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Cartea de fa surprinde momente de libertate, arcuiri de libertate, zvcniri libere, explozii spre frumos, notate n fragmente lirice. n esen ei ncape i mulumirea pentru aceste momente, pentru minunea coninut n ele. Iar bucuriei acestei liberti i dau o orientare n sus i spre rsrit, c mrturisire i c recunotina pentru putin de a o fi trit-o.Din punct de vedere muzical, poeziile se acordeaz i cu muzica pe care o interpretez i studiez – muzica psaltic – prelund multe din elementele ntlnite n acest gen muzical. sub aspectul formei, n multe situaii am pstrat varianta cea mai brut, considernd c pstreaz cel mai bine culoarea momentului poeziei.“ –Cristian Boro
A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
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Soii Claudia i Haruya Sumiya sunt modele de buntate i sensibilitate. Au parcurs zeci de mii de kilometri n drumurile lor din Japonia pn n Ro-mnia, pentru salvarea cinilor fr stpn, n timp ce 90% dintre romni, spre ruinea lor, au asistat pasivi la mcelrirea a peste 300.000 de cini. Etalon pentru iubitorii de animale, cartea se adreseaz tuturor vrstelor; are i candoare, i caracter educativ, i mult nelepciune. Dac au inim, n paginile ei se regsesc oameni din toate categoriile socia-le. Judecata de valoare a doamnei Claudia Sumiya este imbatabil: ntr-adevr, toi cei care se ocup s omoare cinii, de la preedinte pn la hingherul de rnd, sunt oameni cu mintea contorsionat”. Devotai unei cauze nobile, soii Sumiya i-au salvat de la un sfrit iminent i ngrozitor pe celua Fetia din Romnia, pe motanul Sultan i pe ci-nele Sheba din Japonia. Grija lor i a iubitorilor de animale s-a ndreptat i spre eroul Ta-keshi Koizumi, condamnat la moarte pentru vina de a-i fi rzbunat cel mai loial prieten, cinele Chiro, ucis de hingheri, cu bestialitate. Cu siguran, familia Sumiya este binecuvantat cu mult fericire, pentru c iubirea revrsat ctre un animal se ntoarce nze-cit spre cel care-l iubete necondiionat. nchei prin a-i felicita pe cei doi autentici iubitori de animale i scriitori remarcabili, care ne dau permanent lecii de via: Iubim oamenii, de aceea cei mai inteligeni dintre ei spun c noi suntem cei mai buni prieteni ai lor. V mulumim c existai!“ – Marius Marinescu
Epistolar avangardist
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Augustin Fr??il? (1953-2010), scriitor ?i cantautor, a fost un apropiat al lui Nichita St?nescu ?i membru al Cenaclului de Luni. A publicat ?n cele mai importante reviste culturale, iar ?ntre 1991 ?i 2010 a fost redactor-?ef al Editurii ALLFA, departamentul de literatur? al Grupului Editorial ALL. C?r?i publicate: Gramatica mor?ii, poezie, 1995 (premiul USR), El-Roi, poezie, 1996, Plaja nudi?tilor, poezie, 1998. Dintre c?r?ile traduse de Augustin Fr??il? din englez?: Legende franceze, Pove?ti japoneze, 1001 de nop?i, Moby Dick, 100 de minuni ale lumii, 100 de ora?e ale lumii, 100 de muzee ale lumii, Islamul ?i Vestul. A tradus poezie din limbile francez?, italian? ?i spaniol?. C?r?ile sale au fost