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Product Description: Beowulf is the conventional title of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature. It survives in a single manuscript known as the Nowell Codex...read more
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Hardcover:

9780870230905 | Univ of Massachusetts Pr, December 1, 1971, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Striking drawings accompany this modern translation of the Old English epic depicting Beowulf's struggles to defeat a dragon

Paperback:

9780451530967 | Signet Classic, June 3, 2008, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death.
9780451527400 | Reprint edition (Signet Classic, September 1, 1999), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: The oldest extant poem in a modern European language chronicles a feudal newly Christianized world still populated by the monsters and demons of the ancient world.
9789990854244 | Signet Classic, September 1, 1999, cover price $0.02
9780451627957 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, August 1, 1995), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A discussion of the origins, composition, and social and historical background of Beowulf prefaces the text of the early English epic poem
9780451626271 | New Amer Library, August 1, 1987, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: The earliest extant poem in a modern European language, Beowulf was composed 400 years before the Norman Conquest.
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Reinforced:

9780606101400 | Demco Media, August 1, 1995, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: The oldest extant poem in a modern European language chronicles a feudal newly Christianized world still populated by the monsters and demons of the ancient world.

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9780613211949 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2000, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: The oldest extant poem in a modern European language chronicles a feudal newly Christianized world still populated by the monsters and demons of the ancient world.

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Product Description: America's war against itself developed slowly, pressing on people in all walks and ways of life. The Bingham family-of New England, then rural New York, then the great city of New York-was, like everyone else, caught up in deep, churning passions...read more
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9780913785225, titled "Yankee Doric: America Before the Civil War" | Univ of Arkansas Pr, June 4, 2010, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: America's war against itself developed slowly, pressing on people in all walks and ways of life.

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Product Description: No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-old Das Nibelungenlied. In the English-speaking world, however, the poem has remained little known, languishing without an adequate translation...read more
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9780300113204 | Yale Univ Pr, September 18, 2006, cover price $43.00 | About this edition: No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-old Das Nibelungenlied.

Paperback:

9780300125986 | Yale Univ Pr, January 8, 2008, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-old Das Nibelungenlied.

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Product Description: Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England’s throne. Richard III, Shakespeare’s long chronicle of Richard’s machinations to be king, is a tale of murder upon murder...read more
By Harold Bloom (contributor), Burton Raffel (editor) and William Shakespeare
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9780300122022 | Yale Univ Pr, April 22, 2008, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Treacherous, power-hungry, untempered by moral restraint, and embittered by physical deformity, Richard, the younger brother of King Edward IV, is ablaze with ambition to take England’s throne.
9780237532987 | Evans Brothers Ltd, January 12, 2007, cover price $8.95 | also contains Richard III, Richard III, Richard III, Richard III | About this edition: Part of the 'Graphic Shakespeare' series, this title is an ideal introduction to Shakespeare's plays.

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9780606348591, titled "King Richard III" | Demco Media, March 30, 2006, cover price $15.65 | also contains Richard III, Richard III, Richard III
9780606312776, titled "King Richard III" | Demco Media, August 26, 2004, cover price $13.45 | also contains Richard III, Richard III, Richard III
9780606171847, titled "King Richard III" | Demco Media, June 1, 1996, cover price $12.97 | also contains Richard III, Richard III, Richard III | About this edition: Offers explanatory notes on pages facing the text of the play in which Richard, Duke of Gloucester, schemes to possess the throne, as well as an introduction to Shakespeare's language, life, and modern interpretations.

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A classic anthology of short fiction by the acclaimed author gathers concise stories about New York City, confidence men, hoboes, the West, South America, and the American South, including such famed works as 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'The Furnished Room.' Reissue.
By Laura Furman (other contributor), O. Henry and Burton Raffel (introduced by)
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Paperback:

9780451530530 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, July 3, 2007), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A classic anthology of short fiction by the acclaimed author gathers concise stories about New York City, confidence men, hoboes, the West, South America, and the American South, including such famed works as 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'The Furnished Room.

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Product Description: French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) was by turns venerated (in the eighteenth century) and reviled (in the nineteenth century) as the lawgiver of French classicism. Today critics see his achievement as more varied and complex than the label of classicism generally allows...read more
By Nicholas Boileau, Julia Prest (introduced by) and Burton Raffel (trans)
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9780300108217 | Yale Univ Pr, April 28, 2007, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) was by turns venerated (in the eighteenth century) and reviled (in the nineteenth century) as the lawgiver of French classicism.

