""The enjoyment of The Divine Comedy is a continuous process," observed T.S. Eliot. "It is not necessary to understand the meaning first to enjoy the poetry...our enjoyment of the poetry makes us want to understand the meaning." Arguably the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieri's all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. In the Purgatorio, Dante struggles up the terrac ..."
"The first fascicle of the Oxford Latin Dictionary, now in progress, appeared in
1968, too late for much use. Early lives of Virgil For the texts of the early lives of
Virgil, see the edition by Colin Hardie, Vitae Vergilianae antiquae (latest ed.
Oxford ..."
"Paradiso is the third and final part of the work that Dante describes as having made him 'lean through these long years': and in this final part, that long leanness, long labor, and long hunger are at last appeased."
"The California Dante, in addition to the introduction, facing text, and verse
translation volume dedicated to each cantica of The Divine Comedy, will present,
under the General Editorship of Allen Mandelbaum, a separate volume of
commentary for each of the cantiche. These three commentary volumes will
constitute the California Lectura Dantis; in these volumes, which will call on
American, Italian, English, German, and other interna ..."
Blue Spruce by Dave Smith Paperback, 21 Pages, Published 1981 by Tamarack Editions, Syracuse, Ny ISBN-13: 978-0-918092-17-5, ISBN: 0-918092-17-5
Gold Rush Twenty-Five Wood Engravings... on a Theme of the Discovery and Mining of Gold in America, Africa, & Australia by BarryMoser Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 1985 by Arundel Press ISBN-13: 978-0-923980-02-3, ISBN: 0-923980-02-4
"This new edition, based on the harder and wittier 1818 version of the text, draws on new research and examines the novel in the context of the controversial radical sciences developing in the years following the Napoleonic Wars, and shows ..."
Blue Spruce(1st Edition) by Dave Smith, BarryMoser Paperback, 22 Pages, Published 1981 by Tamarack Editions Import ISBN-13: 978-0-918092-18-2, ISBN: 0-918092-18-3
"Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious. Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Sh ..."
"Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences. Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of e ..."
"This 1872 sequel to Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice's Adventures in Wonderland finds the inquisitive heroine in a fantastic land where everything is reversed. Looking-glass land, a topsy-turvy world lurking just behind the mirror over Alice's mantel, is a fantastic realm of live chessmen, madcap kings and queens, strange mythological creatures, talking flowers and puddings, and rude insects. Brooks and hedges divide the lush greenery of l ..."
"This trade edition of Moby-Dick is a reduced version of the Arion Press Moby-Dick, which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan." The illustrations, of places, ..."
"Dante's great poem of penance and hope. 410 pages. 7 x 4.2 inches. Bantam Classics, USA, 1983. Mass Market Paperback. A Verse Translation by Allen Mandelbaum. With an Introduction by Allen Mandelbaum. Drawings by Barry Moser. Notes by Laury Magnus, Allen Mandelbaum, Anthony Oldcorn, Daniel Feldman."
"在线阅读本书 In this superb translation with an introduction and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum, all of Dante's vivid images--the earthly, sublime, intellectual, demonic, ecstatic--are rendered with marvelous clarity to read like the words of a poet born in our own age."
"This trade edition of "Moby-Dick" is a reduced version of the Arion Press "Moby-Dick", which was published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies and has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan". The illustrations, of plac ..."
"The Arion Press Moby-Dick, published in 1979 in a limited edition of 250 copies, has been hailed as a modern masterpiece of bookmaking. It was hand set under the supervision of one of America's finest book designers and printers. The initial letters that begin each chapter were designed especially for this book and christened "Leviathan." The illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth- ..."
"Aeneas flees the ashes of Troy to found the city of Rome and change forever the course of the Western world--as literature as well. Virgil's "Aeneid" is as eternal as Rome itself, a sweeping epic of arms and heroism--the searching portrait of a man caught between love and duty, human feeling and the force of fate--that has influenced writers for over 2,000 years. Filled with drama, passion, and the universal pathos that only a masterpie ..."
"THE ADVENTUROUS GARDENER is a sure-fire book for the expert and novice alike. Bubel offers instruction on everything from planting a traditional medicinal garden to raising oriental vegetables, to growing a winter garden in your closet, to instituting organic methods of insect control. This book is simple a storehouse of tips, solid information, and advice. The great advantages Bubel enjoys over most 'experts' are readily apparent: she ..."