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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the Christian afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. more...
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, 3by Robert Durling; Ronald Martinez; Robert Turner
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 17.95Robert Durling's spirited new prose translation of the Paradiso completes his masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English translators. Reunited with his beloved Beatrice in the Purgatorio, in the Paradiso the poet-narrator journeys with her through the heavenly spheres and comes to know "the state of blessed souls after death." As with the previous volumes, the original Italian and its English translation appear on facing pages. Readers will be drawn... more...
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne, Volume 7, Part 1by John Donne; Gary A. Stringer; Paul A. Parrish
Indiana University Press 2005; US$ 47.95Praise for previous volumes: "This variorum edition will be the basis of all future Donne scholarship." -- Chronique This is the 4th volume of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne to appear. This volume presents a newly edited critical text of the Holy Sonnets and a comprehensive digest of the critical-scholarly commentary on them from Donne's time through 1995. The editors identify and print both an earlier and a revised authorial sequence of sonnets, as well as presenting the scribal collection -- which contains unique authorial versions of several of the sonnets -- inscribed by Donne's friend Rowland... more...
Comic Provocationsby Holly A. Crocker
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 85.00Explores the ability of Old French fabliaux to disrupt the literal bodies with which they come into contact. This volume addresses issues including fragmentation and multiplication, social anxiety and excessive circulation, and others to trace the competing consequences that result from this literary body's unsettling capacity. more...
Violent Passionsby Tracy Adams
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 85.00This book re-evaluates the perception of "courtly love" in Old French verse. Adams traces how these verses explore the emotional trials of "amour" and propose coping methods for the lovelorn. more...
Works of William Blakeby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 5.99Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. List of Works by Title. List of Works in Alphabetical Order. List of Works in Chronological Order. William Blake Biography. America: A Prophecy. Auguries of Innocence. The Book of Thel. Eternity. Europe: A Prophecy. The Gates of Paradise. I Heard an Angel. I saw a chapel all of gold. An Island in the Moon. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell:. The Argument. The Voice of the Devil. A Memorable Fancy. Proverbs of Hell. A Memorable Fancy 1. A Memorable Fancy 2. A Memorable Fancy 3. A Song of Liberty. Milton. Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau. Poetical Sketches:. Song: How sweet... more...
Charles Baudelaireby Rosemary Lloyd
Reaktion Books 2008; US$ 20.95An engrossing and readable biography, Rosemary Lloyd's 'Charles Baudelaire' will be essential for scholars and Baudelaire admirers alike. more...
Selected Poemsby Victor Hugo; Brooks Haxton
Penguin Group Inc. 2002; US$ 12.99For most of his life, Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was the most famous writer in the world. His legacy includes the nineteenth century's most celebrated works of drama, fiction, memoir, and criticism. But in his day Hugo was know foremost as a poet-indeed the greatest French poet of the age. He wrote with passion about history, erotic experience, familial love, philosophy, nature, social justice, art, and mysticism. In this new bicentennial edition, acclaimed poet and translator Brooks Haxton offers an exquisite selection of Hugo's finest work: love poems, historical tableaux, elegy, and idyll, including his incomparable "Boaz Asleep," which Marcel Proust praised as the most beautiful poem of the nineteenth century. "One of those rare and providential... more...
Paris Spleen, and La Fanfarloby Charles Baudelaire; Raymond N. MacKenzie
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 12.00Paris Spleen, a diverse collection of fifty prose poems, is provided here in a clear, engaging, and accurate translation that conveys the lyricism and nuance of the original French text. Also included is a translation of Baudelaire's early novella, La Fanfarlo, which, alongside Paris Spleen, sheds light on the development of Baudelaire's work over time. more...
Tartuffeby Molière; Prudence L. Steiner; Roger W. Herzel
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2008; US$ 9.95Prudence Steiner's lively prose translation of Molière's great comedy remains close to the original French, while casting the speech of characters in a slightly compressed and formalized way that comes very close to the original effect created by Molière's verse. This edition includes translations of Molière's three appeals to the king, as well as an introductory essay by Roger Herzel, which discusses Molière's life, Tartuffe and the comic tradition, and the setting, language and style of the play. more...