Literary Collections : Essays

Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends’ advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent, which was that of a poet-philosopher, in prose and verse.Carl Bode brings together the best of Thoreau’s works in The Portable Thoreau, a comprehensive collection of the writings of a unique and profoundly influential American thinker. The complete texts of Thoreau’s classic works Walden and “Civil Disobedience,” as well as selections from The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, the Journal, and eighteen poems are included. Bode’s introduction rounds out this compact volume, offering a thorough and informative analysis of Thoreau and the forces that shaped his life and writing.“This compact book, containing infinite riches in a little room, is a simple setting for sound sense, nugget-like thought, the refined essences of a point of view”— St. Louis Post-Dispatch more...

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A Room of One´s Own is a curious essay. Presented originally as two speeches to the Arts Society at Newham in 1928, the work is remarkable for its distinctive tone, for Woolf´s witty and deceptively casual style, and for her decision to largely eschew abstract arguments in favor of narrative, anecdote and the guidance of a strong, abiding first person narrator. She also, refreshingly, avoids doctrine and bombast, instead infusing her arguments with subtlety, curiosity and open-minded speculation. more...

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This is an electronic edition of the complete essays complemented by author biography. Table of Contents. Homer and Classical Philology (1869). Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music (1872). On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense (1873). We Philologists (1874). Human All-Too-Human, A Book For Free Spirits (1878-79). Thus Spake Zarathustra (1885). Beyond Good and Evil, Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (1886). The Antichrist: Curse on Christianity (1888). The Case of Wagner, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms (1888). Twilight of the Idols, or How to Philosophize with a Hammer (1888). Untimely Meditations or; Thoughts out of Season:. - David Strauss: The Confessor and the Writer (1873). - On the Use and Abuse of History for Life (1874). - Schopenhauer As Educator (1874). - Richard Wagner in Bayreuth (1876). Appendix:. Friedrich W. Nietzsche Biography. List of Works in Alphabetical Order. Setup and Navigation. About. . more...

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Works of Oscar Wilde (80+ works): The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, Lady Windermere''s Fan, Salome & more. Table of Contents. Fiction / Novel:. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Plays:. The Duchess of Padua. A Florentine Tragedy. An Ideal Husband. The Importance of Being Earnest. Lady Windermere''s Fan. Salomé illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Vera; or, The Nihilists. A Woman of No Importance. Short Stories:. The Canterville Ghost. The Devoted Friend. The Happy Prince. A House of Pomegranates. Lord Arthur Savile''s Crime. The Model Millionaire. The Nightingale and the Rose. The Portrait of Mr. W. H. The Remarkable Rocket. The Selfish Giant. The Sphinx without a Secret. Poetry:. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Ravenna. Selected Poems & Sonnets (50 poems). The Sphinx. Essays:. Art and the Handicraftman. De Profundis. The English Renaissance of Art. House Decoration. Intentions. Lecture to Art Students. London Models. The Rise of Historical Criticism. Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde. Shorter Prose Pieces. The Soul of Man Under Socialism. Poems in Prose. more...

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American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in January to June 1842. He traveled mainly on the east coast and Great Lakes area of both the United States and Canada, primarily by steamship, but also by rail and coach. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if returning a status report on their progress. This can be compared to the style of his Pictures from Italy written four years later where he wrote far more like a tourist. His American journey was also an inspiration for his novel Martin Chuzzlewit. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Intuitive navigation. . Text annotation and mark-up. . more...

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