PDF Books in Prose Poetry
The Waste Land
by T. S. EliotThe Waste Land is one of the most important poems of 20th century written by T. S. Eliot, an American essayist, playwright and literary critic whose magnum opus being The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. This long poem is written in five parts, titling it as The Burial of the Dead, A Game of Chess, The Fire Sermon, Death by Water, and What..
Biographia Literaria
by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBiographia Literaria is a prose work written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an English poet and founder of the Romantic Movement in England. Among his many poetic works, notable are The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan and Biographia Literaria. Biographia Literaria was intended to be written by the author as a preface to his poems to justify..
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar WildeWith the possible exceptions of the Greek Anthology, the Golden Treasury and those which bear the name of E. V. Lucas, no selections of poetry or prose have ever given complete satisfaction to anyone except the compiler. But critics derive great satisfaction from pointing out errors of omission and inclusion on the part of the anthologist, and all..
Shorter Prose Pieces
by Oscar WildePure Greek it is, with the grave low forehead, the exquisitely arched brow; the noble chiselling of the mouth, shaped as if it were the mouthpiece of an instrument of music; the supreme and splendid curve of the cheek; the augustly pillared throat which bears it all: it is Greek, because the lines which compose it are so definite and so strong, and..
The Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches
by Herman MelvilleThe Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches were first published by Melville, some in Harper's and some in Putnam's magazines, during the years from 1850 to 1856. "Hawthorne and His Mosses," the only piece of criticism in this collection, is particularly interesting viewed in the light of Melville's friendship with Hawthorne while they were neighbors ..
Three Sunsets and Other Poems
by Lewis CarrollThree Sunsets and Other Poems is a collection of prose written by Lewis Carroll. In the preface of the book the author wrote as belowNearly the whole of this volume is a reprint of the serious portion of Phantasmagoria and other Poems, which was first published in 1869 and has long been out of print. “The Path of Roses” was written soon after ..
A happy New Year, and other verses
by C. E. de la Poer BeresfordA happy New Year, and other verses is a collection of English poems written by C. E. de la Poer Beresford. Some of the works in this collection are At Santa Sophia, ConstantinopleThe Hill CitiesFlorence from San MiniatoThe ThamesIn Te, Domine, speroTo Miss X. de C. on her BirthdayLondonderry City Election, 1885Londonderry City Election, 1..