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1) The Iliad
Author
Language
English
Description
"Composed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion. From the explosive confrontation between Achilles, the greatest warrior at Troy, and Agamemnon, the inept leader of the Greeks, through to its tragic conclusion, The Iliad explores the abiding, blighting facts of war. Carved close to the original...
2) The Odyssey
Author
Language
English
Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this ... version--the first English translation ... by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary...
3) The Aeneid
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Aeneid, by Vergil, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel's terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot.
Author
Series
Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 73
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Faerie Queene, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
10) Homer
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1966]
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Homer.
11) Red doc>
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A continuation of the author's Autobiography of red (1998), following the characters in later life, but in a different style and with changed names.
Author
Series
Twayne's masterwork studies volume no. 92
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Leaves of Grass, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.
13) Beowulf
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 477
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Provides in-depth analysis of the epic poem Beowulf.
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
Español
Description
"La increíble travesía que Odiseo, héroe de la guerra de Troya emprende al regresar a su reino para reunirse con su familia en Itaca, es considerada la historia épica más grande de todos los tiempos. Este interesante programa entrelaza el libro de "La Odisea" con algunas historias modernas y nos muestra como las imágenes y eventos retratados en la historia de Odiseo aún tienen influencia en la literatura, filosofía y artes visuales del mundo...
17) Beowulf
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Written a thousand years ago, this long poem is the very first surviving piece of English literature. Join Beowulf, a young warrior, as he achieves glory by fighting and killing three fantastic monsters. This new translation, by the Nobel laureate poet Seamus Heaney, offers modern readers an accessible, intensely dramatic text. It amply demonstrates why this epic has spread its influence over more than a millennium of literature.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Presents Virgil's epic poem about Aeneas and his journey west from ruined Troy to the founding of a new nation in Italy. The Aeneid is an examination of leadership, a study of the conflict between duty and desire, a meditation on the relationship of the individual to society and of art to life, and a Roman's reflection on the dangers, and the allure, of Hellenistic culture. It represents both Virgil's tribute to Homer, and his attempt to re-imagine...
20) Kid Beowulf
Author
Series
Kid Beowulf volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Discover the extraordinary origin of twin brothers Beowulf and Grendel, separated at birth. The heroes' destiny is tied to the past, as a king named Hrothgar begins a quest for power--one that leads him to a fiery dragon, a talking sword, and an oath sworn in blood.
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