Professor Burton Raffel
Burton Raffel has published more than one hundred books over his distinguished career and is known internationally as a poet, translator, literary critic, and editor. Yankee Doric is his first published novel.
Burton Raffel has published more than one hundred books over his distinguished career and is known internationally as a poet, translator, literary critic, and editor. Yankee Doric is his first published novel. See less
Professor Burton Raffel's Featured Books
Professor Burton Raffel book reviews
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Poems and Prose from the Old English
Anything by Raffel
Anything by Burton Raffel is worth reading: his translations of Beowulf (interesting to compare it with Heaney's), Greek lyrics, Don Quijote, etc.; and his books on translating poetry and prose are ... Read More
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Beowulf
Worth reading
Epic narrative poems have been recurrent in Western Literature since Homer and Virgil. They tell us stories of a hero?s great deeds and travels, always seeking fame and the glory of his country. A ... Read More