World Literature in Translation – serie
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History of the Church
A New Translation
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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Eusebius’s groundbreaking History of the Church, remains the single most important source for the history of the first three centuries of Christianity and stands among the classics of Western literature. His iconic story of the church’s origins, endurance of persecution, and ultimate triumph—with …
Speak, Bird, Speak Again
Palestinian Arab Folktales
Av Ibrahim Muhawi, Sharif Kanaana
Häftad, 2021
204 kr
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By combining their expertise in English literature and anthropology, Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana bring to these folktales an integral method of study that unites a sensitivity to language with a deep appreciation for culture. As native Palestinians, the authors are well suited to their task. …
Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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The four stories that make up the Mabinogi, along with three additional tales from the same tradition, form this collection and compose the core of the ancient Welsh mythological cycle. Included are only those stories that have remained unadulterated by the influence of the French Arthurian …
Three Kingdoms
A Historical Novel
Häftad, 2020
185 kr
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“A material epic with an astonishing fidelity to history."—New York Times Book ReviewThree Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming …
Odes
Av Pindar
Häftad, 2019
204 kr
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One of the most celebrated poets of the classical world, Pindar wrote odes for athletes that provide a unique perspective on the social and political life of ancient Greece. Commissioned in honor of successful contestants at the Olympic games and other Panhellenic contests, these odes were …
Sappho
A New Translation
Av Sappho
Häftad, 2019
185 kr
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These hundred poems and fragments constitute virtually all of Sappho that survives and effectively bring to life the woman whom the Greeks consider to be their greatest lyric poet. Mary Barnard's translations are lean, incisive, direct—the best ever published. She has rendered the beloved poet's …
Dao De Jing
Av Laozi
Häftad, 2019
135 kr
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The Dao De Jing is one of the richest, most suggestive, and most popular works of philosophy and literature. Composed in China between the sixth and fourth centuries B.C., its enigmatic verses have inspired artists, philosophers, poets, religious thinkers, and general readers past and present. This …
Mahabharata
Av William Buck
Häftad, 2019
204 kr
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Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience in nations with radically different languages and cultures as the Mahabharata. Written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed, it is a story of dynastic struggle that culminates in a fatal clash between …
Collected Ancient Greek Novels
Häftad, 2019
451 kr
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Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less …
Ancient Egyptian Literature
Häftad, 2019
352 kr
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First published in 1973, this anthology has assumed classic status in the field of Egyptology and portrays the remarkable evolution of the literary forms of one of the world’s earliest civilizations. Beginning with the early and gradual evolution of Egyptian genres, it includes biographical and …
Medea
A New Translation
Av Euripides
Häftad, 2019
135 kr
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Renowned poet and acclaimed translator Charles Martin faithfully captures Euripides’s dramatic tone and style in this searing tale of revenge and sacrifice.The Medea of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies and arguably the one with the most significance today. A barbarian woman …
Celestina
A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Novel in Dialogue
Häftad, 2019
155 kr
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The Celestina is considered by scholars to be the first European novel. Written in fifteenth-century Spain, this masterpiece is remarkable for its originality, depth, handling of dialogue, and drawing of character. The novel's focus is the character of Celestina, who dominates the scene. An old …
Poem of the Cid
Häftad, 2019
155 kr
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One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy Díaz of Bivar, known as El Cid—“the Lord”—and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The poem recounts the adventures of a broad …
Analects
Conclusions and Conversations of Confucius
Av Confucius
Häftad, 2020
165 kr
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A fresh translation of one of the most recognized texts of the premodern world: The Analects is a must-read for those interested in China's past, present, and future. This new translation by renowned East Asian scholar Moss Roberts offers a fresh interpretation of this classic work, sharpening and …
Classical Telugu Poetry
Häftad, 2020
204 kr
