A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in the 15t......more
A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries "......more
How the idea of the author was born in the battleground of gender When Sappho sang her songs, the only word that existed......more
This new translation of Pindar’s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility in or......more
The classic translation of The Odyssey, now in a deluxe paperback edition with a new introduction by Laura Slatkin and a......more
Completed in 1258, Gulistan (’The Rose Garden’) contains wide-ranging stories, anecdotes and poems offering advice and r......more
In Study of Sorrows, Shangyang Fang breathes contemporary life into the poems of twenty-four Song Dynasty Ci poets. For ......more
THE MOST IMPACTFUL LESSONS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN PAIRED WITH THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS AND MODERN APPLICATIONS IN AN ELEGANT AND AC......more
Dante’s epic story of one man’s journey from darkness to the revelation of divine light is one of the greatest works of ......more
We increasingly encounter medieval books as digital facsimiles--zooming in on high-resolution images, clicking through v......more
Like Emily Wilson’s celebrated translations of Homer, this new Aeneid--the first collaborative translation of the poem i......more
A new translation of the final part of Dante’s Divine Comedy by a poet and psychoanalyst praised for his previous transl......more
Virgil remains one of the most important poets in the history of literature. This emerges in the rich translation histor......more
The Roman poet Ovid, while sailing across the Black Sea to Tomis, considered his exile to have cosmic proportions; in th......more
For the first time, the poems and accompanying letters of Publilius Optatianus Porfyrius (Optatian) are published here w......more
This volume offers a narratological commentary on Digenis Akritis, a Byzantine heroic poem that blends epic and romance.......more
The surviving books of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita (written ca. 30 - 15 BCE), narrate the origins of Rome, the gradual growth......more
Pause, breathe, and savor the quiet beauty of Saigyō, one of Japan’s most quintessential poets, in this celebration of n......more
"The first and greatest anthology of classical Japanese poetry, the Man’yoshu is considered, along with Tale of Genji, t......more
The Pearlsong is an ancient poem that recounts the story of a Parthian prince sent by his parents on a mission to Egypt ......more
Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Paradiso completes her groundbreaking new version of Dante’s masterpiece, begun with Infer......more
The first English translation of Olga A. Smirnitskaya’s influential 1994 Russian work on Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse studi......more
Presenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished classical scholars across Europe from c. 1490 to c. 1900,......more
Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real w......more
A coy tease, enchantress, adulteress, irresponsible mother, hard-hearted wife--such are the possible images of Penelope ......more
The complete collection of poems by Nansŏrhŏn, a 16th century sequestered noblewoman and one of Korea’s first feminists ......more
Part One of the Festschrift honoring William H. Nienhauser invites readers to explore the fascinating world of ancient C......more
Bujangga Manik is a narrative poem in Old Sundanese which opens a window onto the world of late-15th-century maritime So......more
Part Two of the Festschrift dedicated to William H. Nienhauser presents a collection of twelve academic papers that delv......more
If a Mountain Lion Could Sing stands as the first major English translation of poems written by China’s greatest lyric p......more
A classic, Dantesque political epic from medieval Spain that inspired Cervantes and Góngora, in its first English transl......more
An elegant medieval guide to verse composition and rhetoric, presented in a new authoritative edition and English transl......more
The Iliad presents superhuman heroes and superhuman rage, brutal death, unbounded sorrow, the craving for revenge, the s......more
A poetic investigation of sound, language, and liminality. Interweaving distilled prose and shardlike verse, Crane reexa......more
A tragic epic love story before Romeo and Juliet, by one of the greatest medieval Persian romance poets, in a modern-ver......more
ma comédie is a bold, semi-autobiographical journey that transforms the past decade of the author’s life into a vivid, i......more
Are you curious about the contributions of the Islamic intellectual heritage to the field of psychology? Psychological T......more
Are you curious about the contributions of the Islamic intellectual heritage to the field of psychology? Psychological T......more
A magnificent feat of translation, hailed by classicists and poets alike as a "momentous achievement" "thrilling," "rich......more
A profoundly playful poem in three parts, this work considers the echo as a social and historical phenomenon. From Ekhō,......more
This is the first attempt to provide a representative inventory of fables documented in premodern Arabic literature. The......more
Collector’s Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A golden age of chivalry dawns with King Arthur’s vision of Camelot-a......more
John Milton’s stunning second epic focuses upon Christ’s triumph over Satan found in the New Testament synoptic gospel a......more
A collection of poems about nature and power To Ibn al-Muʿtazz and his Abbasid contemporaries, the hunt was more than a ......more
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Few among the surviving Hellenistic poets can rival the fame of Callimachus of Cyrene (approximately 320-240 BCE). Activ......more
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