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A collection of Greek writings in modern translation presents a complete picture of the Golden Age of ancient Greece
Book Synopsis The Portable Greek Reader by : Wystan Hugh Auden
Download or read book The Portable Greek Reader written by Wystan Hugh Auden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1948 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Greek writings in modern translation presents a complete picture of the Golden Age of ancient Greece
It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden’s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy. Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are excerpts from the mythologies of Hesiod; the martial epics of Homer; the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus; Aesop’s fables; poems by Pindar and Sappho; the scientific writings of Euclid, Galen, and Hippocrates; and the history of Thucydides. Presented in their most elegant and authoritative translations, and accompanied by Auden’s brilliant introduction, these selections recreate the Greek world in all its splendor, strangeness, and sophistication. “Engaging and full and intelligent … a command performance, brought off with considerable aplomb.” —The New York Times
Book Synopsis The Portable Greek Reader by : W. H. Auden
Download or read book The Portable Greek Reader written by W. H. Auden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1977-08-25 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden’s splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy. Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics, tragedy, science, virtue, and thought itself, Included are excerpts from the mythologies of Hesiod; the martial epics of Homer; the dramas of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus; Aesop’s fables; poems by Pindar and Sappho; the scientific writings of Euclid, Galen, and Hippocrates; and the history of Thucydides. Presented in their most elegant and authoritative translations, and accompanied by Auden’s brilliant introduction, these selections recreate the Greek world in all its splendor, strangeness, and sophistication. “Engaging and full and intelligent … a command performance, brought off with considerable aplomb.” —The New York Times
Book Synopsis The Portable Greek Reader by : Wystan Hugh Auden
Download or read book The Portable Greek Reader written by Wystan Hugh Auden and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Portable Greek Reader by : Wystan Hugh Auden
Download or read book The Portable Greek Reader written by Wystan Hugh Auden and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
During the pivotal period of America's international emergence, between the Civil War and WWI, the aligned literary movements of Realism and Naturalism not only shaped the national literature of the age, but also left an indelible and far-reaching influence on twentieth-century American and world literature. Seeking to strip narrative from pious sentimentalities, and, according to William Dean Howells, to "paint life as it is, and human feelings in their true proportion and relation," Realism is best represented by this volume's masterly pieces by Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, and Willa Cather among others. The joining of Realist methods with the theories of Marx, Darwin, and Spencer to reveal the larger forces (biological, evolutionary, historical) which move humankind, are exemplified here in the fiction of such writers as Jack London, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser.
Book Synopsis The Portable American Realism Reader by : Various
Download or read book The Portable American Realism Reader written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the pivotal period of America's international emergence, between the Civil War and WWI, the aligned literary movements of Realism and Naturalism not only shaped the national literature of the age, but also left an indelible and far-reaching influence on twentieth-century American and world literature. Seeking to strip narrative from pious sentimentalities, and, according to William Dean Howells, to "paint life as it is, and human feelings in their true proportion and relation," Realism is best represented by this volume's masterly pieces by Twain, Henry James, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, and Willa Cather among others. The joining of Realist methods with the theories of Marx, Darwin, and Spencer to reveal the larger forces (biological, evolutionary, historical) which move humankind, are exemplified here in the fiction of such writers as Jack London, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser.
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Download or read book The Greek Reader written by Friedrich Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A First Greek Reader by : Charles Melville Moss
Download or read book A First Greek Reader written by Charles Melville Moss and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A First Greek Reader written by William George Rushbrooke and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
