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The Acharniansby AristophanesISBN 0140442871 (0-14-044287-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Alcestis and Other Plays - Alcestis/Medea/Children of Heracles/Hippolytusby Euripides, John Davie, Richard RutherfordISBN 0140446435 (0-14-044643-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alcestis and Other Plays - Alcestis/Medea/Children of Heracles/Hippolytus'Book summary:Euripides' tragedies proved highly controversial even in his own lifetime, presenting his audience with unexpected twists of plot and violently extreme emotions; for many of today's readers and spectators, he seems almost uncannily modern in his insights. Euripides was the key figure in transforming the familiar figures of Greek mythology from awe-inspiring but remote heroes into recognizable, fallible human beings. His characters, all superbly eloquent, draw on fierce contemporary debates about the nature of justice, politics and religion. His women are perhaps the most sympathetically and powerfully presented in ancient literature. Alcestis, the dramatist's first surviving work, is less harrowing than the others, almost a tragicomedy. The Children of Heracles examines the conflict between might and right, while Hippolytus and Medea, two of his greatest plays, reveal his profound understanding of destructive passion. This new translation into dignified English prose makes one of the greatest of Greek writers accessible once again to a wide public. [via]
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The Art of Rhetoricby Aristotle, Hugh Lawson-TancredISBN 0140445102 (0-14-044510-2)
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Bacchae and Other Playsby Philip Vellacott, EuripidesISBN 0140440445 (0-14-044044-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bacchae and Other Plays'Book summary:The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus" completes the new editions of "Euripides in Penguin Classics". [via]
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The Bacchae and Other Playsby Trans. John Davie Euripides, John Davie, Richard RutherfordISBN 0140447261 (0-14-044726-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bacchae and Other Plays'Book summary:[via]The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesus
completes the new editions of Euripides in Penguin Classics.- Features a general introduction, individual prefaces to each play, chronology, notes, bibliography, and glossary
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The Basketball Diariesby Jim CarrollISBN 0140100180 (0-14-010018-0)
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A Box of Rainby Robert HunterISBN 0140134514 (0-14-013451-4)
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The Bronze Horsemanby Aleksandr Sergeevich PushkinISBN 0140423095 (0-14-042309-5)
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0140440046 (0-14-044004-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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David Gascoyne, W. S. Graham, Kathleen Raineby David Gascoyne, Kathleen Raine, W.S. GrahamISBN 0140421262 (0-14-042126-2)
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Eighteenth-Century English Verseby Dennis DavisonISBN 0140421696 (0-14-042169-6)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Elizabethan and Jacobean Poetsby W. H. Auden, Norman Holmes PearsonISBN 0140150501 (0-14-015050-1)
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Elizabethan Verseby Edward Lucie-SmithISBN 0140420835 (0-14-042083-5)
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English and American Surrealist Poetryby Edward B. GermainISBN 0140422218 (0-14-042221-8)
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The Fable of the Beesby Bernard Mandeville, Phillip HarthISBN 0140445412 (0-14-044541-2)
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Forced Entries: The Downtown Diaries, 1971-1973by Jim CarrollISBN 0140085025 (0-14-008502-5)
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Four Tragedies and Octaviaby Lucius Annaeus SenecaISBN 0140441743 (0-14-044174-3)
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Gargantua and Pantagruelby Francois Rabelais, M. A. ScreechISBN 0140445501 (0-14-044550-1)
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Having Everything Right: Essays of Placeby Kim R. StaffordISBN 014010254X (0-14-010254-X)
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The Heptameronby Marguerite De Navarre, Paul A. ChiltonISBN 014044355X (0-14-044355-X)
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The Hermit and the Love-Thiefby Bhartrihari, BilhanaISBN 0140445846 (0-14-044584-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hermit and the Love-Thief'Book summary:Bhartrihari, a philosopher of the fifth century, is popularly thought to be a king who retired to the forest upon discovering his queens infidelity. Bilhana, a poet of the 11th century, is reputed to have been a traveling courtier who became secretly involved with a kings young daughter and who was condemned to death when the love affair was discovered. "The Hermit" and "The Love Thief" bring together the verses of these two legendary figures. [via]
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Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruelby Francois Rabelais, J. M. CohenISBN 014044047X (0-14-044047-X)
