Elämäkerrat ja kirjallisuustiede

The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso--together in one volume. Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante …

Sappho, the earliest and most famous Greek woman poet, sang her songs around 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos. Of what survives from the approximately nine papyrus scrolls collected …

Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the …

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many …

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of …

Mitä kirjallisuus on? Onko se aina tekijänsä tuote, vai seisovatko tekstit omillaan? Rakentuuko teos vasta luettaessa tai ilmentääkö kirjallisuus ympäröivää …

Anni Polviander, alun perin Anni Heinonen ja taiteilijanimeltään. Anni Polva ajautui 1960-luvulla edustamaan kirjallisuuspiireissä huonoa kirjallisuutta, ”alatason viihdettä”. …

From New Yorker and Onion writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, How to Date Men When You Hate Men is a comedy philosophy book aimed at interrogating what it means to date men within …

A lucid guide through the labyrinth of Lacanian theoryThis book provides an illuminating account of the theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Guiding readers …

A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J. G. Ballard’s greatest interviews. J.G. Ballard was a literary giant. Best known for his controversial …