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The classical tradition in Telugu, the mellifluous language of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, is one of the richest yet least explored of all South Asian literatures. In this volume, Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have brought together mythological, religious, and secular texts by …
Jangar
The Heroic Epic of the Kalmyk Nomads
Häftad, 2023
204 kr
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The first English translation of a Kalmyk epic nearly lost to history.This is the first English translation of Jangar, the heroic epic of the Kalmyk nomads, who are the Western Mongols of Genghis Khan’s medieval empire in Europe. Today, Kalmykia is situated in the territory that was once the Golden …
Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga
Av Daniel Biebuyck, Kahombo C. Mateene
Häftad, 2021
155 kr
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A dynamic translation of the timeless African epic.The feats of the hero Mwindo are glorified in this epic work, sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Beautifully …
Kingdoms in Peril
A Novel of the Ancient Chinese World at War
Häftad, 2022
185 kr
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This abridged edition introduces readers to the power and drama of the electrifying classic Chinese novel.One of the great works of Chinese literature, beloved in East Asia but virtually unknown in the West, Kingdoms in Peril is an epic historical novel charting the five hundred years leading to …
Ramayana
Av William Buck
Häftad, 2021
185 kr
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An elegant translation of the beloved epic tale of Prince RamaFew works of literature have inspired so vast an audience across so many radically different languages and cultures as the Ramayana, written in Sanskrit over 2,000 years ago by a poet known to us as Valmiki. William Buck has retold the …
Prisoner of the Infidels
The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe
Av Osman of Timisoara, Giancarlo Casale
Häftad, 2021
169 kr
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Victor Hugo meets Papillon in this effervescent memoir of war, slavery, and self-discovery, told with aplomb and humor in its first English translation. A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, …
Consuming Fire
The Complete Priestly Source, from Creation to the Promised Land
Häftad, 2023
178 kr
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Uncovering an ancient foundation myth, and literary tour de force, obscured within the modern Bible. Embedded within the Bible lies a largely unknown story of the founding of ancient Israel and its religion, interwoven with other ancient tales more than two thousand years ago in the process of …
Kushnameh
The Persian Epic of Kush the Tusked
Av Iranshah, Hee Soo Lee
Häftad, 2022
254 kr
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The first English translation of a strange and unusual Persian epic, this action-packed tale of an evil, monstrous king explores questions of nature and nurture and brings the global middle ages to life.The great Persian epic known as the Kushnameh follows the entangled lives of Kush the Tusked––a …
Basho
The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Basho
Av Basho
Häftad, 2022
185 kr
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This is the essential English edition of the complete poems of the eminent Japanese master of the haiku, Matsuo Bashō. Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) is arguably the greatest figure in the history of Japanese literature and the master of the haiku. Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō offers in …
Fabulous Machinery for the Curious
The Garden of Urdu Classical Literature
Häftad, 2023
254 kr
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An absorbing, joyous, and colorful collection of stories from the qissa genre. Fabulous Machinery for the Curious presents the first English translation of some of the finest texts from the qissa genre. In this book, acclaimed translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi gathers the greatest of these tales, …
Needle at the Bottom of the Sea
Bengali Tales from the Land of the Eighteen Tides
Häftad, 2023
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254 kr
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“Brave and vivid.”—New York Review of BooksThese enchanting stories from early modern Bengal reveal how Hindu and Muslim traditions converged on timeless themes of human morality, social culture, and survival. The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each …
Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts
From the Welsh Chronicle of the Six Ages of the World
Häftad, 2023
195 kr
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The original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their world for the first time in English The stories in Tales of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from medieval Britain who will be familiar to many readers—though not from the versions presented here. These …
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
A New Translation
Av C. Luke Soucy, Ovid
Häftad, 2023
185 kr
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“Such [an] impressive, virtuosically skillful translation of metrical ancient poetry.”—Emily WilsonThis fresh translation revives the politics and power at play in classical mythology’s foremost sourceCenturies of conservative translators have robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In …
