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Kate Jennings
Kate Jennings (1948-2021)

essayist, poet

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Stanley and Sophie
Save me, Joe Louis
Trouble
Moral Hazard
Snake
The Mole
Women falling down in the street
Mother, I'm rooted
The Missing Heiress
Second Sight
Bad manners
Come to me my melancholy baby
Grant Wood
Hasard des maux
Ryūtei Tanehiko
Ryūtei Tanehiko (1783-1842)

poet

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Ryūtei Tanehiko nikki
Nisemurasaki inaka genji
Kōtei kantan shokoku monogatari
A harlot's account of vernal love
Ryūtei Tanehiko shū zen
Inaka Genji
Nise Murasaki inaka Genji
The rustic Genji of a bogus Murasaki =
Tanehiko kessakushū
Kantan shokoku monogatari
Tanehiko tanpen kessakushū
Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber (1671-1757)

playwright, poet, stage actor

  • The King's School, Grantham

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An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber
A critical edition of An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
The careless husband
An apology for his life
Three Sentimental Comedies (Study in English)
The tragical history of King Richard III, c. 1700
Colley Cibber
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself
The plays of Colley Cibber
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber
The school-boy
Love in a riddle
A letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, 1742
Love makes a man
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber, Esq
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian and patentee of the Theatre Royal
The non-juror
The rival fools
The Careless Husband
Damon and Phillida
An appreciation of Colley Cibber, actor and dramatist, together with a reprint of his play
Ximena; or, The heroic daughter
The tragical history of King Richard III
The refusal; or, the ladies philosophy
Richard the third
Comedy of She wou'd and she wou'd not
The lady's lecture
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
King Richard the third
King John
Xerxes
Verses to the memory of Mr. Pelham
A poem on the death of our late soveraign lady Queen Mary
The character and conduct of Cicero
The dramatick works of Colley Cibber, Esq; poet-laureat to His Majesty
Richard III
The comedy of The careless husband
Colley Cibber's the double gallant
An appreciation of Colley Cibber, actor and dramatist
A journey to London
Damon and Phillada
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
The refusal; or; The ladies pihlosophy
The character and conduct of Cicero, considered, from the history of his life, by the Reverend Dr. Middleton
She would and she would not, or, The kind imposter
The lady's lecture, a theatrical dialogue, between Sir Charles Easy and his mariageable daughter
Xerxes. A tragedy
The double gallant
The egotist; or, Colley upon Cibber
Caesar in Ægypt
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian, and Late Patentee of the ..
Loves makes a man; or, The fop's forture
Caesar in Egypt
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope
Colley, libelled?
The refusal
Plays
Love's last shift; or, The fool in fashion
She would and she would not; or; The kind impostor
A apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian
The miraculous cure, or, The citizen out-witted
RIGHT JUSTIFIED (?)
English comedy
King Richard III
Colley Cibber, three sentimental comedies
Myrtillo
The non-jurer
Ximena; or, The heroick daughter
A Rhapsody Upon the Marvellous: Arising from the First Odes of Horace and Pindar. Being a ..
The school boy, or, The comical rival
The rival queans
Venus and Adonis
She wou'd and she wou'd not; or, The kind imposter
The egotist
Cæsar in Ægypt
The lady's last stake, or, The wife's resentment
Damon and Phillida
The tragical history of King Richard III, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
The schoolboy
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
Love in a riddle
The refusal, or, The ladies philosophy
The refusal; or, The ladies philosophy [sic.]... As performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden
An ode for His Majesty's birthday, October 30, 1731. By Mr. Cibber, ..
Love makes a man, or, The fop's fortune
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope. Wherein the new hero's preferment to his throne, in the Dunciad, seems not to be accepted. ... By Mr. Colley Cibber
Rhapsody upon the marvellous, arising from the first odes of Horace and Pindar
The lady's last stake
The tragical history of King Richard the Third..., as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
An apology for the life of Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal
The lady's last stake; or, The wife's resentment
The double gallant, or, The sick lady's cure
The school-boy, or, The comical rival
The secret history of Arlus and Odolphus
She wou'd and she wou'd not, or, The kind imposter
Perolla and Izadora
An Apology for his life
Ximena; or, The heroick daughter
Love's last shift
Comedies
Woman's wit, or, The lady in fashion
The comical lovers
Hob, or, The country wake
Love makes a man; or, The fop's fortune
Ximena
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre Royal; with an historical view of the stage during his own time
Damon and Phillida
The school-boy; or, Comical rival
The provoked husband. Or a journey to London. A comedy. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh and Mr. Cibber. Taken from the manager's book, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John, 1745
Plays written by Mr. Cibber. In two volumes. ..
Careless husband
The tragical history of King Richard III..., as it is now acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
The comedy call'd The non-juror. Shewing the particular scenes wherein that hypocrite is concern'd. With remarks, and a key, explaining the characters of that excellent play
Xerxes
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber
Some cursory remarks on the play call'd The non-juror
The comical lovers
The poor blind boy
The miraculous cure: or, The citizen out-witted
Love's last shift: or, The fool in fashion
Richard the Third. A tragedy. Taken from the manager's book, at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden
Venus and Adonis : a masque
She wou'd, and she wou'd not
The egotist: or, Colley upon Cibber
Love makes a man; or, The fop's fortune
Hob, or, The country wake
Love makes a man
Papal tyranny in the reign of King John
The provok'd husband
Perolla and Izadora
The double gallant: or, The sick lady's cure
She would and she would not
The double gallant; or, the sick lady's cure! A comedy, in five acts
A letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope
Cinna's conspiracy
The non-juror
Ximena, or, The heroic daughter
The tragical history of Richard III, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane..
Le mari poussé a bout, ou, Le voiage à Londres
The dramatick works of Colley Cibber, esq
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber, comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal ...
She wou'd and she wou'd not
The dramatic works of Colley Cibber
She wou'd and she wou'd not; or; The kind impostor
Cinna's conspiracy
The refusal
Cæsar in Ægypt
A rhapsody upon the marvellous: arising from the first odes of Horace and Pindar. Being a scrutiny into ancient poetical fame, demanded by modern common sense. By Colley Cibber, ..
A letter to Mr. C[ib]b[e]r on his letter to Mr. P[ope]
Another occasional letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope
Vladislav Khodasevich
Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939)

