KINKAZZO'S KANON

Expanded from Kinkazzo Burning's THE WESTERN CANON

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THE WESTERN CANONACCORDING TO HAROLD BLOOM & Kinkazzo~ With links, texts, excerpts, references, reviews et al.> go to CONTENTS >>INTRODUCTIONThe best of Western literature is considered to be the Western Canon. The list of works in the Western Canon varies according to the critic's opinions on Western culture and the relative importance of its defining characteristics.The Western Canon is a term

HOMER

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The Odyssey By Homer Written 800 BCE Translated by Samuel ButlerEPIC BEAUTY Everything we know about Homer is either traditional, mythical, or based upon educated guesswork. Tradition tells us, probably following the ODYSSEY and one of the so-called "Homeric Hymns" from the middle of the seventh century BCE, that Homer, like his own character Demodocus, was a blind bard or singer of tales. At

PINDAR

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PINDAR - SELECTED ODESThese translations are taken from the superb version by Frank J. Nisetich entitled Pindar's Victory Songs (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins 1980)[text encoding: Western European (Windows)]

AESCHYLUS

2007-11-14T22:34:00.000+01:00

THE AGAMEMNONOFAESCHYLUSTRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYMING VERSEWITH EXPLANATORY NOTES BYGILBERT MURRAYREGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD(London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd)

SOPHOCLES

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PLAYS OF SOPHOCLES: THE OEDIPUS TRILOGYOEDIPUS THE KINGOEDIPUS AT COLONUSANTIGONE Translation by F. Storr, BA Formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge From the Loeb Library Edition Originally published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and William Heinemann Ltd, London (First published in 1912)

EURIPIDES

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THETRAGEDIESOFEURIPIDESLITERALLY TRANSLATED OR REVISED,WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,BYTHEODORE ALOIS BUCKLEY,OF CHRIST CHURCH.VOL. I.HECUBA, ORESTES, PHŒNISSÆ, MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, ALCESTIS,BACCHÆ, HERACLIDÆ, IPHIGENIA IN AULIDE,AND IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS.New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers,Franklin Square.1892.

ARISTOPHANES

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THE FROGS OF ARISTOPHANESTHE HARVARD CLASSICSEDITED BY CHARLES W ELIOT LLDTranslations by E D A MorsheadE H PlumptreGilbert MurrayandB B RogersWith Introductions and Notes

HERODOTUS

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THE HISTORY OF HERODOTUSTranslated into Englishby G. C. MACAULAY, M.A.IN TWO VOLUMES:VOL. IVOL.II

THUCYDIDES

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THE HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WARby Thucydides 431 BCtranslated by Richard Crawley

PLATO

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SELECTED WORKS BY PLATO(427 - 347 BCE)Apology Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates Charmides CratylusCritias CritoEuthydemus Euthyphro GorgiasIon Laches Laws LysisMenexenus Meno Parmenides Phaedo Phaedrus Philebus Protagoras The Republic Sophist Statesman Symposium Theaetetus Timaeus

ARISTOTLE

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SELECTED WORKS BY ARISTOTLE (384 BC-322 BCE)~ Aristotle on the art of poetry ~~ The Categories ~~ Ethics ~~ The Poetics of Aristotle ~~ Politics: A Treatise on Government ~The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy

MENANDER

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Menander'sDyskolos (usually translated as The Grouch, The Misanthrope, or Old Cantankerous)translated by Vincent J. Rosivach

PLUTARCH

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[Lives] Vitae illustrium virorum -[Rome] : Ulrich Han (Udalricus Gallus)- 1st printed edition 1470"id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136874567348023218" />PLUTARCH(46-120 CE)Lives, Volume I Lives, Volume II Lives, Volume III

AESOP

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AESOP(620-563 BCE)SOME FABLES

LUCIAN

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THE WORKS OF LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA(120-180 CE) Trips to the Moon Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

PLAUTUS

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TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS (c. 254-184 BCE)Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, CaptiviAmphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The TwoBacchises, The Captives OPERA OMNIA(IntraText Edition) See also the original Latin texts in HTML with parallel English translation.