traduse ?n german?, croat?, greac?, spaniol?, englez?. Ca muzician, a ?nregistrat ?i editat discul O recitare, 1982, muzic? original? pe versurile lui Nichita St?nescu, ?i dou? CD-uri ?n 2005: Mai sunt pentru c? el mai este ?i A?a am tr?it. Al treilea CD, Balad? pentru Transilvania, c?ntece originale pe versurile lui A. Fr??il?, a ap?rut ?n 2007. Voce muzical? ?i poetic? unic? ?n literatura rom?n? contemporan?, el declara ?ntr-un tulbur?tor, ultim interviu publicat ?n revista Luceaf?rul: ?N-am f?cut niciodat? nici cel mai mic efort de a cultiva vreo rela?ie, m-am l?sat doar ?n voia valului – asum?ndu-mi riscurile de rigoare, – am l?sat destinul s? lucreze pentru mine, s?-mi arate dac? trebuia s? fiu acolo ori nu. Asta m-a costat, ?ns?: imagine, notorietate, carier?, via?? de familie, via?? social?... n-a fost zi s? nu pl?tesc pre?ul dezordinii, aventurii mele existen?iale.“
Schi?e ?i nuvele aproape… futuriste
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Lumin?, ?ncet este o antologie care reune?te cele mai valoroase poeme scrise de Marian Dr?ghici – un poet atipic, greu de integrat ?ntr-o anume genera?ie, de?i, structural, pare s? r?m?n? afiliat unei ontologii postmoderniste. Marian Dr?ghici scrie o poezie cerebral?, fragmentar?, ironic? ?i autoironic?, din care nu lipsesc ?ns? m?rcile unui vizionarism ?bine temperat“. De?i poezia din Lumin?, ?ncet e mai degrab? geometric?, ?n care, totu?i, abund? artele poetice, se poate remarca aici – cum sus?ine ?i criticul literar Dan Cristea – ??mbinarea dintre religia poeziei ?i poezia religiei“.
Acum, c?nd am ucis totul
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Selec?ie de Teodor Dun? ?O parte a criticii a socotit c? Mazilescu este un ?poet de limbaj?, elaborat, rafinat, atras de artificiu, nu cu scopul exacerb?rii retorice a limbajului, ci, din contr?, pentru configurarea unui minimalism poetic, prin distorsiuni sintactice, blancuri, omisiuni, ?ntreruperi etc. ce au rolul de a revela o insolitare suplimentar? a limbajului poetic. Eugen Negrici caracteriza lirica lui Mazilescu prin formula fericit?: ?o stilistic? a eschivei?. Virgil Mazilescu trebuie privit, ?ns?, nu doar ca un poet al limbajului, oric?t de ?ncifrat, ci ?i ca un poet al fiin?ei, cu un discurs liric ce are o miz? clar ontologic?, dispus? chiar ?ntr-un registru neoexpresionist, un discurs ce ?ncorporeaz? ?n sine ‘?marile teme? ale modernit??ii: moartea, nebunia, suferin?a, Poezia cu ?majuscul?? ?i care percepe ?mistica poeziei ca instrument de m?ntuire, gravitatea rostirii? (Mircea C?rt?rescu)’.“ – Iulian Boldea
Scriitorul de vagoane ?i alte povestiri aproape adev?rate
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Camil L. A. Camil este un alt nume. Persoana din spatele lui Camil L. A. Camil nu-?i asum? responsabilitatea celor scrise, de?i voi crede?i c? i-ar apar?ine de drept. ?Probabil”, g?nde?te acea persoan?, poeziile scrise de Camil L. A. Camil sunt retu?uri ?n trans?.” Eu nu sunt la?, dar nu mai ?tiu unde ?i c?nd am scris cele ce urmeaz?! S? fie uitarea singurul meu viciu?
