Ancient & Medieval Literature

V. 1. Preface / Palmer Bovie -- Amphitryon / Translated By Constance Carrier -- The Braggart Soldier (miles Gloriosus) / Translated By Erich Segal -- The Ca...

widely Adopted For Classroom Use, This Book Offers Translations Of Four Major Works Of Ancient Greek Literature Which Treat The Life And Thought Of Socrate...

English versions of Sophocles’ three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets. Index. ...

Before Guy Gavriel Kay became known for his groundbreaking works of speculative fiction, establishing himself as one of the world's most respected writers ...

"Alternately lyrical and laugh-out-loud funny."—New York Times “Deliciously readable . . . Donald Hall, if abandoned by the muse of poetry, has wrought...

National BestsellerBill Morneau’s experience as Canada’s finance minister crystalized his vision for the country’s potential for growth and prosperity...

In Three Paperback Volumes, The Grene And Lattimore Editions Offer A Selection Of The Most Important And Characteristic Plays Of Aeschylus, Sophocles, And E...

Being 80 And In The Early Stages Of Parkinson's Disease, Joe Takes His Daughter Alison Along As His Reluctant Assistant On Genealogical Research Trip To Ire...

Accompanied By A Critical Introduction, A Biographical Chronology, Incisive Commentary, And A Glossary, This Definitive Dramatic Collection Features All Sev...

These pages capture a thousand years of medieval women's visionary writing, from late antiquity to the 15th century. Written by hermits, recluses, wives, ...

Essential passages from the works of four fathers of history-Herodotus's History, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Xenophon's Anabasis, and Pol...

Translated by Michael Alexander. Categories: Literature & FictionAncient & Medieval Literature

eleven Minutes Is The Story Of Maria, A Young Girl From A Brazilian Village, Whose First Innocent Brushes With Love Leave Her Heartbroken. At A Tender Age...

Among The Most Important And Influential Philosophical Works In Western Thought: Euthyphro, Exploring The Concepts And Aims Of Piety And Religion; Apology, ...

The latest edition of this highly praised anthology of ancient Egyptian literature offers fresh translations of all the texts as well as some twenty-five ne...

From Triumph superstar Rik Emmett comes the thrilling, inspiring story of a life of rock and rollWhile describing the impulse driving his life and work, Rik...

Among surviving Greek tragedies only Euripides' Trojan Women shows us the extinction of a whole city, an entire people. Despite its grim theme, or more like...

Seventy-year-old F.X. Toole has exploded onto the literary scene with this astonishing first collection of stories drawn from his own experiences in boxing...

The Romans conquered most of the known world and detailed their conquests in calm, unapologetic histories. They were a supremely urbane people who longed p...

Rumi's Divani Shamsi Tabriz (the Works Of Shams Of Tabriz--named In Honor Of Rumi's Spiritual Teacher And Friend) Is A Collection Of Lyric Poems That Contai...

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offers timeless guidance for a turbulent world.Like us, Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius lived through a wor...

Paris, un atelier d'artiste au fond d'une allée verdoyante.Madeline, une ex-flic londonienne, y est venue pour panser ses blessures.Gaspard, un auteur misa...

From Achilles's heel to the sword of Damocles, Western culture teems with allusions from the rich heritage of classical literature, and this new edition o...

eleven Minutes Is The Story Of Maria, A Young Girl From A Brazilian Village, Whose First Innocent Brushes With Love Leave Her Heartbroken. At A Tender Age...

Herbert Mason's best-selling Gilgamesh is the most widely read and enduring interpretation of this ancient Babylonian epic. One of the oldest and most unive...

Book I A Fateful Haven 1 -- Book Ii How They Took The City 31 -- Book Iii Sea Wanderings And Strange Meetings 63 -- Book Iv The Passion Of The Queen 93 -- B...

This classic, second only to the Bible for religious instruction and inspiration, has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Written...

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. The product of more than a decade's continuous work (1598-1611), Chap...

a Classic Work That Has Charmed Generations Of Readers, This Collection Assembles Carson Mccullers’s Best Stories, Including Her Beloved Novella “the Ball...

BKS Iyengar’s translation and commentary on these ancient yoga sutras has been described as the “bible” of yoga. This new edition of the classic text...

There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mas­tered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, yo...

A Brand-new Translation Of The World's Greatest Satirist. With A Signature Style That Is At Once Bawdy And Delicate, As Well As A Fearless Penchant For Lamp...

Narrative is an important element in our daily life and the novel is arguably the most popular genre of our times. The theory of narrative or narratology, w...