TERENCE

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PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER better known as TERENCE(c. 185 - 159 BCE)Andria Hecyra Heautontimorumenos The Eunuch Phormio The Brothers

LUCRETIUS

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LUCRETIUS(94-49 BCE)On the Nature of Things (English)De Rerum Natura (Latin)Perseus ProjectDe Rerum Natura (Latino con concordanze)IV IntraText Edition CT

CICERO

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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO(106-43 BCE)The Orations (Vol.4, in English)Selected Orations (Latin)

HORACE

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QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUSknown in the English-speaking world as HORACE(65-8 BCE)The Art of Poetry an Epistle to the Pisos -Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica. (English) The Art of Poetry an Epistle to the Pisos Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola Ad Pisones, De Arte Poetica. (Latin) The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace (English) Odes and Epodes (Latin) The Satires, Epistles, and Art

CATULLUS

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GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS(84-54 BCE)Multilingual Catullus site with a collection containing over 1200 versions of Catullus poems in over 33 different languages.

VIRGIL

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PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MAROlater called Virgiliusand known in English as Virgil or Vergil(70–19 BCE) The Aeneid (Latin) The Aeneid (English) The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) The Bucolics and Eclogues (Latin) The Georgics (English) The Georgics (Latin) ~Downloadable e-Books (criticism):THE POET'S TRUTH - A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics by Christine G. Perkell (1989)VIRGIL'S EPIC TECHNIQUE

LUCAN

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MARCUS ANNAEUS LUCANUSbetter known in English as Lucan(39–65 CE)Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars (English) Bellum civilePharsalia (Latin)I IntraText Edition CT

OVID

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PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO(43 BCE – 17 CE)The Metamorphoses of OvidVol. I, Books I-VII (English)Fasti (Latin) The Last Poems of Ovid (English)~ List of works available in Latin at IntraText ~

JUVENAL

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DECIMUS IUNIUS IUVENALISknown in English as Juvenal(late 1st century - early 2nd century CE)Satire ISatire II Satire IIISatire VISatire VIIISatire IXThe Latin LibrarySatires I - XVI (Latin)

MARTIAL

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MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALISknown in English as Martial(40- ca. 102 CE)Liber spectaculorum(Epigrammaton liber)Textus: Martialis Epigrammataed. W. Heraeus/J. Borovskij, Leipzig 1976/82Epigrammaton libri XII Textus: Martialis Epigrammataed. W. Heraeus/J. Borovskij, Leipzig 1976/82EPIGRAMMATON LIBRIde Spectaculis SELECTED EPIGRAMS Translated by Elizabeth Duke MARZIALE IN ITALIANOEpigrammi di Marco

SENECA

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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECAoften known simply as Seneca or Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BCE – 65 CE) Apocolocyntosis (English) L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits (English)Works available at IntraText(All in Latin, and Apocolocyntosis also in English)

PETRONIUS

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GAIUS PETRONIUS ARBITERthe manuscript text of the Satyricon calls him Titus Petronius(ca. 27-66 CE)THE SATYRICON (complete English text)The Latin Library:Satiricon LiberFragmenta

APULEIUS

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LUCIUS APULEIUS PLATONICUS(ca. 123/125-180 CE)The Golden AsseTranslated by William AdlingtonFirst published 1566. This is a Gutenberg Project version as reprinted from the edition of 1639. The original spelling, capitalisation and punctuation have been retained.The Latin Library:APULEI OPERA(Metamorphoses et De Dogmate Platonis)The Best Piece of Asse in Ancient Rome A Review by Benjamin Slade

BEOWULF

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BEOWULFan Old English heroic epic poem of anonymous authorshipExcellent Hypertext Websitewith Old Text and Modern Textplus various commentaries

DANTE ALIGHIERI

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DANTEthe Supreme PoetLA DIVINA COMMEDIATHE DIVINE COMEDY[Italian and English versions as indicated below]LA COMMEDIA ONLINE (italiano)LA DIVINA COMMEDIA (italiano)III Edizione IntraTextLA DIVINA COMMEDIA (italiano)Edizione Online AltervistaDANTE ONLINEThe best website on the Sommo Poeta, in Italian - contains everything!Il miglior sito dantesco italiano: contiene tutto!THE DIVINE COMEDY (English)

