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1) The Odyssey
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.3 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
2) The Iliad
Author
Language
English
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Description
When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)-critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other great...
3) The Aeneid
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aeneid, by Vergil, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
4) Beowulf
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Pub. Date
1971 [©1963]
Language
English
Description
This translation of the ninth-century epic poem, considered the first great work of English literature, was originally intended for non-native speakers of English with the intention of reducing difficulties present in the Old English style
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet. Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer, and found that the Bhagavad Gita had much to teach him with its "song of multiplicities." Chief among them is that "its own assertions aren't as important as the...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel's terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot
But the commentary...
11) Grendel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
World renowned critic John Gardner has received prestigious awards for his wide range of literary achievements including short stories, novels, and essays. When he turns his talents to retelling Beowulf, the earliest epic in British literature, the result is a work that combines extensive knowledge with a marvelous strain of pure fun. In Gardner's version of the epic, instead of lauding the helmeted hero, Beowulf, the spotlight shines on Grendel,...
Author
Series
Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 73
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Faerie Queene, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
13) Homer
Author
Series
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Homer.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
BEOWULF HC SANTIAGO GARCIA and DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf, which has endured for a thousand years and inspired an epic poem of the same name, became a foundational piece of English literature, and inspired generations of authors, from Tolkien to a good number of Hollywood screenwriters. BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark and Sweden: A monster, Grendel, has arrived...
Author
Series
Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 92
Publisher
Twayne
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Leaves of Grass, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise -- the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation
Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three...
19) Beowulf
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 477
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the epic poem Beowulf.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this passionate, deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters-- to him, to you, to the world--in a text full of twists, turns and surprises. In a spectacular journey through mythical and modern landscapes, Adam Nicholson explores the places forever haunted by their Homeric heroes. From Sicily, awash with wildflowers shadowed by Italy's largest oil refinery, to Ithaca, southern Spain, and the mountains on the edges of Andalusia...
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