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Routledge Revivals: From the Mahabharata (Routledge Revivals)
by Edwin ArnoldFirst published in 1909, this book presents an English translation of chapters 25-42 of the Bhishma Parva from the epic Sanskrit poem Mahabharata — better known as the Bhagavad-Gita, reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels" of Devanagari literature. The plot consists of a dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Krishna, the Supreme Deity, in a war-chariot prior to a great battle. The conversation that takes place unfolds a philosophical system which remains the prevailing Brahmanic belief, blending the doctrines of Kapila, Patanjali, and the Vedas. Building on a number of preceding translations, this highly-regarded poetic interpretation provides a major work of literature in an accessible popular form.
Routledge Revivals: Laureate of Peace (Routledge Revivals)
by G. Wilson KnightFirst published in 1955, this exegesis on the writings of Alexander Pope reveals the technical felicities of his poetry, and is the first to be devoted to the great meaning inherent in his work. One section, which has appeared before and did much to redirect the study of Pope, has been thoroughly revised. Of the other four chapters, one offers an original of The Temple of Fame, and, while discussing this neglected poem, makes several suggestions which may be said to constitute a significant advance in aesthetics. Another analyses Byron’s support of Pope, regarding it as a landmark in the history of English literary criticism and as necessary to the understanding of Pope and Byron alike. The last chapter discusses the relation of Pope’s thought to our own time. This book adds much to what is already known of Pope, and will go far in reviving an interest in the work and philosophy of the Laureate of Peace.
Routledge Revivals: Linguistic and Critical Approaches to Literary Style (Routledge Revivals)
by Roger FowlerFirst published in 1966, this book is contributed to by authors who share an interest in the literary uses of language. The book gives a close analysis of the language of literature contributed to by critics and linguists, examining linguistic theory and poetry, and as part of this the rhythm and metre of English poetry is deconstructed. Language and its emotive structure is analysed, while the middle chapters of the book address the interaction of linguistic dimensions. Two medievalist scholars conclude the volume, giving a well-rounded examination to the broad and complex study of literary style in the English language. This book is suitable for students and scholars concerned with English literature and linguistics.
Routledge Revivals: Style and Stylistics (Routledge Revivals)
by Graham HoughFirst published in 1969, Professor Hough’s work examines stylistics – the bridge between linguistics and literary criticism. The book gives a short survey of stylistics from a literary point of view, and tries to answer the question of how much stylistics contributes to the understanding of literature. It brings together continental European work on stylistics and Anglo-American critical writing which has a similar purpose though usually under a different name. In calling the attention of the student of literature to trains of thought with which he is not generally familiar, and with detailed analysis on different literary styles and methods, Professor Hough provides important critical insights.
Routledge Revivals: Values and Traditions (Routledge Revivals)
by B. Ifor EvansFirst published in 1962, this book is a reflection on Sir Ifor Evans’s well-known A Short History of English Literature. In this reflective study, Evans wonders if it is possible to trace permanent elements in such a huge and varied mass of writings? As he moves from the Anglo-Saxon Caedmon to T.S Eliot, or from Milton to James Joyce, he finds out how, in unexpected ways, the English spirit of compromise extends into its literature, along with its love of nature and interest in the individual. In poetic imagery above all the British genius seems, typically, to have found a way of making ‘empiricism transcendental’. This book, which had its origin during the war under the aegis of the British Council, provides the reader with a stimulating passport to a very rich kingdom.
Row Row Row Your Boat (Iza Trapani's Extended Nursery Rhymes)
by Iza TrapaniClimb aboard, read, and sing along with this adorable family of bumbling bears as they row, row, row their boat on a merry adventure in this beloved, reimagined nursery rhyme. Hold on to your hats and get ready to laugh as these irresistible characters rock, bash, and splash their way into your heart. Iza Trapani brings a fresh spin to this classic song with new verses and sweet and vibrant illustrations. Young readers will recognize the song and delight in seeing it come to life as the bears paddle their way through the pages.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Jane Cabrera's Story Time)
by Jane CabreraRead, row, and roar along - a newly imagined favorite will have everyone singing.In this vibrantly-painted rain forest, squeak, bark, and chatter along with a kitten and puppy rowing their way down the stream. Uncover one delightful animal surprise after another. Sheet music with guitar chords, along with Cabrera's jaunty new verses, is included.Jane Cabrera's Story Time celebrates children's best-loved read along nursery rhymes and songs. These interactive favorites are given a new twist by award-winning artist Jane Cabrera and feature her bold, bright, kid-friendly illustrations. Don't miss the other delightful nursery-rhyme titles, including Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, If You're Happy and You Know It, and One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
Rowing Inland (Made in Michigan Writers Series)
by Jim DanielsRowing Inland, Jim Daniels’s fifteenth book of poetry is a time machine that takes the reader back to the Metro Detroit of his youth and then accelerates toward the future. With humor and empathy, the author looks at his own family’s challenges and those of the surrounding community where the legacy handed down from generation to generation is one of survival. The economic hits that this community has to endure create both an uncertainty about its future and a determined tenacity. Divided into four sections, Rowing Inland calls out key moments from the author’s life. The events that inspire many of these poems took place a long time ago and often it has taken the poet his entire life to write about those experiences and write about them with the necessary emotional distance. For example, some of the poems in the section “Late Invocation for Magic” reference the first girl he ever kissed and her accidental death by fire. In the last section of the book, Daniels approaches the current political and social standings in Detroit with lines like, “The distance to Baghdad or Kandahar / is measured in rowboat coffins / while here in the fatty palm of The Mitten / minor skirmishes electrify tedium.” Although it focuses on Detroit’s metropolitan area, the book can be considered a snapshot of working-class life anywhere across the country. Daniels casts his lens on a way of life that is often distorted or ignored by the powers that be. He zooms in on street level where all the houses may look alike but each holds its own secrets and dreams. To paraphrase novelist and screenwriter Richard Price, Detroit is the “zip code for [Daniels’s] heart”—a place that his writing will always come back to. Readers of contemporary poetry with a regional persuasion will enjoy this collection.
Roy Campbell: Selected Poems
by Joseph Pearce Roy CampbellA collection of Roy Campbell's works selected by Joseph Pearce.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (The Great Poets)
by Omar KhayyamThe best-loved, bestselling poem ever published, brought up to date with a sumptuous new look.Edward FitzGerald's much-loved, often-quoted, bestselling 1859 translation of the RUBAIYAT, with Attar's charming narrative poem, BIRD PARLIAMENT. Also featuring an extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of NightHas flung the Stone that put the Stars to Flight:And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caughtThe Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Rendered Into English Quatrains By E. , Fitzgerald. A Reprint In Full Of The First Edition, 1859, Of The Second Edition, 1868, And Of The Fifth Edition, 1889, Together With Notes Indicating The Minor Variants [found In The T (The Great Poets)
by Omar KhayyamThe best-loved, bestselling poem ever published, brought up to date with a sumptuous new look.Edward FitzGerald's much-loved, often-quoted, bestselling 1859 translation of the RUBAIYAT, with Attar's charming narrative poem, BIRD PARLIAMENT. Also featuring an extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of NightHas flung the Stone that put the Stars to Flight:And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caughtThe Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.
Rubén Darío, del símbolo a la realidad (Edición conmemorativa de la RAE y la ASALE)
by Rubén DaríoNueva edición conmemorativa de la Real Academia Española y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española para celebrar el centenario del fallecimiento de Rubén Darío, uno de los escritores hispanohablantes más importantes del siglo XX. Publicada con ocasión de la celebración del VII Congreso de la Lengua Española en Puerto Rico. Rubén Darío es uno de los escritores en lengua española más populares a ambos lados del océano Atlántico. Su poesía y su narrativa constituyen uno de los principales exponentes del movimiento modernista. Sin embargo, la dimensión literaria de Rubén Darío desborda el ámbito de la ficción. Su labor como corresponsal, llevada a cabo durante gran parte de su vida, propició la escritura de interesantes crónicas en las que el autor ofrece una inteligente visión de su realidad. La presente antología incluye los textos íntegros de los poemarios Prosas profanas y otros poemas y Cantos de vida y esperanza. Los cisnes y otros poemas, y el libro de crónicas Tierras solares, que recoge las publicadas para el diario argentino La Nación sobre su tercera visita a España (1904) y las escritas durante su viaje por Bélgica, Alemania, Austria-Hungría e Italia en el mismo año. La edición presenta estudios complementarios escritos por algunos de los principales críticos, escritores y académicos españoles e hispanoamericanos, además de un glosario, un índice de nombres propios y una bibliografía selecta sobre la obra de Darío. ------------ Ediciones conmemorativas de la Real Academia Española y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española En 2004 y coincidiendo con la celebración del IV Centenario de la publicación de la primera parte de Don Quijote de la Mancha, la Real Academia Española y la Asociación de Academias de laLengua Española dieron inicio a un proyecto de edición de grandes obras de la literatura en español. Concebida como una línea de ediciones conmemorativas ocasionales y de circulación limitada de los grandes clásicos hispanos de todos los tiempos, dichas obras son publicadas y distribuidas en todo el mundo de habla hispana. Rubén Darío. Del símbolo a la realidad se une ahora a esta colección de la que ya forman parte Don Quijote de la Macha, de Miguel de Cervantes, reeditada en 2015 con ocasión del IV centenario de Cervantes; Cien años de soledad de Gabriel García Márquez; La región más transparente, de Carlos Fuentes; Antología general , de Pablo Neruda; Gabriela Mistral en verso y prosa, una antología de la autora; La ciudad y los perros de Mario Vargas Llosa y La colmena, de Camilo José Cela. ------------
Rudy's Windy Christmas
by Ben Mantle Helen BaughWhile Santa and Mrs. Claus eat their dinner, Santa sneakily feeds his sprouts to one of the reindeer rather than eating them himself. The result is, uh, smelly, to say the least. Now, Rudy can't seem to stop releasing windy pops from his backside as he and the other reindeer help Santa deliver presents on Christmas Eve. The rest of the reindeer are downwind from Rudy and they are not handling the sprouty wiffs so well. They laugh so heartily at Rudy's rear-end trumpet that they simply cannot fly the sleigh as usual. It's up to Rudy's super-turbo gas to get them back to the North Pole.
