Résultats de "Sara Coleridge" dans Toutes les catégories

In 1837, Sara Coleridge introduced the enchanting Phantasmion, her longest original work, which has been hailed by critic Mike Ashley as the first fairytale novel written in English. Literary historian Dennis Butts describes it as a remarkable pioneering fantasy and a testament to Coleridges extraordinary talent. The fairy tale is celebrated not only for its captivating narrative but also for its lyrical songs, such as Sylvan Stag and One Face Alone, which garnered admiration from notable critics like Leigh Hunt. With its rich language and beautiful storytelling, Phantasmion may even have ...

February - the second month of the year in the Gregorian calendar brings not only the shortest month but, for lovers everywhere, Valentine's Day. On this and other themes, our poets, including Nesbit, Teasdale, and Coleridge, have much to say.

Sixty-nine poems by six of the most admired women Romantic writers—English, Scottish, Irish, and American: Dorothy Wordsworth (William Wordsworth’s sister), Joanna Baillie, Eliza Townsend, Mary Tighe, Sara Coleridge (Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s daughter), and Caroline Bowles Southey. Each in her own way, they all broke with the poetic conventions of the past, writing in ordinary language about ordinary people, and approaching the traditional subjects of poetry with fresh eyes. Comedy and tragedy, love and hatred, life and death, oppression and freedom—they’re all here.

‘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.