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First thought, best thought: 108 poems

First thought, best thought: 108 poems


Chögyam Trungpa, David I. Rome



About the Author Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987) was a meditation master, teacher, and artist who founded Naropa ...
Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake

Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake


Northrop Frye



Review A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to ...
Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry

Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry


Lowell Edmunds



Review Studded with striking observations and suggestive formulations. (Charles Platter Religious Studies Review ) Lowell E...
The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)


Barbara Pavlock



Review “The poet Ovid hiding behind famous figures from his Metamorphoses, be it a Narcissus or a Daedalus—...
Early Christian Latin Poets (The Early Church Fathers)

Early Christian Latin Poets (The Early Church Fathers)


Carolinne White



Review The translation of the poems (most, of necessity, excerpts) are quite successful... there is clearly a real need f...
Lutheran Letters

Lutheran Letters


Pier Paolo Pasolini



Language Notes Text: English, Italian (translation) ...
Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)

Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)


Christopher M. Dawson, Thomas Cole



Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)...
Collected Poems

Collected Poems


Philip Larkin



From Library Journal Thwaite has gathered all the poems Larkin wrote between 1946 and 1985, the year of his death; he als...
A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman


Harold Bloom



A. E. Housman...
When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others

When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others


David Shulman, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao



Review Eight On Janardana Of Kandukuru by Kandukuri Rudrakavi The Courtesan Speaks To Her Lover by Kshetrayya A Courtes...
On Tact, & the Made Up World (Kuhl House Poets)

On Tact, & the Made Up World (Kuhl House Poets)


Michele Glazer



Review “These poems seem balanced on the edge of an enormity, desperate to be changed or ‘stained’ by...
Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory

Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory


Stephen H. Rigby



Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory...
The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's Poems: Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism (Aries)

The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's Poems: Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism (Aries)


Katherine Barnes



Review Erudite and impassioned, Katherine Barnes makes a powerful case for rediscovering Brennan’s beautiful and cha...
The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame

The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame


Daniel Robinson



Review "An erudite study of Mary Robinson's use of poetic form as both a key motivation for, and a dialectic response wit...
The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)

The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)


Stephen Kolsky



The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)...
Ovid: Fasti (Loeb Classical Library No. 253)

Ovid: Fasti (Loeb Classical Library No. 253)


G. P. Goold, Ovid, Sir James George Frazer



Review Fasti: 1 Fasti: 2 Fasti: 3 Fasti: 4 Fasti: 5 Fasti: 6 -- Table of Poems from --This text refers to the e...
The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying


Maria Plaza



Review The book's real strength and unique contribution lies in its apt descriptions of the distinct 'worlds' that the th...
Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes (Loeb Classical Library) (v. 1)

Olympian Odes. Pythian Odes (Loeb Classical Library) (v. 1)


Pindar



Review [A] translation which is modern, accurate, streamlined, and comprehensible…[which preserves], with a surpri...
Ovid's Fasti: Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium

Ovid's Fasti: Historical Readings at Its Bimillennium




Review "This is a very interesting and learned set of papers which does justice to the dynamics of the poem and the diver...
Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme Book

Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme Book


Arthur Hughes, Christina Georgina Rossetti



Sing-song: A Nursery Rhyme Book...
Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance (Loeb Classical Library)

Daphnis and Chloe. Love Romances and Poetical Fragments. Fragments of the Ninus Romance (Loeb Classical Library)


George Thronley, J.M. Edmonds, Longus, Parthenius, S. Gaselee



Review You should read [Daphnis and Chloe] anew each year to learn from it over and over again and be influenced by its g...
In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali

In Praise of Krishna: Songs from the Bengali


Denise Levertov, Edward C. Dimock



Language Notes Text: English, Bengali (translation) ...
Barlaam and Ioasaph (Loeb Classical Library)

Barlaam and Ioasaph (Loeb Classical Library)


H. Mattingly, John Damascene, Rev. G.R. Woodward



About the Author Widely acknowledged as a saint, and author of books on Christianity, John Damascene was born in Syria. H...
Wordsworth: a poet's history

Wordsworth: a poet's history


Keith Hanley



Review Hanley, although his writing is strained at times, is straightforward and engaging in setting his strategy. The Wo...
Avodah: an anthology of ancient poetry for Yom Kippur

Avodah: an anthology of ancient poetry for Yom Kippur


Joseph Yahalom, Michael D. Swartz



Review [T]he editors and translators of this collection, do an intelligent and nuanced job introducing the poems, summari...
Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N)

Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N)


Hesiod



Review For a wider audience, especially in this era of resurgent environmental verse, the day of the rural seer and sage ...
The Graying of the Raven : Cultural and Sociopolitical Significance of Algerian Folk Poetry

The Graying of the Raven : Cultural and Sociopolitical Significance of Algerian Folk Poetry


Aida Adib Bamia



About the Author Aida Bamia is currently professor of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida in Gain...
The Cambridge Introduction to William Wordsworth

The Cambridge Introduction to William Wordsworth


Emma Mason



Book Description Outlining a series of contexts - biographical, historical and literary - as well as critical approaches ...
Blindenschrift

Blindenschrift


Hans Magnus Enzensberger



Blindenschrift...
Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs

Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs


Professor Burton Raffel



Review "A marvelously readable version of Das Nibelungenlied."-Ronnie Apter, Central Michigan University (Ronnie Apter ) ...