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POETRY & DRAMA Need a little poetry in your work day, or a little drama? Many people like to have their favorite poems or quotes posted on their desks. Now, you can have them on your computer.  
Leaves of Grassby Walt Whitman 
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Leaves of Grass was an ongoing project for Whitman; he added to it and revised it until his death in 1892. This classic of American literature offers a selection of Whitman's finest poems, from "Song of Myself" to the little-known "Fancies at Navesink" as well as several of his poetic essays. 
The Complete Poems of Sarah Orne Jewettby Sarah Orne Jewett
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Sarah Orne Jewett is known for her beautiful prose stories set against the backdrop of the coastal towns of New England. If you enjoyed her fiction works, such as The Country Doctor, this is your chance to get examine her poetry for free. 
Jerusalem Deliveredby Torquato Tasso
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Torquato Tasso was one of the greatest Italian poets of the Renaissance period. Jerusalem Delivered is his epic religious poem, written just before he began to suffer from the severe paranoia that tortured him for the rest of his life. 
The Civil War Poemsby Walt Whitman
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Read the work of one of America's greatest poets - FREE! Though somewhat less well known than Whitman's Leaves of Grass, The Civil War Poems are equally powerful. They describe Whitman's first-hand experience of the Civil War. 
The Divine Comedyby Dante
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Dante's epic poem of hell, purgatory, and heaven is one of the classic literary works that many of us encounter at some point in our lives, but few read in its entirety. Now is your chance to get it for free and read it at your leisure. 
Tartuffe or The Hypocriteby Jean Baptiste Moliere
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Tartuffe is one of Moliere's bungling, confused characters - the kind that is endlessly amusing. Even if you have seen the play a dozen times, you will enjoy reading it again! 
Common Senseby Thomas Paine
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Published by Thomas Paine in 1776, Common Sense was one of the most famous political treatises from the literature of the American Revolution. Passionately brilliant and logical, written in simple language that all could understand, it urged that immediate separation from England was crucial to the freedom of the patriots and a pivotal point in world history. 
On Warby Carl von Clausewitz
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Published in 1832, Clausewitz's study On War is perhaps the most famous attempt to explain the purpose and political strategy of war. 
Republic of Platoby Plato
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The most important of the Socratic dialogues, The Republic is concerned with the construction of an ideal commonwealth and thus ranks among the earliest of Utopian works. In it, Plato seeks to define philosopher and justice, and questions our perception of reality. 
Lectures on English Poetsby William Hazlett
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Hazett's famous lecture was delivered to a captivated audience in the lecture hall of the Surrey Institution in 1818 and published in this form later that year. It is a fascinating piece of history as well as a useful literary analysis. 
From the Upanishadsby Charles Johnson
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Charles Johnson presents text from the ancient Upanishads. This great philosophical work had a profound influence on Ralph Waldo Emmerson. |
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