Munca
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O carte pe s?pt?m?n? reprezint? norma decent? pentru un critic de ?nt?mpinare, cu at?t mai mult cu c?t el mai scrie ?i studii sau eseuri, ??i duce copilul la ?coal?, plimb? c?inele pe trasee lungi, dinainte calculate, petrece mult timp printre studen?i la cursuri ?i seminarii, formeaz? oameni tineri ?i ?ncurajeaz? debuturi, fiind prezent c?teva ore zilnic ?i pe Internet, pentru a prelua comenzi de colaborare sau ca s? onoreze unele mai vechi, cu scaden?e ?n general respectate. Cartea de fa?? prezint? jum?tatea pedanta, disciplinat? a celui care a scris, ca un program personal de evaziune, Visul lupului de step?: 52 de texte, dedicate scriitorilor rom?ni, formeaz? aici un ?an ideal“ consacrat literaturii recente, compus din respect pentru munca altora, din admira?ie ?i entuziasm, dar ?i din responsabilitatea critic? a disocierilor lucide, tran?ante, atunci c?nd cazurile o impun. Practic?nd cu pl?cere cronica de ?nt?mpinare de mai bine de 30 de ani, autorul c?r?ii de fa?? ?tie prea bine c? nu laude a?teapt? ?n primul r?nd scriitorul rom?n din partea criticului s?u, ci ?n?elegerea obiectiv? a demersului literar ?i onestitate. ?n consecin??, se prea cuvine ca recenzentul s? r?m?n? un om marginal ?i s? priveasc? vedetele din penumbr?. ?n ultim? instan??, critica de ?nt?mpinare devine stil prin coregrafia subtil? a distan??rilor reciproce: a scriitorului de sine ?nsu?i prin intermediul criticului s?u, ?i a acestuia din urm? de propria sa fixa?ie, prin mijlocirea c?r?ilor mereu noi pe care le cite?te.
Tratamente naturiste ?n serviciul s?n?t??ii
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O edi?ie aniversar?, dedicat? unuia dintre cei mai mari creatori europeni, realizat? cu participarea unor importante personalit??i ale culturii rom?ne (Nicolae Balota, Eugen Simion, Nicolae Manolescu etc.); edi?ie special? ce con?ine o bogat? iconografie. Textele sunt menite s? omagieze o legend? vie a literaturii rom?ne – ctitor, al?turi de Liviu Rebreanu ?i Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu, al romanului modern.
Nietzsche ?i muzica
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De ce fr minotaur Fiindc literatura, din perspectiva mea, este un labirint, iar naintarea n ea, una plin de pericole, topite ns n pura iridiscen. Un labirint, dar unul radios, menit s atrag atenia asupra infinitii de jocuri ascunse n textul literar. Jocuri care te prind (mai bine-zis te seduc), doar ca s te poi elibera, s fii vzut n mijloc, schind un salut triumfator – poate spre nite prieteni nevzui. Cu nimic altceva n jur dect pietre ncinse, ncrustate cu nestemate. Nevoit s mergi mereu nainte, lai averea asta altcuiva, n-o poi lua cu tine – sensul e s iei din labirint cu totul nud (neatins de prejudeci ori de cliee), fr cicatrici literare, literatura s fie pentru tine o poart, nu o temni. Ea poart, ntr-adevr, n sine, aceast imens generozitate. Niciun minotaur care s te sfie, doar picurul de miere al bucuriei lecturii, pe lespezile arse de soare: suntem la amiaz, ateni, vigili (minotaurul ar fi doar creaia noastr). Senzaia de deschidere druit de literatur st deci la originea acestei cri, mai degrab un sinuos autoportret de cititor (nu att narcisiac, ct fidel siei) dect o lucrare sistematic. Un chip caleidoscopic, conturat din capricii reunite, firesc, ca rsplata pentru a fi urmrit cu ncredere traiectoria neregulat a lecturii – sinuozitate nelipsit totui de un sim al unitii, tradus n meditaia continu asupra unor noiuni precum familiaritate i alteritate, a relaiona ori a insolita.“ – Simona Grazia Dima
12 szabály az élethez - ?gy kerüld el a káoszt!
