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1	The Iliad: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition more books like this by Homer, Robert(translator) Homer Fagles, Professor Robert Fagles (Translator) add to wishlist One of the greatest epics in Western literature, "The Iliad" recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves to its tragic conclusion. In his introduction, Bernard Knox observes that although the violence of the Iliad is ... see all copies from £7.36! new only from £8.95!
2	The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno more books like this by Dante Alighieri, John Sinclair (Translator) add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from £1.26! new only from £5.57!
3	The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi (Translator) add to wishlist For the first time, John Ciardi's translations of Dante's three soaring canticles have been gathered together in a single volume. see all copies from £8.60! new only from £10.29!
4	The Iliad/The Odyssey Set: Homer more books like this by Professor Robert Fagles (Translator), Bernard MacGregor Walke Knox (Introduction by) add to wishlist This beautiful gift set of Robert Fagles' award-winning translations of Homer brings the energy of contemporary language to these enduring heroic epics. see all copies from £12.41! new only from £12.94! \| first editions
5	The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Michael Mazur (Illustrator), Robert Pinsky (Translator) add to wishlist Dante's masterpiece of medieval literature contains many levels of meaning, including the literal (Dante's trip through hell, purgatory, and paradise); the allegorical (the progression of the soul toward goodness); and the moral (what it takes to lead a good life). Dante's great love, Beatrice, is seen in the poem as the personification of love ... see all copies from £7.87! new only from £7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke, Anita Barrows (Translator), Joanna Macy (Translator) add to wishlist Rilke influenced generations of writers with his "Letters to a Young Poet". His "Book of Hours" offers an invigorating vision of spiritual practice for the secular world. These fresh translations by a distinguished poet and a well-known mystic and spiritual teacher capture Rilke's spirit in a uniquely new way. see all copies from £5.92! new only from £9.04!
7	The Cambridge Companion to Dante more books like this by Rachel Jacoff (Editor) add to wishlist This book is designed to provide an introduction to Dante that is at once accessible and challenging. Fifteen specially commissioned essays by distinguished North American and European scholars provide background information and up-to-date critical perspectives on Dante's life and work, focusing on areas of central importance. They explore the ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
8	The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, Mark Musa (Photographer) add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.95!
9	The Complete Romances of Chra(c)Tien de Troyes more books like this by Chretien de Troyes, David Staines (Editor) add to wishlist "[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately... it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of ChrA(c)tien's originals.... [T]his translation should attract a wide audience of students and Arthurian enthusiasts." -- Speculum "[A] significant contribution to the field of medieval studies [and] a ... see all copies from £7.91! new only from £10.98! \| first editions
10	The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, Dorothy L Sayers (Translator) add to wishlist Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
11 view cover	Poems New and Collected more books like this by Wislawa Szymborska, Wisawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) add to wishlist Described by Robert Hass as "unquestionably one of the great living European poets" and by Charles Simic as "one of the finest poets living today," Szymborska mesmerizes her readers with poetry that captivates their minds and captures their hearts. This is the book that her many fans have been anxiously awaiting-the definitive, complete collection ... see all copies from £5.91! new only from £5.91!
12 view cover	The Lais of Marie de France more books like this by Glyn S Burgess (Translator), Keith Busby (Translator) add to wishlist Marie de France (fl. late twelfth century) is the earliest known French woman poet and her lais - stories in verse based on Breton tales of chivalry and romance - are among the finest of the genre. Recounting the trials and tribulations of lovers, the lais inhabit a powerfully realized world where very real human protagonists act out their lives ... see all copies from £4.91! new only from £4.91! \| first editions
13 view cover	C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems more books like this by C P Cavafy, Daniel Mendelsohn (Translator) add to wishlist C. P. Cavafy (1863-1933) lived in relative obscurity in Alexandria, and a collected edition of his poems was not published until after his death. Now, however, he is regarded as the most important figure in twentieth-century Greek poetry, and his poems are considered among the most powerful in modern European literature. Here is an extensively ... see all copies from £5.84! new only from £11.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems more books like this by Wisawa Szymborska, Wislawa Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) add to wishlist A collection by the Nobel Prize winner reflects on the wonders of life in poems featuring a sister's postcard, the discovery of a new star, the ruins of Greece, and a bodybuilding contest. see all copies from £5.58! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
15 view cover	Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke, Ranier Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell (Translator) add to wishlist Stephen Mitchell's acclaimed translations of Rainer Maria Rilke have won praise for their impeccable adherence to the poet's lyrical verse and complexity of thought. This volume contains the renowned Duino Elegies; passages from his novel, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge; and The Sonnets to Orpheus. see all copies from £6.73! new only from £12.83!
