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Vita Nuova (English and Italian Bilingual Edition)
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La Vita nuova viene considerata la prima opera certa di Dante (1292-93), è composta di rime (25 sonetti, 4 canzoni, 1 ballata, 1 stanza di canzone) e di capitoli in prosa poetica, cui è affidata la duplice funzione di svolgere l’itinerario autobiografico da cui nascono i versi e di commentarli retoricamente.
Al centro della vicenda è l’esperienza d’amore idealizzata del poeta per Beatrice, dai primi incontri con lei si snoda l’intimo memoriale, dapprima profano e “cortese”, poi sempre più agiografico, finché la morte di Beatrice non trasforma l’amore del poeta in mito cristiano, in Amore assoluto e mezzo di elevazione a Cristo.
Please note: This audiobook is in English and Italian.
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Reading is by 13 Consecutive Amateurs
- De Horkstow Grange en 01-16-21
De: St. Augustine
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Letters to a Young Poet
- De: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell - translator
- Narrado por: Stephen Mitchell
- Duración: 1 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers." Rilke's ability to combine the sensual and the spiritual into an inspired vision of the art of living is brought to vivid life in his letters. Through his eyes, the everyday difficulties of love, sex, solitude, sadness, and doubt are seen as the archetypal elements of the drama called life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Priceless Recordings of Intense Feeling
- De David en 10-08-04
De: Rainer Maria Rilke, y otros
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The Greek Way
- De: Edith Hamilton
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 311
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 248
Based on a thorough study of Greek life and civilization, of Greek literature, philosophy, and art, The Greek Way interprets their meaning and brings a realization of the refuge and strength the past can be to us in the troubled present. Miss Hamilton's book must take its place with the few interpretative volumes which are permanently rooted and profoundly alive in our literature.
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3 out of 5 stars
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...Not as Good as The Echo of Greece
- De The Masked Reviewer en 11-04-16
De: Edith Hamilton
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Fear and Trembling
- De: Søren Kierkegaard
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 4 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 318
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 265
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From the perspective of an unbeliever, Fear and Trembling explores the paradox of faith, the nature of Christianity, and the complexity of human emotion. Kierkegaard examines the biblical story of Abraham, who was instructed to sacrifice his son Isaac, and forces us to consider Abraham's state of mind. What drove Abraham, and what made him carry out such an absurd and extreme request from God? Kierkegaard argues that Abraham's agreement to sacrifice Isaac, and his suspension of reason, elevated him to the highest level of faith.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book and Formidable Narration
- De MFC en 03-06-20
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
- De: Edwin Abbott
- Narrado por: Alan Munro
- Duración: 4 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 537
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Abbott used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions, for which the novella is still popular amongst mathematics, physics, and computer science students. Several films have been made from the story, including a feature film in 2007 called Flatland. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by Dudley Moore and a short film with Martin Sheen titled Flatland: The Movie.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Upward, not Northward
- De Darwin8u en 12-10-12
De: Edwin Abbott
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Interior Castle
- De: Teresa of Avila
- Narrado por: Susan Denaker
- Duración: 7 h y 29 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 490
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Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle is one of the most celebrated books ever written by a mystic on abiding in union with Christ. Writing in obedience to the requests of two of her superiors, the humble 16th century Spanish sister protests "...for the love of God, let me get on with my spinning and go to choir...like the other sisters...I am not meant for writing; I have neither the health nor the wits for it."
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4 out of 5 stars
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falling in love with the Divine
- De David S. en 04-10-12
De: Teresa of Avila
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The Merchant of Venice
- Arkangel Shakespeare
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Trevor Peacock, Bill Nighy, Haydn Gwynne, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 16 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 347
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In Shakespeare's most controversial play, the opposing values of justice and mercy must be resolved. Antonio promises money to help his friend Bassanio woo Portia. He borrows the sum needed from the cruel Shylock, but there will be a dreadful penalty if the loan is not repaid. The golden world of Portia's Belmont calls forth some of Shakespeare's most lyrical love poetry. But the dark shadow of Shylock is never far from the heart of this brilliant comedy as it moves toward its courtroom climax.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One Of Shakespeare's Best
- De M. J. Christensen en 06-07-15
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The Western Canon
- The Books and School of the Ages
- De: Harold Bloom
- Narrado por: James Armstrong
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 230
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 133
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 135
Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon. He argues against ideology in literary criticism; he laments the loss of intellectual and aesthetic standards; he deplores multiculturalism, Marxism, feminism, neoconservatism, Afrocentrism, and the New Historicism. Insisting instead upon "the autonomy of aesthetic," Bloom places Shakespeare at the center of the Western Canon.....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A personal and opinionated book on the Canon
- De Steffen en 07-23-12
De: Harold Bloom
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King Lear
- De: William Shakespeare
- Narrado por: Paul Scofield, Alec McCowen, Kenneth Branagh
- Duración: 3 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 109
The tragedy of King Lear receives an outstanding performance in an all-star cast led by Britain’s senior classical actor, Paul Scofield. He is joined by Alec McCowen as Gloucester, Kenneth Branagh as The Fool, Harriet Walter as Gonerill, Sara Kestelman as Regan and Emilia Fox as Cordelia. This is the ninth recording of Shakespeare plays undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press, and is directed by John Tydeman. It was released to mark the 80th birthday of Paul Scofield in January 2002.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This cold night will turn us all to fools & madmen
- De Darwin8u en 11-01-17
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De Profundis
- De: Oscar Wilde
- Narrado por: David McCallion
- Duración: 1 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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At its heart, De Profundis is a love letter and is better known as the De Profundis papers. Written in 1897, while Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Reading Gaol, De Profundis would become one of his best-known works. The papers include Wilde's account of living a lavish lifestyle and his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, both of which he credited for his eventual downfall and imprisonment. The second half of the papers is Wilde's account of prison life and his spiritual awakening.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This Work Really Is Wilde Going Off...