Rudyard Kipling: Everyman Poetry
by Rudyard KiplingIncludes the ever popular "If", along with the best of Kipling's powerful, fluent poetry.
Rudyard Kipling: Everyman's Poetry (Everyman Poetry Ser. #No. 45)
by Rudyard Kipling Jan HewittIncludes the ever popular "If", along with the best of Kipling's powerful, fluent poetry.
Rudyard Kipling: The Complete Verse
by Rudyard KiplingAll of Kipling's well-known and well-loved poems like "Gunga Din" and "If" are here like old friends. So are the poems from all of his books and all previous collections. His most hated poems, his most imperialist and racist are here for anyone looking for an excuse to hate him. But here too are a number of truly great, insightful poems; many in the form of dramatic personae, which make it easy to understand why TS Eliot one of the greatest of modern poets, found so much to praise that he anthologized some of what he considered some of Kipling's best, adding his voice to the growing chorus demanding a reevaluation of his place in the history of British and world poetry.
Rue (American Poets Continuum #176)
by Kathryn NuernbergerIn this fiercely feminist ecopoetic collection, Kathryn Nuernberger reclaims love and resilience in an age of cruelty. As the speaker—an artist and intellectual—finds herself living through a rocky marriage in conservative rural Missouri, she maintains her sense of identity by studying the science and folklore of plants historically used for birth control. Her ethnobotanical portraits of common herbs like Queen Anne’s lace and pennyroyal are interwoven with lyric biographies of pioneering women ecologists whose stories have been left untold in textbooks. With equal parts righteous fury and tender wisdom, Rue reassesses the past and recontextualizes the present to tell a story about breaking down, breaking through, and breaking into an honest, authentic expression of self.
Ruido y Reflexiones sobre el Sonido
by James Lawless Rocío García Romero¿Qué es el ruido? ¿Qué sucede cuando se mete dentro de la cabeza? En esta divertida historia marcada por el patetismo de unas Reflexiones sobre el Sonido, James Lawless retrata con su peculiar humor algunos de los efectos del sonido en la sociedad actual, seguido del decadente poema Ruido, cuyos versos incansables exploran la devastación que produce en las personas sensibles una cacofonía fuera de control.
Ruins (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)
by Margaret RandallIn this poetry collection, Margaret Randall uses the metaphor of ruins to meditate on time's movement--through memory, through cities, through the leavings of history, and through the bodies of people who have experienced time's transformations and traumas. Randall's ruins include not only Chaco Canyon, Hovenweep, Teotihuacan, Machu Picchu, Kiet Siel, Petra, and sites in ancient Greece and Egypt, but also Auschwitz-Birkenau and lives shattered by torture and oppression.Always there is that moment of arrival, as another reality rises before me, superimposed upon the one I live today. Sometimes the membrane is torn, and I find myself moving in and out. Boundaries dissolve. A mysterious space, between then and now, warns as it invites: promising revelation and maybe also fresh trauma if I am willing to risk its secrets.--Margaret Randall, in the Introduction
Rules of the Kingdom
by Julie PaulA lapsed religion still emits / faint signals; God, / in his satellite dish, / groans / moving on. To seek belonging, to strain against the familiar – these are the polarities many of us live between, feeling the pull of each desire. Offering a particular history, an intimate vantage point from within the various kingdoms we inhabit, Julie Paul’s The Rules of the Kingdom is an exploration of this struggle on a personal level and a universal one. Broken into five sections, the book examines the human struggle to find meaning, comfort, and a sense of home. In “Settlers’ Descendant Reclaims the Past,” the poems consider rural life, both the specific and the collective, including a village’s destruction by fire. In “Weight of the Word” the focus turns to family of origin, religion, and rites of passage. Poems take a familial tack again in “Cleavage,” wherein Paul dives into the waters of motherhood, and they drift into further intimacy in “The World’s Smallest Republic,” a series of poems about sex, love, and marriage. Finally, the poems in the fifth section, “Next Time the World Will Burn,” explore our place in the twenty-first century and offer some idiosyncratic suggestions on how to live. At turns humorous, playful, contemplative, and coy, the poems in The Rules of the Kingdom question the vagaries of faith and family but ultimately celebrate life and love.
