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Paradise Lost is the greatest work of one of the most acclaimed poets in English literature. It has had a profound influence on Western culture, and ... More

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Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body ... More

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First published in 1885, Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of children's verse is now a classic. This edition is the complete version and is ... More

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Alexander Pope's translation of "The Iliad" (1715-20) into heroic couplets has claims, in the eyes of many, to be a great work in its own right. ... More

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This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric ... More

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A bold new translation of the Aeneid

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"On a divine journey through the depths of Hell, Dante--with his guide, the poet Virgil--witnesses the fate of Earth's sinners. Inferno, a 14th ... More

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'What is poetry, how many kinds of it are there, and what are their specific effects?' Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ... More

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Title: The Odyssey of Homer. [Translated into English verse, by Pope, W. Broome, and E. Fenton; with notes by W. Broome.] (A general view of the Epic ... More

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Robert Pinsky's acclaimed verse translation of the "Inferno" shows the contemporary reader why Dante is considered a poet of great power, intensity, ... More

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A "New York Times" Notable Book, this landmark biography uncovers for the first time the dark side of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the most famous poet ... More

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In the annals of literature, few single volumes of poetry have achieved the influence and notoriety of The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) by ... More

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The long-awaited, definitive biography of the author of My Utmost for His Highest. Carefully researched in the libraries and museums of Europe and ... More

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Robert Bolt's classic play about Thomas More, the Catholic saint beheaded by Henry VIII at the birth of the Church of England, is now in trade ... More

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An autobiographical work that describes firsthand the great tectonic shifts in English society following the First World War, Robert Graves' "Goodbye ... More

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'Shakespeare's Sonnets' have caused endless debate and speculation: who is the dark lady; who is the 'only begetter'; and, what light do the poems ... More

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The story of a man's wager with the Devil.

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"Peter Green is an outstanding translator. The reader's excited anticipation of pleasure and instruction on receiving a new translation of a Latin ... More

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"The" classic poetry anthology.

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Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet Divine ... More

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"Sensual as a tropical night swirling in honeysuckle and jazz, with its lush textures and effervescent lyricism, this book is like a smokey champagne ... More

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, ... More

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"Published by arrangement with Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc."--T.p. verso.

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A Nobel Prize-winning playwright's classic tale of tragic decisions in a traditional African culture.

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Edward FitzGerald's much-loved, often-quoted, best-selling 1859 translation of the Rubaiyat (650 editions in 150 years), with Attar's charming ... More

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