Yet each man kills the thing he loves By each let this be heard Some do it with a bitter look Some with a flattering word The coward does it with a kiss The brave man with a sword! A powerful poem of universal guilt & a protest against capital punishment The Ballad of Reading Gaol is Wildes best-known poem yet it is quite unlike the rest of his poetry. At Oxford Wilde discarded the passion & politics of his mothers Irish nationalistic anti-famine poetry & opted to follow an English Romantic tradition paying tribute to Keats Swinburne & the Pre-Raphaelites. Admiration of French masters gradually led to his writing Impressionist even decadent poems & his collection Poems (1881) brought accusations of obscenity & plagiarism as well as scathing reviews. Unabashed Wilde revised & reprinted his final Authors Edition in 1892 by which time he was the successful author of fiction criticism & Lady Windermeres Fan. This volume follows as closely as possible the chronological order of composition highlighting autobiographical elements including the young Wildes conflicting attitudes to Greece & Rome pagan & Christian & his fluctuating attraction to Roman Catholicism. The Appendix shows Wildes original ordering constructed with great care around a musical arrangement of themes. The poems reveal unexpected aspects of a literary chameleon usually identified with sparkling wit & social comedy. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Pompeii is the best known & probably the most important archaeological site in the world. This book now available in paperback is the most up-to-date authoritative & comprehensive account for the general reader of its rise splendour & fall. The drama of Pompeii's end has been handed down by Roman writers its paintings & mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery & its houses & public buildings still present a vivid picture of life disaster & death in a Roman town. ...

This definitive guide takes you through all the processes from clay to kiln: from designing your own pieces to making decorating & firing them. The book is clearly laid out & packed with factual information that creative ceramists will want to have to hand including descriptions of the very latest materials & instructions on how to use them effectively in your work. Step-by-step instructions for traditional methods & new products such as paper-clay & print-on-clay are combined with examples of work by some of the worlds top ceramicists & details of how they achieve their results. ...

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This accessible book explains clearly how to assess your current level of fitness & how & why you should set goals that will help you get the most from your workouts. The main part of the book focuses on how to improve the strength & efficiency of your heart & lungs through all the most popular exercises sports & pastimes. Then learn how to strengthen your body & develop the core muscle groups with the best & most effective resistance training exercises. The book goes on to show you how to maintain flexibility & avoid injury as well as how best to fuel your body through the right nutrition. Lastly the book brings together all this valuable information into personal training plans. ...

Beyond his perfect expression of Russian mood Pushkins universality of vision has made him a permanent place in the history of world literature. Gillon Aitkens distinguished translation is the only volume that contains all his prose fiction including some tales which remained unfinished when Pushkin was tragically killed in a duel at the age of thirty-seven. ...

Two Case Histories: Little Hans & the Rat Man (1909). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud in English.
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The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901). This collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud in English. Covers: Forgetting. Slips of the Tongue. Bungled Actions. Superstitions. Errors. ...

The Ego & the Id & Other Works (1923
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