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Alighieri, Dante: The Divine Comedy
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Ariosto, Ludovico: Orlando Furioso
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Print & Audio Editions
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The selected Poetry in Translation works shown below are available from Amazon in print and eBook editions, and from Apple Books and Barnes & Noble as eBooks. A limited number of audio editions is also available.
Original Poetry
Chinese
Like Water or Clouds
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 238 pages
ISBN-10: 1505685524
ISBN-13: 978-1505685527
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu (c.605 BC–c.531 BC)
English
The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1343–1400)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Mary Eliza Haweis.
Paperback, 552 pages
ISBN-10: 1539651150
ISBN-13: 978-1539651154
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Troilus and Cressida
Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1343–1400)
1st Edition: Published with selected illustrations.
Paperback, 462 pages
ISBN-10: 1539886654
ISBN-13: 978-1539886655
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Pearl Poet (c.1390)
Storming Heaven
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
1st Edition: Published with selected illustrations.
Paperback, 174 pages
ISBN-10: 1985786184
ISBN-13: 978-1985786189
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French
Baudelaire: The Poetry & Prose
Baudelaire, Charles (1821–1867)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 254 pages
ISBN-10: 1522854363
ISBN-13: 978-1522854364
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Atala & René
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848)
1st Edition: Published in full colour with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 144 pages
ISBN-10: 1517443970
ISBN-13: 978-1517443979
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Mémoires d'outre tombe
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848)
1st Edition: Annotated with a hyperlinked index of 4450 footnotes to the Memoirs.
Illustrated with 604 images of the people, places and events of Chateaubriand's life.
Digital eBook, equivalent to 2,500 paperback pages
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The Itinerary
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848)
1st Edition: Published with engravings and lithographs from nineteenth-century travelogues.
Paperback, 574 pages
ISBN-10: 1518853412
ISBN-13: 978-1518853418
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The Last of the Abencerrajes
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848)
1st Edition: Illustrated with Lithographs by Francisco Javier Parcerisa.
Paperback, 76 pages
ISBN-10: 1519173350
ISBN-13: 978-1519173355
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Travels in Italy
Chateaubriand, François-René de (1768–1848)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 144 pages
ISBN-10: 151958167X
ISBN-13: 978-1519581679
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The Book of the Heart Seized by Love
Anjou, René de (1409–1480)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 242 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8377249689
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The Romance of the Rose
De Lorris, Guillaume (c.1200?–c.1240?)
1st Edition: Published with illuminations, courtesy of the British Library.
Paperback, 203 pages
ISBN-10: 1698466366
ISBN-13: 978-1698466361
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The Romance of the Rose, The Continuation
De Meung, Jean (c.1240-c.1305)
1st Edition: Published with illuminations, courtesy of the British Library.
Paperback, 695 pages
ISBN-10: 1703978374
ISBN-13: 978-1703978377
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Winning The Rose
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
A Chapter by Chapter Commentary on The Romance of the Rose
1st Edition: Published with illuminations, courtesy of the British Library.
Paperback, 202 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8600222243
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Érec and Énide
De Troyes, Chrétien (1130–1191)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Gustave Doré.
Paperback, 228 pages
ISBN-10: 1793164983
ISBN-13: 978-1793164988
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Cligès
De Troyes, Chrétien (1130–1191)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by George Woolliscroft-Rhead and Louis Rhead.
Paperback, 227 pages
ISBN-10: 179337757X
ISBN-13: 978-1793377579
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Yvain
De Troyes, Chrétien (1130–1191)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Henry Justice Ford.
Paperback, 227 pages
ISBN-10: 1793813132
ISBN-13: 978-1793813138
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Lancelot
De Troyes, Chrétien (1130–1191)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 233 pages
ISBN-10: 1794662642
ISBN-13: 978-1794662643
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Perceval
De Troyes, Chrétien (1130–1191)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley.
Paperback, 216 pages
ISBN-10: 1090390696
ISBN-13: 978-1090390691
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Un Coup de Dés & Other Poems
Mallarmé, Stéphane (1842–1898)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Odilon Redon.
Paperback, 114 pages
ISBN-10: 1730773125
ISBN-13: 978-1730773129
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Rimbaud: Selected Works in Translation
Rimbaud, Arthur (1854–1891)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 254 pages
ISBN-10: 153011506X
ISBN-13: 978-1530115068
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Rostand, Edmond (1868–1918)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 284 pages
ISBN-10: 1523999764
ISBN-13: 978-1523999767
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From Dawn to Dawn: Troubadour Poetry
Troubadours, The (c.1100–c.1350)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 210 pages
ISBN-10: 1722867019
ISBN-13: 978-1722867010
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Verlaine: Selected Poems in Translation
Verlaine, Paul (1844–1896)
1st Edition: Published with various illustrations.
Paperback, 139 pages
ISBN-10: 1731187106
ISBN-13: 978-1731187109
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German
Faust - Parts I & II
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832)
The Restless Spirit
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
A Scene by Scene Study of Goethe’s Faust
1st Edition: Published with selected illustrations by William Blake.
Paperback, 148 pages
ISBN-10: 151150871X
ISBN-13: 978-1511508711
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The Poetry Of Rainer Maria Rilke
Rilke, Rainer Maria (1875–1926)
Selected Poems, Duino Elegies and The Fountain of Joy; a commentary on the Elegies.
1st Edition: Published with photographs of the sculpture of Auguste Rodin.
