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The Arden Shakespeare Complete Worksby Ann Thompson, David Scott Kastan, Richard ProudfootISBN 1903436397 (1-903436-39-7)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Leather-Bound'Book summary:The Complete Arden Shakespeare, published for the first time in 1998, is now available in an updated hardback edition. The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all ShakespeareÂ's plays, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. The updated edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998. A general introduction by the three General Editors of the ongoing Arden Shakespeare series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatistÂ's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime. Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within ShakespeareÂ's ÂSuvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers. · The sound, reliable, critical edition of ShakespeareÂ's work · Updated and revised to include all of the editions currently available in the Arden Third Series · Includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, the Poems and the Sonnets · General introduction by the Arden General Editors · Brief contextual introductions to each play · Glossary with about 400 entries [via]
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Arden Shakespeare Complete Works of ShakespeareISBN 1903436613 (1-903436-61-3)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
Find This BookBook summary:[via]The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays and poems, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. This edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998.A general introduction by the three General Editors of the Arden Shakespeare Third Series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarizes the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime.Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's oeuvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary with nearly 400 entries explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsGeneral Editors' PrefaceIntroductionShakespeare's SonnetsA Lover's ComplaintVenus and AdonisLucreceThe Passionate Pilgrim"The Phoenix and Turtle"All's Well That Ends WellAntony and CleopatraAs You Like ItThe Comedy of ErrorsCoriolanusCymbelineHamletJulius CaesarKing Henry IV, Part 1King Henry IV, Part 2King Henry VKing Henry VI, Part 1King Henry VI, Part 2King Henry VI, Part 3King Henry VIIIKing JohnKing LearKing Richard IIKing Richard IIILove's Labour's LostMacbethMeasure for MeasureThe Merchant of VeniceThe Merry Wives of WindsorA Midsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado About NothingOthelloPericlesRomeo and JulietThe Taming of the ShrewThe TempestTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusTroilus and CressidaTwelfth NightThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaThe Two Noble KinsmenThe Winter's TaleBibliographyIndex of first lines of sonnetsIndex of first lines of songsGlossaryMore editions of Arden Shakespeare Complete Works of Shakespeare:
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The Canon of Scriptureby F. F. BruceISBN 083081258X (0-8308-1258-X)
Hardcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Canon of Scripture'Book summary:Winner of two 1990 Christianity Today Awards: Readers' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine) and Critics' Choice (1st place; theology & doctrine). A 1989 ECPA Gold Medallion Award winner! How did the books of the Bible come to be recognized as Holy Scripture? Who decided what shape the canon should take? What criteria influenced these decisions? After nearly nineteen centuries the canon of Scripture still remains an issue of debate. Protestants, Catholics and the Orthodox all have slightly differing collections of documents in their Bibles. Martin Luther, one of the early leaders of the Reformation, questioned the inclusion of the book of James in the canon. And many Christians today, while confessing the authority of all of Scripture, tend to rely on only a few books and particular themes while ignoring the rest. Scholars have raised many other questions as well. Research into second-century Gnostic texts have led some to argue that politics played a significant role in the formation of the Christian canon. Assessing the influence of ancient communities and a variety of disputes on the final shaping of the canon call for ongoing study. In this significant historical study, F. F. Bruce brings the wisdom of a lifetime of reflection and biblical interpretation to bear in answering the questions and clearing away the confusion surrounding the Christian canon of Scripture. Adept in both Old and New Testament studies, he brings a rare comprehensive perspective to his task. Though some issues have shifted since the original publication of this book, it still remains a significant landmark and touchstone for further studies. [via]
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Chapman's Homer: The Odysseyby Homer, Allardyce Nicoll, George ChapmanISBN 0691048916 (0-691-04891-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey'Book summary:George Chapman's translations of Homer are among the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Odyssey (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction, textual notes, a glossary, and a commentary. Garry Wills's preface to the Odyssey explores how Chapman's less strained meter lets him achieve more delicate poetic effects as compared to the Iliad. Wills also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the Odyssey.
[via]Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
--John KeatsMore editions of Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey:
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The Crying of Lot 49by Thomas PynchonISBN 0060931671 (0-06-093167-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crying of Lot 49'Book summary:The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge.