PETRARCH

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FRANCESCO PETRARCAknown in English as Petrarchand popularly called the Father of Humanism(July 20, 1304 – July 19, 1374)"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."OPERA OMNIA(in the original language)TUTTE LE OPERE

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO

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GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO (June 16, 1313 – December 21, 1375) DECAMERON WEBA growing hypermedia archive of materials dedicated to Boccaccio's masterpiece, created by students and teachers of Brown University (contains bilingual version of the Decameron)

BOIARDO

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MATTEO MARIA BOIARDO Italian Renaissance Poet(Scandiano, c. 1434 – Reggio Emilia, 20 Dec. 1494)ORLANDO INNAMORATO (Italian)Orlando in LoveORLANDO INNAMORATOVersione della Bibliteca di CamelotCritical Work with Excerptsfrom Stories from the Italian Poets: With Livesof the Writers, Vol. 2, by Leigh Hunt

MACHIAVELLI

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Niccolò di Bernardo dei MachiavelliItalian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright - central figure of the Italian Renaissance whose work is famous for its political component, with treatises on realist political theory and republicanism(May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius (English) History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy (

LUDOVICO ARIOSTO

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LUDOVICO ARIOSTO(Reggio Emilia, September 8, 1474 – Ferrara, July 6, 1533) Orlando Furioso (English) "Orlando Enraged"Orlando Furioso (Italian) OPERA OMNIA (Italian)From the IntraText Digital Library

LEONARDO DA VINCI

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LEONARDO DA VINCIorLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Vinci, April 15, 1452 – Amboise, May 2, 1519) ~ Profession: Polymath Genius ~Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the "Renaissance man" or universal genius, a man whose seemingly infinite curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the

GIORGIO VASARI

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GIORGIO VASARI(Arezzo, July 30, 1511 – Florence, June 27, 1574)Lives of the Artists (English)Excellent website by Adrienne DeAngelis (ongoing)LE VITE (Italian)Unabridged 1550 original Italian - Biblioteca Telematica BabeleLE VITE (Italian)Edizioni Giuntina & Torrentiniana

BENVENUTO CELLINI

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BENVENUTO CELLINIItalian goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier and musician of the Renaissance, who also wrote a famous autobiography(Florence, November 3, 1500 – February 13, 1571) Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniTranslation by John A. Symonds (1840-1893)La Vita (Italian)Autobiografia in italiano da LiberLiberLa Vita (Italian)Edizione anastatica per Nicolò Bettoni, Milano, 1821Cellini nella

TORQUATO TASSO

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TORQUATO TASSO(Sorrento, March 11, 1544 – Rome, April 25, 1595)JERUSALEM DELIVEREDPublished 1581 in Parma, Italy. Translated by Edward Fairfax (1560-1635); translation first published in London, 1600.GERUSALEMME LIBERATA (Italian)Edizione Digilander -- il sito contiene l'Opera Omnia del Tasso.Opera Omnia (Italian)Edizione digitalizzataScrittori d'Italia LaterzaOpere di Torquato TassoTesti

GIORDANO BRUNO

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GIORDANO BRUNO (1548, Nola – 1600, burned at the stake in Campo de' Fiori, Rome) La Biblioteca Ideale di Giordano BrunoOPERA OMNIA(An excellent comprehensive project by the National Committee for the Celebration of Giordano Bruno's 4th centenary of his death - Italian & Latin) BIBLIOTHECA BRUNIANA ELECTRONICA(University of London - School of Advanced Study - The Warburg Institute Istituto

GIAMBATTISTA VICO

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GIAMBATTISTA VICO orGiovanni Battista Vico (Naples, June 23, 1668 – January 23, 1744)Italian philosopher, historian, and jurist. He is best known for his verum factum principle, which states that truth is verified through creation or invention, rather than through observation.OPERA OMNIA (Italian)Scrittori d'Italia LaterzaAutobiografia & Principi di scienza nuova (Italian)Due testi in originale,

CARLO GOLDONI

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Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni(Venice, 25 February 1707 – Versailles, 6 February 1793) Celebrated Venetian playwright and librettist, whom critics today rank among the European theatre's greatest authors. His works, along with those of the modernist Luigi Pirandello, include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays.OPERA OMNIA (Italian)Testi digitali LiberLiberRaccolta di opere goldoniane (Italian

