John Milton Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best John Milton collection, including the most complete set of Milton’s works available plus many free bonus materials. John Milton John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. Milton wrote at a time of religious and political upheaval, and his works reflect a passion for freedom, self-determination, and deep personal conviction. He has been called one of the greatest English authors of all time The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Milton’s work, with more than 150 works - All his poems, All poetry, All Letters, All Prose and All Non-Fiction Works. Plus a full length biography and extra Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poetry -?All Poems, Early Works And Collections, Including: Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes All Psalms That Milton Set To Verse All Religious Poetry All Sonnets, Including: On His Blindness On the Late Massacre in Piedmont Methought I Saw my Late Espoused Saint All Tracts, Non Fiction And Writing, Including: Of Prelatical Episcopacy Animadversions The Reason of Church-Government Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce Judgement of Martin Bucer Concerning Divorce Tetrachordon Colasterion Areopagitica The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Eikonoklastes Defensio pro Populo Anglicano – in English Defensio Secunda – in English A Treatise of Civil Power All Letters, Including: Letters Written In The Name Of The Parliament. Letters Written In The Name Of Oliver The Protector. Letters Written In The Name Of Richard, Protector. Your Free Special Bonuses Life Of Milton - A biography of Milton’s intriguing life. Milton – a second biography, written by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh Get This Collection Right Now This is the best John Milton collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before!

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Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass. But it is very deep too. It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go, and many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live. Now don't suppose that there are only bare white sands at the bottom of the sea. No indeed! The most marvelous trees and flowers grow down there, with such pliant stalks and leaves that the least stir in the water makes them move about as though they were alive. All sorts of fish, large and small, dart among the branches, just as birds flit through the trees up here. From the deepest spot in the ocean rises the palace of the sea king. Its walls are made of coral and its high pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells that open and shut with the tide. This is a wonderful sight to see, for every shell holds glistening pearls, any one of which would be the pride of a queen's crown.

Emmanuel Macron, c??tig?torul alegerilor preziden?iale din Fran?a ?i omul nou al politicii europene, ??i spune pentru prima dat? povestea, vorbind despre ideile care ?l inspir?, despre viziunea sa legat? de stat, cet??eni, Uniunea European?, ?ntr-o lume care se confrunt? cu probleme comune – imigra?ia, locurile de munc?, terorismul –, dar pe care trebuie s? le rezolv?m ?mpreun?.?Revolu?ia lui Macron, alternativa electoral? a Fran?ei la na?ionalismul lui Marine Le Pen, a cucerit imediat opinia public? de pe tot continentul european: o provocare deschis? la adresa populi?tilor ?i a acelora care nu mai cred ?n institu?ii, o revolu?ie f?r? promisiuni de?arte, care ar putea schimba pentru totdeauna modul de a face politic? ?n Europa. O carte puternic?, singular?, care pune bazele unei societ??i cu totul noi.?Sunt absolut convins c? secolul XXI, ?n care ?n sf?r?it am intrat, este ?n egal? m?sur? plin de promisiuni ?i de schimb?ri care ne pot face mai ferici?i. ?i asta v? ?i propun.Aceasta va fi lupta noastr? pentru Fran?a ?i nu ?tiu nimic mai frumos de at?t." –?Emmanuel Macron