- De James E. Lytle en 05-16-21
De: Oscar Wilde
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The Roman Way
- De: Edith Hamilton
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 6 h y 40 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 146
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Edith Hamilton shows us Rome through the eyes of the Romans. Plautus and Terence, Cicero and Caesar, Catullus, Horace, Virgil, and Augustus come to life in their ambitions, their work, their loves and hates. In them we see reflected a picture of Roman life very different from that fixed in our minds through schoolroom days, and far livelier.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not so bad
- De steve en 04-25-11
De: Edith Hamilton
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Plato's Phaedrus
- De: Plato
- Narrado por: Ray Childs
- Duración: 2 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Phaedrus lures Socrates outside the walls of Athens, where he seldom goes, by promising to share a new work by his friend and mentor, Lysias, a famous writer of speeches. This dialogue provides a powerful example of the dialectical writing that Plato uses to manifest ideas that are essential to human existence and to living a good life. Phaedrus shows how oral and written forms of language relate to each other and to philosophy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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six pages (Hackett Complete Works edition) missing
- De S. Lee en 01-17-19
De: Plato
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The Interior Castle
- De: St. Teresa of Avila
- Narrado por: Andrea Giordani
- Duración: 8 h y 56 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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The Interior Castle, also titled The Mansions, is a classic work of Christian mysticism by St. Teresa of Ávila. Published in 1588, the text serves as a practical guide for those who wish to achieve mystical union with the divine. Teresa viewed the soul as a “castle made of a single diamond”, which contains seven mansions or dwelling places. The concept of the immanence of God - who dwells in the seventh mansion - was central to her spirituality.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De Kindle Customer en 02-21-21
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Aquinas at Prayer
- The Bible, Mysticism and Poetry
- De: Paul Murray OP
- Narrado por: Paul Murray OP
- Duración: 9 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Aquinas at Prayer draws attention to important aspects of Aquinas's life and work which have been all too often overlooked or forgotten. Today Aquinas is almost exclusively regarded as an outstanding scholastic philosopher and theologian. But what is little known is that Aquinas was, first and last, a teacher of the Bible - a Master of the Sacred Page. Moreover there is a distinctly mystical character to his theology. And, as a writer, he was not only a poet but, arguably, the greatest Latin poet of the Middle Ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Veil of is Torn.... he is indeed a Saint
- De Jj en 02-26-15
De: Paul Murray OP
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Nostalgia
- Going Home in a Homeless World
- De: Anthony Esolen
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Alone among the creatures of the world, man suffers a pang both bitter and sweet. It is an ache for the homecoming. The Greeks called it nostalgia. Post-modern man, homeless almost by definition, cannot understand nostalgia. If he is a progressive, dreaming of a utopia to come, he dismisses it contemptuously, eager to bury a past he despises. If he is a reactionary, he sentimentalizes it, dreaming of a lost golden age. In this profound reflection, Anthony Esolen explores the true meaning of nostalgia and its place in the human heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deep and thought provoking.
- De Holly Stockley en 04-24-19
De: Anthony Esolen
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Lear
- The Great Image of Authority
- De: Harold Bloom
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 3 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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King Lear is perhaps the most poignant character in literature. The aged, abused monarch is at once the consummate figure of authority and the classic example of the fall from majesty. He is widely agreed to be William Shakespeare's most moving, tragic hero. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom writes about Lear with wisdom, joy, exuberance, and compassion. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Bloom being Bloom
- De C. Yuen en 10-05-23
De: Harold Bloom