LAZARILLO DE TORMES

2007-09-28T22:53:00.001+02:00

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities(1554)(Spanish and English parallel versions)Spain of the 16th Century... and LazarilloPrologueI. The Blind Man Lázaro tells of his life and whose son he wasII. The Priest How Lázaro served a Priest and of the affairs that came to pass with himIII. The Squire On how Lázaro served a Squire and of what befell with himIV. The Friar

VITTORIO ALFIERI

2007-09-28T22:53:00.000+02:00

Count Vittorio AlfieriItalian dramatist, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy"(Asti, January 16, 1749 - Florence, October 8, 1803)OPERE (Italian)Nella collana Classici Stranieri, contiene le opere e l'autobiografiaOPERE (Italian)Edizione digitale di IntraText, con concordanze Le tragedie greche di V. AlfieriVersione in prosa di Francesco RossiFONDAZIONE STUDI ALFIERIANI (Italian)

CERVANTES

2007-09-27T23:01:00.005+02:00

Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAlcalá de Henares,September 29, 1547 – Madrid, April 23, 1616Spanish novelist, poet, and playwrightCervantes is one of the most important and influential people in literature and the leading figure associated with the Siglo de Oro, the cultural flourishing of sixteenth century Spain. Cervantes' novel Don Quixote is considered a founding classic of Western literature

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

2007-09-26T23:02:00.003+02:00

GEOFFREY CHAUCER (c. 1343 - 1400) Quotes The Life of Geoffrey ChaucerThe Works of Geoffrey ChaucerAdditional SourcesEssays on ChaucerChaucer in the Bookstore [From: ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen]One especially interesting essay on Chaucer et al....Romancing Ethics in Boethius, Chaucer, and Levinas: Fortune, Moral Luck, and Erotic AdventureJ Allan Mitchell, Comparative Literature (Eugene), Spring

THOMAS MORE

2007-09-25T23:02:00.005+02:00

Sir Thomas More(1478-1535)More was executed for treason. His remains lie in an unknown spot within the Tower of London.In 1935 More was canonized by Pope Pius XIThe Condensed Edition ofSir Thomas More'sUTOPIA ... in 3,700 words by Glyn Hughes"All princes have more delights in warlike matters... than in the good feats of peace" INTRODUCTION to Sir Thomas More's UTOPIAThomas More was born in

EDMUND SPENSER

2007-09-24T23:03:00.006+02:00

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)Quotes The Life of Edmund Spenser The Works of Edmund SpenserEssays and ArticlesAdditional SourcesSpenser at the BookstoreFrom: ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen...and the following is an interesting essay...SPENSER AND THE CULTURE OF PLACEBy Joanne WoolwayOriel CollegeOxfordGuest Lecture: University of Oslo, April 17, 1996James Duncan and David Ley have observed that: A

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

2007-09-24T23:03:00.004+02:00

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)Born the same year as Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe was to become the first great poet of the theatre's second great age. His life, much like the lives of his characters, would be short and violent.The son of a shoemaker, Marlowe attended King's School, Canterbury and Corpus Christi College where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1584 and his Masters degree

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

2007-09-22T23:04:00.003+02:00

WORK IN PROGRESS...........but have a taste while you wait...here!

JOHN DONNE

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BEN JOHNSON

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FRANCIS BACON

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FRANCIS BACON 1st Viscount St AlbanEnglish philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a proponent of the scientific revolution(London, 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) .Works on Project GutenbergIncludes New Atlantis, Valerius Terminus, and his EssaysBooks by/on Francis BaconExtensive bibliography, with downloadable textsWORKSLibrary of the University of Adelaide, AUSSomething

ROBERT BURTON

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THOMAS HOBBES

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JOHN BUNYAN

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JOHN MILTON

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SAMUEL BUTLER

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PHILIP SIDNEY

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LUIS DE GONGORA

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Pasos de un peregrino son errantecuantos me dictó versos dulce musa:en soledad confusaperdidos unos, otros inspirados~L.D.G.Luis de Góngora y ArgoteSpanish Baroque lyric poet(Córdoba - Spain, July 11, 1561 – May 24, 1627)Some PoemsTranslations in English of some Góngora poems.Poemas de Luis de Góngora y Argote (Spanish)Originals in a collection by Justo AlarcónPOEMAS (Spanish)Spanish website

