The Poetry of August: A Month in Verse
By William Wordsworth , Algernon Charles Swinburne , Henry Alford , and Thomas Hardy
Read by Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe
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ISBN: 9781780002071
August, the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, displays the full palette of nature gloriously. Our poets, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Alford, Riley, and Hardy describe and reveal their thoughts on the month and notable dates within it. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.
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Summary
Summary
August, the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, displays the full palette of nature gloriously. Our poets, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Alford, Riley, and Hardy describe and reveal their thoughts on the month and notable dates within it. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.
Author
Author Bio: William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was an influential English poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age of English literature with the 1798 joint publication of Lyrical Ballads. He was Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.
Author Bio: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in every year from 1903 to 1907 and again in 1909.
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Author Bio: Henry Alford
Henry Alford is the author of several acclaimed works of investigative humor, including How To Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth); Big Kiss: One Actor’s Desperate Attempt to Claw His Way to the Top; and Municipal Bondage: One Man’s Anxiety-Producing Adventures in the Big City. He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and Vanity Fair and a staff writer at Spy. He has also written for the New Yorker, GQ, New York, Details, Harper’s Bazaar, Travel & Leisure, the Village Voice, and Paris Review. He lives in Manhattan.
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Author Bio: Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), English poet, dramatist, and novelist, was born on the Egdon Heath in Dorset. He studied in Dorchester and apprenticed to an architect before leaving for London, where he began to write. Unable to find a public for his poetry, which idealized the rural life, he turned to the novel and met with success as well as controversy. The strong public reaction against some of his darker themes turned him back to writing verse. Today several of his novels are considered masterpieces of tragedy.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Poetry |
| Runtime: | 0.72 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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