Prometheus
Prometheus

Author: Tony Harrison

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9780571197538

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Harrison uses the Greek myth of Prometheus (who stole fire from the gods to give to man) as his starting point in this verse play, to address man's misuse and abuse of the environment.

Poets Against the War
Poets Against the War

Author: Sam Hamill

Publisher: Nation Books

Published: 2003-05-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9781560255390

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Led by poet Sam Hamill, February 12, 2003 became a day of Poetry Against the War conducted as a reading at the White House gates in addition to over 160 public readings in many different countries and almost all of the 50 states. Since then, over 9,000 poets have joined this grassroots peace movement by submitting poems and statements to www.poetsagainstthewar.org, registering their opposition to the Bush administration's headlong plunge toward war in Iraq. Poets Against the War features a selection of the best poems that were submitted to the website. Contributors include: Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Marilyn Hacker, Grace Schulman, Shirley Kaufman, Wanda Coleman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirshfield, Tess Gallagher, Sandra Cisneros, former Poet Laureate Rita Dove, and many others.

Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound

Author: Aeschylus

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780943742199

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This book includes two works: 1. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, translated by Thomas Medwin & Percy Bysshe Shellsy, and 2. Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Liszt and the Symphonic Poem
Liszt and the Symphonic Poem

Author: Joanne Cormac

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1107181410

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A fresh evaluation of Liszt's symphonic poems, based on contextual, philosophical and musical evidence.

A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology
A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology

Author: Vanda Zajko

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1444339605

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A Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day. Reveals the importance of mythography to the survival, dissemination, and popularization of classical myth from the ancient world to the present day Features chronologically organized essays that address different sets of myths that were important in each historical era, along with their thematic relevance Features chronologically organized essays that address different sets of myths that were important in each historical era, along with their thematic relevance Offers a series of carefully selected in-depth readings, including both popular and less well-known examples