The Owl and the Nightingale
Author | : Nicholas de Guildford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nicholas de Guildford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Simon Armitage |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2021-10-05 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 0571357318 |
Following his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another jewel of Middle English verse. In his highly engaging version, Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fierce verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and ridiculous. The disputed issues still resonate - concerning identity, cultural habits, class distinctions and the right to be heard. Excerpts were featured in the BBC Radio 4 podcast, The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed. Including the lively illustrations of Clive Hicks-Jenkins, this is a book for the whole household to read and enjoy.
Author | : Brian Stone |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : English poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Neil Cartlidge |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the first and greatest long comic poems in the English language and one of the best-known and most accomplished of all medieval literary texts. By turns both gleefully trivial and allusively serious, it has been described by literary critics as a "most miraculous piece of writing", "a marvel of literary art" and "a truly amazing phenomenon". There is no other edition currently in print and this is the first new English edition of the poem since 1960.The book contains a lively parallel-text translation in modern English, as well as a glossary, notes and Introduction. The edition has involved a complete reconsideration of the poem's complex textual history, its linguistic provenance and the practices of its scribes, as well as its possible sources.
Author | : Nicholas de Guildford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Christopher Page |
Publisher | : Orion |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sam Lee |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2021-03-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1473577411 |
'Wondering and wonderful. The nature book of the year.' JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL 'This lovely book is almost as thrilling as the bird's immortal song - balm for a troubled soul and a glimpse of paradise.' JOANNA LUMLEY ______________________________ Come to the forest, sit by the fireside and listen to intoxicating song, as Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale. Every year, as darkness falls upon woodlands, the nightingale heralds the arrival of Spring. Throughout history, its sweet song has inspired musicians, writers and artists around the world, from Germany, France and Italy to Greece, Ukraine and Korea. Here, passionate conservationist, renowned musician and folk expert Sam Lee tells the story of the nightingale. This book reveals in beautiful detail the bird's song, habitat, characteristics and migration patterns, as well as the environmental issues that threaten its livelihood. From Greek mythology to John Keats, to Persian poetry and 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', Lee delves into the various ways we have celebrated the nightingale through traditions, folklore, music, literature, from ancient history to the present day. The Nightingale is a unique and lyrical portrait of a famed yet elusive songbird. ______________________________ 'Sam Lee has brought the poetic magic that has long enchanted so many of his musical fans into the written word. Allow yourself to glimpse the world Sam sees, to be part of his love affair with the nightingale, and you will no doubt be delighted.' LILY COLE 'A wonderful book.' STEPHEN MOSS 'A magical marriage of the lyrical and practical: a book that makes us want to seek out the nightingale and then reveals how we can.' TRISTAN GOOLEY
Author | : Lucy Strange |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017-10-31 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1338157493 |
A beautifully tangled story of friendship, fairy tales, and family secrets. For those who loved Pax and The War That Saved My Life. A Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2017 An Amazon Best Book of 2017 A 2018 Bank Street College Best Book of the Year A Telegraph Top 50 Book of the Year Everyone is too busy to pay attention to Henrietta and the things she sees -- or thinks she sees -- in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is busy taking care of her younger sister. All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden. One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale Wood. What she finds there will change her whole world...
Author | : Nicholas de Guildford |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9780719005138 |
Author | : Kathryn Hume |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Birds in literature |
ISBN | : 9781487599737 |
The Owl and the Nightingale is clearly one of the few major Middle English poems. Kathryn Hume's purpose in writing this book is to offer a new account of the poem, one based on a systematic attempt to assess the validity and usefulness of various possible approaches to the work.