Zeigt Titel in Antike, Klassik & Mittelalter

A full-cast dramatization of the classic Russian novel. Satan and his retinue, including a seven foot tall skinny fellow with a pince-nez , an obnoxious cigar smoking black cat and a beautiful naked vampire visit Moscow in the 1920s, taking with them chaos and insanity where ever they go.

"Elizabeth I of England is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary Stuart. Wrestling with her own conscience, the queen agonizes over Mary's fate, amidst fears for her own life. Court intrigue has never been more gripping than in this 'acute study in the art of double-dealing politics'.” (The New York Times)

Welcome to Edmund Spenser’s 1590s epic poem, The Faerie Queene. This text-faithful, line-by-line prose rendering transports modern listeners into a vast narrative tapestry. Knights traverse diverse fantastical landscapes including the shadowy depths of an enchanted forest, a treacherous underwater lair, a mysterious subterranean kingdom, and the deadly Bower of Bliss.

Omar Khayyám (1048–1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular.

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This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate his powerful warning, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body."

Walt Whitman said, "...poetry is the voice of the nation, expressing its deepest concerns, ambitions and longings," which is certainly true of the great classic poetry of America. This wide-ranging anthology, from the earliest poets of the 16th century to the present day, reflects the changing preoccupations and visions of Americans, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings, and more.

Thyestes is a tragic rendition of the fraternal civil war within House Atreides. This 1st century A.D. play was written by the Stoic philosopher Seneca and has been translated into readable prose for a 21st century audience.

14 canti scelti a cura di Piero Maccarinelli. Nel 2007 al Foro di Traiano, per dieci serate un manipolo di grandi attori ha dato voce ai più bei canti del poema omerico...

Out of the mixture of Latin and Germanic paganism and the Christianity of the Early Middle Ages has sprung one of the world's supremely great pieces of literature. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, delivered a famous lecture to the British Academy in 1936 in which he maintained that Beowulf was a poem all of a piece, and not (as had been suggested) a jumble of fragments for pedantic scholars to paw over.

Esta obra de García Lorca narra la historia de una boda entre dos familias llenas de desdichas. Todo transcurría según lo planificado hasta que el día de la boda reaparece Leonardo Félix, un joven que nunca pudo olvidar el amor a la novia.Luego de casarse, la novia y Leonardo escapan juntos al bosque siendo perseguidos por el novio y desatando una secuencia de desgracias inesperadas.

"Le bateau ivre" regroupe les poésies de Rimbaud écrits entre 1869 - il est alors âgé de 15 ans - et 1873. Il s'agit de textes en vers, assez courts, que l'auteur a présentés aux éditeurs ou aux écrivains parnassiens.

La comedia narra los divertidos entresijos en la alta burguesía del viejo Londres, y la doble personalidad que el protagonista, Jack Worthing adopta para, por una parte lograr tener la conciencia tranquila en armonía con lo que la sociedad nos dicta, el “ser formales, ser como es debido”, y por otra parte mostrarse como realmente es, con sus instintos, sus bajezas, en definitiva con su cara más natural.

The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and unabridged.

Plutarch’s series of biographies was the first of its kind, as much ground breaking in conception as Herodotus was with his Histories. Plutarch looked at the great men of the Ancient World and told their stories, in many cases drawing on sources no longer available to us. They offer a unique insight into the characters as well as the achievements of men who influenced their age and the empires that their culture dominated. They are as accessible now as they were when they were first written.is the companion volume to Roman Lives.

Eine Pfeife in dem Munde,

Unterm Arm zwei junge Hunde

Trug der alte Kaspar Schlich. –

Rauchen kann er fürchterlich.

Doch, obschon die Pfeife glüht,

Oh, wie kalt ist sein Gemüt! –

»Wozu« - lauten seine Worte –

»Wozu nützt mir diese Sorte?

Macht sie mir vielleicht Pläsier?

Einfach nein! erwidr' ich mir.

Wenn mir aber was nicht lieb,

Weg damit! ist mein Prinzip.«

An dem Teiche steht er still,

Weil er sie ertränken will.

Die Menschheit als Spielball schicksalhafter Kräfte, der einzelne Mensch, der aus Ehrgeiz, Unwissenheit oder Eitelkeit Böses tut, obwohl er es gut meint - das sind die großen Themen der klassischen Dramenkunst. Heute so aktuell wie damals! Mit dabei, ungekürzt gelesen: Aischylos - "Die Perser", Sophokles - "Antigone", Sophokles - "König Ödipus", Euripides - "Medea".

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes.

Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin, better known by his pen-name Molière, was France's greatest satirical dramatist. Such was his influence on the French language that it is often referred to as 'the language of Molière', and he has been dubbed 'the French Shakespeare'. A leading 17th Century comic actor and director, his genius encompassed all aspects of stage comedy, and his plays continue to appeal to audiences today. Included here are six of his masterpieces, as heard on BBC Radio.

Sumérgete en un épico y misterioso viaje a través de los abismos del cosmos y las profundidades del tiempo, mientras exploras la maravilla literaria conocida como la "Teogonía" de Hesíodo. Esta obra maestra de la antigua Grecia despierta los sentidos y enciende la imaginación con su relato fascinante y trascendental sobre el origen de los dioses y el universo mismo.

In diesem Ringelnatz-Hörbuch werden alltägliche Themen und Gegenstände in Lyrik-Form präsentiert. Spaß und Witz stehen gleichberechtigt neben Ernst und Melancholie, aber alles im typisch Ringelnatzischen Gewand sehr bodenständigen und genialen Humors ummantelt. Von Fußball, Klimmzügen, Kniebeugen, Felgeaufschwung, Wettläufen, Bocksprüngen, Barren über Boxen, Schwimmen, Ringen zu Bettlern, Lumpensammlern, Obdachlosen.