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Product Description: The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius Caesar is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as the Republican gives way to the imperial. Safely removed in time and place from Shakespeare’s Elizabethan England, Rome makes the perfect laboratory for the playwright’s free-ranging political analysis...read more
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9780300108095 | Yale Univ Pr, September 11, 2006, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The first tragedy to be played in the new Globe Theatre, Julius Caesar is set at a crucial turning point in Roman history, as the Republican gives way to the imperial.

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Product Description: While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues. Much of this play's tension involves Prince Hal and Falstaff, as the former tries to live up to his duties and responsibilities...read more
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9780300108156 | Yale Univ Pr, April 20, 2006, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: While England is threatened by the Earl of Northumberland, Young Prince Hal cavorts in London's taverns, accompanied by the dissolute, entertaining Falstaff and his band of rogues.

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9781417799213 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2005, cover price $17.15

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Product Description: There has been very little linguistically sound discussion of the differences between poetry and prose, and virtually no discussion of any sort of the practical consequences of those differences for the translation of prose. The Art of Translating Prose presents for both the specialist and nonspecialist the core strategies employed by the author in translating a variety of important prose texts, and in the process delineates a coherent program or theory that can inform each act of translation...read more
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9780271010809 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, April 1, 1994, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: There has been very little linguistically sound discussion of the differences between poetry and prose, and virtually no discussion of any sort of the practical consequences of those differences for the translation of prose.

Paperback:

9780271025001 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, January 1, 1994, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: There has been very little linguistically sound discussion of the differences between poetry and prose, and virtually no discussion of any sort of the practical consequences of those differences for the translation of prose.

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From the early nineteenth century to the onset of World War II, this stellar collection gathers thirty-three stories from Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, James, Gilman, Jewett, Chopin, Crane, Wharton, Twain, London, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and other major American writers. Reissue.
By Burton Raffel (editor)
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Paperback:

9780451529633 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, November 4, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Gathers thirty-three stories by Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, James, Gilman, Jewett, Chopin, Crane, Wharton, Twain, London, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Saroyan
9780451522795 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, January 1, 1990), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Gathers thirty-three stories by Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, James, Gilman, Jewett, Chopin, Crane, Wharton, Twain, London, Hemingway, Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Saroyan

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By Burton Raffel (introduced by)
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9781417799343 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2004, cover price $17.15

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Edited by an award-winning translator and poet, a collection of works from ancient Greece is an introduction to the genre for English-language readers and offers insight into how period writers regarded love, war, domestic life, vice, and friendship. Reprint.
By Guy Davenport (introduced by) and Burton Raffel (trans)
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9780679642978 | Modern Library, July 1, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A collection of works from ancient Greece is an introduction to the genre for English-language readers and offers insight into how period writers regarded love, war, domestic life, vice, and friendship.

Paperback:

9780812969627 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, October 11, 2005), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Edited by an award-winning translator and poet, a collection of works from ancient Greece is an introduction to the genre for English-language readers and offers insight into how period writers regarded love, war, domestic life, vice, and friendship.

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Product Description: A Major New TranslationThe Red and the Black, Stendhal’s masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic...read more
By Diane Johnson (introduced by), Burton Raffel (trans) and Stendhal
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9780812972078 | Modern Library, May 1, 2004, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: A Major New TranslationThe Red and the Black, Stendhal’s masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic.
9789990105889 | Modern Library, May 1, 2004, cover price $0.02

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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9780554707006, titled "Shakespeare's Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra" | Lightning Source Inc, August 31, 2008, cover price $26.99 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9780554706900, titled "Shakespeare's Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra" | Lightning Source Inc, August 31, 2008, cover price $30.99 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781434493972 | Wildside Pr, October 31, 2007, cover price $29.95 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare.

Paperback:

9780554706931 | Large print edition (Lightning Source Inc, August 31, 2008), cover price $23.75 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
9781605974330, titled "Anthonie and Cleopatra" | Standard Pubns Inc, April 30, 2008, cover price $8.95 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) is the most influential writer in English history.
9781406586220 | Dodo Pr, January 31, 2008, cover price $15.99 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
9781434493965 | Wildside Pr, October 31, 2007, cover price $14.95 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare.
9781434611000 | Large print edition (Lightning Source Inc, October 31, 2007), cover price $24.75 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: If it be love indeed- tell me how much.
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Miscellaneous:

9781602520981, titled "Antony & Cleopatra" | Abridged edition (Findaway World Llc, July 1, 2007), cover price $34.99 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra

CD/Spoken Word:

9781601360571, titled "Antony & Cleopatra" | Audio Holdings Llc, August 16, 2010, cover price $16.95 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra

Reinforced:

9780606183635 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $13.45 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: A romantic tragedy about the relationship between Mark Antony and the Queen of Egypt, including notes and critical commentary

Prebinding:

9781417683086 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2005, cover price $16.00 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780613170857 | Revised edition (Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003), cover price $12.95 | also contains Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra

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During the Bourbon Restoration, Julien Sorel disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power.
By Diane Johnson (introduced by), James Madden, Burton Raffel (trans) and Stendhal
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Hardcover:

9780679642848 | Modern Library, July 1, 2003, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: During the Bourbon Restoration, Julien Sorel disregards all moral codes as he attempts to accumulate power.

