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Astrophil and Stella (Version 2)

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Astrophil and Stella is a sequence of sonnets and songs written by Sir Philip Sidney, the Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means “star-lover”) for his beloved Stella (whose name means “star”). The first of the famous English sonnet sequences, Astrophel and Stella influenced later writers like Edmund Spenser and William Shakespeare. In it, Sidney partially nativised the key features of his Italian model, Petrarch, which served to free the English sonnet from the strict rhyming requirements of the Italian form. – Summary by Alan Mapstone [chương_files]

Brook – Break, Break, Break – Sweet and Low – and The Eagle

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This is Tennyson at his best. This is Tennyson, the master poet at his most descriptive, his most insightful, his most enlightening. This set of four poems has been carefully selected to depict life and life journeys – journeys that encompass timelessness and tragedy, fragility and hope – in ways that illuminate the constant cloud of wonder surrounding the ephemeral quality of existence. These are four magnificent poems that speak of life, its tragedies, its loneliness, its dangers and its brevity in a superb juxtaposition with the enduring and unchanging character of the natural world. This unchanging character is illustrated by the endlessness of the flowing water of a brook, the ability of the “Wind of the western sea” to unite a family, or indeed the solace of callous indifference the sea can provide to someone experiencing a tragedy. These are poems that depict relationships between mankind and the natural world in contrast but also in a marked and intricate interdependency. The essential theme of this collection – the permanence of nature over the transience of mankind’s corporeal reality – is best summarized by Tennyson’s memorable lines from “The Brook”: “For men may come and men may go / But I go on for ever.” – Summary by Bruce Kachuk [chương_files]

Poems of Schiller – 1st Period

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Poems by the German Classical poet Friedrich von Schiller from his first period (until 1785) in English translations by Edgar A. Bowring et al, including a verse drama of the Classical story of Semele and Zeus. – Summary by Alan Mapstone Cast list for “Semele”: Juno: Krista Zaleski Semele, Princess of Thebes: Jenn Broda Zeus: Larry Wilson Mercury: Sonia Stage Directions: Alan Mapstone [chương_files]

Раковина (The Conch)

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«Раковина» – главный сборник стихотворений Георгия Шенгели, демонстрирующий отточенную технику и литературную эрудицию. С середины 1930-х годов Шенгели оригинальных стихов практически не публиковал, но занимался переводческой и организаторской деятельностью, стиховедением. В 1933-41 гг. работал редактором в Гослитиздате, где давал работу поэтам, лишённым возможности публиковаться и вынужденным «кормиться» переводами. “The Conch” is the main collection of Shengeli’s poetry; it demonstrates fine technique and erudition. In the mid-1930s Shengeli stopped writing poetry and turned to translations and theory of poetics. In 1933-41 he worked as an editor at the State Publishing House and provided translation opportunities to the Soviet poets who were denied other means of literary livelihood. (Summary by Mark Chulsky) [chương_files]

Лампада

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“The Lantern” is one of the earlier books of poetry by Georgy Ivanov (1894 – 1958), a leading poet and essayist of the Russian emigration. (Mark Chulsky) Георгий Иванов (1894-1958), многосторонний русский литератор, oдин из крупнейших поэтов русской эмиграции. “Лампада” считается четвертым сборником его стихов. [chương_files]

Стихотворения П. Верлена в переводе В. Брюсова

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The original book includes a selection of poems from several books, a critical/bio essay, and a bibliography. Only the poems are narrated for this audio version. В книге напечатаны переводы избранных стихов из дюжины книг Верлена, критико-биографический очерк и библиография. Только стихи включены в эту аудио версию. (Mark Chulsky) [chương_files]

Сочинения

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Собрание стихов, прозы, и очерков одного из самых ярких, загадочных и недооцененных поэтов в русской литературе. Незаслуженно забытый после смерти, начиная с конца ХХ века поэт переживает второе рождение, в частности благодаря усилиям Иосифа Бродского и Александра Кушнера. В приложении содержится биографический очерк Модеста Гофмана. Writings Collection of poetry and prose. Baratynsky was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Anna Akhmatova and Joseph Brodsky as a supreme poet of thought. A biographical essay by Modest Hoffman is included in the Appendix. (Wikipedia and M.Chulsky) [chương_files]

Владислав Ходасевич, Стихи и Переводы

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Владислав Ходасевич (1886 – 1939) — русский поэт, критик, мемуарист и историк литературы, пушкинист. Отец поэта был из польских дворян, мать из крещеной еврейской семьи. Отсюда его интерес как к русской, так и к еврейской литературе. Эта аудиокнига представляет как оригинальные стихи Ходасевича (книга стихов 1920—1922 гг. “Тяжелая лира”), так и переводы с иврита. Vladislav Khodasevich (1886 – 1939) was a Russian poet and literary critic. His father was a Polish nobleman, and his mother was of Jewish descent whose family had converted to Christianity and gave her a Catholic upbringing. This audiobook presents both Khodasevich’s original poetry (A Hefty Lyre collection) and translations from Hebrew poets. (Summary by Mark Chulsky) [chương_files]

Прозрачность (Transparency)

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…трудно найти во всей современной русской литературе книгу менее понятную… (из предисловия к одному из изданий). Экспериментальная, изобилующая аллитерациями и аллюзиями, эта книга стихов составила идеальный баланс трудностей и удовольствия для чтеца. One of the early poetry collections of a key figure of Russian symbolism. (Summary by Mark Chulsky) [chương_files]

Перед закатом / Before the Sunset

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Mirra Lokhvitsky was a Russian poet who rose to fame in the late 1890s, her books of poetry received the prestigious Pushkin Prize. Due to the erotic sensuality of her works, Lokhvitsky was regarded as the “Russian Sappho” by her contemporaries. Forgotten in the Soviet times, in the late 20th century her legacy was reassessed, and she came to be regarded as one of the most original and influential voices of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. К концу 1890-х годов достигшая творческого пика и массового признания, вскоре после смерти Лохвицкая была практически забыта. В конце ХХ века интерес к творчеству поэтессы возродился; некоторые исследователи считают её основоположницей русской «женской поэзии», открывшей путь Ахматовой и Цветаевой. Сборник был издан родственниками поэтессы в дополнение к прижизненному собранию сочинений (Wikipedia, Mark Chulsky) [chương_files]