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G Boccaccio
[Paperback 2007]
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Description: In this collection of tales, Boccaccio has presented an assortment of emotions and experiences. The work is a testament to the creative abilities of its author. Some tales satirize the church; others picturesquely depict diverse incidents in a true-to-life manner. Engrossing! A new translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted... more
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Pablo Nervda
[Paperback 2004]
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First published in 1924, Veinte poemas de amor y una cancin desesperada remains among Pablo Nerudas most popular work. Daringly metaphorical and sensuous, this collection juxtaposes youthful passion with the desolation of grief. Drawn from the poets most intimate and personal associations, the poems combine eroticism and the natural world... more
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Dante Alighieri ,
Dorothy L Sayers
[Paperback 1986]
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Dante (1265-1321) is the greatest of Italian poets and his DIVINE COMEDY is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his COMEDY in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be... more
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Dante Alighieri ,
Sean O Brien
[Paperback 2010]
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Sean O'Brien's new translation of the "Inferno" is destined to become the standard English text for many years to come. It is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of Dante's poem yet, and - with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of O'Brien' own poetry - manages... more
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Wolfram Von Eschenback ,
Wolfram Von Eschenbach ,
A T Hatto
[Paperback 1980]
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John Ciardi ,
Edward M Cifelli
[Paperback 2005]
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At the pinnacle of a grand and prolific career, W. S. Merwin has given us a shimmering new verse translation of the central section of Dante's Divine Comedy -- the Purgatorio. Led by Virgil, inspired by his love for Beatrice, Dante makes the arduous journey up the Mountain of Purgatory,... more
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Ludovico Ariosto
[Paperback 2008]
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A dazzling kaleidoscope of adventures, ogres, monsters, barbaric splendor, and romance, this epic poem stands as one of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance. The only unabridged prose translation of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso--a witty parody of the chivalric legends of Charlemagne and the Saracen invasion of France--this version faithfully... more
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Barry Moser ,
Allen Mandelbaum
[Paperback 2010]
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This timeless Christian allegory has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery fo its own identity. In the Inferno, the first of the Comedy's three parts, Dante is conducted by the spirit of the classical poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell on... more
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Dante Alighieri ,
Alighieri Dante ,
John Ciardi
[Paperback 2007]
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The final canticle of Dante's "The Divine Comedy" shares the ultimate goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, Dante's vision of universal harmony and eternal salvation is an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love. Following... more
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Dante ,
Dante Alighieri
[Paperback 2004]
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The second volume of Oxford's new "Divine Comedy" presents the Italian text of the "Purgatorio" and, on facing pages, a new prose translation that is unprecedented in its accuracy, eloquence, and closeness to Dante's syntax. At the pinnacle of a grand and prolific career, W. S. Merwin has given us... more
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Dante Alighieri ,
Mark Musa
[Paperback 2002]
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ,
David Constantine ,
A S Byatt
[Paperback 2006]
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Goethe viewed the writing of poetry as essentially autobiographical, and the works selected in this volume represent more than sixty years in the life of the poet. In early poems such as ?Prometheus, ? he rails against religion in an almost ecstatic fervor, while ?To the Moon? is an enigmatic... more
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Dante Alighieri
[Paperback 2009]
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Robin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy , tracing Dante's journey from Hell to Purgatory and finally Paradise, is published here for the first time in a single volume. The volume includes a new introduction, notes, maps and diagrams, and is the ideal edition for students as well... more
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Homer
[Paperback 1997]
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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 lyrical mastery. If "The Iliad" is the world's greatest... more
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Anonymous ,
A T Hatto
[Paperback 1965]
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A James Arnold
[Paperback 1998]
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Rainer Maria Rilke ,
Anita Barrows ,
Joanna Macy
[Paperback 2005, 100th Edition]
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A collection of poetry, based on the Book of Hours--psalms and prayers for various times throughout the day--used by monks, offers prayers and songs that address such concerns as spirituality in the modern age and the sufferings of war, poverty, and disease. Reprint. At the beginning of this century, a... more
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John Ciardi ,
Archibald T Mac Allister ,
Dante Alighieri
[Mass market paperbound 2001]
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Considered one of the greatest literary works of all time, Dante's immortal drama of a journey through Hell is the first volume of his "Divine Comedy." Original. Considered to be one of the greatest literary works of all time -- equal only to those of Shakespeare -- Dante's immortal drama... more
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Rudyard Kipling
[Paperback 1988]
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Witty, profound, wildly funny, acerbic and occasionally savage, Rudyard Kipling's poems continue to delight readers of all ages. Included are both the familiar favorites and Kipling's lesser-known works. This is the only complete collection of Kipling's poems available in paperback. When Rudyard Kipling died in 1936, he was considered second... more
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Gunter Grass ,
Grass ,
Gnter Grass
[Paperback 1996]
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Novemberland is a bilingual volume of selected poems from the past four decades by Germany's preeminent contemporary writer. Before Guenter Grass's first novel, The Tin Drum, received international acclaim as one of the most important postwar novels ever written, Grass was renowned in his native country for his poetry. Informed... more