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The Home and the Worldby Rabindranath Tagore, Sourindro Mohun Tagore, Anita Desai, Surendranath TagoreISBN 0140181873 (0-14-018187-3)
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Home at Grasmere: Extracts from the Journal of Dorothy Wordsworth (Written Between 1800 and 1803) and from the Poems of William Wordsworthby Dorothy Wordsworth, Colette ClarkISBN 0140431365 (0-14-043136-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Home at Grasmere: Extracts from the Journal of Dorothy Wordsworth (Written Between 1800 and 1803) and from the Poems of William Wordsworth'Book summary:This work is a continuous text made up of extracts from "Dorothy Wordsworth's Journal" and a selection of her brother's poems. Dorothy Wordsworth kept her journal 'because I shall give William pleasure by it'. In doing so, she never dreamt that she was giving future readers not only the chance to enjoy her fresh and sensitive delight in the beauties that surrounded her at Grasmere but also a rare opportunity to observe 'the progress of a poet's mind'. Colette Clark's skilful and perceptive arrangement of Dorothy's entries alongside William's poems throws a unique light on his creative process, and shows how the interdependence of brother and sister was a vital part in the writing of many of his great poems. By reading these poems in relation to the journal, it is possible to trace the processes by which they were committed to paper and so achieve a fuller understanding of them. A writer in her own right, Dorothy kept her journal sparse in personal and emotional detail. Yet there is, nevertheless, a deep emotional undercurrent running beneath the surface which only falters when William marries Mary Hutchinson. Never again was Dorothy to achieve the freedom, spontaneity and the limpidly beautiful prose with which she infused and irradiated the Grasmere journals. [via]
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The Homeric Hymnsby Homer, Nicholas RichardsonISBN 0140437827 (0-14-043782-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Homeric Hymns'Book summary:From the abduction of Persephone by Hades to Hermes' theft of Apollo's cattle, the Homeric Hymns recount some of the most compelling and significant episodes in Greek mythology. They were recited at festivals to honor the Olympian gods and goddesses, to pray for divine favor, and for victory in singing contests. They stand now as works of great poetic force, full of grace and lyricism, ranging in tone from irony to solemnity, ebullience to grandeur. Enhanced with an informative introduction that explores the hymns' authorship, performance, literary qualities, and influence on later writers, this collection gives an intriguing view of the ancient Greek relationship between humans and the divine.[via]More editions of The Homeric Hymns:
Horace in Englishby Horace, D. S. Carne-Ross, Kenneth HaynesISBN 0140423877 (0-14-042387-7)
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The Human Abstractby Elizabeth Willis, Ann LauterbachISBN 0140249354 (0-14-024935-4)
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I Like This Poemby Kaye Webb, Antony MaitlandISBN 0140312951 (0-14-031295-1)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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I Rememberby Joe BrainardISBN 0140245219 (0-14-024521-9)
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Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney, and Aemelia Lanyerby Danielle Clarke, Isabella Whitney, Mary Sidney Herbert Pembroke, Aemilia LanyerISBN 0140424091 (0-14-042409-1)
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The Jewish Poets of Spain, 900-1250by David GoldsteinISBN 0140442502 (0-14-044250-2)
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John Webster-Three Plays: The White Devil, the Duchess of Malfi, the Devil's Law-Caseby John WebsterISBN 0140430814 (0-14-043081-4)
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Just So Storiesby Rudyard Kipling, Peter LeviISBN 0140183515 (0-14-018351-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just So Stories'Book summary:Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and they have served ever since as a source of laughter for children everywhere. [via]
King Arthur's Deathby Brian StoneISBN 0140444459 (0-14-044445-9)
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphonyby Lewis ThomasISBN 0140243283 (0-14-024328-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony'Book summary:This magnificent collection of essays by scientist and National Book Award-winning writer Lewis Thomas remains startlingly relevant for today's world. Luminous, witty, and provocative, the essays address such topics as "The Attic of the Brain, " "Falsity and Failure, " "Altruism, " and the effects of the federal government's virtual abandonment of support for basic scientific research will have on medicine and science. Profoundly and powerfully, Thomas questions the folly of nuclear weaponry, showing that t brainpower and money spent on this endeavor are needed much more urgently for the basic science we have abandoned--and that even medicine's most advanced procedures would be useless or insufficient in the face of the smallest nuclear detonation. And in the title essay, he addresses himself with terrifying poignancy to the question of what it is like to be young in the nuclear age. [via]
