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  • The Chronicle of Duke Erik

    A Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden

    Written in the 14th century and enjoying a Swedish national status similar to the English Beowulf, this fascinating tale with many levels of meaning reflects the ideals of politics and aesthetics typical of the age of chivalry. The rhyming verses are accompanied by prose renditions and commentary, making the work enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in medieval texts. A valuable source ... Read more

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  • The chronicle of Duke Erik : a verse epic from medieval Sweden

    The Chronicle of Duke Erik är en svensk klassiker av rang. Den rimmade verskrönikan är vår mest kända höviska text och en viktig historisk källa. Här äntligen är den tillgänglig för en internationell läsekrets i en översättning till engelska. Det är ett fascinerande versepos, komponerat på knittel troligen under tidigt 1300-tal, och en mångbottnad spegling av politiska och estetiska ideal typiska ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    by Homer, Bernard Knox ...
    Translated by Robert Fagles ...
    **The great epic of Western literature, translated by the acclaimed classicist Robert FaglesA Penguin Classic**Robert Fagles, winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation and a 1996 Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, presents us with Homer's best-loved and most accessible poem in a stunning modern-verse translation. "Sing to me of the man, Muse, the ... Read more

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  • The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    Translated by E. V. Rieu, D. C. H. Rieu ...
    'The Odyssey is a poem of extraordinary pleasures: it is a salt-caked, storm-tossed, wine-dark treasury of tales, of many twists and turns, like life itself' GuardianThe epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature. Confronted by natural and supernatural threats - ship-wrecks, battles, monsters and the ... Read more

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  • The Iliad

    (The Stephen Mitchell Translation)

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Stephen Mitchell ...
    TOLSTOY CALLED THE ILIAD A miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or written. But until now, even the best English translations haven’t been able to re-create the energy and simplicity, the speed, grace, and pulsing rhythm of the original.In Stephen Mitchell’s Iliad, the ... Read more

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  • The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne

    by John Donne ...
    This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne's satires, epigrams, verse letters, and holy ... Read more

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  • The Metamorphoses

    by Ovid, Horace Gregory ...
    Translated by Horace Gregory ...
    Ovid’s famous mock epic—a treasury of myth and magic that is one of the greatest literary works of classical antiquity—is rendered into fluidly poetic English by world-renowned translator Allen Mandelbaum.Roman poet Ovid’s dazzling cycle of tales begins with the creation of the world and ends with the deification of Caesar Augustus. In between is a glorious panoply of the most famous myths and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Gilgamesh

    Edited by John Gardner ...
    The story of Gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written. Gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings. The principal theme of the poem is a familiar one: man's ... Read more

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  • Loves of Krishna

    by W. G. Archer ...
    The Introduction explains: "During the twentieth century, a certain type of Indian painting began to fascinate the West. Unlike Mughal art, it was a product of Hindu courts in Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills and unlike Mughal painting, its chief concern was with the varied phases of romance. Ladies would be shown brooding in their chambers as storm clouds mounted in the sky. A girl might be ... Read more

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  • The Fabliaux

    Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature.Composed between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, these virtually unknown erotic and satiric poems lie at the root of the Western comic tradition. Passed down by the anticlerical middle classes of medieval France, The Fabliaux depicts ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Theocritus (Illustrated)

    by Theocritus, Delphi Classics ...
    Book 69 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The inventor of the bucolic genre, Theocritus of Syracuse was a learned poet, who refashioned traditional literary forms in original and highly polished verse on a small scale. Theocritus is best known for poems set in pastoral landscapes, consisting of dialogues and song-contests, combining lyric tone with epic meter. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the ... Read more

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