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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great GatsbyISBN 1874166676 (1-874166-67-6)
Softcover, Totem Books
Find This BookBook summary:F. Scott Fitzgerald has become something of a defining figure of the twenties - the decade he so famously described as 'The Jazz Age'. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald's writing is at its finest, exposing a society's tendency towards decadence and moral collapse through a decade of hedonism. Regarded as the most searching and tightly written of his novels, The Great Gatsby was the work that assured Fitzgerald's place amongst the major writers of the twentieth century. In this Readers' Guide, Nicolas Tredell introduces and sets in context the key critical debates surrounding a novel about which more critical material exists than any other work of American fiction. The extracts and essays included here reflect on The Great Gatsby's place as one of the first American novels to make significant use of modernist techniques, and explore the influence of the work on later American writings. Considering secondary sources from the Twenties to the present, the Guide offers readers an invaluable resource for the study of this complex rendering of a moment in American history. [via]
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Feeding Your Baby: Breast, Bottle and Baby Foodsby Carolyn T. ChubetISBN 0681404531 (0-681-40453-1)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Homer's The Odyssey: A Play with Musicby Elliot Sokolov, Amie Brockway-Henson, Richard HensonISBN 0871298619 (0-87129-861-9)
Softcover, Dramatic Pub
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Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIIIby A.F. GarvieISBN 0521338409 (0-521-33840-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIII'Book summary:This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey--the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. While not neglecting matters of language and formulaic composition, the Commentary aims to provide guidance on questions of literary and narrative technique and poetic artistry. The Introduction deals with the problem of Homeric composition in general, and with the place of the Phaeacian books in the poem as a whole. There are also brief sections on Homeric meter and the text. [via]
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Homeri Odysseaby Homer, Robert FitzgeraldISBN 0385050402 (0-385-05040-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer: The Odyssey'Book summary:Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. Homer's classic poem features Odysseus's encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wily Circe; the Lotus-eaters, who fed his men their memory-stealing drug; the man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops; the Laestrygonian giants; the souls of the dead in Hades; the beguiling Sirens; the treacherous Scylla and Charybdis. Here, too, is the hero's faithful wife, Penelope, weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night, in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseus's place.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and Iliad. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock now brings the Loeb's Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is worded for today's readers. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FaglesISBN 0140445927 (0-14-044592-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals. @RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed. First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW - now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right? Can't resolve this problem on my own - calling Mom! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Iliadby Robert Fitzgerald, HomerISBN 0385059418 (0-385-05941-8)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:This translation of The Iliad equals Fitzgerald's earlier Odyssey in power and imagination. It recreates the original action as conceived by Homer, using fresh and flexible blank verse that is both lyrical and dramatic. [via]
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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The Illustrated Odysseyby Homer, Tim Mercer, E. V. RieuISBN 0283985887 (0-283-98588-7)
Hardcover, Sidgwick & Jackson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Odyssey'Book summary:The most famous book in mythology, 251 pages of pure Grecian culture, gorgeous pictures of Greece, pottery, gods and goddesses throughout the book, easy read. [via]
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La Odisea / The Odysseyby HomeroISBN 8471663945 (84-7166-394-5)
Softcover, Edaf Antillas
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Odisea / The Odyssey'More editions of La Odisea / The Odyssey:
- La Odisea / The Odyssey: ISBN 8476000723 (84-7600-072-3)
Softcover, Akal Ediciones Sa - La Odisea / The Odyssey: ISBN 950039314X (950-03-9314-X)
Softcover, Losada/Argentina - La Odisea / The Odyssey: ISBN 968150058X (968-15-0058-X)
Softcover, Editores Mexicanos Unidos-Mex - La Odisea / The Odyssey: ISBN 9684133960 (968-413-396-0)
Softcover, Espasa Calpe Mexicana Sa - La Odisea / The Odyssey: ISBN 8471663945 (84-7166-394-5)
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The Library Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, George Cruikshank, John Gilbert, Robert DudleyISBN 1888777745 (1-888777-74-5)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Library Shakespeare'Book summary:Known as the greatest playwright of all time Wiiliam Shakespeare has been immortalized in this deluxe 1448 edition of his works. This reproduction, from an original 3 volume 19th Century Manuscript,is beautifully illustrated by Irish artist George Cruikshank, joined by Sir John Gilbert, and R. Dudley.