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Li Po and Tu Fuby Li Po, Tu Fu, Fu Tu, Po Li, Arthur R. V. CooperISBN 0140442723 (0-14-044272-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Li Po and Tu Fu'Book summary:Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant poet whose writing, often dream poems or spirit-journeys, soars to sublime heights in its descriptions of natural scenes and powerful emotions. His sheer escapism and joy is balanced by Tu Fu, who expresses the Confucian virtues of humanity and humility in more autobiographical works that are imbued with great compassion and earthy reality, and shot through with humour. Together these two poets of the T'ang dynasty complement each other so well that they often came to be spoken of as one - Li-Tu' - who covers the whole spectrum of human life, experience and feeling. [via]
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Life Among Othersby Daniel HalpernISBN 0140422560 (0-14-042256-0)
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The Lovemakersby Alan WearneISBN 0140245413 (0-14-024541-3)
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Medieval Literature Chaucer and the Alliterative Traditionby Boris FordISBN 0140138064 (0-14-013806-4)
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Memoirs of a Beatnikby Diane Di PrimaISBN 0140235396 (0-14-023539-6)
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The Mersey Soundby Roger McGough, Adrian Henri, Brian PattenISBN 0140423184 (0-14-042318-4)
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Metaphysical Poetryby Colin BurrowISBN 014042444X (0-14-042444-X)
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Modern Loveby George Meredith, Gillian BeerISBN 0140389091 (0-14-038909-1)
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Mozart's Journey to Prague and a Selection of Poemsby David Luke, Eduard Morike, Gilbert McKayISBN 0140447377 (0-14-044737-7)
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News from Nowhere and Other Writingsby William Morris, Clive WilmerISBN 0140433309 (0-14-043330-9)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0140383093 (0-14-038309-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:This book describes the epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece...After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus the greedy one-eyed giant, Scylla the six-headed sea monster and even the wrath of the gods themselves - before he is reunited with his wife and son. [via]
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Ovid in Englishby Ovid, Christopher MartinISBN 0140446699 (0-14-044669-9)
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The Penguin Book of Carolsby Ian BradleyISBN 0140275266 (0-14-027526-6)
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The Penguin Book of Latin American Verseby E. Caracciolo-TrejoISBN 014042136X (0-14-042136-X)
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The Penguin Book of Spanish Civil War Verseby Valentine CunninghamISBN 0140422625 (0-14-042262-5)
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The Penguin Book of Zen Poetryby Lucien Stryk, Takashi IkemotoISBN 0140422471 (0-14-042247-1)
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Poem into Poem: World Poetry in Modern Verse Translationby George SteinerISBN 0140421319 (0-14-042131-9)
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Poemsby William Wordsworth, John O. HaydenISBN 0140422110 (0-14-042211-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems'Book summary:Volume: 1 Publisher: London : Methuen Publication date: 1908 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. [via]
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Poets at Work: The Paris Review Interviewsby George PlimptonISBN 0140117911 (0-14-011791-1)
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Politicsby Aristotle, Trevor J. Saunders, T.A. SinclairISBN 0140444211 (0-14-044421-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politics'Book summary:The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. By examining the way societies are run--from households to city states--Aristotle establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and upheld.
For this edition, Sir Ernest Barker's fine translation, which has been widely used for nearly half a century, has been extensively revised to meet the needs of the modern reader. The accessible introduction and clear notes examine the historical and philosophical background of the work and discuss its significance for modern political thought.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via] -
The Portable Greek Readerby W. H. AudenISBN 0140150390 (0-14-015039-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portable Greek Reader'Book summary:It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Audens splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy.[via]Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are excerpts from the mythologies of Hesiod; the martial epics of Homer; the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus; Aesops fables; poems by Pindar and Sappho; the scientific writings of Euclid, Galen, and Hippocrates; and the history of Thucydides. Presented in their most elegant and authoritative translations, and accompanied by Audens brilliant introduction, these selections recreate the Greek world in all its splendor, strangeness, and sophistication.
Engaging and full and intelligent a command performance, brought off with considerable aplomb.
