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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
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In Beowulf warriors must back up their mead-hall boasts with instant action, monsters abound, and fights are always to the death. The Anglo-Saxon epic, composed between the 7th and 10th centuries, has long been accorded its place in literature, though its hold on our imagination has been less secure. In the introduction to his translation, Seam... »
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
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Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dy... »
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Iliad and Odyssey boxed set
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This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer. The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in t... »
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The Iliad of Homer
The translation of "The Iliad" I'd bring to the moon. But who says I have to pick one? What I like about Lattimore is, I sometimes feel Homer's face poppi... »
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
The book is worth purchasing for the biographical background. His youth and adulthood were extremely tough and lonely. Hughes seems to have lost his relig... »
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Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005
An excellent book of poems for this time, Hass' first after a long hiatus. Fine work, sharp insights, neglected truths, good writing.
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The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems
This would be my first introduction to Pablo Neruda, and I must say I'm a bit disappointed. Not that Neruda isn't a great poet, the Nobel Prize and critic... »
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