Results for "sonnette" in World Literature

The complete sonnets performed by the quintessential Shakespearian actor, Sir John Gielgud...

These crisply narrated sonnets are the best way to enjoy the work of John Keats. This collection contains nearly ever poem by Keats. Poems are meant to be enjoyed through audio. Whether you're a student or a fan of Keats, please enjoy!  

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites Shakespeare's "Sonnet 17".

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites "Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites William Shakespeare's Sonnet 1.

Award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti recites Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 12".

The love affair between Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Robert Browning is one of the most famous in literature. It begins in 1844 with Elizabeth Barrett, closeted in her room for five years through ill health and forbidden from marrying by her nonconformist father, publishing the most recent of her highly successful literary works, a collection of poetry. The poems prompt a letter from Robert Browning in praise of her work, which so touches her that she agrees to let him into her voluntary seclusion.

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), known in the English-speaking world simply as Petrarch, was a 14th-century Italian scholar and poet who was one of the first to use Italian as a literary language. One of his close friends was Boccaccio, who was also a pioneer in literary composition in Italian. Although Petrarch was a notable Latin scholar, and most of his works were written in that language, today he is most famous for his many sonnets in Italian, which frequently feature the superior charms of his innamorata, Laura.

This collection includes 50 of the most beautiful love sonnets in the Elizabethan (Shakespearean) structure of iambic pentameter. These sonnets explore practically every conceivable aspect of love. The poems delicately lace and entwine within their structure, the profound impact of love on all of us. Though quite sophisticated in language at times, these poems, when heard over again and understood, have the simplicity of a ballad, which elucidates the bright side and dark sides, the happy and sad sides, and the frustrating side of love....

Revised to include excerpts from the author's upcoming book Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa, this newly released edition includes the author's first sonnet. The sonnets and prose from the author's newest work were written in Italy and the US in the spring of 2012.