MARCEL PROUST

2007-09-11T21:22:00.006+02:00

IN SEARCH OF LOST TIMEby Marcel ProustREGAINING TIMEThere's no doubt about it: if you're going to tackle Proust, you need to be in good intellectual shape. The sentences are long, the paragraphs are huge, and at a million and a half words his great novel is one of the longest ever. But it can be done - and the benefits are enormous. Proust delivers gems on every page. He is of course celebrated

RIMBAUD

2007-08-27T19:24:00.000+02:00

ARTHUR RIMBAUDThe whole kit and kaboodle! OPERA OMNIAThe Great Rimbaud Multilingual Portal[just click the titles]POESIE(italiano / français)OPERE VARIE incl.ALBUM ZUTIQUE(italiano / français)ILLUMINATIONS(italiano / français)ILLUMINATIONS(English)UNE SAISON EN ENFER(italiano / français)A SEASON IN HELL(English) SAGGI & VARIE, e anche:~Saggio di Verlaine 1~Saggio di Verlaine 2 + poesie(italiano)

FERNANDO PESSOA

2007-07-28T21:50:00.002+02:00

TO FEEL IS TO CREATESELECTED ENGLISH POEMSby Fernando PessoaWhen you discover Fernando Pessoa you don't walk into a new room of poetry, but into another wing. Hop over to another planet. More than any other human, he lived life solely in his poems, his life a shell for the literary movement that was himself. Pessoa is the extreme example of what may be the essentially modern kind of poet: the

THE GRIMM BROTHERS

2007-07-27T21:14:00.000+02:00

JACOB GRIMM - WILHELM GRIMM (1785-1863)----------(1786-1859)FAIRY TALES (pdf)Household TalesWith the Authors' Notes and Translated by Margaret Hunt (1884)

AMBROSE BIERCE

2007-07-26T16:29:00.000+02:00

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce American editorialist, journalist, short-story writerand satirist, today best known for his Devil's Dictionary(Meigs County-Ohio, June 24, 1842 – Chihuahua-Mexico, 1914)Works by Bierce at Project GutenbergThe Ambrose Bierce ProjectOnline forum and resource for the study of Ambrose Bierce,the American soldier, topographer, journalist, and writerPOEMSSome poems at Poetry

HENRY MILLER

2007-07-25T22:28:00.005+02:00

CONCENTRATE ON CANCERHenry Miller wrote only one truly great novel, his first published and still his most famous. BLACK SPRING, TROPIC OF CAPRICORN and THE COSMOLOGICAL EYE fill out the story and almost constitute the Miller bible that Lawrence Durrell encouraged his mentor to write; but TROPIC OF CANCER remains the great hurled gauntlet of early twentieth-century fiction, a book that more

BLAISE CENDRARS

2007-07-24T22:42:00.007+02:00

POEMS BY BLAISE CENDRARSContrastesLes fenêtres de ma poésie sont grand'ouvertes sur lesboulevards et dans ses vitrinesBrillentLes pierreries de la lumièreÉcoute les violons des limousines et les xylophones deslinotypesLe pocheur se lave dans l'essuie-main du cielTout est taches de couleurEt les chapeaux des femmes qui passent sont des comètesdans l'incendie du soirContrasts [translation of above]

PRIMO LEVI

2007-07-23T22:14:00.006+02:00

CONSIDER WHETHER THIS IS A MAN IF THIS IS A MAN / THE TRUCE by Primo LeviIf you are only going to read one book in your life, make it IF THIS IS A MAN (1947) by Primo Levi. And if you do decide to read this book, then you should read it alongside THE TRUCE (1963) - they are often incorporated into the same cover anyway, and this Abacus edition confirms it. It is a painful read, full of pathos and

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 1

2007-07-22T18:50:00.112+02:00

Thomas BernhardKLAGESchlaf und Tod, die düstern AdlerUmrauschen nachtlang dieses Haupt: Des Menschen goldnes BildnisVerschlänge die eisige Woge Der Ewigkeit. An schaurigen RiffenZerschellt der purpurne Leib. Und es klagt die dunkle StimmeÜber dem Meer. Schwester stürmischer Schwermut Sich ein ängstlicher Kahn versinktUnder Sternen,Dem schweigenden Antlitz der Nacht. -Georg Trakl (1887-1914)