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Post-War Japanese Poetryby Harry Guest, Lynn Guest, Shozo KajimaISBN 0140421459 (0-14-042145-9)
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The Psalms in Englishby Donald DavieISBN 0140446184 (0-14-044618-4)
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The Puffin Bk of 20Th-Century Children's Verseby PattenISBN 0140376844 (0-14-037684-4)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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Robert Burnsby Kotewall BeattieISBN 0140420037 (0-14-042003-7)
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The Satasaiby Bihari, Vihari LalaISBN 0140445765 (0-14-044576-5)
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Says Tuka: Selected Poetry of Tukaramby Dilip Chitre, TukaramaISBN 0140445978 (0-14-044597-8)
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Selected Poemsby Pierre De Ronsard, Malcolm Quainton, Elizabeth VinestockISBN 0140424245 (0-14-042424-5)
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![Transtromer, Tomas: Selected Poems [of] Paavo Haavikko](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140421572.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "Transtromer, Tomas: Selected Poems [of] Paavo Haavikko")
Selected Poems [of] Paavo Haavikkoby Tomas Transtromer, Paavo Haavikko, Anselm Hollo, Robin FultonISBN 0140421572 (0-14-042157-2)
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Selected Poems [of] Yehuda Amichaiby Yehuda Amichai, Assia Wevill, Harold SchimmelISBN 0140421416 (0-14-042141-6)
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Seven Viking Romancesby Hermann PalssonISBN 0140444742 (0-14-044474-2)
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Shakespeare of Londonby Marchette Gaylord ChuteISBN 0140153136 (0-14-015313-6)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby J.A. BurrowISBN 0140422951 (0-14-042295-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:Although the date of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales in the latter part of the fourteenth century.[via]It is a remarkably subtle and accomplished poem, in which the hero's knightly virtues of courage, courtesy and fidelity are put to the test in a strange adventure involving a huge green knight on a green horse, a winter journey, a lady in a mysterious castle and a challenge answered. It ranks as one of the greatest works of the English Middle Ages and perhaps the greatest triumph of the English alliterative tradition.
Unlike The Canterbury Tales, however, Sir Gawain is written in a dialect belonging to Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire, and this seems more remote to the modern reader than Chaucer's London language. The aim of this edition has been to remove unnecessary impediments while retaining the integrity of the original. Notes and a glossary have been provided to assist an informed, critical reading of the text.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby W. R. J. Barron, Brian StoneISBN 0140440925 (0-14-044092-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:'Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain; Seek faithfully till you find me ...' A New Year's feast at King Arthur's court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any one of Arthur's men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the knight - but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain sets out to find the Knight in the wild Northern lands and to keep his side of the bargain. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tale and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval Romance. Brian Stone's evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction that examines the Romance genre, and the poem's epic and pagan sources. This edition also includes essays discussing the central characters and themes, theories about authorship and Arthurian legends, and suggestions for further reading and notes. @GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right? The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesn't he know he'll be dead? This goblin fellow is totally dead. All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Sunrise: Poemsby Frederick SeidelISBN 0140422803 (0-14-042280-3)
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Surrealist Poetry in Englishby Edward B. GermainISBN 0140184864 (0-14-018486-4)
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Swannby Carol ShieldsISBN 0140134298 (0-14-013429-8)
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Tales from Shakespeareby Charles Lamb, Mary LambISBN 0140366776 (0-14-036677-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from Shakespeare'Book summary:This work gives a perfect introduction to Shakespeare's greatest plays. Charles and Mary Lamb bring vividly alive all the power of "Hamlet" and "Othello", the fun of "As You Like It", and the drama of "Pericles". Conveying all of Shakespeare's wit, wisdom and humanity, and never losing the feel of his beautiful language, these tales are classic literature in their own right. [via]
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Tales from the Thousand and One Nightsby N. J. DawoodISBN 0140442898 (0-14-044289-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from the Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam. [via]
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Three Jacobean Tragediesby Gamini SalgadoISBN 0140430067 (0-14-043006-7)
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Three Livesby Gertrude SteinISBN 0140181849 (0-14-018184-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Lives'Book summary:Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no occupational choice but to become domestic workers. This collection of documents from the history of women's suffrage, medical history, modernist art, and literature enables readers to see how radical Stein's subject was. [via]
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Til All the Stars Have Fallenby David Booth, Kady MacDonald DentonISBN 0140344381 (0-14-034438-1)
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The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three Virtuesby Christine De PisanISBN 014044453X (0-14-044453-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Treasure of the City of Ladies: Or the Book of the Three Virtues'Book summary:[via]If she wants to win, she must adopt a mans heart (in other words, constant, strong and wise) to consider and to pursue the best course of action
Written by Europes first professional woman writer, The Treasure of the City of Ladies offers advice and guidance to women of all ages and from all levels of medieval society, from royal courtiers to prostitutes. It paints an intricate picture of daily life in the courts and streets of fifteenth-century France and gives a fascinating glimpse into the practical considerations of running a household, dressing appropriately and maintaining a reputation in all circumstances. Christine de Pizans book provides a valuable counterbalance to male accounts of life in the middle ages and demonstrates, often with dry humour, how a womans position in society could be made less precarious by following the correct etiquette.