Rules of the Kingdom (Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series #39)
by Julie PaulA lapsed religion still emits / faint signals; God, / in his satellite dish, / groans / moving on. To seek belonging, to strain against the familiar – these are the polarities many of us live between, feeling the pull of each desire. Offering a particular history, an intimate vantage point from within the various kingdoms we inhabit, Julie Paul’s The Rules of the Kingdom is an exploration of this struggle on a personal level and a universal one. Broken into five sections, the book examines the human struggle to find meaning, comfort, and a sense of home. In “Settlers’ Descendant Reclaims the Past,” the poems consider rural life, both the specific and the collective, including a village’s destruction by fire. In “Weight of the Word” the focus turns to family of origin, religion, and rites of passage. Poems take a familial tack again in “Cleavage,” wherein Paul dives into the waters of motherhood, and they drift into further intimacy in “The World’s Smallest Republic,” a series of poems about sex, love, and marriage. Finally, the poems in the fifth section, “Next Time the World Will Burn,” explore our place in the twenty-first century and offer some idiosyncratic suggestions on how to live. At turns humorous, playful, contemplative, and coy, the poems in The Rules of the Kingdom question the vagaries of faith and family but ultimately celebrate life and love.
Rumble
by Ellen HopkinsCan an atheist be saved? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of faith and forgiveness with brilliant sensitivity and emotional resonance."There is no God, no benevolent ruler of the earth, no omnipotent grand poobah of countless universes. Because if there was...my little brother would still be fishing or playing basketball instead of fertilizing cemetery vegetation." Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything. Not in family--his is a shambles after his younger brother was bullied into suicide. Not in so-called friends who turn their backs when things get tough. Not in some all-powerful creator who lets too much bad stuff happen. And certainly not in some "It Gets Better" psychobabble. No matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about faith and forgiveness, there's no way Matt's letting go of blame. He's decided to "live large and go out with a huge bang," and whatever happens happens. But when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark, silent place, he hears a rumble...a rumble that wakes him up, calling everything he's ever disbelieved into question.
Rumi
by Jonathan StarLandmark translations of the Sufi poet/mystic Rumi from the acclaimed interpreter of the Tao Te Ching. Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi?s verse in a treasury that spans the poet?s life and includes his most celebrated and poignant work. It is an enchanting volume of classic Eastern thought that creates an exhilarating experience for all readers. .
Rumi's Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love
by Brad GoochA biography of the Sufi poet that’s “a dazzling feat of scholarship . . . the book restores Rumi to the glories and hardships of his momentous age” (The Washington Post).Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as well as around the world. He has been compared to Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and to Saint Francis of Assisi for his spiritual wisdom. Yet his life has long remained the stuff of legend rather than intimate knowledge.In this breakthrough biography, New York Times–bestselling author Brad Gooch brilliantly brings to life the man and puts a face to the name Rumi, vividly coloring in his time and place—a world as rife with conflict as our own. The map of Rumi’s life stretched over 2,500 miles. Gooch traces this epic journey from Central Asia, where Rumi was born in 1207, traveling with his family, displaced by Mongol terror, to settle in Konya, Turkey. Pivotal was the disruptive appearance of Shams of Tabriz, who taught him to whirl and transformed him from a respectable Muslim preacher into a poet and mystic. Their vital connection as teacher and pupil, friend and beloved, is one of the world’s greatest spiritual love stories. When Shams disappeared, Rumi coped with the pain of separation by composing joyous poems of reunion, both human and divine.Ambitious, bold, and beautifully written, Rumi’s Secret reveals the unfolding of Rumi’s devotion to a “religion of love,” remarkable in his own time and made even more relevant for the twenty-first century by this compelling account.
Rumi's World: The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet
by Annemarie SchimmelThis book (previously published as I Am Wind, You Are Fire) celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (1207-1273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi lived the quiet life of a religious teacher in Anatolia until the age of thirty-seven, when he came under the influence of a whirling dervish, Shams Tabriz, and was moved to a state of mystical ecstasy. One of the results of this ecstasy was a prodigious output of poems about the search for the lost Divine Beloved, whom Rumi identified with Shams. To symbolize this search, Rumi also invented the famous whirling dance of the Melevi dervishes, which are performed accompanied by the chanting of Rumi's poems. Professor Schimmel illuminates the symbolism and significance of Rumi's vast output and offers her own translations of some of his most famous poems.