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 1bis

2007-07-22T18:43:00.014+02:00

BOB CORBETT REVIEWS AND COMMENTS ON THOMAS BERNHARD’S BOOKS: Thomas Bernhard's CONCRETE. Comments from April 2001. Thomas Bernhard's WITTGENSTEIN'S NEPHEW. Comments from April 2001. Thomas Bernhard's CORRECTION. Comments from January 2001. Thomas Bernhard's WOODCUTTERS. Comments from July 2001. Thomas Bernhard's ON THE MOUNTAIN. Comments form July 2001. Thomas Bernhard's comments on Vienna

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 2

2007-07-22T17:03:00.038+02:00

LAMENTSleep and death, the dusky eaglesRustle all night round my head:the golden effigy of manconsumed by the icy tides of eternity. On hideous rocksthe purpling body shatters.And the dark voice mourns over the sea.Sister of my wild despair,look: a lonely skiff is sinkingunder the stars,the silent face of night.-Georg Trakl (1887-1914) The Lunatics............The Inmatesby Thomas Bernhard(Die

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 3 [italiano]

2007-07-22T16:24:00.031+02:00

LAMENTO Sonno e morte, le aquile tetre frusciano tutta la notte intorno al mio capo: la gelida onda dell’eternità ingoierà forse l’aurea effigie dell’uomo. Contro orridi scogli si sfracella il corpo purpureo. Ed è un lagno la voce opaca sul mare. Sorella di burrascosa tristezza, vedi: una barca angosciata affonda sotto le stelle, tacito volto della notte. -Georg Trakl (1887-1914). Thomas

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 3bis [italiano]

2007-07-22T16:11:00.009+02:00

THOMAS BERNHARD, IL NULLA DA SEGNALAREdi Luca Canali (Agosto 2008)Nelle sue variazioni su un tema sostanzialmente monocorde, la scrittura di Bernhard ha una sua inconfondibile originalità e una sua assillante forza d’urto: i suoi libri colpiscono come un pugno, per usare un’espressione di Kafka, col quale Bernhard ha un sostanziale, anche se ben delimitato rapporto di parentela». Così Claudio

THOMAS BERNHARD -- 4

2007-07-22T15:15:00.036+02:00

UN'ESISTENZA CATTOLICAEstratto da: Conversazioni di Thomas Bernhard (a cura di Kurt Hofmann), Guanda 1989.Tutto è destinato a naufragare, tutto finisce al cimitero. Una persona può fare quello che vuole, la morte viene comunque a prenderla, e con ciò finisce tutto. La maggior parte della gente si lascia afferrare dalla morte già a diciassette, diciotto anni. I giovani di oggi si abbandonano

THOMAS BERNHARD -- "Understanding Thomas Bernhard", by Stephen D. Dowden

2007-07-22T14:54:00.030+02:00

From the book UNDERSTANDING THOMAS BERNHARD by Stephen D. Dowden, also available herePresents to the English-speaking audience one of the most gifted & uncompromising innovators of postwar German prose.These are some excerpts (click each page to enlarge it)...<<

THOMAS BERNHARD -- "Border Games" by Marjorie Perloff

2007-07-22T10:07:00.024+02:00

From the book WITTGENSTEIN'S LADDER by Marjorie Perloff (1999), and especially Chapter 5: "Border Games - The Wittgenstein Fictions of Thomas Bernhard and Ingeborg Bachmann" --- also (partially) available hereMarjorie Perloff, among our foremost critics of twentieth-century poetry, argues that Ludwig Wittgenstein provided writers with a radical new aesthetic, a key to recognizing the inescapable

THOMAS BERNHARD -- The Voice Imitator

2007-07-22T10:00:00.017+02:00

EDITOR'S PRESENTATION:The Austrian playwright, novelist, and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as among the major writers of our times. At once pessimistic and exhilarating, Bernhard's work depicts the corruption of the modern world, the dynamics of totalitarianism, and the interplay of reality and appearance. In this stunning translation of The Voice Imitator, Bernhard gives us one