This revised edition of Sarah Lawsons landmark translation contains an introduction covering the life and work of Christine de Pizan and an overview of the recent scholarly reappraisal of her writing.
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- Introduction and bibliography have been updated
- Includes a new note on translation and recent scholarship, explanatory notes, and a glossary of names
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The True-Born Englishman & Other Writingsby Daniel Defoe, W. R. Owens, Philip Nicholas FurbankISBN 0140435727 (0-14-043572-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The True-Born Englishman & Other Writings'Book summary:This collection brings together 13 pieces of Defoe's early, radical writings, written between 1679 and 1706. The book includes his verse satire on English chauvinism, "The True-Born Englishman", his satire on High Church intolerance, and his bold and humane proposals in "An Essay Upon Projects". [via]
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The Twelve Caesarsby Michael Grant, Suetonius, Robert GravesISBN 0140440720 (0-14-044072-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Twelve Caesars'Book summary:Born in 60 A.D., Suetonius served for several years as secretary to the Roman emperor Hadrian. His years in the palaces and halls of imperial government served him well when he set out to write this oftentimes eye-popping, tell-all account of the doings of the first 12 emperors, from Julius to Domitian, who make the good fellas of Mafia renown seem tame by comparison. From Suetonius we learn that Augustus was afraid of lightning and thunder and carried a piece of seal skin as protection against them; that Caligula slept with his mother and his sister; and that Nero outlawed mimes in Rome--which may mean that he wasn't such a bad man after all. Suetonius doesn't hesitate to say when he's reporting gossip that he has not personally verified, but what gossip it is! This translation, by the noted classicist Robert Graves, serves the ancient chronicler very well indeed. [via]
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The Undertakingby Thomas LynchISBN 0140276238 (0-14-027623-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Undertaking'Book summary:"...I had come to know that the undertaking that my father did had less to do with what was done to the dead and more to do with what the living did about the fact of life that people died," Thomas Lynch muses in his preface to The Undertaking. The same could be said for Lynch's book: ostensibly about death and its attendant rituals, The Undertaking is in the end about life. In each case, he writes, it is the one that gives meaning to the other. A funeral director in Milford, Michigan, Lynch is that strangest of hyphenates, a poet-undertaker, but according to Lynch, all poets share his occupation, "looking for meaning and voices in life and love and death." Looking for meaning takes him to all sorts of unexpected places, both real and imagined. He embalms the body of his own father, celebrates the rebuilt bridge to his town's old cemetery, takes issue with the Jessica Mitfords of this world, and envisages a "golfatorium," a combination golf course and cemetery that could restore joy to the last rites. In "Crapper," Lynch even contemplates the subtleties of the modern flush toilet and its relationship to the messy business of dying: "Just about the time we were bringing the making of water and the movement of bowels into the house, we were pushing the birthing and marriage and sickness and dying out." Death and fatherhood, death and friendship, death and faith and love and poetry--these are the concerns that power Lynch's undertaking. Throughout, Lynch pleads the case for our dead--who are, after all, still living through us--with an eloquence marked by equal parts whimsy, wit, and compassion. In the last essay, "Tract," he envisions almost wistfully the funeral he'd choose for himself, and then relinquishes that, too. Funerals, after all, are for the living. The dead, he reminds us, don't care. --Mary Park [via]
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Vinland Sagas: Norse Discovery of Americaby Magnus MagnussonISBN 0140441549 (0-14-044154-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vinland Sagas: Norse Discovery of America'Book summary:One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore - and if possible exploit - the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them. [via]
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We Are Still Marriedby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140131566 (0-14-013156-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Are Still Married'Book summary:"Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor...to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip--The Washington Post Book World"Keillor's literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you're never quite sure where you are.... [His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it's hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they're bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there." -The Village Voice [via]
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Whoever Brought Me Here Will Have to Take Me Homeby Coleman Barks, John Moyne, Jalal Al-Din RumiISBN 0140195769 (0-14-019576-9)
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William Blake: A Selected Poems and Lettersby J. BronowskiISBN 0140420428 (0-14-042042-8)
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The World of Odysseusby M. I. FinleyISBN 014013686X (0-14-013686-X)
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The Young Puffin Book of Verseby Barbara IresonISBN 014030410X (0-14-030410-X)
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