Denis Daly

When W.B. Yeats discovered Rabindranath Tagore's work in translation, he felt an intense kinship with a man, whose work was similarly grounded in spirituality and opposition to the British Empire. For the Irish poet, Tagore's poems were at once deeply personal and essentially universal, like a secret kept by all and shared regardless: "I have carried the manuscript of these translations about with me for days, reading it in railway trains, or on the...

Mr. Britling Sees It Through H. G. Wells - A moving novel of one Englishman's experience as his country goes to war, from the author of who gave us The Time Machine and The Invisible Man. Mr. Britling considers himself an optimist. But as the Great War begins, he finds himself forced to reassess many of the things he thought he was sure of. As refugees from Belgium arrive in the town of Matching's Easy, telling frightening tales of what they have...

At the dawn of World War I, poet Sassoon exchanged his pastoral pursuits of cricket, fox-hunting, and romantic verse for army life amid the muddy trenches of France. This collection of his epigrammatic and satirical poetry conveys the shocking brutality and pointlessness of the Great War and includes "Counter-Attack," "'They," "The General," and "Base Details."

In this modern adaptation of Paul Carsus' seminal work, "The History of the Devil," Arnold Issac takes readers on an illuminating journey through the evolution of the concept of evil from ancient civilizations to contemporary society. From the Mesopotamian myths of Tiamat and Bel-Merodach to the biblical narratives of Lucifer and Satan, Issac explores the multifaceted manifestations of malevolent forces throughout history. Drawing upon insights from...

Paul Carus (1852-1919) was a scholar, translator, and researcher into comparative religion. He was a prolific author, producing works on philosophy, mathematics, and science as well as translations of major Chinese and Japanese spiritual classics. Carus was a pioneer in the promotion of inter-religious dialogue and was a speaker at the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago, in 1893. Although he refused to ally himself with a specific religious...

The Castle of Indolence was published early in the summer of 1748, four months after the poet's death. The work was a slow and leisurely composition, which took nearly fifteen years to complete. The poem consists of 158 stanzas, divided into two cantos. It is presented as an allegory and was professedly written in imitation of The Faerie Queene. The origin of the poem appears to be the frequent remonstrances of Thomson's friends about the poet's...

This collection contains miscellaneous notes and fragments found after the death of Baudelaire. They reveal in miniature the many and varied aspects of the moral and intellectual life of the author. Included are reflections not only on poetry, but also on painting and music, displaying Baudelaire's finely-honed critical instincts.

Fairies and Fusiliers By Robert Graves Narrated by Denis Daly Poet, soldier, novelist, translator and critic Robert Graves (1895 - 1985) was deeply familiar with both war and death. Three times during his life Graves was considered to be on the point of death due to serious illness. One of these was after his participation in the Battle of the Somme, after which he had been actually pronounced dead due to severe wounding. Graves enlisted as soon...

Short Poems of John Milton With a preface by Samuel Thurber Narrated by Denis Daly While the issues of the day that consumed the attention of scholar, accomplished linguist, politician and severe Puritan, John Milton (1608 - 1674) are now largely of historical interest, the verse which they inspired remains a staple of English literature. Although he is best known today for his poetic epics, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, Milton was also...

William Wordsworth belonged to a chosen band of poets for whom poetry was a priesthood, which is displayed by his unerring devotion to his art. He nourished his unique poetic gift by daily intimacy with Nature. It is Wordworth's peculiar achievement to reveal the impulses at work behind the outward beauty of Nature, and to manifest its sustaining influence upon the spirit of man. The 41 poems in this collection cover a range of subjects but all reflect...