Sappho's thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years-certainly a record for poetry of any kind-and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection...

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator.Sappho's lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B.C.E., transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today....

"The Art of Worldly Wisdom" ist ein Buch, das oft Baltasar Gracián zugeschrieben wird, einem spanischen Jesuiten und Schriftsteller des 17. Jahrhunderts. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von 300 Aphorismen, die praktische...

In a lucid, pioneering volume, Willis Barnstone explores the history and theory of literary translation as an art form. Arguing that literary translation goes beyond the transfer of linguistic information, he emphasizes that imaginative...

A new edition of our classic, The Other Bible, including a new index, new cover, and a new introduction from the author to bring The Other Bible up to date. The Other Bible gathers in one comprehensive volume ancient, esoteric holy texts...