n noaptea dinaintea zilei n care mplinea 40 de ani, Rich Roll a avut revelaia nspimnttoare a viitorului su. Cntrind cu aproape 25 de kilograme mai mult dect normalul i incapabil s urce cteva scri fr s gfie, a putut s vad care era rezultatul stilului su de via complet sedentar – i ce fel de schimbare trebuie s adopte pentru a obine rezultate reale. Adoptnd o nou rutin care punea pe primul loc nutriia din plante si antrenamentele zilnice, Rich s-a transformat – n doar cteva luni – dintr-un brbat total ieit din form, ntr-o adevrat mainrie“ destinat sportului de anduran. Omul ultra relateaz cltoria remarcabil a lui Rich spre linia de start a competiiei de elit Ultraman, care i supune pe cei mai n form oameni din lume la un calvar de peste 500 de kilometri strbtui not, pe biciclet i n alergare. i, dup acest test, Rich a trecut cu succes de unul chiar mai dificil: EPIC5 – cinci triatloane pe distana folosit la competiia Ironman, fiecare dintre ele pe o insul diferit din arhipelagul Hawaii, toate finalizate n mai puin de o sptmn. Omul ultra este un portret minunat despre ceea ce poate realiza puterea voinei. Ne provoac pe toi s ne gndim din nou la ce suntem capabili s realizm i ne ndeamn, implicit i explicit, s trecem la treab“.

Bu ?yküler okuru yüz y?l ?ncesine ta??yarak toplumun hangi evrilmelerden ge?ti?ine ???k tutuyor. Ayn? zamanda 1953’de ba?lay?p 68’lerde sonu?lanan a?alar?n doymak bilmeyen toprak h?rs? yüzünden y?redeki Elmal? Avlan, S??üt ve G?lhisar G?llerinin kurutulup topra??n?n payla??lmas?ndaki e?itsizlikler ve bu durum kar??s?nda y?re insan?n?n duru?u tüm y?nleriyle ele al?n?rken, güncelli?ini yitirmeyen ?evre y?k?mlar?n? g?zler ?nüne serer. Ayr?ca u?runa türküler yak?lan, ?lümüne ya?anan a?k ?yküleri, yüz y?ld?r susmayan türkülerin ?yküsü Gahbe Gen?lik anlat?l?r. Bu y?nüyle halk ?ykücülü?üne yak?n yal?n bir dil kullan?lm??. Co?rafya insanlar? ?ekillendirirken, insanlar da üzerinde ya?ad??? co?rafyaya anlam kazand?r?r. Toplumlar diliyle, ya?ad?klar?yla co?rafyalar?nda ?nemli izler b?rak?r. Bu y?nüyle istedim ki yazd?klar?m co?rafyan?n bir belle?i olsun. Bu ?yküler okuru yüz y?l ?ncesine ta??yarak toplumun hangi evrilmelerden ge?ti?ine ???k tutuyor. Ayn? zamanda 1953’de ba?lay?p 68’lerde sonu?lanan a?alar?n doymak bilmeyen toprak h?rs? yüzünden y?redeki Elmal? Avdan, S??üt ve G?lhisar G?llerinin kurutulup topra??n?n payla??lmas?ndaki e?itsizlikler ve bu durum kar??s?nda y?re insan?n?n duru?u tüm y?nleriyle ele al?n?rken, güncelli?ini yitirmeyen ?evre y?k?mlar?n? g?zler ?nüne sermeye ?al??t?m. Ayr?ca u?runa türküler yak?lan, ?lümüne ya?anan a?k ?yküleri ve yüz y?ld?r susmayan türkülerin ?ykülerini yazd?m. Bu y?nüyle halk ?ykücülü?üne yak?n yal?n bir dille anlatmaya ?al??t?m. “G?l Hikayeleri / Gahbe Gen?lik” size ge?mi?in izlerinde sessiz, sakin ama derin, bir gezinti yapt?raca??n? dü?ünüyorum. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? HAL?L ERDEM 1961 Dirmil-Burdur do?umlu. Gazi ?niversitesi E?itim Fakültesi S?n?f ??retmenli?ini bitirdi. Türk?e B?lümünde lisans tamamlad?. Kar Ayd?nl??????????? (Roman)?????? Fam Yay?nlar? 2014 Dirmil ?mürcüsü (Roman)?????? Fam Yay?nlar?2006- 2014 Goca Meryem????? (Roman)?????? Fam Yay?nlar? 2014 Tokat?????????????????????? (?ocuk Roman?) Kendi Yay?n? 2013 Teke Y?resi Halk ?nan?lar? (Ara?t?rma - inceleme) Kendi Yay?n? 2008 Karacao?lan Gelene?inde Dirmil Güzellemeleri ve ?yküler (Ara?t?rma inceleme) 2011 Alter Yay. Gece Mavisinde A?k???? (?iir)?????? Kendi Yay?n? 1998 Ve Al???ld? ?lüme?????????? (?iir )????? Temmuz Yay?nlar? 1990 Kardan Adam??????? (?ocuk ?iirleri) Kendi Yay?n? 1998 I??k Avc?lar???????????? (?ocuk ?iirleri) Kendi Yay?n?) 2013 ??pten ??rendi?im Hayat?? ?ocuk Kitab?????????????? 2015 G?l Hikayeleri?????????? (?ykü)???????????????????????????????????? 2015 ? ?iir ve yaz?lar?n? Bah?e, Mavi Umut, Bahar, ?al?, ??retmen Dünyas?, Dirmil, Noktam, Bezuvar, süje, Kar dergilerinde yay?nlad?. Beykonak E?itim ve Kültür Vakf? Yirce ?iir Yar??mas?nda. Ne-Var Yok ?iiriyle Birincilik ald?.(2004) Resim ?al??malar?n? da yürüten Halil ERDEM 3 ki?isel, 25 karma resim sergi etkinli?inde bulundu.

