The Oxford Book Of Classical Verse

Author : Adrian Poole,Jeremy Maule
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Poetry
ISBN : PSU:000046337429

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The Oxford Book of Classical Verse by Adrian Poole,Jeremy Maule Pdf

Great Britain has a long and grand tradition of poets translating classical authors. Virtually every great poet from Chaucer on has tried his or her hand at translation, with the results often rivalling or even excelling the ancient original. This unique anthology presents the best of these translations, ranging from King Alfred, Alexander Pope, and Ben Jonson, to Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ezra Pound, and Ted Hughes. The book offers a vast array of responses to the song, verse, and drama of ancient Greece and Rome, and to poets themselves as varied as Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid, and Juvenal. Organized by classical author and text, the book gathers and juxtaposes English versions, sometimes of the same passage or poem, to dramatize the endless renewal of one great poetic tradition in and through another.

Author : Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444393774

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A Companion to Classical Receptions by Lorna Hardwick,Christopher Stray Pdf

Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies. Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later centuries, and the fastest growing area in classics Brings together 34 essays by an international group of contributors focused on ancient and modern reception concepts and practices Combines close readings of key receptions with wider contextualization and discussion Explores the impact of Greek and Roman culture worldwide, including crucial new areas in Arabic literature, South African drama, the history of photography, and contemporary ethics

Author : P J Keegan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780141941875

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The Penguin Book of English Verse by P J Keegan Pdf

This ambitious and revelatory collection turns the traditional chronology of anthologies on its head, listing poems according to their first individual appearance in the language rather than by poet.

Author : David Lehman,John Brehm
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1193 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780195162516

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The Oxford Book of American Poetry by David Lehman,John Brehm Pdf

Redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present.

Author : Jon Stallworthy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0195042328

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A Book of Love Poetry by Jon Stallworthy Pdf

Poets through the ages offer interpretations of love's changing moods and forms.

Author : Thomas Kinsella
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0192801929

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The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse by Thomas Kinsella Pdf

This magnificent anthology presents the Irish tradition as a unity: verse in Irish and English, usually regarded separately, are shown as elements in a shared and often painful history. The selection begins in pre-Christian times and closes with nineteenth- and twentieth-century verse. Poets featured include Swift, Goldsmith, W. B. Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh, and Seamus Heaney.

Author : O. Classe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Authors
ISBN : 1884964362

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Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L by O. Classe Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Fallaize
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191614927

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The Oxford Book of French Short Stories by Elizabeth Fallaize Pdf

This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin. Spanning the centuries from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth, the collection opens with a rumbustious tale from the Marquis de Sade, takes in the masters of the nineteenth century, from Stendhal and Balzac to Maupassant, and reaches to Quebec, Africa, and the French Caribbean in the twentieth century. Women writers include relatively well known figures such as Renee Vivien, Colette, and Beauvoir, and newer writers such as Assia Djebar, Christiane Baroche, and Annie Saumont. The French short story is a rich and diverse medium, but all the stories selected share a common characteristic: they make exciting reading.

Author : Neil Philip
Publisher : Oxford Books of Verse
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Children's poetry, American
ISBN : UCSC:32106012344088

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The New Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Neil Philip Pdf

An anthology of poetry written for children.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780141913407

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Classical Literary Criticism by Anonim Pdf

The works collected in this volume have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. In Ion, Plato examines the god-like power of poets to evoke feelings such as pleasure or fear, yet he went on to attack this manipulation of emotions and banished poets from his ideal Republic. Aristotle defends the value of art in his Poetics, and his analysis of tragedy has influenced generations of critics from the Renaissance onwards. In the Art of Poetry, Horace promotes a style of poetic craftsmanship rooted in wisdom, ethical insight and decorum, while Longinus' On the Sublime explores the nature of inspiration in poetry and prose.

Author : Dr. Jonathan Williams,Clive Cheesman
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0892367865

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Classical Love Poetry by Dr. Jonathan Williams,Clive Cheesman Pdf

This lovely book pairs selections of translated Greek and Roman verse from Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, among others, with fine examples of paintings, sculpture, vases, and decorative objects. The excerpts, which cover the period from the eighth century B.C. to the early Middle Ages, were chosen from famous works, such as Homer's Iliad as well as less well-known pieces, such as the writings of the Greek poet Ibycus. This book demonstrates that the human preoccupation with love in all its forms has inspired writers for millennia: from the expression of enduring faithfulness and familial affection in Homer's description of Hector and Andromache to the passionate intensity portrayed by the later Greek lyric poets and the light-hearted depiction of love as a lost little boy by the anonymous authors of the Inacreontea. The book includes a brief introduction to Greek and Roman views on love and marriage, a short biographical note on each of the major poets, and a glossary of mythical and geographical names.

Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : English poetry
ISBN : OCLC:779069820

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The Oxford Book of English Verse by Arthur Quiller-Couch Pdf

Author : Philip F. Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford Oriental Monographs
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015054275451

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The Wine Song in Classical Arabic Poetry by Philip F. Kennedy Pdf

The classical period of Arab civilization produced the most extensive and highly developed bacchic tradition in world literature, In this book, the author traces the history of classical Arabic wine poetry from its origins in sixth century Arabia to its heyday in Baghdad at the turn of theninth century. The focus is on the greatest and perhaps most likeable of Arabic poets, Abu Nuwas. Although wine poetry is only one of the many genres for which he is known, it is the one that has ensured his fame, and the one on which this book concentrates. The wine songs of the poet are analysedand their connections with poetics, ethics, and religion are explored. The author also puts Abu Nuwas in perspective by comparing him with his most important predecessors and contemporaries and by discussing his interaction with other poetic genres such as amatory, invective, ascetic, or gnomicverse.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781585108978

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Golden Verses by Anonim Pdf

An anthology containing fresh and rhythmic translations of the great poets from the Augustan period, Golden Verses covers a broad range of verse with introduction, maps, chronology, glossary, bibliography and notes. Alessi's text is designed specifically for the college market, providing students with access to the thought and context at the roots of our culture. Designed to be read in conjunction with major works of the Augustan Age—Ovid's Metamorphosis and Vergil's Aeneid.

Author : Norman Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : PSU:000017003513

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The Oxford Book of Late Medieval Verse and Prose by Norman Davis Pdf

This anthology covers a period in English literature - from the death of Chaucer to the early years of Henry VIII's reign - and forms an impressive and entertaining vindication that this is no dull period of 'transition' but an age of ferment and achievement. Included are extracts representative of such familiar authors as Malory, Henryson, Skelton, and More, and the well-known types of literature - songs and lyrics, ballads and romances. Also included are texts which have never before been published or available only in very obscure editions, as well as private letters, extracts from books on alchemy and medicine and hunting and fishing, recipes - for grilled salmon and stewed partridge - and tips on how to make hair grow.