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  • The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables

    Translated by Seamus Heaney

    by Robert Henryson ...
    Translated by Seamus Heaney ...
    The greatest of the late medieval Scottish makars, Robert Henryson wrote in Lowland Scots, a distinctive northern version of English. He was profoundly influenced by Chaucer's vision of the frailty and pathos of human life. His greatest poem, and one of the rhetorical masterpieces of the literature of these islands, is the narrative Testament of Cresseid, set in the aftermath of the Trojan War, ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Testament of Cresseid

    by Robert Henryson ...
    Robert Henryson was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c. 14601500. Counted among the Scots makars, he lived in the royal burgh of Dunfermline and is a distinctive voice in the Northern Renaissance at a time when the culture was on a cusp between medieval and renaissance sensibilities. Little is known of his life, but evidence suggests that he was a teacher who had training in law and ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD

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  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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  • Greek Lives

    by Plutarch ...
    Translated by Robin Waterfield ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The nine lives in this selection include those of Lycurgus, Pericles, Solon, Nicias, Themistocles, Alcibiades, Cimon, Agesilaus, and Alexander. Portraying virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, Plutarch explores with great insight the interplay of character and political action. This new translation is accompanied by a lucid introduction, explanatory notes, bibliographies, maps and ... Read more

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  • The Divine Comedy (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an Introduction by Henry Francis Cary)

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in the middle of the 13th century and what is principally known of him comes from his own writings. One of the world’s great literary masterpieces, the “Divine Comedy” is at its heart an allegorical tale regarding man’s search for divinity. The work is divided into three sections, “Inferno,” “Purgatorio,” and “Paradiso,” each containing thirty-three ... Read more

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  • Birth of the Symbol

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    by Peter T. Struck ...
    "A rich and fascinating account of how . . . symbolism and allegorical reading developed over the course of classical antiquity." — Literary ImaginationNearly all of us have studied poetry and been taught to look for the symbolic as well as literal meaning of the text. Is this the way the ancients saw poetry? In Birth of the Symbol, Peter Struck explores the ancient Greek literary critics and ... Read more

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  • Shakespeare's Sonnets

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series First Avenue Classics ™
    Along with writing comedic and dramatic plays, William Shakespeare was also a master poet. Using the sonnet structure (three quatrains and a final couplet composed in iambic pentameter), he composed 154 poems covering timeless themes of love, beauty, and mortality. The poems' subjects—the Fair Youth, the Dark Lady, and the Rival Poet—have become nearly as famous as the sonnets themselves. While ... Read more

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  • Imagining Xerxes

    Ancient Perspectives on a Persian King

    by Emma Bridges ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception
    Xerxes, the Persian king who invaded Greece in 480 BC, quickly earned a notoriety that endured throughout antiquity and beyond. The Greeks' historical encounter with this eastern king – which resulted, against overwhelming odds, in the defeat of the Persian army – has inspired a series of literary responses to Xerxes in which he is variously portrayed as the archetypal destructive and enslaving ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (37 plays, 160 sonnets and 5 Poetry Books With Active Table of Contents) (Lecture Club Classics)

    by William Shakespeare, Red Deer Classics ...
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  • The Strong and The Crazy Emperors of the Roman Empire - Ancient History Books for Kids | Children's Ancient History

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    The Roman Empire has seen all sorts of leaders - from brilliant to controversial. Knowing these leaders will help you understand the living situations during the time of their reign. The purpose of this educational book is to give your child the knowledge required to enjoy history. This book makes the perfect companion for “quiet time.” Grab a copy now! ... Read more

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  • Beowulf [Annotated Edition]

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    Series series Halcyon Classics
    BEOWULF (Anglo-Saxon, "bee wolf" i.e. bear) is an epic heroic poem set in Scandinavia and composed originally in Anglo-Saxon. It is considered to be one of the key works of Anglo-Saxon literature. Probably composed between the 8th and 11th centuries, the story follows the hero Beowulf of the Geats (a Scandinavian tribe) as he battles Grendel, a troll, Grendel's mother, and a dragon. Through his ... Read more

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