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A new complete translation and in-depth mythological index.
Selected unexpurgated epigrams.
The Satires. Incisive social analysis from the age of Hadrian.
His Lyrics in Greek Meters in four books in a new English translation.
It describes the lifestyle of the poet and his friends, as well as, most famously, his love for the woman he calls Lesbia.
Translations from the medieval text including the material used by Carl Orff in his scenic cantata.
A selection of poems from Early and Renaissance Italy. Including translations of poems by Guido Cavalcanti, Lorenzo de Medici, Poliziano, Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, Gaspara Stampa, and Tasso.
The three hundred and sixty-six poems of the Canzoniere with occasional footnotes and an introductory selection.
The poems of the Canti below are complete but not in their originally published order. I have taken the liberty of re-arranging them into four groups, Personal (Poems 1-11), Philosophical (12-24), ‘Romantic’ (25-34), and Political (35-41). These categories are not exact, as Leopardi frequently blends elements together in the one poem, but they may help the reader, as they helped me, to adjust to his variations in style. The original published position of each poem is giv...
Thirty-six selected poems including a new translation of 'Donna me prega'.
The Banquet, Dante's commentary on three of his canzoni, providing an interesting background to the philosophy of the Divine Comedy.
Selected Poems from Dante's verse.
It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse. The prose creates the illusion of narrative continuity between the poems.
A canto by canto commentary on the concepts and intentions behind The Divine Comedy.
A new, complete, downloadable, English translation, with hyper-linked in-depth name index, and comprehensive notes.
The wanderings of Odysseus.
The killing fields of Troy.
Reconstructed from the source text.
A selection of poetry by Sappho.