This Complete Library of Shakspeare is divided into three sections: Tragedies, Comedies, & Histories with Sonnets. [via]
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Loves Labours LostISBN 1904271103 (1-904271-10-3)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
Find This BookBook summary:Another example of Shakespeare's comic fascination with the battle between and misunderstanding of the sexes, Love's Labour's Lost is a difficult play to read, but one which is extremely effective on stage. The Play opens with King Ferdinand of Navarre and his courtiers taking a vow of study and sexual abstinence for a period of three years. However, their vows are soon placed under strain with the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies in waiting. The inevitable happens, and the different couples attempt to surreptitiously communicate, causing much hilarious confusion and embarrassment in the process. Shakespeare deploys every farcical element in the book, including impersonation, wrongly delivered letters, outrageous puns and word play, fights, drunkenness and masquerades, as Ferdinand's entourage soon learn that rather than running from women to books, it is in fact the opposite sex that "are the books, the arts, the academes/That show, contain, and nourish all the world". However, one of the most interesting aspects of the play is that it does not end with everyone marrying and living happily ever after. The women give as good as they get from the men, and in the end turn the tables in extremely interesting ways. One of Shakespeare's most linguistically challenging, but also intelligent comedies. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Odyssey which in Greek literally means "the tale of Odysseus," has becomes synonymous with a great journey. "The Odyssey" follows Homer's "The Iliad" where we find all the surviving warriors of the great Trojan War have returned home except for Odysseus, who has been detained by the nymph Calypso for her sexual pleasure. Odysseus however wishes to return to his family and loved ones who await his return at home. The Gods send the fleet-footed Hermes to order Calypso to free him and in doing so Odysseus begins his journey. Along the way Odysseus must overcome many obstacles and battle mythical creatures. Contained in this volume is the prose translation of Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang. [via]
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- The Odyssey: ISBN 1420922424 (1-4209-2242-4)
Softcover, Digireads.Com - The Odyssey: ISBN 1593080093 (1-59308-009-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 1853260258 (1-85326-025-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 1593081677 (1-59308-167-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 1578400074 (1-57840-007-4)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 1930142226 (1-930142-22-6)
Hardcover, Sun Hill Rose & Briar Books - Odyssey: ISBN 0061064130 (0-06-106413-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140268863 (0-14-026886-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140383093 (0-14-038309-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140449116 (0-14-044911-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0143039954 (0-14-303995-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0192833758 (0-19-283375-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0312869010 (0-312-86901-0)
Softcover, Forge - The Odyssey: ISBN 0374525749 (0-374-52574-9)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Odyssey: ISBN 0393007448 (0-393-00744-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0393964051 (0-393-96405-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0451527364 (0-451-52736-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Odyssey: ISBN 0486406547 (0-486-40654-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Odyssey: ISBN 0715629581 (0-7156-2958-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0801882672 (0-8018-8267-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0872204847 (0-87220-484-7)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0374224382 (0-374-22438-2)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux - The Odyssey: ISBN 061800372X (0-618-00372-X)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin - The Odyssey: ISBN 0670821624 (0-670-82162-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671005022 (0-671-00502-2)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679410473 (0-679-41047-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0872204855 (0-87220-485-5)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140440011 (0-14-044001-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140445560 (0-14-044556-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0393041336 (0-393-04133-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0393099717 (0-393-09971-7)
Softcover, Norton - The Odyssey: ISBN 0451628055 (0-451-62805-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library - The Odyssey: ISBN 0460871552 (0-460-87155-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671745824 (0-671-74582-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679728139 (0-679-72813-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0192510193 (0-19-251019-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - The Odyssey: ISBN 0393041611 (0-393-04161-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0472112317 (0-472-11231-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0517390531 (0-517-39053-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Odyssey: ISBN 0613371925 (0-613-37192-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671638076 (0-671-63807-6)
Hardcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0713904550 (0-7139-0455-0)
Hardcover, Allen Lane - The Odyssey: ISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
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- The Odyssey: ISBN 1420922424 (1-4209-2242-4)
The Odysseyby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 1562884336 (1-56288-433-6)
Hardcover, Checkerboard Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:This is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey for children, starting from the destruction of Troy and recounting the many dangers that Odysseus faced on his long journey home to Ithaca. Geraldine McCaughrean's lively and original style is complemented by Victor Ambrus's brilliant recreations of the ancient word and its monsters and gods. The paperback edition is now reissued with a new cover. [via]
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The Odysseyby Richard P. Martin, HomerISBN 0801868548 (0-8018-6854-8)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:"Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place:
when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom
and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea,
only this man longed for his wife and a way home."
Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the very beginning of the Western literary tradition. From ancient Greece to the present day its influence on later literature has been unsurpassed, and for centuries translators have approached the meter, tone, and pace of Homer's poetry with a variety of strategies. Chapman and Pope paid keen attention to color, drama, and vivacity of style, rendering the Greek verse loosely and inventively. In the twentieth century, translators such as Lattimore kept rigorously close to the sense of each word in the original; others, including Fitzgerald and Fagles, have departed further from the language of the original, employing their own inventive modern style.