Era t?n?r? pe-atuncea mama,De?i anii erau tri?ti ?i grei?i de-odat? se pornea s? c?nteNi?te c?ntece din satul ei.C?nd o auzeam a?a c?-ncepeMai aproape m? d?deam anume,M? mutam cu sufletul ?n stepe?i tr?iam o vraj? f?r? nume.Mai t?rziu, am ascultat prin ?ar?Voci m?iestre puse-n slujba gamei,?ns? vocea nu m? ?nfioar?Dac? nu se-aseaman? cu-a mamei...Iar acum, eu ?nsumi, prins de treab?,C?ntecul i-l morm?i, pe ascuns.Cei ce-aud se mir? ?i ?ntreab?.Eu doar c?nt. E singurul r?spuns.

Culorile r?scolite ale oceanului, ce se arunc? furibund spre ??rm, nu cu puterea insuportabil? a unei M?ri, ci cu ?nmiita putere a Oceanului Suprem...; valuri translucide sau verzi, ca ?n Aivazovski, care ?i el trebuie s? fi sim?it Oceanul. Un schifist, siluet? neagr?, de-o grafie subtil?, ?nfrunt?nd coamele ?nspumate. Algele sofisticate de pe plaja cu pietri? foarte m?runt ?i viu colorat (?n locul tradi?ionalului nisip), st?ncile negre, vuietul autoritar al Oceanului, cel mai mare ?i puternic din lume. Extaz f?r? seam?n ?i f?r? cuvinte. Lidia c?nt?. Desc?tu?at?, leg?n?nd ?n m?n? o alg? supl?, coco?at? pe-o st?nc?, ?n cel mai v?dit gen romantic, ?n vreme ce ?iruri de valuri se n?pustesc spre ??rm, explod?nd, readun?ndu-se ?n evantaie de spum?. Ileana ?i Jerry se ?ndep?rteaz? c?teva zeci de pa?i, apoi revin, trec pe l?ng? mine, ?n timp ce filmez, vr?jit, hipnotizat. ?not?torul cu schif a ie?it din valuri, ?l percep cu coada ochiului, ??i adun? sc?ndura, ?ncepe s? urce treptele de lemn din buza falezei, cele pe care am cobor?t ?i noi, acum zece minute. Sau c?nd??i totu?i, ce mi se ?nt?mpl? de-am ame?it a?a? Mi?c infinitezimal aparatul, ?i tot ce intr? ?n cadru mi se pare de domeniul miraculosului. Nu vreau s? pierd nimic. Panoramez, trec de st?nci, spre cealalt? parte a plajei, unde se deschide un golfule? ?i unde coamele de valuri se r?stoarn? sacadat. La o mic? distan??, un ?ir de insuli?e negre, ca ni?te piloni lustrui?i, ?nfrunt?nd hula cea mare. Pelicani pe sus, trec?nd ?ntins spre nord. Extaz ?i sf??iere...