poet, journalist, literary critic, translator

  • Moscow State University, Faculty of Law

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Derzhavin
Nekropolʹ
Nekropol
Literaturnye stat'i i vospominanii͡a︡
Dom iskusstv
Kamer-furʹerskiĭ zhurnal
Derzhavin
Izbrannai︠a︡ proza v dvukh tomakh
"Nekropolʹ" i drugie vospominanii︠a︡
Iz evreĭskikh poėtov
Stat'i o russkoi poezii
Sobranie sochineniĭ
Sobranie stikhov
Statʹi o russkoĭ poėzii
Sobranie stikhov, 1913-1939
Tyazhelaya lira
Sobranie stikhov
Evreskaia antologia
Selected poems
Ti︠a︡zhelai︠a︡ lira
Stikhotvoreniya
Po bulʹvaram
Koleblemyĭ trenozhnik
Voĭna v russkoĭ liriki︠e︡
Lirika
Pered zerkalom
Statʹi o russkoĭ poe̊zii
Sobranie sochineniĭ v vosʹmi tomakh
Ti︠a︡zhelai︠a︡ lira
Statʹi o russkoĭ poėzii
Evreĭskai︠a︡ antologīi︠a︡
Iz evreĭskikh poėtov
Sobranie stikhov (1913-1939)
Stikhotvoreniya
[Pushkin i poėty ego vremeni
Knigi i li︠u︡di
Nekropolʹ
Voĭna v russkoĭ lirike
O Pushkini︠e︡
[Statʹi o russkoĭ poėzii (romanized form)]
Putem zerna
Evropeĭskai︠a︡ nochʹ
Izbrannai︠a︡ proza
Poėticheskoe khozi︠a︡ĭstvo Pushkina
Pushkin i poétȳ ego vremeni v trëkh tomakh
Pisʹma V.A. [i.e. V.F.] Khodasevicha B.A. Sadovskomu
Schastlivyĭ domik
James Merrill
James Merrill (1926-1995)

poet

  • Amherst College, Lawrenceville School

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A different person
Japan
Late settings
The (Diblos) notebook
Poems
Selected poems, 1946-1985
Divine comedies : poems
Collected prose
Inner Room
Collected Novels and Plays
Recitative
The fire screen
Collected poems
The changing light at Sandover
The Changing Light at Sandover
From the first nine
Two poems: From the cupola and The summer people
The seraglio
Water Street, poems
Mirabell, books of number
Braving the elements
A scattering of salts
Scripts for the pageant
The innerroom
The inner room
Jim's book
Nights and days
Selected poems
Divine comedies
Voice of the Poet
The image maker
A Scattering of Salts
Chic Simple Paint
No Royalty A/C Nights & Days \Merrill\
Short stories
The yellow pages: 59 poems
Self-portrait in tyvek windbreaker and other poems
From the cutting-room floor
Mirabell (Oxford Poets)
Violent pastoral
First poems
Santorini
The country of a thousand years of peace
Yánnina
Selected Poems (Poetry Pleiade)
Water Street, poems
The country of a thousand years of peace, and other poems
Five inscriptions
Three poems
Souvenirs
A Different Person
The Country of 1000 Years of Peace
Peter
Heroes and Other Enlisted Men
Marbled paper
Mirabell
Bronze
Metamorphosis of 741
Two poems
[McKane's Falls]
The thousand and second night
Yannina
The fire screen
Braving the Elements
Mirabell, books of number
The seraglio
[McKane's Falls]
The thousand and second night
Selected poems
Divinas Comedias
Yannina
Nights and days
First Poems
The country of a thousand years of peace, and other poems
Ideas, etc
Dolores Prato
Dolores Prato (1892-1983)

