classical literature

THE UNSPARING VISION OF A PRIEST DRIVEN BY FAITH TO RISK AND WITNESS THE DEATHS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD GIVES BRAND ITS ICY FEROCITY. A POETIC DRAMA.

Contains 1200 entries, detailing the origins of the names in the legends and literature of ancient Greece and Rome.

A high school literature textbook including selections from classical Greek and Roman literature.

An epic poem in which the poet describes his spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise--guided first by the poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice--which results in a purification of his religious faith.

Biographical sketches of 376 Greek and Latin authors covering the years 800 B.C. to 1000 A.D. Includes a list of works of doubtful attribution and a chronological list of authors by century.

Dante embarks on a spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, with the learned Virgil and the angelic Beatrice as his guides toward moral and social enlightenment.

A collection of seven critical essays on Homer's epic poem, arranged chronologically in order of their original publication.

Seventy classic writings, literary and theoretical, are reduced to short, humorous couplets, chants, and verse; examples include "Origin of the Species," "Jane Eyre," "Beowulf," "Walden," "Sexual Behavior in the Male," and "The Joy of Sex.".