16 view cover	Selected poems of Federico García Lorca. more books like this by Federico García Lorca add to wishlist A reissue of a landmark poetry volume with a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner W. S. Merwin. Bilingual. see all copies from £3.12! new only from £3.12! \| first editions
17 view cover	Galileo more books like this by Bertolt Brecht add to wishlist Considered by many to be one of Brecht's masterpieces, Galileo explores the question of a scientist's social and ethical responsibility, as the brilliant Galileo must choose between his life and his life's work when confronted with the demands of the Inquisition. Through the dramatic characterization of the famous physicist, Brecht examines the ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.53! \| first editions
18 view cover	Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translations and Considerations more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke, John J L Mood (Translator) add to wishlist This is a mini-anthology of Rilke's poetry and prose for both aficionados and newcomers. Combining great passion and gentle care, the poems on love presented here are often not only sensual but explicitly sexual as well. Others reflect perennial themes in Rilke's work - death and life, growth and transformation. The book concludes with Rilke's ... see all copies from £3.58! new only from £5.55! \| first editions
19 view cover	On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea more books like this by Pablo Neruda add to wishlist "On the Blue Shore of Silence" celebrates the centenary of the birth of Pablo Neruda, one of the most widely read and best-loved poets of the 20th century. Although anthologies of Neruda's works abound, this is the first to collect some of his poems on the sea. see all copies from £10.67! new only from £13.62! \| first editions
20 view cover	Sonnets to Orpheus more books like this by Rainer Maria Rilke add to wishlist Rainer Maria Rilke's "Sonnets to Orpheus", first published in German in 1923, has been hailed by critics as some of the finest lyrical verse of the twentieth century. Rick Anthony Furtak's translation of this legendary collection is the first edition for an English-speaking audience to situate the poems in a philosophical context, lending ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Dante's Inferno more books like this by Dante Alighieri. [from old catalog] add to wishlist In the middle of the journey of our life where the straight road had been lost sight of. How hard it is to say what it was like in the thick of thickets, in a wood so dense and gnarled the very thought of it renews my panic. It is bitter almost as death itself is bitter. But to rehearse the good it also brought me How I got into it I ... see all copies from £2.51! new only from £2.51! \| first editions
22 view cover	New and collected poems, 1931-2001 more books like this by Czeslaw Milosz add to wishlist The authoritative edition of the work of one of the world's greatest living poets. This volume brings together a selection of Milosz's poetry from his early youth in Poland to poems marking a new century. see all copies from £9.53! new only from £10.91! \| first editions
23 view cover	Selections from the Canzoniere and Other Works more books like this by Francesco Petrarca, Mark Musa (Translator) add to wishlist This entirely new translation includes Petrarch's short autobiographical prose works, The Letter to Posterity and The Ascent of Mount Ventoux , and a selection of twenty-seven poems from the Canzoniere , Petrarch's best-known work in Italian. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
24 view cover	The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory more books like this by Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, C W Scott-Giles (Illustrator) add to wishlist "The Divine Comedy" is the story of a pilgrim's journey to God. A man named Dante is lost in dark wood; through the intervention of his beloved Beatrice in Heaven, the Roman poet Virgil appears in the forest to lead Dante to her. In order to reach heaven, however, they must first pass through Hell and Purgatory. After journeying through Hell ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £5.31!
25 view cover	Five Decades, Poems 1925-1970 more books like this by Pablo Neruda, Ben Belitt (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of Neruda's poems published shortly before his death in 1973. Neruda's poetry, at its best, passionately evokes the Chilean natural world and his place in it as a tough, exuberant, amorous quasi-outlaw, "the enemy of laws, leaders, and established institutions." see all copies from £5.96! new only from £8.25! \| first editions

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