poet

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Sogni
Sogni
Giú la piazza non c'è nessuno
Le ore II
Le ore I
Scottature
Gatto!
"Voce fuori coro" di Dolores Prato
Campane a Sangiocondo
Manuel Reina Montilla
Manuel Reina Montilla (1856-1905)

journalist, politician, poet

  • Universidad Central

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Manuel Reina y su epoca
Cromos y acuarelas: Cantos de nuestra época
La vida inquieta
César y Pompeyo
Robles de la selva sagrada
Sus mejores versos
El dedal de plata
La canción de las estrellas, Rayo de sol y otros poemas
Zinaida Gippius
Zinaida Gippius (1869-1945)

poet, playwright, literary critic

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Dnevniki v 2 kn
Stranit͡s︡y iz proshlogo
Stikhi ; vospominanai︠a︡ ; proza
Zhivye lit͡s︡a
Nichego ne boi͡u︡sʹ
Intellect and ideas in action
︠I︡Azvitelʹnye zametki o ︠T︡Sare, Staline i muzhe
Peterburgskie dnevniki, 1914-1919
Vospominanii︠a︡
Zhivye lit︠s︡a
Nichego ne boi︠u︡sʹ
Selected Works
Literaturnyĭ dnevnik, 1899-1907
Between Paris and St. Petersburg
Selected Works of Zinaida Hippius
The green ring
Thought and vision
Osnovanii︠a︡ russkoĭ istorii
Between Paris and St Petersburg
Pisʹma k Berberovoĭ i Khodasevichu
Pis'ma k Berberovoĭ i Khodasevichu
Between Paris and St. Petersburg
Literaturnyǐ dnevnik, 1899-1907
Stikhotvorenii︠a︡ i poemy
Nebesnyi︠a︡ slova
Stikhotvorenii︠a︡
Russkoe zarubezh'e o Sergee Esenine
Peterburgskiĭ dnevnik
Zhivye litsa
Tretʹja kniga rasskazov =
Arifmetika li︠u︡bvi (1931-1939)
Poems
Poslednie zhelanii︠a︡
Poslednie stikhi
Literaturnyĭ smotr
Makov t͡svi͡et
Sochinenii͡a︡
P'esy
Sobranie sochineniĭ
Stikhotvoreniia i poėmy
Stikhi
Chortova kukla
Le pantin du diable
Literaturnyi dnevnik, 1899-1907
Zhivyi︠a︡ lit︠s︡a
Sini︠a︡i︠a︡ kniga
Tikhoe plami͡a︡
Makov t︠s︡vi︠e︡t
Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ
Lunnye muravji
Chego ne bylo i chto bylo
Poslednie stikhi =
Alyi mec
Mechty i koshmar
Dmitrii Merezhkovskii
Mechty i koshmar
Chernoe po belomu
Chego ne bylo i chto bylo
Literaturnyi dnevnik, 1899-1907
Poslednie stikhi
Dnevniki
Novye liudi
Leaves from the Past - Selected Correspondence of Zinaida Hippius (Heidelberger Publikationen Zur Slavistik)
Zinaida Gippius
Stikhotvorenii︠a︡ ; Zhivye lit︠s︡a
Peterburgskii dnevnik
Ėpistoli︠a︡rnoe nasledie Z.N. Gippius
Zelenoe kol'tso
Roman-tsarevich
Nebesnyia slova, i drugie razskazy
Sobranie sochineniĭ
Stikhotvoreniya. Zhivye litsa
Pobiediteli
Stikhotvoreniya i poemy = Collected poetical works
Chortova kukla
Chernoe po bielomu
Zerkala
Poemas elegidos de Zinaída Hippius
Opyt svobody
Ivan Ivanoich i chort' = Ivan Ivanovich and the devil
Alyǐ mech
Arifmetika li︠u︡bvi
Izbrannoe
Lunnye murav'i
Green Ring
P'esy
Chernoe po bielomu
Literaturnyĭ smotr"
Poslednie stikhi
Novye liudi
Tret'ja kniga rasskazov
Alyǐ mech
Leaves from the Past: Selected Correspondence of Zinaida Hippius
Literaturnyĭ dnevnik
Zhivyi︠a︡ lit︠s︡a
Stikhotvoreniya
Alyĭ mech
Ivan Ivanovich i chort
Nebesnye slova i drugie rasskazy
Peterburgskiĭ dnevnik
Nebesnyi︠a︡ slova, i drugie razskazy
Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius
Sini︠a︡i︠a︡ kniga
Vli︠u︡blennye
Stikhi
Stikhotvorenii︠a︡ i poėmy
Zlatot︠s︡vet
Peterburgskie dnevniki, 1914-1919
Posli Łedni e stikhi, 1914-1918
Dvadt︠s︡atipi︠a︡tili︠e︡tīe st︠s︡enicheskoĭ di︠e︡i︠a︡telʹnosti E.N. Roshchinoĭ-Insarovoĭ
Zelenoe kolʹt︠s︡o
Pʹesy