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The Green Knight, a mysterious and powerful creature, offers a fateful and deadly challenge that tests the honor and courage of Gawain, King Arthur's youngest knight. Reprint.
By Burton Raffel (editor)
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Paperback:

9780451528186 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, October 1, 2001), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's youngest knight.
9789990854268 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, October 1, 2001), cover price $0.02
9780451628237 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, January 1, 1984), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's youngest knight

Prebinding:

9780613234832 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's youngest knight.

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Product Description: In the title poem, set during Raffel's time as a Professor of English at Denver University, Beethoven returns from the dead and moves in with Raffel for extended conversations on music, politics, women, history, chocolate, mountains, love and God...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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Hardcover:

9780965715966 | Conundrum Pr Llc, November 1, 1999, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: In the title poem, set during Raffel's time as a Professor of English at Denver University, Beethoven returns from the dead and moves in with Raffel for extended conversations on music, politics, women, history, chocolate, mountains, love and God.

Paperback:

9780965715942 | Conundrum Pr Llc, November 1, 1999, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: In the title poem, set during Raffel's time as a Professor of English at Denver University, Beethoven returns from the dead and moves in with Raffel for extended conversations on music, politics, women, history, chocolate, mountains, love and God.

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Explains how poetic techniques such as rhyme, meter, imagery, and structure allow poems to convey meaning beyond content alone, and offers more than two hundred classic and contemporary poems as examples (view table of contents)
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9780452010338 | Reissue edition (Plume, December 1, 1994), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Explains how poetic techniques such as rhyme, meter, imagery, and structure allow poems to convey meaning beyond content alone, and offers more than two hundred classic and contemporary poems as examples

Prebinding:

9780613051811 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $21.05 | About this edition: Explains how poetic techniques such as rhyme, meter, imagery, and structure allow poems to convey meaning beyond content alone, and offers more than two hundred classic and contemporary poems as examples

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A complete and authoritative anthology of the poetry of John Milton contains such classic works as 'Paradise Lost,' 'Paradise Regained,' 'Samson Agonistes,' and 'Lycidas,' all accompanied detailed annotations on the poet's life and work. Original. (view table of contents)
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Paperback:

9780553581102 | Bantam Classic & Loveswept, October 1, 1999, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An anthology of John Milton's verse, including 'Lycidas,' 'Paradise Lost,' 'Paradise Regained,' and 'Samson Agonistes,' includes information on the poet's vocabulary and meaning

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Product Description: The text reprinted here is based on award-winning translator Burton Raffel’s masterful translation of Don Quijote, which is consistent, fluid, and modeled closely on the original Spanish."Backgrounds and Context" invites readers to explore the creative process that culminated in the publication of Don Quijote...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780393972818 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1999, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: The text reprinted here is based on award-winning translator Burton Raffel’s masterful translation of Don Quijote, which is consistent, fluid, and modeled closely on the original Spanish.
9789990853780 | W W Norton & Co Inc, January 1, 1999, cover price $0.02

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Product Description: In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel's out-of-print classic, "Poems from the Old English", Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H. Olsen place the oldest English writings in a different perspective. Keeping the classroom teacher's needs foremost in mind, Raffel and Olsen organize the major old English poems (except "Beowulf") and new prose selections so as to facilitate both reading and studying...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780300069945 | Yale Univ Pr, February 1, 1998, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel's out-of-print classic, "Poems from the Old English", Raffel and co-editor Alexandra H.

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A novel of nineteenth-century French society is accompanied by nineteenth- and twentieth-century criticism. (view table of contents)
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9780393971668 | W W Norton & Co Inc, December 1, 1997, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: A novel of nineteenth-century French society is accompanied by nineteenth- and twentieth-century criticism.

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A middle-aged Spaniard, impressed by the fantasy world he finds in books, sets off with his servant to revive the age of chivalry
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9780393037197 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A middle-aged Spaniard, impressed by the fantasy world he finds in books, sets off with his servant to revive the age of chivalry

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A realistic novel of French society from the Latin Quarter to the aristocracy as depicted through the story of a father who sacrifices all for his daughters
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Hardcover:

9780393036206 | 1 edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1, 1994), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A realistic novel of French society from the Latin Quarter to the aristocracy as depicted through the story of a father who sacrifices all for his daughters

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