De ce o carte despre via?a ?i opera lui Vasile Voiculescu?R?spunsul poate fi complex ?i nuan?at. Pe de o parte, acumularea unei cantit??i mari de contribu?ii biografice ?i critice a impus reevaluarea lor. Pe de alt? parte, chiar varietatea ?i bog??ia informa?iilor pun sub semnul ?ndoielii destule afirma?ii anterioare. Dincolo de aceste motive r?m?ne faptul c? Vasile Voiculescu a fost un erudit cu o g?ndire profund?, un nemuritor. Personalitatea sa multilateral? trebuie rea?ezat? ?n actualitate. Nu din retoric? trufa?? repet?m ?ntrebarea, modific?nd-o pu?in: de ce o monografie Voiculescu ?n epoca demitiz?rilor? ?nainte de a da alte r?spunsuri, m?rturisim c? suntem preocupa?i de felul ?n care va fi receptat?. Probabil c? voiculescologii consacra?i vor fi curio?i s? afle cum ?l prezint? Gheorghe Postelnicu din P?rscov pe Vasile Voiculescu, ilustrul s?u ?nainta? ?i cons?tean. Sper?m s? constate c? nu au ?n fa?? o carte de celebrare, de?i nu am spune adev?rul dac? nu am recunoa?te c? ?n perioada document?rii am fost ?nso?i?i de o sensibilitate admirativ?.

Mergnd pe linia lui Adrian Punescu, autorul volumului abordeaz aceeai atitudine fa de cititorii obinuii ca i marele su nainta. Ioan Popa, membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din Romnia, privete lirica din perspectiva cititorului de rnd. El i exprim sentimentele i ideile n aa fel, nct s fie neles de toat lumea. Abordeaz subiecte din viaa de zi cu zi a fiecruia dintre noi, vorbete de mersul la cumprturi, de evoluiile vieii politice, de divor, beii, scandaluri, aglomeraie urban i cte i mai cte. Adic aduce n poezie situaiile i strile sufleteti crora trebuie s le facem fa zilnic cu toii.Poetul are o solid formaie clasic i, n scrierile sale, apar i referine la antichitate, fie c acestea in de istorie, fie c in de mit. n acest fel, de multe ori elementele efemerului, ale derizoriului, ajung s ating o rezonan universal. ns exprimarea este lipsit de preiozitate, are simplitatea i transparena pe care cititorul nesofisticat de poezie le simte ca fiindu-i familiare.Scriind pentru toi cititorii de poezie, Ioan Popa continu o tradiie romneasc nobil. S amintim numai de mult iubiii notri poei George Cobuc, Ion Minulescu, George Toprceanu, Adrian Punescu. Oricare dintre noi intr uor n rezonan cu poeziile lor i le ptrunde nelesul fr s dispun de o aparatur complicat de receptare i interpretare.Fiind uor de neles, poeziile lui Ioan Popa se citesc cu bucurie i plcere – i cu un zmbet n colul gurii.“ – Vasile Poenaru

