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Bambi, a Life in the Woods (‹See Tfd› German: Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde) is a 1923 Austrian coming-of-age novel written by Felix Salten, and originally published in Berlin by Ullstein Verlag. The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate ...
Hedd Wyn. Ellis Humphrey Evans, c.1910. Hedd Wyn (born Ellis Humphrey Evans, 13 January 1887 – 31 July 1917) was a Welsh-language poet who was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele during World War I. He was posthumously awarded the bard's chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod.
Language. English. Subject (s) Elegy. Publication date. 1798. (1798) " On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture ", also known as " On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture Out of Norfolk ", is a 1798 poem by English poet William Cowper, which he wrote because of a love for his mother.
John Anthony Ciardi (/ ˈ tʃ ɑːr d i / CHAR-dee; Italian:; June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist.While primarily known as a poet and translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, he also wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, directed the Bread Loaf ...
Faunus. Inuus. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan (/ pæn /; [2] Ancient Greek: Πάν, romanized: Pán) is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. [3] He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr.
The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. [1] There are voluminous antiquarian notes. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James ...
Preceded by. South Moon Under. Followed by. Cross Creek. The Yearling is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. [1] It was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. It won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1938, when it sold ...
Stéphane Mallarmé as a faun, cover of the literary magazine Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, 1887. L'après-midi d'un faune (or " The Afternoon of a Faun ") is a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs ...