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Arthurian Romances (Penguin Classics)
Chrétien de Troyes
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
Chrtien de Troyes did not invent the Arthurian legend: he gave it a sophisticated form, establishing it as a major branch of European literature. This lively edition of Chretien's romances includes "Perceval," the first Grail story, as well as...
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The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Tupac Shakur
MTV
MTV
His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic -- a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable -- remaining vibrant and alive. Here now, newly discovered, are Tupac's most...
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The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)
Anonymous
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
The eighteen chapters of The Bhagavad Gita (c. 500 b.c.), the glory of Sanskrit literature, encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul. Its three central themes-love, light, and life-arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things...
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The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America
Paul E. Johnson, Sean Wilentz
Oxford University Press, USA
Oxford University Press, USA
In the autumn of 1834, New York City was awash with rumors of a strange religious cult operating nearby, centered around a mysterious, self-styled prophet named Matthias. It was said that Matthias the Prophet was stealing money from one of his...
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The Norton Introduction to Poetry
J. Paul Hunter
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
Offering over 475 poems in a single volume, The Norton Introduction to Poetry draws deeply from the traditional canon and features the best work of contemporary poets. An audio CD is included.
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The Inferno
Dante
Anchor
Anchor
Translation is always an imperfect art, demanding from its practitioners a level of dual fidelity that even a seasoned bigamist would envy. And no work of art has prompted more in the way of earnest imperfection than Dante's Divine Comedy ....
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A Child's Garden of Verses
Robert Louis Stevenson
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the...
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The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)
Virgil
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
Translated with an Introduction by David West.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classics)
Anonymous
Signet Classics
Signet Classics
King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table are in the middle of a Christmas feast when a green-skinned knight offers them a simple but deadly challenge. A challenge the brave Sir Gawain quickly-and fatefully-accepts. Brilliantly translated by...
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Autobiography of Red
Anne Carson
Vintage
Vintage
Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red is a novel in verse, the author's first. A classicist by profession as well as a poet, Carson has drawn on antiquity for her cast, updating the myth of Geryon and Herakles. In the original version, of course, ...
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