Книга "A Reading of Life, with Other Poems" - сборник стихотворений, написанных американским писателем Георгом Мередитом. Она включает в себя более 150 стихов, охватывающих широкий диапазон тем, от романтики и любви до философии и социальной критики. Мередит использовал разнообразные поэтические формы, такие как сонеты и элегии, чтобы выразить свои мысли и чувства. Книга была опубликована в 1901 году и получила высокую оценку критиков своего времени за ее эмоциональную силу и мастерство поэтического ремесла.
Book Info: A Reading of Life by George Meredith
A Reading of Life is a collection of poetry written by the English novelist, essayist, and long-serving Member of Parliament for Tasmania, George Meredith. The book contains 62 poems and centred on themes of love, heartbreak, disillusionment, nostalgia, death, spiritual awareness, and existential questioning. The poems are in various forms and lengths, but each one possesses a distinct tone and message that brings beauty and eloquence into the reader's experience.
One of the most striking features of this collection is the way Meredith explores themes of death and violence. These include poems such as "An Elegy for Glowworms" and "The Wave," which blend philosophical musings with elegiac imagery and even some violence in them, though the texts are loaded with symbolism and allegory. Through these poems, Meredith speaks to the transience of life in beautiful and surreal ways. Other poems reflect his view that death is inevitable and all our lives are but a reading of fate, leaving us free to find meaning and fulfillment in the present moment.
Alongside powerful and charged love poems like "I Dreamed It All" and "Words for M.", Meredith adopts a humorous tone. In "Taking Cleanliness Too Far," he satirizes the obsession with cleanliness prevalent at the time. This sense of humour, along with the way the author successfully moves between irony and pathos, add an element of authenticity to this extraordinary collection.
In A Reading of Life Meredith draws parallels between the transient nature of human lives and the fleetingness of water phenomena like tides, ripples, or glowing insects. He reinforces his notion that beauty may be found in the very brevity of life, even as he laments at the loss of youth and at the devastating memories that plague their place when their era passes.
Taken together, Meredith offers us A Reading of Life as a unique window into the mind and soul of an exceptional writer; a blending of nostalgia, existential inquires, heartbreaking love poems, and colourful observations of humanity and its alienation. This compilation will not disappoint readers who are seeking out timeless beauty and intelligent poetry alike, as A Reading of Life offers the perfect meditation on life itself.
Электронная Книга «A Reading of Life, with Other Poems» написана автором George Meredith в году.
Минимальный возраст читателя: 12
Язык: Английский