Poet and translator Edward McCrorie now opens new territory in this striking rendition, which captures the spare, powerful tone of Homer's epic while engaging contemporary readers with its brisk pace, idiomatic language, and lively characterization. McCrorie closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem. McCrorie's is truly an Odyssey for the twenty-first century.
To accompany this innovative translation, noted classical scholar Richard Martin has written an accessible and wide-ranging introduction explaining the historical and literary context of the Odyssey, its theological and cultural underpinnings, Homer's poetic strategies and narrative techniques, and his cast of characters. In addition, Martin provides detailed notesfar more extensive than those in other editionsaddressing key themes and concepts; the histories of persons, gods, events, and myths; literary motifs and devices; and plot development. Also included is a pronunciation glossary and character index.
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The Odyssey of Homerby Homer, Alexander PopeISBN 158715675X (1-58715-675-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:THE English version of The Odyssey is Alexander Pope's 1725 translation. As Dr. Johnson said, it is, "certainly the noblest version of poetry which the world has ever seen." This is that text, the great Odyssey of Homer, as cast into Engish by Alexander Pope, one of the giants of English poetry. (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
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- The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 1587156741 (1-58715-674-1)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 0553213997 (0-553-21399-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 0835902323 (0-8359-0232-3)
Softcover, Globe Fearon Co - The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 0060931957 (0-06-093195-7)
Softcover, Perennial - The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 0804900574 (0-8049-0057-4)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The Odyssey of Homer: ISBN 0672614154 (0-672-61415-4)
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The Odyssey of Homerby Allen MandelbaumISBN 0520070216 (0-520-07021-6)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent translation.
Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan Wara journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years.
Mandelbaum's robust, romantic, lyrical translation has an openness and immediacy unsurpassed by any other. Read aloud, it is a wonderful way to experience this enduring classic. [via]More editions of The Odyssey of Homer:
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The Odyssey of Homerby Barbara Leonie Picard, Joan Kiddell-MonroeISBN 0192741462 (0-19-274146-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:A collection of Homer's famous stories from "The Odyssey", retold for children. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Bernard Knox, T. E. LawrenceISBN 0195068181 (0-19-506818-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery. [via]More editions of The Odyssey of Homer:
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The Odyssey of Homerby Richmond LattimoreISBN 0060904798 (0-06-090479-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:The standard translation into modern English of Homer's Odyssey. "The best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet."New York Times Book Review [via]
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The Odyssey World Classicby HomerISBN 0192815423 (0-19-281542-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey World Classic'Book summary:The first English prose translation of Homer's The Odyssey to appear in over thirty years, Shewring's translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow. [via]
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ShakespeareISBN 1897954239 (1-897954-23-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareISBN 1904271154 (1-904271-15-4)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night'Book summary:The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of Twelfth Night provides, a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts. [via]
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The Unabridged William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis WrightISBN 1889372331 (1-889372-33-1)
Hardcover, Sweetwater Pr
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The Voyages of Odysseusby Homer, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. RieuISBN 0146001516 (0-14-600151-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyages of Odysseus'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Agesby Harold BloomISBN 1573225142 (1-57322-514-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages'Book summary:Discussed and debated, revered and reviled, Bloom's tome reinvigorates and re-examines Western Literature, arguing against the politicization of reading. His erudite passion will encourage you to hurry and finish his book so you can pick up Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens once again to rediscover their original magic. In addition, his appendix listing of the "future" canon - the books today that will be timeless tomorrow - is sure to be the template for future debate. [via]
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
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El Canon Occidentalby H. BloomISBN 8433966847 (84-339-6684-7)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Canon Occidental'Book summary:El autor retoma la antigua idea del canon o catalogo de libros perceptivos, y propone un recorrido por la historia de la literatura occidental mediante 26 autores que el considera capitales, y que van desde Shakespeare hasta Dante, Cervantes, Joyce o Borges. Asi mismo reivindica la autonomia de la estetica y el placer de la lectura sin intenciones de redencion social, y basada en el puro goce intelectual. [via]
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La Odisea / The Odysseyby HomeroISBN 1583487751 (1-58348-775-1)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Odisea/odysseyby HomeroISBN 9872087415 (987-20874-1-5)
Softcover, Altamira Pr
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LA Divina Commedia: Infernoby Alighieri DanteISBN 8817152323 (88-17-15232-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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La Divine Comedie, L'enferby Jacqueline Risset, Dante AlighieriISBN 2080712160 (2-08-071216-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Der Gross Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 3257201834 (3-257-20183-4)
Softcover, Diogenes Verlag AG
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