Ancient, Classical & Medieval

The Testament And Other Poems. The Legacy -- The Testament -- Miscellaneous Poems -- Extra Material. François Villon's Life -- François Villon's Audience ...

Marie De France Was A Medieval Poet Who Was Probably Born In France And Who Lived In England During The Twelfth Century. Prominent Among The Earliest Poets ...

Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century, the poet known as Rumi (named after the city where he lived) composed works of...

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...

A Reprint Of The Ancient Greek Epic With An Introduction Giving The Background To The Times, Viz. The Ceremonies Of Civilization Do Not Mean Much To Us Toda...

T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature The Archbishop Thomas Becket spea...

An English-language Rendering Of The World's Oldest Epic Follows The Journey Of Conquest And Self-discovery By The King Of Uruk, In An Edition That Includes...

Alan Melville's accomplished translations match the sophisticated elegance of Ovid's Latin. Their witty modern idiom is highly entertaining. In this volume...

The Modern, Unacademic Idiom Of A.d. Melville's Translation Opens The Way To A Fresh Understanding Of Ovid's Unique And Elusive Vision Of Reality.Categories...

In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems (or "rubáiyát") of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyám. If not a true tra...

Known to many as the study of quiet stillness and introspection, Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself through brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness o...

The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek...

This Study Of Early Greek Lyric Provides Portraits Of Archilochus, Alcaeus And Sappho And Their Poetry. It Looks At Their Social Setting, And Their Purposes...

Erec And Enide -- Cligés -- Lancelot -- Yvain -- Perceval. Chrétien De Troyes ; Translated, With An Introduction And Notes, By D.d.r. Owen. Includes Bibli...