“Love thy God, and love Him only,And thy breast will ne’er be lonely.In that One Great Spirit meetAll things mighty, grave, and sweet.Vainly strives the soul to mingleWith a being of our kind;Vainly hearts with hearts are twined:For the deepest still is single.An impalpable resistanceHolds like natures still at distance.Mortal: love that Holy One,Or dwell for aye alone.”De Vere In no province of the vast Roman empire, as it existed in the middle of the third century, did Nature wear a richer or a more joyous garb than she displayed in Proconsular Africa, a territory of which Carthage was the metropolis, and Sicca might be considered the centre. The latter city, which was the seat of a Roman colony, lay upon a precipitous or steep bank, which led up along a chain of hills to a mountainous track in the direction of the north and east. In striking contrast with this wild and barren region was the view presented by the west and south, where for many miles stretched a smiling champaign, exuberantly wooded, and varied with a thousand hues, till it was terminated at length by the successive tiers of the Atlas, and the dim and fantastic forms of the Numidian mountains. The immediate neighbourhood of the city was occupied by gardens, vineyards, corn-fields, and meadows, crossed or encircled here by noble avenues of trees or the re-mains of primeval forests, there by the clustering groves which wealth and luxury had created. This spacious plain, though level when compared with the northern heights by which the city was backed, and the peaks and crags which skirted the southern and western horizon, was discovered, as light and shadow travelled with the sun, to be diversified with hill and dale, upland and hollow; while orange gardens, orchards, olive and palm plantations held their appropriate sites on the slopes or the bottoms. Through the mass of green, which extended still more thickly from the west round to the north, might be seen at intervals two solid causeways tracking their persevering course to the Mediterranean coast, the one to the ancient rival of Rome, the other to Hippo Regius in Numidia. Tourists might have complained of the absence of water from the scene; but the native peasant would have explained to them that the eye alone had reason to be discontented, and that the thick foliage and the uneven surface did but conceal what mother earth with no niggard bounty supplied. The Bagradas, issuing from the spurs of the Atlas, made up in depth what it wanted in breadth of bed, and ploughed the rich and yielding mould with its rapid stream, till, after passing Sicca in its way, it fell into the sea near Carthage. It was but the largest of a multitude of others, most of them tributaries to it, deepening as much as they increased it. While channels had been cut from the larger rills for the irrigation of the open land, brooks, which sprang up in the gravel which lay against the hills, had been artificially banked with cut stones or paved with pebbles; and where neither springs nor rivulets were to be found, wells had been dug, sometimes to the vast depth of as much as 200 fathoms, with such effect that the spurting column of water had in some instances drowned the zealous workmen who had been the first to reach it. And, while such were the resources of less favoured localities or seasons, profuse rains descended over the whole region for one half of the year, and the thick summer dews compensated by night for the daily tribute extorted by an African sun.

A?k?n ve Hayat?n ??inden Damlalarla Merhaba ?? ?A?k?n; hafiften yüre?e dokunu?uyla, i?imizdeki tutkular?n dizginlenemez halde damla damla ak???d?r belki s?zcüklerde canlanan… Belki de sonsuz renk dans?n?n büyüsünde kaybolmakt?r bir anda hissedilen. Yeni bir y?l?n geli?iyle bir ba?ka rüzg?r?n ak???nda kendini bulmakt?r belki de hayal edilen… Bir de bakm??s?n hayaller i?inde hayat yolundaki serüvenin i?inde buluvermi?sin kendini… ?ocuklar?m?z ayr? bir yer tutarken, gidenlerin ac?s? da derin bir iz b?rakarak bizlerin ya?am?nda yerini al?r ya?ad?klar?mla birlikte. ?? K?r?lma noktam?z olur bazen hayat?n i?inden yüre?e dü?en ac? damlalar, bazen de sevgiliye d?nü?en bir ???l?k olur son s?zü vasiyet gibi yaz?lan ya da hayat ?etelesinde dola??rken, ayk?r? dü?üncelerle beyninin sol yan?yla sa? yan? ?at???r bulursun hayat yolunda… Bazen de s?yleyecek s?z bulamazs?n ve sessiz bir ???l?k g?nderirsin annene; ?aresizli?inin i?inde ?are arayarak… ? Hayat?n sorgularla, sevgilerle dolu ge?erken, gün gelir d??a kapal? dü?ünce kap?lar?n? k?rmak istersin. Kirlenmi?liklerle, ya?arken ?ürüyenlerle, kapanmayan yaralarla, maddiyatla maneviyat? yok etmeye ?al??anlarla ya?arken i?inden gelen bir sesle a?k?n ve hayat?n i?inden dü?en damlalar?n harf harf dizili?iyle ?rülü bir anlat? serüvenidir sayfalara yans?yan. ??yle bir an gelir ki seslenirsin; elveda son sayfam?n, son tümcesinin, son noktas?…?

