Poetry

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour....

This collection of bush ballads, published in 1895, contains some of the most iconic pieces of Australian poetry and has served as the source material for many paintings, films, and stage presentations....

A unique collection of classic poetry beautifully narrated with a musical accompaniment that enhances the power and emotion of the writing....

John Donne, Andrew Marvell, George Herbert, Thomas Carew and Henry Vaughan: these were some of the 17th-century writers who devised a new form of poetry....

The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....

A masterly new recording by Ralph Fiennes. Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T. S. Eliot's career as a poet....

John Donne's works are notable for their realistic and sensual style....

Among the finest poets of ancient Greece was Hesiod, a contemporary of Homer, who lived in the eighth century B.C....

Le "coffret" Arthur Rimbaud regroupe l'intégralité de la poésie de l'auteur, ainsi qu'une sélection de sa correspondance avec ses amis et...

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written....

"Abandon all hope you who enter here." Dante’s Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature....

These lectures are an invaluable resource and a helpful introduction to the grandest adventure story in Western literature....

It is often said that two things are unavoidable: death and taxes.Certainly the latter is a common thorn in adult life, but as to the former it seems that for many people it is merely a hiccup in life’s eternal journey.... 

Visionary author Oriah Mountain Dreamer brings to life the wisdom of her beloved The Invitation, the prose poem which has touched hearts everywhere...

Educated in Lebanon, United States, and France, Gibran was influenced by the European modernists of the late 19th century, but even more by Francis Marrash, who introduced poetic prose and prose poetry in the Arab world....

One of the great innovators in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves of Grass is his masterpiece....

The oldest long poem in Old English, written about AD 1,000, Beowulf tells the story of a great warrior of southern Scandinavia, in both youth and maturity....

With a dynamic spirit, these great English poets made a conscious return to nostalgia and spiritual depth....

The story of the adventures of the mythical hero Gilgamesh is the most considerable literary production that has come down to us from ancient Babylonia. Unfortunately, it was not preserved in complete form. This recording is of the fullest translation which had yet been issued in English....

Insightful and inspiring thoughts on creative expression from a treasured poet in correspondence with a young neophyte. A perfect gift for the writer, artist, or thinker....

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this literature to a wide range of listeners....

Here some of the finest poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), a unique voice in American poetry....

One of the greatest works in literature, Dante's story-poem is an allegory that represents mankind....

One of the great classics of English literature, it tells the story of a hero who wins glory and learns wisdom and is then called upon to face a final test against the monstrous....

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry....