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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPThe first volume of The Divine Comedy--Dante begins his downward journey through the seven circles of Hell.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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This vigorous translation of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. [More Detail/Coupons]
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Don Alvaro, or the Force of Fate by Angel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas (1791-1865), premiered in 1835 in Madrid and changed the Spanish stage forever after. It was the benchmark Romantic play of early nineteenth-century Spain. In this ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language. --William Arrowsmith Certainly the best modern verse translation. --Gilbert Highet This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Euripides was one of the most popular and controversial of all Greek tragedians. His plays were marked by an independence of thought, ingenious dramatic devices, and subtle moods. This new translation does full justice to his range of tone ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Euripides (c.484-406 B.C.) was the most controversial of the three great Greek tragedians and the most modern. His major themes- religious scepticism, the injustices suffered by women and the destructive folly of war-are issues still ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Lucian (ca. 120– 190 AD), the satirist from Samosata on the Euphrates, started as an apprentice sculptor, turned to rhetoric and visited Italy and Gaul as a successful travelling lecturer, before settling in Athens and developing his ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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In dramatic and narrative power, Virgil' s Aeneid is the equal of its great Homeric predecessors, The Iliad and The Odyssey, It surpasses them, however, in the intense sympathy it displays for its human actors- a sympathy that makes events ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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The words of Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, and activist Thich Nhat Hanh remind us how to find and make peace, with reflection -- inspiring art by Adam Guan. [More Detail/Coupons]
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Passionate and witty, earthy and mystical, the soul-stirring poetry of 13th century Sufi poet Rumi transports us, especially when translated by Coleman Barks and accompanied by the work of artist Matt Manley. [More Detail/Coupons]
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Kept alive for more than 13 centuries, Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language, reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. This edition of Raffel''s ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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A Choice Outstanding academic title, Haruo Shirane''s comprehensive anthology is the only such collection to focus exclusively on the early modern period in Japanese literature. This abridged edition retains the essential texts that made ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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A new telling of Dante''s Inferno, this translation is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet, and--with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O''Brien''s own poetry--manages the ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgilas great epic With his translations of Homeras classic poems, Robert Fagles gave new life to seminal works of the Western canon and ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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'The Love Books of Ovid' is a combination of four books of the Roman poet's verse translated into prose. This volume includes 'Amores' or 'The Loves', 'Ars Amatoria' or 'The Art of Love', 'Remedia Amoris' or 'Love's Cure', and 'Medicamina ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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The most famous of the three canticles that comprise The Divine Comedy, Inferno describes Danteas descent in Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Fagles's translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, the much-anticipated new translation of Virgil's epic poem from the award-winning translator reintroduces The Aeneid to a whole new ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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The stirring tale of a legendary royal family's fall and ultimate redemption, the Theban trilogy endures as the crowning achievement of Greek drama. Sophocles' 3-play cycle, chronicling Oedipus's search for the truth and its tragic ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. This unabridged box set contains the trilogy of The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, plus a biography of Dante-A ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Each edition includes: - Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play- Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play- Scene-by-scene plot summaries- A key to famous lines and ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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English translation. Lysistrata, the most popular of Aristophanes' plays, appeals to the modern reader because of its lively and imaginative plot, memorable heroine, good jokes, and appeal for peace and tolerance between nations and ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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In this translation, it was attempted to collect out of sundry authors the philosophical sense of these fables of Ovid, if they may be called his, when most of them are more antient than any extant author, or perhaps them letters ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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One of the greatest, most moving of all tragedies, Antigone continues to have meaning for us because of its depiction of the struggle between individual conscience and state policy, and its delicate probing of the nature of human ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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This book exploits recent reevaluations of Roman religion in order to argue in favor of taking the religious dimensions of Roman literature seriously, as important cultural work in their own right. Instead of seeing Roman religious and ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, the Homeric saga of the shipwrecks, wanderings, and homecoming of the master tactician Odysseus encompasses a virtual inventory of the themes and attitudes that have shaped Western ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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In the myths and legends that are magnificently retold here, Fagles has captured the energy and poetry of Homer's original in a bold, contemporary idiom, and given readers an Odyssey to read aloud, to savor, and to treasure for its sheer ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, born at Corduba (Cordova) ca. 4 BC, of a prominent and wealthy family, spent an ailing childhood and youth at Rome in an aunt's care. He became famous in rhetoric, philosophy, money-making, and imperial service. ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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The Grene and Lattimore edition of the Greek tragedies has been among the most widely acclaimed and successful publications of the University of Chicago Press. On the occasion of the Centennial of the University of Chicago and its Press, ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Oedipus the King - Antigone - Electra - AjaxTrachinian Women - Philoctetes - Oedipus at Colonus The greatest of the Greek tragedians, Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, surpassing his older contemporary Aeschylus and the younger Euripides in ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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Comprehensive edition of this classic play aimed at second-year students and above. [More Detail/Coupons]
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Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for Best New Play in 1947, All My Son established Arthur Miller as a leading voice in the American theater, and introduced themes that thread through Miller's work as a whole: the relationships between ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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'In Robert Fagles' beautifully rendered text, the Iliad overwhelms us afresh. The huge themes--godlike, yet utterly human--of savagery and calculation, of destiny defied, of triumph and grief compel our own humanity. Time after time, one ... [More Detail/Coupons]
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