This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization......more

The Poetic Edda is our main source for the myths of the Norse gods and heroes. Written down in medieval Iceland, this "o......more

In Orphic Hymns Grimoire, Sara L. Mastros transforms the devotional hymns of Orpheus, the oracular hero of ancient Greec......more

Featuring both the original text and a modern, translated version, this fourteenth-century Arthurian poem tells the lege......more

The poems of the epic era have always been a point of interest for many that are involved or studying the spiritual or o......more

The ancient Greek epic poem THE ODYSSEY, traditionally attributed to a poet called "Homer," follows the hero Odysseus (U......more

James Bradley Wells combines creative practice and intimate knowledge of contemporary poetry and classical antiquity in ......more

Red Head / A Reparation for Cruelty: Poems of the Unknown Soldier travels north along the Irish Sea off Bangor and Angle......more

Roderick MacLean / Ruairidh MacEachainn MhicIllEathan (d. 1553) was commendator of the Abbey of Iona, Bishop of the Isle......more

Gathering together over 60 new and revised discussions of textual issues, this volume represents notorious problems in w......more

In Search of Singularity introduces a new "compairative" methodology that seeks to understand how the interplay of paire......more

Canadian poet and one of the persecuted writers, to win over her audience Isaacson had to be as poignant as Edna St. Vin......more

Canadian poet and one of the persecuted writers, to win over her audience Isaacson had to be as poignant as Edna St. Vin......more

The ancient Greek hymnic tradition translated beautifully and accessibly. The hymn--as poetry, as craft, as a tool for w......more

Of Ice and Comets’ Breath is a poem in the ancient style of Homer that functions as part of an art project called Prius ......more

This best-selling translation of Hesiod’s the Theogony, the Works and Days, and the Shield has been updated into the mos......more

By the time of his death in Babylon on June 10, 323 BC, Alexander the Great had conquered more than two million square m......more

Valmiki’s Ramayana provides the inspiration for this vibrant collection of poems, each of which acts as a persuasive enc......more

Canadian poet and one of the persecuted writers, to win over her audience Isaacson had to be as poignant as Edna St. Vin......more

The culture of Iran includes its national epic composed in the Persian language, the Shah Nameh. This book was written b......more

This newest Carcanet Classic collects the oldest poetry yet discovered, as written down or runed in the Ice Age in Lasca......more

ONE: Parmenides and his Vision is James Cowan’s personal exploration into the thought and writings of the Greek philosop......more

Canadian poet and one of the persecuted writers, to win over her audience Isaacson had to be as poignant as Edna St. Vin......more

Henry Adams Bellows translation of the Voluspa and the Havamal with an introduction to Norse Paganism chapter by Aaron T......more

A breathtaking and emotional standalone poetry collection, based in Greek mythology, perfect for fans of Madeline Miller......more

"One of the earliest literary works to be written in Middle English and one of the first comic poems in the English lang......more

Havamal, or the Ballad of the High One, is the major work of Norse wisdom literature. In one of the key poems in the Poe......more

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"Death scares me. Living scares me too." For too long, the women of the Iliad have been silenced. It’s time for their vo......more

In The Etiquette of Early Northern Verse, Roberta Frank peers into the northern poet’s workshop, eavesdropping as Old En......more

Through this verse translation of Vergil’s Book VI of the Aeneid we journey with Aeneas through the Underworld to meet h......more

’Borel was the sun, ’ said Théophile Gautier, ’who could resist him?’ Indeed, who? A lycanthrope, necrophile, absurd rev......more

Virgil’s Georgics depicts the world and its peoples in great detail, but this geographical interest has received little ......more

Description Composed in the 12th-century by Kampan, regarded by many as Tamil’s finest poet, the Kamparamayanam is perha......more

The Adventure is an afterlife voyage like The Divine Comedy. Dante had the law of symbolic retribution and distinct plac......more

The Adventure is an afterlife voyage like The Divine Comedy. Dante had the law of symbolic retribution and distinct plac......more

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From R. Clift, comes her first collection of ekphrastic poetry. This book was written during visits to the Walker Art Ga......more

Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of SocratesBy Plato transl. Benjamin JowettEach dialogue contains insights into Ancient Greek......more

Michelangelo wrote the Poems to directly confront themes to which as an artist he could not give the type of expression ......more

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"In the whole of European literature there is no poet who can furnish the texts for a more significant variety of discou......more

The Aeneid of Virgil (19 BC) is an epic poem by Roman poet Virgil. Virgil’s legendary epic is the story of the hero Aene......more

Sappho (c. 630-c. 570 BC) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos famous for her lyric poetry. Also known by......more

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Delve into Dante’s dark and twisted world with this chilling reimagining of the classic poem The Inferno. Journey throug......more

Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts takes as its starting point an understanding that a medieval book is a whole object ......more

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have m......more

Eighteenth-century poetry was dominated by men of education and wealth, and bookcases sagged under the weight of volumes......more

A knight, a monk, a merchant, a summoner, and a wife all walk into an inn, and realize they are in the company of many o......more

A knight, a monk, a merchant, a summoner, and a wife all walk into an inn, and realize they are in the company of many o......more

"A new translation of the fifth-century Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love"--...more

This book, "Homer. The Odyssey", by W. Lucas Collins, is a replication of a book originally published before 1870. It ha......more

This book, "Ivanhoe. by ’the Author of Waverley’ Vol. 3", by Walter Scott, is a replication of a book originally publish......more

This book, "An Ideal Husband: A Woman of No Importance", by O. Wilde, is a replication of a book originally published be......more