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First thought, best thought: 108 poems

First thought, best thought: 108 poems


Chögyam Trungpa, David I. Rome



About the Author Chögyam Trungpa (1940–1987) was a meditation master, teacher, and artist who founded Naropa ...
Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake

Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake


Northrop Frye



Review A magnificent, extraordinary book. . . . Several great poets have written of Blake, but this book is the first to ...
Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry

Intertextuality and the Reading of Roman Poetry


Lowell Edmunds



Review Studded with striking observations and suggestive formulations. (Charles Platter Religious Studies Review ) Lowell E...
The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)

The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)


Barbara Pavlock



Review “The poet Ovid hiding behind famous figures from his Metamorphoses, be it a Narcissus or a Daedalus—...
Early Christian Latin Poets (The Early Church Fathers)

Early Christian Latin Poets (The Early Church Fathers)


Carolinne White



Review The translation of the poems (most, of necessity, excerpts) are quite successful... there is clearly a real need f...
Lutheran Letters

Lutheran Letters


Pier Paolo Pasolini



Language Notes Text: English, Italian (translation) ...
Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)

Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)


Christopher M. Dawson, Thomas Cole



Studies in Latin Poetry (Yale Classical Studies Vol. 21)...
Collected Poems

Collected Poems


Philip Larkin



From Library Journal Thwaite has gathered all the poems Larkin wrote between 1946 and 1985, the year of his death; he als...
A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman


Harold Bloom



A. E. Housman...
When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others

When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others


David Shulman, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao



Review Eight On Janardana Of Kandukuru by Kandukuri Rudrakavi The Courtesan Speaks To Her Lover by Kshetrayya A Courtes...
On Tact, & the Made Up World (Kuhl House Poets)

On Tact, & the Made Up World (Kuhl House Poets)


Michele Glazer



Review “These poems seem balanced on the edge of an enormity, desperate to be changed or ‘stained’ by...
Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory

Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory


Stephen H. Rigby



Wisdom and Chivalry: Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Medieval Political Theory...
The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's Poems: Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism (Aries)

The Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's Poems: Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism (Aries)


Katherine Barnes



Review Erudite and impassioned, Katherine Barnes makes a powerful case for rediscovering Brennan’s beautiful and cha...
The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame

The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame


Daniel Robinson



Review "An erudite study of Mary Robinson's use of poetic form as both a key motivation for, and a dialectic response wit...
The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)

The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)


Stephen Kolsky



The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)...
Ovid: Fasti (Loeb Classical Library No. 253)

Ovid: Fasti (Loeb Classical Library No. 253)


G. P. Goold, Ovid, Sir James George Frazer



Review Fasti: 1 Fasti: 2 Fasti: 3 Fasti: 4 Fasti: 5 Fasti: 6 -- Table of Poems from --This text refers to the e...
The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying

The Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire: Laughing and Lying


Maria Plaza



Review The book's real strength and unique contribution lies in its apt descriptions of the distinct 'worlds' that the th...