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A ?Védtelen város” elnevezés? irodalmi és fotópályázatot 2015 szeptemberében indította útjára az Underground Kiadó szerkeszt?sége. A beérkezett m?vekb?l állt ?ssze ez a válogatás. Kett?s célunk volt. Egyrészt terepet adni szépíróknak és fotósoknak, hogy végzettségt?l, kortól, minden címkét?l függetlenül, csupán a m?vészetcsinálás ?r?méért alkothassanak. Másrészt olyan tematikát akartunk k?rbejárni, amely sokaknak sokfélét jelent. ?gy teremtettünk meg egy városi kaleidoszkópot, egy életb?l merített, mégis fiktív teret, amely folyamatosan változik – a szemlél?t?l függ?en. /a szerkeszt?: Sós Dóra/
Végtelen nyár
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ADY – Magyar – angol kétnyelv? kiadás – Hungarian-English bilingual edition Kocsi-út az éjszakában Milyen csonka ma a Hold, Az éj milyen sivatag, néma, Milyen szomoru vagyok én ma, Milyen csonka ma a Hold. Minden Egész elt?r?tt, Minden láng csak részekben lobban, Minden szerelem darabokban, Minden Egész elt?r?tt. Fut velem egy rossz szekér, Utána mintha jaj-szó szállna, Félig mély cs?nd és félig lárma, Fut velem egy rossz szekér. Ride in the night How broken’s today the Moon, And how dismal and mute is this night, Today I am how sad and not blithe, How broken’s today the Moon. All the Wholes are broken now, And all the flames flare up in small parts, And all the loves are broken in hearts, All the Wholes are broken now. Bad cart is running with me, As if a cry of pain would there sound, Profound’s the still and partly din’s round, Bad cart is running with me.
Nun?i de vis. Pove?ti adev?rate. Vol. 4
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Йшов четвертий р?к св?тово? в?йни. Втомлений под?ями генерал-лейтенант рос?йсько? ?мператорсько? арм?? Павло Петрович Скоропадський, нащадок старовинно? старшинсько? фам?л??, ще не знав, що стане гетьманом незалежно? Укра?нсько? Держави. Епоха зм?н, яку самовбивчо наближали революц?онери вс?х мастей, перетворилася на апокал?псис, в?йну вс?х проти вс?х, але Скоропадському стало духу взяти на себе невдячну ношу державного буд?вництва. Спроба зак?нчилася ц?лковитим ? оч?куваним провалом, але окрем? починання гетьмана дотривали до наших дн?в: саме йому Укра?на завдячу?, наприклад, Академ??ю наук. У цих пронизливих спогадах постають буремн? роки революц?? ? громадянсько? в?йни та особиста драма Скоропадського, який за влучними словами Вячеслава Липинського, став укра?нцем, т?льки переставши бути гетьманом. Але, на жаль, було вже п?зно: Укра?ну охопив червоний морок з п?вноч?. Коментар? до видання п?дготували Георг?й Потульницький, Владлена Мара?ва. П?слямова — Ярослава Пеленського, ?горя Гирича та Георг?я Папак?на.
Gleichschaltung. Authoritarian Consolidation in Ukraine 2010–2012
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Segundo Eduardo Coutinho, a obra trata de um texto bastante atual, que aborda a cr?nica em vários de seus aspectos, no período que se estende desde a primeira metade do século XX ao início do século XXI, deixando claro que o gênero continua vivo e em plena efervescência no momento presente. Além disso, inclui uma bibliografia relevante e bastante atualizada sobre o assunto e uma rela??o bastante completa de livros de cr?nicas publicados no período de 1936 até o presente.
Democracy in America: Book Two
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The girl had been an orphan from childhood, and Rowland Trowbridge had been almost as a father to her. Avice loved him and watched over him as a daughter; at least, that had been the case until lately. A few weeks since, Mr. Trowbridge had succumbed to the rather florid charms of Mrs. Black, his housekeeper, and told Avice he would marry her in a month. Though greatly surprised and not greatly pleased, Avice had accepted the situation and treated the housekeeper with the same pleasant courtesy she had always shown her. The two “got along” as the phrase is, though their natures were not in many ways congenial. Avice remained at the window till she saw at last Leslie Hoyt’s tall form approaching. She ran to open the door herself. “Oh, Judge Hoyt,” she cried, “Uncle hasn’t come yet! There must be something wrong! What can we do” THE MARK OF CAINBY CAROLYN WELLS AUTHOR OF “A CHAIN OF EVIDENCE,” “THE GOLD BAG,” “THE WHITE ALLEY,” ETC.WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY GAYLE HOSKINS
The Alchemist
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Of all the myths which have come down to us from the East, and of all the creations of Western fancy and belief, the Personality of Evil has had the strongest attraction for the mind of man. The Devil is the greatest enigma that has ever con-fronted the human intelligence. So large a place has Satan taken in our imagination, and we might also say in our heart, that his expulsion therefrom, no matter what philosophy may teach us, must for ever remain an impossibility. As a character in imagi-native literature Lucifer has not his equal in heaven above or on the earth beneath. In contrast to the idea of Good, which is the more exalted in proportion to its freedom from anthropomor-phism, the idea of Evil owes to the presence of this element its chief value as a poetic theme. The discrowned archangel may have been inferior to St. Michael in military