Classic and pre-20th century poetry

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INTRODUCTION BY GERMAINE GREERShakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful and often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned.

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Horace has long been revered as the supreme lyric poet of the Augustan Age.

Arion's Lyre examines how Hellenistic poetic culture adapted, reinterpreted, and transformed Archaic Greek lyric through a complex process of textual, cultural, and creative reception.

Recognizing Persius is a passionate and in-depth exploration of the libellus--or little book--of six Latin satires left by the Roman satirical writer Persius when he died in AD 62 at the age of twenty-seven.

The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition.

The elegy flared into existence, commanded the cultural stage for several decades, then went extinct.

Little is known of Anna Hume except as the translator of the first three of Petrach's Trionfi and also as the daughter of David Hume of Godscroft whose History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus she edited in one of its troubled versions.

Little is known of Anna Hume except as the translator of the first three of Petrach's Trionfi and also as the daughter of David Hume of Godscroft whose History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus she edited in one of its troubled versions.

In a thoroughly updated second edition of his popular and engaging book, John D.

In a thoroughly updated second edition of his popular and engaging book, John D.

This is a chronological history of the Sufi tradition, divided in to three sections, early, middle and modern periods.

This is a chronological history of the Sufi tradition, divided in to three sections, early, middle and modern periods.

The sixteenth century was a watershed in Egyptian history.

The sixteenth century was a watershed in Egyptian history.

This book follows the life of Ivan Agu li, the artist, anarchist, and esotericist, notable as one of the earliest Western intellectuals to convert to Islam and to explore Sufism.

This book follows the life of Ivan Agu li, the artist, anarchist, and esotericist, notable as one of the earliest Western intellectuals to convert to Islam and to explore Sufism.

The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia.

Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid is revealed anew.

Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the great works of literature, of any time and in any language.

Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the great works of literature, of any time and in any language.

First published in 1986.

First published in 1986.

A Shijo Poet at the Court of K*ing Somo: The Pine River Songs is translation of Songgang kasa, Chong Ch'ol's (1536-1593) famous collection of-Korean songs.

A Shijo Poet at the Court of K*ing Somo: The Pine River Songs is translation of Songgang kasa, Chong Ch'ol's (1536-1593) famous collection of-Korean songs.

Der Aufbau einer Unterhaltungskultur ergänzte ab etwa 1870 den Ausbau der Dörfer für die Gäste in den Alpen.

Jung's psychology describes the origin of the Gods and their religions in terms of the impact of archetypal powers on consciousness.

Jung's psychology describes the origin of the Gods and their religions in terms of the impact of archetypal powers on consciousness.

Presenting a political history and sociology of Moroccan Sufism from colonialism to the modern day, this book studies the Sufi model of Master and Disciple in relation to social and political life, comparing the different eras of acquiescent versus dissident Sufism.

Presenting a political history and sociology of Moroccan Sufism from colonialism to the modern day, this book studies the Sufi model of Master and Disciple in relation to social and political life, comparing the different eras of acquiescent versus dissident Sufism.

Sufism is generally perceived as being spiritually focused and about the development of the self.

The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868-9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language.

The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868-9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language.

Elegiac lyrics celebrating the love of boys, which the translator terms Puerilities, comprise most of the twelfth book of The Greek Anthology.

Ibn al-Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam is a translation of one of the most important works written on Islamic Mysticism.

Ibn al-Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam is a translation of one of the most important works written on Islamic Mysticism.

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111) is one of the most important religious figures in Islamic history.

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali (1058-1111) is one of the most important religious figures in Islamic history.

The Muslim shrine is at the crossroad of many processes involving society and culture.

The Muslim shrine is at the crossroad of many processes involving society and culture.

This book provides a general introduction to the biological and evolutionary bases of religion and is suitable for introductory level courses in the anthropology and psychology of religion and comparative religion.

This book provides a general introduction to the biological and evolutionary bases of religion and is suitable for introductory level courses in the anthropology and psychology of religion and comparative religion.

This book introduces students to Christian mysticism and modern critical responses to it.

This book introduces students to Christian mysticism and modern critical responses to it.

Exploring the unity of the practice of prayer and the practice of theology, this book draws together insights from world-class theologians including Rowan Williams, Andrew Louth, Frances Young, Margaret R.

Exploring the unity of the practice of prayer and the practice of theology, this book draws together insights from world-class theologians including Rowan Williams, Andrew Louth, Frances Young, Margaret R.