18 books like Troilus and Criseyde
Poems
The object of this volume is to place before the general reader our two early poetic masterpieces - The Canterbury Tales and The Faerie Queen to do so in a way that will render their "popular perusal" easy in a time of little leisure and unbounded temptations to intellectual languor and, on the same conditions, to present a liberal and fairly representative selection from the less important and…
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Helen of Troy, and other poems
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Piers Plowman
A translation of the 14th century poem, which offers a picture of society in the late Middle Ages on the threshold of the early modern world.
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Piers Plowman
"This book is a new verse translation of Piers from Middle English which preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the original, and retains its alliterative style. It derives from a 2012 arts festival presentation performed in the priory where Langland--a contemporary of Chaucer--was probably educated"--
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The god beneath the sea
An account, based on Greek myths, of the beginning of the world and the forces that rule the universe and the destiny of man.
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The Song of Troy
Retelling of the tragic and terrible saga of the Trojan war, a 3000-year-old tale of enduring love, abiding hate, vengeance, betrayal, honour and sacrifice.
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Parzival
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Milton's Poems
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden.…
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Libro de buen amor
275 p. ; 16 cm
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Roman de la Rose
Many English-speaking readers of the Roman de la rose, the famous dream allegory of the thirteenth century, have come to rely on Charles Dahlberg's elegant and precise translation of the Old French text. His line-by-line rendering in contemporary English is available again, this time in a third edition with an updated critical apparatus.
Readers at all levels can continue to deepen their…
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The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor
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Gods and heroes of the Greeks
Gods and heroes of the Greeks
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Favourite Greek myths
Favourite Greek myths
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The golden shadow
Retells in a continuous narrative the activities and adventures of the Greek gods and goddesses and their relationships with each other and with human beings.
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Griechische Mythen
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The Paradise of Children
Rendition of the classic myth by the early American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Old Greek Stories
In this book retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures.
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Les contemplations
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