tactics, but he cer-tainly is his superior in matters literary. The fair angels—all frankness and goodness—are beyond our comprehension, but the fallen angels, with all their faults and sufferings, are kin to us. There is a legend that the Devil has always had literary aspi-rations. The German theosophist Jacob B?hme relates that when Satan was asked to explain the cause of God’s enmity to him and his consequent downfall, he replied: “I wanted to be an author.” Whether or not the Devil has ever written anything over his own signature, he has certainly helped others compose their greatest works. It is a significant fact that the greatest im-aginations have discerned an attraction in Diabolus. What would the world’s literature be if from it we eliminated Dante’s Divine Comedy, Calderón’s Marvellous Magician, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Goethe’s Faust, Byron’s Cain, Vigny’s Eloa, and Lermon-tov’s Demon? Sorry indeed would have been the plight of litera-ture without a judicious admixture of the Diabolical. Without the Devil there would simply be no literature, because without his intervention there would be no plot, and without a plot the story of the world would lose its interest. Even now, when the belief in the Devil has gone out of fashion, and when the very mention of his name, far from causing men to cross themselves, brings a smile to their faces, Satan has continued to be a puissant personage in the realm of letters. As a matter of fact, Beelzebub has perhaps received his greatest elaboration at the hands of writers who believed in him just as little as Shake-speare did in the ghost of Hamlet’s father.
Goethe Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 350+ Works
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Goethe Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Goethe collection, including the most complete set of Goethe’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and politician. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of meters and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs His work Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship has been called one of the four greatest novels ever written The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Goethe’s work, All his legendary plays, All his poetry, All his famous works and All his rarities, plus an auto biography written by Goethe himself. Plus Extra Bonus Material. Works Included: Poems?Including: The Misanthrope With A Golden Necklace Alexis And Dora Epigrams Sonnets Plays?Including: Faust - A Tragedy The Sorrows Of Young Werther Reynard The Fox The Fairy Tale Of The Green Snake And The Beautiful Lily Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship Your Free Special Bonuses The Life Of Goethe - a fascinating and intriguing look into the life of Goethe. Autobiography Truth And Fiction Relating To My Life - an autobiography by Goethe himself Conversations Of Goethe Letters From Switzerland Letters From Italy Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Goethe you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before!
Percy Bysshe Shelley Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
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Percy Bysshe Shelley Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Shelley collection, including the most complete set of Shelley’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets. He was a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron and Shelley’s own second wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a radical in his poetry, as well as in his political and social views, and is regarded by some as among the finest and most influential lyric poets in the English language The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Shelley’s work, with more than 150 works - All his poems, All poetry, All posthumous works, All Letters from his trips, All his Prose and Non-Fiction Works. Plus a full length biography, with Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poetry: All Poems, early works and collections from 1810 through later works of 1822 Posthumously Published Poems Fragments and Incomplete Poems All Short and Long Poems, including: The Devil’s Walk Hymn to Intellectual Beauty Ozymandias Love’s Philosophy Prometheus Unbound Epipsychidion Plays: The Cenci Hellas Books: Zastrozzi St. Irvyne Non Fiction: All Prose and Writings, Including: On Love On Life On Metaphysics Letters And Journals: All Letters and Journals from: History of a Six Weeks’ Tour Letters from Italy Your Free Special Bonuses Life Of Shelley?- A biography of Shelley’s intriguing life. Shelley At Oxford?– the story of Shelley and his time at Oxford, written by Shelley’s close friend, Thomas Jefferson Hogg. Adonais?– an analysis of Adonais, the mesmerizing poem that Shelley wrote for John Keats. Notes And Annotations from Mary Shelley?– Throughout the collection (and collected by themselves as a stand-alone chapter) you will find interesting and unique notes from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s wife and closest companion, Mary Shelley, concerning Shelley’s poems and writing. Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Shelley collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before!
