2011, ISBN: 9780674789128

New York: Random House, 1947 TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH QUATRAINS BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. A COMPLETE REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION AND THE COMBINED THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH EDITIONS, WITH AN APP… Plus…

New York: Random House, 1947 TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH QUATRAINS BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. A COMPLETE REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION AND THE COMBINED THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH EDITIONS, WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING FITZGERALD'S PREFACES AND NOTES. EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LOUIS UNTERMEYER. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BOOK. RED AND BLACK COVER, GOLD DECORATIONS INSIDE WITH WONDERFUL ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. COLOR IS VERY NICE. SLIPCOVER IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE SHOWING SOME WEAR. THIS BOOK WAS OWNED BY SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY- CHRISTMAS 1948 THEY WROTE NAMES OF MANY MILITARY PERSONEL ON INSIDE FRONT PAGE- COL., LT., CAPT.- ALSO INCLUDES GROUP SERVED IN. IN LOOKING IT UP SOME SERVED AND DIED IN WWII. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persia) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048¿1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two-line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word "Rubáiyát" (derived from the Arabic root word for "four"), meaning "quatrains" ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES., Random House, 1947, 2.75, NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909 DRAMA, PLAYS BY THE BEST ENGLISH WRITERS IN HISTORY. JOHN DRYDEN, RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, OLIVER GOLDSMITH, PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, ROBERT BROWNING, LORD BYRON. VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909.ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909, 3, NEW YORK: P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909 The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.Publius Vergilius Maro; October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.VERY NICE DARK GREEN COVER WITH GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. The Harvard Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909.ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES., P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909, 3, Harvard University Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 0674055756 . Tiny indent mark to first few pages else book is fine. Very light shelfwear to DJ. ; Born in Ferrara, Lilio Gregorio Giraldi (1479–1552) received an excellent classical education at the world-famous humanist schools of his native city. On his various travels in search of a patron, he visited Naples, frequenting the Academy there; Mirandola, where he entered the service of Gianfrancesco Pico; Milan, where he studied Greek under Demetrius Chalcondyles; and Rome, where he enjoyed the munificence of Pope Leo X. Following the sack of Rome in 1527, Giraldi eventually made his way back to Ferrara, where he spent the last years of his life. Giraldi was the author of many works on literary history, mythology, and antiquities. Among the most famous are his dialogues, translated here into English for the first time. Modeled on Cicero’s Brutus, the work discusses hundreds of contemporary neo-Latin and vernacular poets, giving a panoramic view of European poetry in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century from Great Britain to Greece, but concentrating above all on Italy. ; The I Tatti Renaissance Library 48; 400 pages ., Harvard University Press, 2011, 4, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Pr, 1996. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and is--the most highly regarded woman poet of Greek and Roman antiquity. Little more than this can be said with certainty about Sappho, and yet a great deal more is said. Her life, so little known, is the stuff of legends; her poetry, the source of endless speculation. This book is a search for Sappho through the poetry she wrote, the culture she inhabited, and the myths that have risen around her. It is an expert and thoroughly engaging introduction to one of the most enduring and enigmatic figures of antiquity. Margaret Williamson conducts us through ancient representations of Sappho, from vase paintings to appearances in Ovid, and traces the route by which her work has reached us, shaped along the way by excavators, editors, and interpreters. She goes back to the poet's world and time to explore perennial questions about Sappho: How could a woman have access to the public medium of song? What was the place of female sexuality in the public and religious symbolism of Greek culture? What is the sexual meaning of her poems? Williamson follows with a close look at the poems themselves, Sappho's "immortal daughters." Her book offers the clearest picture yet of a woman whose place in the history of Western culture has been at once assured and mysterious. One minor edge tear on jacket, otherwise in very nice condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine., Harvard Univ Pr, 1996, 4.5<

1996, ISBN: 9780674789128

Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Pr, 1996. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and … Plus…

Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Harvard Univ Pr, 1996. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and is--the most highly regarded woman poet of Greek and Roman antiquity. Little more than this can be said with certainty about Sappho, and yet a great deal more is said. Her life, so little known, is the stuff of legends; her poetry, the source of endless speculation. This book is a search for Sappho through the poetry she wrote, the culture she inhabited, and the myths that have risen around her. It is an expert and thoroughly engaging introduction to one of the most enduring and enigmatic figures of antiquity. Margaret Williamson conducts us through ancient representations of Sappho, from vase paintings to appearances in Ovid, and traces the route by which her work has reached us, shaped along the way by excavators, editors, and interpreters. She goes back to the poet's world and time to explore perennial questions about Sappho: How could a woman have access to the public medium of song? What was the place of female sexuality in the public and religious symbolism of Greek culture? What is the sexual meaning of her poems? Williamson follows with a close look at the poems themselves, Sappho's "immortal daughters." Her book offers the clearest picture yet of a woman whose place in the history of Western culture has been at once assured and mysterious. One minor edge tear on jacket, otherwise in very nice condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine., Harvard Univ Pr, 1996, 4.5<

1998, ISBN: 9780674789128

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1998 Book. As New. Soft cover. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And … Plus…

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1998 Book. As New. Soft cover. She lived on the island of Lesbos around 600 B.C.E. She composed lyric poetry, only fragments of which survive. And she was--and is--the most highly regarded woman poet of Greek and Roman antiquity. Little more than this can be said with certainty about Sappho, and yet a great deal more is said. Her life, so little known, is the stuff of legends; her poetry, the source of endless speculation. This book is a search for Sappho through the poetry she wrote, the culture she inhabited, and the myths that have risen around her. It is an expert and thoroughly engaging introduction to one of the most enduring and enigmatic figures of antiquity. Margaret Williamson conducts us through ancient representations of Sappho, from vase paintings to appearances in Ovid, and traces the route by which her work has reached us, shaped along the way by excavators, editors, and interpreters. She goes back to the poet's world and time to explore perennial questions about Sappho: How could a woman have access to the public medium of song? What was the place of female sexuality in the public and religious symbolism of Greek culture? What is the sexual meaning of her poems? Williamson follows with a close look at the poems themselves, Sappho's "immortal daughters." 196p.plates bibliography. index., Harvard University Press, 1998, 5<