Epic

  • Beowulf – Imperium Press (Western Canon)

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    Beowulf is at the heart of what it means to be English. The poem tells of a Scandinavian hero who saves his Danish kinsmen from the monster Grendel, becomes king, and meets a tragic end. Francis Gumme

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    • Author: Anonymous
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 456
    • Publish Date: May 21 2021
    • ISBN10: 1922602035
    • Language: English
  • The Popol Vuh

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    A NEW YORK TIMES BEST POETRY BOOK OF 2018
    A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE TRANSLATION

    In the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun–

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    • Series: Seedbank #1
    • Author: Bazzett, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 312
    • Publish Date: October 09 2018
    • ISBN10: 1571314687
    • Language: English
  • The Madman: His Parables and Poems

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    Widely known in America as author of The Prophet, which sold more copies in the 20th century than any other book but the Bible, the great Lebanese-American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) fi

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    • Author: Gibran, Kahlil
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: December 03 2001
    • ISBN10: 0486419118
    • Language: English
  • By: Homer

    The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green

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    One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and

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    • Author: Homer
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 608
    • Publish Date: February 23 2019
    • ISBN10: 520281438
    • Language: English
  • The Secret History of the Mongols

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    An inventive translation of a great historical epic, and the oldest surviving literary work in the Mongolian language, recounting the turbulent life and times of Genghis Khan and his Dothraki-like, no[more below]

    • Author: Atwood, Christopher P.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: September 26 2023
    • ISBN10: 0241197910
    • Language: English
  • Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained

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    These controversial epic poems demonstrate Milton’s genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama in profound explorations of the moral problems of God’s justice-an… [more below]

    • Series: Signet Classics
    • Author: Milton, John
    • Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: November 02 2010
    • ISBN10: 0451531647
    • Language: English
  • By: Homer

    The Iliad and the Odyssey Boxed Set

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    A stunning set of Homer’s epics, brilliantly translated by a leading ancient world scholar.

    Hailed by reviewers and readers alike, Peter Green’s landmark translations of Homer’s timeless epics are no

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    • Author: Homer
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 1145
    • Publish Date: May 31 2019
    • ISBN10: 0520306651
    • Language: English
  • The Battle of Maldon: Together with the Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

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    “The first-ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, featuring previously unpu… [more below]

    • Author: Tolkien, J. R. R.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: June 06 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063338181
    • Language: English
  • By: Ovid

    Metamorphoses

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    Metamorphoses–the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity–takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville’s new tran… [more below]

  • By: Ovid

    Metamorphoses: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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    Winner of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

    The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in
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    • Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    • Author: Ovid
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 608
    • Publish Date: November 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 014313423X
    • Language: English
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