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Chansons De Bilitis

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Erotica, Poetry
Chapter: 33 | Listen: 1

Les Chansons de Bilitis furent publiées en 1894 : il s’agit d’une collection de poèmes sulfureux et passionnés par une déesse fictive, Bilitis, inventée par le véritable auteur Pierre Louÿs, et dont la vie est retracée dans la préface. Elle aurait vécu sur l’île de Lesbos où elle aurait été rivale de Sappho, puis à Chypre. Pierre Louÿs a poussé le jeu jusqu’à ponctuer ces poèmes érotiques de références pour perturber le lecteur (exemple: “non traduit”). (résumé par Nadine) [chương_files]

Garden of Kama

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Erotica, Lyric, Single Author
Chapter: 84 | Listen: 2

Laurence Hope was the nom de plume of Adela Florence Nicolson, a British poet who wrote verses inspired by India, where she lived. This collection, her first, was originally published in 1901. (summary by Newgatenovelist) [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 188

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Poetry
Chapter: 35 | Listen: 2

This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2019. [chương_files]

Short Poetry Collection 186

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Poetry
Chapter: 34 | Listen:

This is a collection of 34 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2018. [chương_files]

Humorous Poems

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Poetry
Chapter: 145 | Listen: 3

This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundings, and the society in which he lived. In most instances his humor is benevolent, but can turn malicious, for instance where Kentucky and Kentuckians are concerned. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day – April

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Poetry
Chapter: 30 | Listen: 4

There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs’ poems for each day. This project covers the month of April. – Summary [chương_files]

Suffrage Songs and Verses

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Poetry
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, one of the most prominent American suffragists, was not only known as an accomplished author of fiction and non-fiction, but also her poetry remains worth reading until today. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]

Aspects Of Love – An Anthology

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Erotica, Poetry
Chapter: 20 | Listen: 6

Aspects Of Love is an anthology of poetic explorations on the theme of erotic love – though one of the “poets” represented here is better known, even than as a dramatist, as the philosopher, Plato. His Symposium heads off this set of erotic explorations. In The Symposium’s philosophic play, he depicts a scene of men cosing together over dinner, each describing what he finds in his experience of love. I have followed this pattern in the choice of works for this anthology – in a similar manner, each of these works deals in a radically different way with the discovery of love. Whether philandering or married, heterosexual, lesbian or gay, under cover of friendship or as flagrant delight, from Plato through Donne, Whitman, Shakespeare or Sappho. we will not cease from exploration till we reach at last, as The Symposium does, a vision of the union of love as a discovery of the Divine. Surely there must be something here for everyone. – Summary by Tony Addison [chương_files]

28/07/2024

Nature (version 2)

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Essay/Short nonfiction
Chapter: 9 | Listen: 2

First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking why his generation “should not also enjoy an original relation to the universe,” Emerson argues that “Man is a god in ruins” who might yet be redeemed by the renewal of harmony with nature. Encompassing themes that would preoccupy him for years to come, including the repressive force of social routine, the divinity of nature, and the creative potential of the individual, Nature reflected recent developments in European philosophy and literature even as it pushed American artists to break new ground. The book’s initial reception was mixed, but it influenced members of Emerson’s circle, including such luminaries as Henry David Thoreau and Margaret Fuller, and it would go on to inspire the work of writers ranging from Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche to Robert Frost and Ralph Ellison. [chương_files]

Love Songs

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Poetry
Chapter: 100 | Listen: 1

This is a collection of love songs by Canadian-born Floridian Poet Laureate George Graham Currie. As poetry is the key to the hearts of many people, all listeners are well-advised to pay special attention to these collected poems. – Summary by Carolin [chương_files]