Epics & Sagas
'Beowulf' and Other Old English Poems
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Rarely are these works translated by someone who is both a medieval scholar and a poet, and this combination makes for both fidelity to the complexity of the originals and compelling poetry in a modern idiom.
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A Tale of Eleventh-Century Japan: Hamamatsu Chunagon Monogatari (Princeton Library of Asian Translations)
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(The Princeton Library of Asian Translations).
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Abduction of Sita (Penguin Epics - The Greatest Stories Ever Told)
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An extratc from the shortened modern prose version of The Ramayana (suggested by the Tamil version of Kamban). Ravana, the Supreme Lord, has enslaved all the gods. Although he now rules the world, he cannot resist a beautiful woman. When he catches a glimpse of the princess Sita, he falls under her spell and steals her away. Glossary. 111p.
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Adventures of Amir Hamza: A Complete and Unabridged Translation by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
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A seminal & grand Islamic tale inspired by the Prophet Muhammad's uncle, this thrilling fantasy chronicles Hamza's brave encounters with emperors and viziers, merchants, courtesans, warriors, and magical beings. Farooqi's delightfully fluid and faithful rendition marks the first major translation of this Urdu classic in 300 years, and the first complete and annotated translation of the acclaimed 1871 Dastan-eAmirHamza. List of Characters, Historic Figures, Deities, and Mythical Beings; Se…
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Ancient Epic (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World)
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Ancient epics remain a fount of inspiration for poets, dramatists, and musicians not only because they tell good stories in an aesthetically beautiful way, but also because they speak to contemporary hearts and minds still wrestling with timeless issues of human limitation, passion, violence, and uses and abuses of power.
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Arabian Nights
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The Arabian Nights, by Anonymous, 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 today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and …
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The introduction to this volume discusses the history and provenance of the 'Nights'. The frame story of this medieval Arabic story collection is that of a clever bride telling stories to a jealous king in order to prolong her life; it goes back to a lost Sanskrit original dating from no later than the eighth century. Index of Nights and Stories. 878p.
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In addition to the text of the first 294 'nights' of The Arabian Nights, there is an introduction (here, as well as the two subsequent volumes), discussing the strange nature of the Nights. This first installment also includes an explanatory note on the translation, a note on the text, and an introduction to the 'orphan stories', an addition to a chronology and suggestions for further reading. Footnotes, a glossary, and maps appear in all three volumes. With an Index of Nights and Stories. 982p.
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Arthurian Romances
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The 12th-century poet Chrétien de Troyes is chiefly responsible for the preservation of Arthurian myth and its eminent role in European literature. This sensitive translation of his verse narratives features four romances. Its tales of Lancelot and early Grail legends offer lively, accessible views of the ideals of French chivalry.
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Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood
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With The Sumerian Flood Story by M. Civil.
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BEOWULF : A New Verse Translation
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When the great monster Grendel comes to Denmark and dashes its warriors' hopes, installing himself in their great hall and eating alive the valiant lords, the hero Beowulf arrives from over the ocean to wrestle the beast. He saves the Danes, who sing of his triumphs, but soon the monster's mother turns up to take him hostage: having killed her, our hero goes home to the land of the Geats, acquires the kingship, and fights to the death an enormous dragon. That's the plot of this narrative …
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Beowulf
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Beowulf, by Anonymous, 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 today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnot…
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