Code Red: The President Will Die
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Political Thriller about the people of Syria and their fight against their government and ISIS, and how one man went to extreme measures to get America’s help to give the power back to the people of Syria.
Pot of Caviare - You see, but you do not observe.
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If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and his poems, his historical novels, his plays, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also an exceptional writer of short stories of the horrific and macabre. Something very different from what you might expect. Born in Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 at 11 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. From 1876 - 1881 he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh following which he was employed as a doctor on the Greenland whaler Hope of Peterhead in 1880 and, after his graduation, as a ship's surgeon on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast in 1881. Arriving in Portsmouth in June of that year with less than GBP10 (GBP700 today) to his name, he set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove, Southsea. The practice was initially not very successful. While waiting for patients, Conan Doyle again began writing stories and composed his first novel The Mystery of Cloomber. Although he continued to study and practice medicine his career was now firmly set as a writer. And thereafter great works continued to pour out of him.
Red Room - There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.
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Johan August Strindberg was born on January 22nd 1849 in Stockholm in Sweden. It was only at the age of 32 that Strindberg managed to break through as a playwright with 'Master Olef'. Of course with a predecessor as famous as Henrik Ibsen overshadowing everything it was difficult, perhaps, to make headway. However Stringberg took to the task, exploring a wide range of styles, experimenting at every opportunity and with The Red Room wrote what is lauded as the first modern Swedish novel. His career spanned some 60 plays and another 30 novels and associated texts. Whilst he was prolific writer he was also something of a polymath, a telegrapher, theosophist, painter, photographer and alchemist. Much of the 1890's was spent abroad but several psychotic attacks between 1894 to 1896 (referred to as his "e;Inferno crisis"e;) led to his hospitalisation and return to Sweden. His works continued to expand and reshape the boundaries of theatre and many are considered classics and deservedly so. Strindberg became ill with pneumonia during Christmas 1911 and never recovered completely. On April 9th 1912 he at last premiered in New York at the Berkeley Theatre with 'The Father'. He died on 14 May 1912 at the age of 63. Strindberg was interred in the Norra begravningsplatsen in Stockholm.
Spanish Friar - or, The Double Discovery
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John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644 he was sent to Westminster School as a King's Scholar. Dryden obtained his BA in 1654, graduating top of the list for Trinity College, Cambridge that year. Returning to London during The Protectorate, Dryden now obtained work with Cromwell's Secretary of State, John Thurloe. At Cromwell's funeral on 23 November 1658 Dryden was in the company of the Puritan poets John Milton and Andrew Marvell. The setting was to be a sea change in English history. From Republic to Monarchy and from one set of lauded poets to what would soon become the Age of Dryden. The start began later that year when Dryden published the first of his great poems, Heroic Stanzas (1658), a eulogy on Cromwell's death. With the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 Dryden celebrated in verse with Astraea Redux, an authentic royalist panegyric. With the re-opening of the theatres after the Puritan ban, Dryden began to also write plays. His first play, The Wild Gallant, appeared in 1663 but was not successful. From 1668 on he was contracted to produce three plays a year for the King's Company, in which he became a shareholder. During the 1660s and '70s, theatrical writing was his main source of income. In 1667, he published Annus Mirabilis, a lengthy historical poem which described the English defeat of the Dutch naval fleet and the Great Fire of London in 1666. It established him as the pre-eminent poet of his generation, and was crucial in his attaining the posts of Poet Laureate (1668) and then historiographer royal (1670). This was truly the Age of Dryden, he was the foremost English Literary figure in Poetry, Plays, translations and other forms. In 1694 he began work on what would be his most ambitious and defining work as translator, The Works of Virgil (1697), which was published by subscription. It was a national event. John Dryden died on May 12th, 1700, and was initially buried in St. Anne's cemetery in Soho, before being exhumed and reburied in Westminster Abbey ten days later.
