Greek Lyric Poetry (West M. L.)(Paperback)

Greek Lyric Poetry (West M. L.)(Paperback)

The Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 B.C.--greats such as Sappho, Anacreon, and Simonides--produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity. Their poetry was perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, and reflected all the joys and anxieties of their

Greek Lyric (Anacreon)(Pevná vazba)

The five volumes in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Greek Lyric contain the surviving fragments of solo and choral song. This poetry was not preserved in medieval manuscripts, and few complete poems remain. Later writers quoted from the poets, but only so much as suited their needs; these

Erato (Rees-Jones Deryn)(Paperback)

Erato takes its title from the muse of lyric poetry. At the centre is an interrogation of the lyric as a vehicle to write the world, both the beauty and the horror. Drawing on documentary-style narratives of her life, combined with lyric reinventions, Rees-Jones asks questions about past, present

Meters of Greek and Latin Poetry (Halporn James W.)(Paperback / softback)

Toxicon & Arachne (McSweeney Joyelle)(Paperback / softback)

TOXICON & ARACHNE is a a raw, personal and indelible double volume of extraordinary lyric poetry, at once thrilling and sinister, by 'one of poetry's most versatile experimentalists' (Publisher's

Selected Poetry (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2020 Read Russia Prize A new collection of Pushkin's great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony Wood A Penguin Classic Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman, based on the statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824, is widely considered to be his most

Collected Poems (Longley Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Michael Longley has been called 'one of the finest lyric poets of our time'. Longley's poetry combines intense concentration with remarkable variety. Longley's genres span love poetry, war poetry, nature poetry, elegies, satires, verse epistles, poems that reflect on art and the art of

Citizen: An American Lyric (Rankine Claudia)(Paperback)

* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry ** Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *ONE OF THE

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (Rexroth Kenneth)(Paperback)

The lyric poetry of Tu Fu ranks with the greatest in all world literature. Across the centuries--Tu Fu lived in the T'ang Dynasty (731-770)--his poems come through to us with an immediacy that is breathtaking in Kenneth Rexroth's English versions. They are as simple as they are profound, as

A Hellenistic Anthology (Hopkinson Neil)(Paperback)

This book is an anthology of Greek poetry written during the third to first centuries BC, the Hellenistic period. It is intended to make available to undergraduates and graduate students a selection of texts which are for the most part not easily accessible elsewhere. The volume contains a wide and

Montale - Poems (Montale Eugenio)(Pevná vazba)

Montale's incandescently beautiful poetry is deeply rooted in the venerable lyric tradition that began with Dante, but he brilliantly reinvents that tradition for our time, probing the depths of love, death, faith and philosophy in the bracing light of modern

Greek Lyric (Sappho)(Pevná vazba)

This volume contains the poetic fragments of the two illustrious singers of early sixth-century Lesbos: Sappho, the most famous woman poet of antiquity, whose main theme was love; and Alcaeus, poet of wine, war, and politics, and composer of short hymns to the gods. Also included are the principal

Greek Lyric (Campbell David a.)(Pevná vazba)

Towards the end of the fifth century BCE, Aristophanes and the other writers of comedy used contemporary poets and musicians as targets for their jokes, making fun of their innovations in language and music. The dithyrambs of Melanippides, Cinesias, Phrynis, Timotheus, and Philoxenus are remarkable

Austerity Measures - The New Greek Poetry (Van Dyck Karen)(Paperback / softback)

Since the crisis hit in 2008, Greece has played host to a cultural renaissance unlike anything seen in Southern Europe for over thirty years. Poems of startling depth and originality are being written by native Greeks, emigres and migrants alike. This book gathers together these

Mythoi - (Greek Easy Readers - Stage 3) (Aronh M.)(Paperback / softback)

Ancient Worlds - An Epic History of East and West (Scott Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past, connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers and empires that swept across Central Asia to India and China - resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history

Greek Poems to the Gods: Hymns from Homer to Proclus (Powell Barry B.)(Pevná vazba)

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn--as poetry, as craft, as a tool for worship and philosophy--was a vital art form throughout antiquity. Although the Homeric Hymns have long been popular, other equally important collections have not been readily

The Lyric Theory Reader: A Critical Anthology (Jackson Virginia)(Paperback)

The Lyric Theory Reader collects major essays on the modern idea of lyric, made available here for the first time in one place. Representing a wide range of perspectives in Anglo-American literary criticism from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the collection as a whole documents the

The Lesbian Lyre: Reclaiming Sappho for the 21st Century (Duban Jeffrey M.)(Pevná vazba)

Hailed by Plato as the 'Tenth Muse' of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity's greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian. What's left of her writing, and what we know of her,

Matthew (Quarles Charles L.)(Paperback)

The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (EGGNT) closes the gap between the Greek text and the available lexical and grammatical tools, providing all the necessary information for greater understanding of the text. The series makes interpreting any given New Testament book easier, especially

Greek Mythology: A Complete Guide to Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, and Ancient Greece (Walsh Andrew)(Paperback)

Nemean Odes. Isthmian Odes. Fragments (Pindar)(Pevná vazba)

Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BCE) was by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him sure to win Apollo's laurels. The esteem of the ancients may help explain why a good portion of his work was carefully preserved. Most of the

Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West (Various)(Paperback)

Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet HafizOne of 6 Books Oprah Loves to Give as Gifts During the Holidays'All kinds of beautiful poetry.' -Hoda Kotb In this luminous collection,

Hinterland: Caribbean Poetry from the West Indies and Britain (Markham E. a.)(Paperback)

E.A. Markham's iconic anthology Hinterland opened up new territory for many readers, with its substantial selections by 14 key poets with photos, interviews, essays by the poets themselves. It became a set text for the Open University and at many universities and colleges in Britain and the