AMRAS [with foreword], from THREE NOVELLAS

2007-07-22T09:30:00.014+02:00

THREE NOVELLAS BY THOMAS BERNHARDReview by Matthew Kirkpatrick (August 2003)Three Novellas by Thomas BernhardThe University of Chicago Press (174 Pages)Reading Thomas Bernhard’s Three Novellas was like revisiting my teenage obsession with gothic music and The Metamorphosis and realizing that maybe it wasn’t so corny after all. The subject matter in the three short works in this collection ranges

BERNHARD IN THE PUBLIC -- [essay by M. Konzett]

2007-07-22T09:00:00.009+02:00

Introductory essay by Matthias Konzett for the book BERNHARD IN THE PUBLIC (2002) collecting various essays resulting from a symposium held at Yale University on Thomas Bernhard in 1999. The book wanted to commemorate Bernhard's legacy on the tenth anniversary of his death.[click individual pages to enlarge and read]

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

2007-07-21T23:29:00.028+02:00

ERNEST HEMINGWAY We can’t ever go back to old things or try and get the 'old kick' out of something or find things the way we remembered them. We have them as we remember them and they are fine and wonderful and we have to go on and have other things because the old things are nowhere except in our minds now.~Hemingway to Bill Horne, Paris 1923 CONTENTS:IntroductionFirst biography--Kansas City

JULIO CORTÁZAR

2007-07-05T23:09:00.000+02:00

Julio Cortázar(August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984)Belgian-born Argentine intellectual and author of experimental novels and short stories. He was born the same year as William Burroughs and married three times, to Aurora Bernárdez, Ugné Karvelis and Carol Dunlop. Most of his work was written in Paris, France from 1951 until his death. Hopscotch is Julio's magnum opus.~ LINKS TO JULIO'S POEMS,

OCTAVIO PAZ

2007-07-04T22:20:00.000+02:00

OCTAVIO PAZNobel Laureate 1990(Mexico City, 1914 - 1998)POEM: MOTION (English)Entrevista a Octavio Paz:(Check out the other OctavioPaz videos on youTube)PROSE: THE CLERK'S VISION (English)POETRY SELECTIONTranslations by Eliot WeinbergerANTOLOGIA POETICA (Spanish)Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico de José Luis Gómez-MartínezContains essays, bibliographies, and a selection of Paz's workWIKIQUOTE ENTRY FOR

ROBERTO BOLANO

2007-07-03T21:09:00.011+02:00

Une oasis d'horreur dans un désert d'ennui!--- An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.(Charles Baudelaire, Le Voyage, VII)A MODERN MASTERCalling Roberto Bolaño's 2666 a novel is somewhat misleading. Certainly, it bears many attributes of a work of long fiction - memorable characters, richly evoked locations, abundant action, recurrent themes. Nevertheless, the author is clearly working against

JAMES JOYCE

2007-06-04T22:20:00.002+02:00

JAMES JOYCE(1882-1941)UlyssesDublinersA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man~Downloadable e-Book (crticism) THE TROUBLE WITH GENIUS - Reading Pound, Joyce, Stein, And Zukofsky by Bob Perelman (1994)

JOHN CROWLEY

2007-06-03T23:23:00.000+02:00

[© all splendid art by Michael Parkes]From far, from eve and morningAnd yon twelve-winded sky,The stuff of life to knit meBlew hither: here am I.Now — for a breath I tarryNor yet disperse apart — Take my hand quick and tell me,What have you in your heart.Speak now, and I will answer;How shall I help you, say;Ere to the wind's twelve quartersI take my endless way.(A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad)

Kinkazzo's Book Reviews 2007-2008

2006-10-24T20:52:00.028+02:00

SOME BOOK REVIEWS BY KINKAZZO (2007-2008)CONTENTS: THE MEDICI SEAL BY THERESA BRESLIN FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM BY UMBERTO ECO THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN BY GARTH STEINOSCAR WILDE AND THE CANDLELIGHT MURDERS BY GYLES BRANDRETH OSCAR WILDE AND THE RING OF DEATH BY GYLES BRANDRETH FORESKIN'S LAMENT BY SHALOM AUSLANDER NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON BY PASCAL MERCIER OLD MEN IN LOVE BY ALASDAIR GRAY THE END