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On Living and Dying Well
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableIn the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender of republican values, created these philosophical treatises on such diverse topics as friendship, religion, death, fate and scientific inquiry. A pragmatist at heart, Cicero's philosophies were frequently personal and ethical, drawn not from abstract reasoning but through... more...
The Oedipus Cycle
HarperCollins 2012; Not AvailableAward-winning poet and playwright Robert Bagg offers a set of exciting and authentic new translations of Oedipus the King , Oedipus at Kolonos , and Antigone ?together known as The Oedipus Cycle . One of the unquestionable acmes of world literature, Sophocles?s immortal series of plays centers upon the royal family of Thebes, whose struggles for... more...
Plagiarism in Latin Literature
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00A study of the concept of plagiarism in Rome and the functions that accusations and denials had in Roman culture. more...
Farewell Song
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableRabindranath Tagore reinvented the Bengali novel with Farewell Song; blurring the lines between prose and poetry and creating an effervescent blend of romance and satire. Through Amit and Labanya and a brilliantly etched social milieu; the novel addresses contemporary debates about ?good? and ?bad? writing; the nature of love and conjugality; and the... more...
Mahabharata Vol. 3
Penguin Books Ltd 2011; Not AvailableThe Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions, and it has rarely been translated in full, given... more...
Saints and Symposiasts
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 92.00Explores the afterlife of the classical Greek symposium in the Greco-Roman and early Christian culture of the Roman Empire. more...
The Rhetoric of the Roman Fake
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 79.00In-depth analysis of Roman literary fakes offering new insights into the creative dynamics of spurious literature. more...
The Giver of the Worn Garland KRISHNADEVARAYA'S AMUKTAMALYADA
Penguin Books Ltd 2010; Not AvailableAnd below her hair; she would put on a garland and spend a few minutes just gazing into a pond; seeing her reflection and satisfying her desire before turning away and returning the worn garland to her flower basket The emperor Krishnadevaraya?s epic poem Amuktamalyada (Giver of the Worn Garland) depicts the life of the medieval Vaisnava poet-saint... more...
The River Speaks
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableIn the ancient Tamil country, the Vaiyai was much more than a mighty river rushing towards the sea. People knew the river intimately and lived their lives upon its banks. In these exquisite poems from the distant past (second to eighth century CE), we glimpse the ebb and flow of everyday life: the bathing, the water games, the lovers? quarrels and... more...
Antigone
Aarhus University Press 2004; US$ 16.52Sofokles' tragedie Antigone, som opførtes første gang i Athen for knap 2500 år siden, har ikke siden ophørt med at inspirere både ved læsning og opførelser. Tragedien er bearbejdet af talrige dramatikere og instruktører og er stadig i sin problemstilling så aktuel som ved sin førsteopførelse. Og ingen bearbejdelser er bedre end originalen.Problemet... more...









