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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Salaman and Absal of Jami
Omar Khayyam (18 May 1048 - 4 December 1131) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet. He was born in Nishapur, in northeastern Iran, and spent most of his life near the …
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Written by a renowned scholar and broadcaster, this account of Wilmot's work strives to place it in its socio-political context and describe the way the poet and his work were …
Glass and God
Anne Carson' s first full-length publication in Britain, Glass and God introduces an assured and challenging new voice: vivid, laconic, precise. Blending the modern and the …
Medieval Poetics and Social Practice
This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya, the recently retired former chair of Georgetown University's English Department. Inspired by Georgetown's Lannan …
Ovid and Augustus
"Ovid and Augustus" deals with one of the most contentious issues in the study of Roman literature, the relationship between Augustan literary texts and Augustan politics. One of …
Derek Walcott and the Creation of a Classical Caribbean
Throughout his career, Derek Walcott turned to the literature and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. His book-length poem recasting the epics of Homer, Virgil and Dante in St …
In Love and Revolution
Anna Akhmatova was born near Odesa in 1889. Christened as Anna Gorenko, she adopted her pen-name from the family of her mother. She attended school in Tsarskoe Selo and lived most …
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature contains twenty-three newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature as a form …
Daleswoman, Shepherdess and Pilgrim
Kate Rhodes’ poetry reflects her upbringing, travels, and lifelong fascination with light. Her early verse, shaped by years teaching in Central Africa (1960–1964), captures …
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - The highly anticipated biography of Sylvia Plath that focuses on her remarkable literary and intellectual achievements, while restoring the woman behind …
Travelling in Place . . . and to Other Places
Barbara Sher Tinsley, Ph.D. (Stanford '83) has applied her love of home life and European residence in this poetry collection, which glistens with love of history, a sociologist's …
I Am Flying into Myself
A selection of Bill Knott's life work--testimony of his enduring, "thorny genius" (Robert Pinsky)Going to sleep, I cross my hands on my chest.They will place my hands like this.It …