F. W. Bateson Libri

Testo inglese a fronte La maldicenza è un vizio o un'arte? E' questo il mistero dei protagonisti di questa intricata commedia. Forse il segreto sta nel saper prendere la vita con filosofia e la soluzione a tutti i problemi prima o poi arriverà da sola. Qualcuno imparerà a non fidarsi delle apparenze, qualcun altro che nulla è duraturo come sembra, e qualcun altro ancora capirà di chi si può fidare veramente. Apparsa nel 1777, La scuola della maldicenza segnava l'addio alla più festosa stagione della commedia inglese: le commedie libertine, specchio e gioco della società del secolo illuminato, non reggeranno infatti l'ansia di verità e l'individualismo eroico del romanticismo.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) is celebrated as a major Romantic poet, known for his exceptional lyric poetry. This first volume of a five-volume collection presents all of Shelley’s poems in chronological order, complete with thorough annotations. Each poem includes details about its composition and a fresh examination of relevant manuscript and printed sources to establish an authoritative text. Headnotes and footnotes offer essential personal, literary, historical, and scientific context for a deeper understanding of Shelley’s diverse and allusive verse. This volume features the 'Esdaile' poems, which became publicly accessible in the 1950s, arranged chronologically alongside Shelley’s early works, as well as "Queen Mab," his first major poem, with extensive prose notes. The Alastor volume is contextualized within Shelley’s overall poetic evolution. The recently discovered ‘Scrope Davies’ notebook reveals two unknown sonnets and alternative versions of key poems like ‘Hymn to Intellectual Beauty’ and ‘Mont Blanc,’ enhancing our comprehension of these significant works. This volume corrects long-standing errors and misunderstandings about Shelley’s poetry, providing fresh insights into his literary, philosophical, and political development. The collection represents the most comprehensive edition of Shelley’s poetry available for students and scholars.

These first two volumes in a four-volume edition of Dryden's poems are the result of a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions, and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which survive. Two recently discovered poems are included here for the first time. Headnotes to each poem provide details of the poem's date, publication history, sources and contemporary reception. Detailed explanations are given of the controversies addressed in his political poems, and particular attention is paid to Dryden's translations from classical writers including Virgil, Horace, Ovid and Lucretius.Volume I covers the poems of Dryden from 1649 to 1681.