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Poetics
Poetics

by Aristotle

In this treatise we propose to discuss (1) poetry itself; (2) the various forms it can take; (3) the function and potent...

1536 252 ed.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment ...

1776 123 ed.
Ὀδύσσεια
Ὀδύσσεια

by Όμηρος

THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, ONE WHO WAS NEVER AT A loss.

1488 1063 ed.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses

by Ovid

The classics were the raw material of the English Renaissance; to write in the sixteenth century meant to engage in dial...

1479 491 ed.
Ἰλιάς
Ἰλιάς

by Όμηρος

1-7 Poem: invocation of the Muse and statement of the poet's theme - Akhilleus' wrath and its disastrous consequences

1505 1084 ed.
Aeneis
Aeneis

by Publius Vergilius Maro

Arms I sing-and a man,

1710 456 ed.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

CALL me Ishmael.

1851 1119 ed.
La Divina Commedia
La Divina Commedia

by Dante Alighieri

To run through better waters the little ship of my wit now hoists its sails, leaving behind it a sea so cruel,

1472 1339 ed.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49

by Thomas Pynchon, Antonio-Prometeo Moya

ONE summer afternoon Mrs Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in ...

1965 55 ed.
Aventures de Télémaque
Aventures de Télémaque

by François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon

1699 102 ed.
Georgica
Georgica

by Publius Vergilius Maro

What makes the cornfield smile; beneath what star

1523 188 ed.
Homer and His Age
Homer and His Age

by Andrew Lang

THE aim of this book is to prove that the Homeric Epics, as wholes, and apart from passages gravely suspected in antiqui...

1906 91 ed.
Greek Epic poetry
Greek Epic poetry

by Όμηρος

1961 1 ed.