most religions
... Read more
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Poetry of Churchyards, The

by Thomas Gray, Alexander Anderson ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

37 min

The church building has been pivotal to man’s spiritual and religious life for centuries.For many the interior of a church is literally their one to one with God. The interiors, whether soaring or simple, ornate or minimal, are built for communion, for worship.Outside and surrounding our many churches is the churchyard; the burial ground, the repository for faithful souls. An all-weather idyll of ... Read more

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The church building has been pivotal to man’s spiritual and religious life for centuries.For many the interior of a church is literally their one to one with God. The interiors, whether soaring or simple, ornate or minimal, are built for communion, for worship.Outside and surrounding our many churches is the churchyard; the burial ground, the repository for faithful souls. An all-weather idyll of
... Read more
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Poetry of World War I, The - The Top 100

by Laurence Binyon, Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of ... Read more

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War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of
... Read more
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Poetry of Stephen Crane, The

“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments”

by Stephen Crane ...

Narrated by Danny Swopes, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour

Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen.Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little ... Read more

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Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen.Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little
... Read more
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Poetry Hour, The - Volume 15

by John Dryden, William Morris, Rudyard Kipling ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

59 min

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ... Read more

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Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our
... Read more
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Poetry Hour, The - Volume 17

by Alexander Pope, G K Chesterton, John Keats ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ... Read more

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Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our
... Read more
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Travel Poems Volume 1

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitman, Daniel Sheehan ...

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Series series Travel Poems
Unabridged

39 min

Amidst all our dreams and ambitions from cradle to grave is the wanderlust of travel. To see the world, to experience different cultures and new lands. In the modern day a few hours on a plane will take us to an entirely different environment whereas a hundred years ago or more any form of transport would have been far slower paced but getting there was also part of the adventure, the gradual ... Read more

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Amidst all our dreams and ambitions from cradle to grave is the wanderlust of travel. To see the world, to experience different cultures and new lands. In the modern day a few hours on a plane will take us to an entirely different environment whereas a hundred years ago or more any form of transport would have been far slower paced but getting there was also part of the adventure, the gradual
... Read more
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Gothic Poetry

by Rachel Lawson ...

Narrated by Rschel Lawson ...

Series Audiobook 16 - Poetry
Unabridged

5 min

Gothic Poetry by poet and short story writer Rachel LawsonLost In The Shadows Of The PastI am lost and forgotten as a living being,Lost in the grim dark shadows of death,I live in legend and as a vague memory of life,I am as I was but am nothing but dust and bone,A mere curiosity of a life lived, a requiem.Lost in the shadows of the past, forgotten to time ... Read more

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Gothic Poetry by poet and short story writer Rachel LawsonLost In The Shadows Of The PastI am lost and forgotten as a living being,Lost in the grim dark shadows of death,I live in legend and as a vague memory of life,I am as I was but am nothing but dust and bone,A mere curiosity of a life lived, a requiem.Lost in the shadows of the past, forgotten to time
... Read more
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La grande poesia del mondo (Vol 2)

by Roberto Mussapi ...

Narrated by Roberto Mussapi ...

Unabridged

55 min

Da Omero ai grandi lirici greci e latini, dallo splendore della poesia italiana dello Stil Novo ai romantici. Roberto Mussapi ha scelto e inanellato magnifiche opere di poesia dall'antichità alle soglie del nostro tempo, leggendo con la sua voce i loro versi. ... Read more

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Da Omero ai grandi lirici greci e latini, dallo splendore della poesia italiana dello Stil Novo ai romantici. Roberto Mussapi ha scelto e inanellato magnifiche opere di poesia dall'antichità alle soglie del nostro tempo, leggendo con la sua voce i loro versi.
... Read more
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Antología de poesía queer

Una imaginación radical

by Héctor Aceves, Txus García, Berta García Faet, Pol Guasch, Laia López Manrique, Antón Lopo, Roberta Marrero, Juanpe Sánchez López, Sara Torres, Gabriela Wiener ...

Narrated by Ángelo Néstore ...

Series series ESPASAesPOESÍA
Unabridged

2 hours 22 min

Voces vibrantes en la celebración de la palabra y el deseoLo queer supone una respuesta amplia a los roles de género tradicionales del universo heteropatriarcal. Como la literatura se alimenta de la identidad personal, la escritura queer refleja la experiencia autobiográfica y el pensamiento crítico del autor queer, nuevas vías que abren fugas al patriarcado global. Hoy en día, la poesía queer es ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Voces vibrantes en la celebración de la palabra y el deseoLo queer supone una respuesta amplia a los roles de género tradicionales del universo heteropatriarcal. Como la literatura se alimenta de la identidad personal, la escritura queer refleja la experiencia autobiográfica y el pensamiento crítico del autor queer, nuevas vías que abren fugas al patriarcado global. Hoy en día, la poesía queer es
... Read more
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Rhyme A Dozen, A - Birds

12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic

by John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charlotte Smith, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Lear, Gerald Manley Hopkins, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, W H Davis, Wiliam Ernest Henley ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, William Dufris ...

Unabridged

30 min

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A ... Read more

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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.01 - A Rhyme A
... Read more

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