Am adunat n aceast carte momente din viaa public, ncercnd s refac, din ceea ce a selectat memoria, traseul profesional care m-a adus de la catedra de fizic la ipostaza de candidat pentru preedinie. Am inclus n ea i lucruri personale, dar nu am fcut-o neaprat pentru a rspunde curiozitii celorlali. Am recuperat acele ntmplri, ntlniri sau detalii care au spus ceva despre felul n care m-am format, despre valorile pe care le-am preuit. Identitatea mea personal a umplut, prin intermediul faptelor, dar i prin aceste principii n care am crezut, rolul de persoan public pe care l-am ocupat mai bine de paisprezece ani. Momentele n care am descoperit un adevr, intervalele n care am nvat lucruri importante, despre mine sau despre oamenii din jurul meu, i-au adus de fiecare dat ceva i profilului meu public. Tot ceea ce am dobndit i tot ceea ce am neles de-a lungul unei viei cu destul de multe mpliniri a lucrat n sprijinul profesionistului care am vrut s ajung. Viaa mea privat a fost, pentru cei mai muli, invizibil. De fapt, ca orice om, mi-am folosit n public tot ceea ce am descoperit ca fiind valoros n viaa simpl, de zi cu zi: calmul, discreia, nelegerea. Au fost bunuri preioase, pe care am vrut s le protejez ca s le pot cultiva n continuare. Nu cred c, dezvluindu-le sursa, le pun n pericol.“ Klaus Iohannis

According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson."

Conrad's autobiography. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language—a fact that is remarkable, as he did not learn to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a strong Polish accent). He became a naturalized British subject in 1886. Conrad is recognized as a master prose stylist. Some of his works have a strain of romanticism, but more importantly he is recognized as an important forerunner of modernist literature. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Heller, V.S. Naipaul, Italo Calvino and J. M. Coetzee."

According to Wikipedia: "Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels, treatises, a travel narrative, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct book, and a children's book. Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. She suggests that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagines a social order founded on reason."

According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)[1] was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). As a political philosopher, Jefferson was a man of the Enlightenment and knew many intellectual leaders in Britain and France. He idealized the independent yeoman farmer as exemplar of republican virtues, distrusted cities and financiers, and favored states' rights and a strictly limited federal government. Jefferson supported the separation of church and state[2] and was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the co-founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793) and second Vice President (1797–1801). A polymath, Jefferson achieved distinction as, among other things, a horticulturist, statesman, architect, archaeologist, inventor, and founder of the University of Virginia."

Fictionalized history. According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 – 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists and European royalty. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. American author William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature."

Coleridge's literary autobiography. He explains, "...of the objects, which I proposed to myself, it was not the least important to effect, as far as possible, a settlement of the long continued controversy concerning the true nature of poetic diction; and at the same time to define with the utmost impartiality the real poetic character of the poet, by whose writings this controversy was first kindled, and has been since fuelled and fanned." According to Wikipedia: "Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as his major prose work Biographia Literaria.

Collection of autobiographical essays and letters. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language—a fact that is remarkable, as he did not learn to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a strong Polish accent). He became a naturalized British subject in 1886. Conrad is recognized as a master prose stylist. Some of his works have a strain of romanticism, but more importantly he is recognized as an important forerunner of modernist literature. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, D. H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Greene, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Heller, V.S. Naipaul, Italo Calvino and J. M. Coetzee."

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