Paperback, 222 pages
ISBN-10: 1512129461
ISBN-13: 978-1512129465
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Greek (Ancient)
The Iliad
Homer (c.750 BC)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 744 pages
ISBN-10: 1532975244
ISBN-13: 978-1532975240
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The Odyssey
Homer (c.750 BC)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 590 pages
ISBN-10: 1534673210
ISBN-13: 978-1534673212
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The Oresteia
Aeschylus (c.525–c.456 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Agamemnon, Choephoroi (The Libation Bearers), and Eumenides.
Paperback, 202 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8694674904
Persians and Three Other Plays
Aeschylus (c.525–c.456 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Persians, Seven Against Thebes, Suppliant Maidens, and Prometheus Bound.
Paperback, 277 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8694681216
Clouds and Two Other Plays
Aristophanes (c.446–c.386 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Clouds, Frogs and The Birds.
Paperback, 387 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8590703166
Lysistrata and Two Other Plays
Aristophanes (c.446–c.386 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Lysistrata, Women in Parliament and Women at the Festival.
Paperback, 329 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8591199685
Peace and Two Other Plays
Aristophanes (c.446–c.386 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Peace, Knights and Wasps.
Paperback, 323 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8595662819
Wealth and Acharnians: also includes Menander's The Grouch
Aristophanes (c.446–c.386 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Wealth and Acharnians: also includes Menander's The Grouch.
Paperback, 293 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8707840951
Bacchae and Three Other Plays
Euripides (c.480–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Bacchae, Alcestis, Andromache, and Suppliant Women.
Paperback, 285 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8696566153
Iphigeneia in Aulis and Three Other Plays
Euripides (c.480–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Iphigeneia in Aulis, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Elektra, and Hekabe.
Paperback, 305 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8696570952
Medea and Three Other Plays
Euripides (c.480–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Medea, Herakleidae, Herakles, and Hippolytus.
Paperback, 313 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8696572819
Helen and Three Other Plays
Euripides (c.480–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Helen, Phoenician Women, Ion, and Cyclops.
Paperback, 331 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8696575629
Trojan Women and Two Other Plays
Euripides (c.480–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Trojan Women, Orestes and Rhesus.
Paperback, 257 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8696577739
The Theban Plays
Sophocles (c.496–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
Paperback, 249 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8695754650
Philoktetes and Three Other Plays
Sophocles (c.496–c.406 BC) translated by George Theodoridis
1st Edition: Philoktetes, Ajax, Women of Trachis, and Elektra.
Paperback, 323 pages
Cover art © Copyright Efrossini Chaniotis, All Rights Reserved.
ISBN-13: 979-8695765137
Italian
Orlando Innamorato
Boiardo, Matteo Maria (1440–1494)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 579 pages
ISBN-13: 979-884713162-9
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Orlando Furioso
Ariosto, Ludovico (1474–1533)
1st Edition: Published with the complete cycle of illustrations by Gustave Doré (France, 1832-1883).
Paperback, 749 pages
ISBN-13: 979-879699508-2
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The Divine Comedy
Alighieri, Dante (1265–1321)
2nd Edition: Published in entirety with index, notes and illustrations by Gustave Doré.
Paperback, 676 pages
ISBN-10: 1502732777
ISBN-13: 978-1502732774
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1st Edition: Translated text only without index or illustrations.
Hardback, 305 pages
ISBN: 1-58726-157-X
The title was available from Borders in the Borders Classics series, but may now be out of print. If so, try entering the ISBN on the Amazon site, where second-hand copies do become available from time to time.
Meditations on the Divine Comedy
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 352 pages
ISBN-10: 150310916X
ISBN-13: 978-1503109162
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La Vita Nuova
Alighieri, Dante (1265–1321)
The Complete Canzoniere
Petrarch (1304–1374)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 528 pages
ISBN-10: 1508827680
ISBN-13: 978-1508827689
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Latin
A Honeycomb for Aphrodite
Kline, A. S. (b.1947)
Reflections on Ovid's Metamorphoses
1st Edition: Published with illustrations by Crispijn van de Passe.
Paperback, 138 pages
ISBN-10: 1507748388
ISBN-13: 978-1507748381
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Catullus: The Poems
Catullus (c.84 BC–54 BC)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 240 pages
ISBN-10: 197991798
ISBN-13: 978-1979917988
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The Love Poems: The Amores, Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris
Ovid (43 BC–17)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 268 pages
ISBN-10: 1507893221
ISBN-13: 978-1507893227
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The Metamorphoses
Ovid (43 BC–17)
2nd Edition: Published in entirety with mythological index and illustrations by Hendrik Goltzius.
Paperback, 681 pages
ISBN-10: 1502776456
ISBN-13: 978-1502776457
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1st Edition: Translated text only without index or illustrations.
Hardback, 280 pages
ISBN: 1-58726-156-1
The title was available from Borders Stores in the Borders Classics series, but may now be out of print. If so, try entering the ISBN on the Amazon site, where second-hand copies do become available from time to time.
The Satyricon
Arbiter, Gaius Petronius (27–66)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 166 pages
ISBN-10: 1986647897
ISBN-13: 978-1986647892
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The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius (69–140)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations.
Paperback, 630 pages
ISBN-10: 1505260922
ISBN-13: 978-1505260922
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The Agricola & Germania
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius (c.56–c.120)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 104 pages
ISBN-10: 1517250862
ISBN-13: 978-1517250867
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The Annals
Tacitus, Publius Cornelius (c.56–c.120)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 696 pages
ISBN-10: 1790424216
ISBN-13: 978-1790424214
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The Aeneid
Virgil (70 BC–19 BC)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 328 pages
ISBN-10: 150289257X
ISBN-13: 978-1502892577
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Spanish
Four Final Plays
Lorca, Garcia (1898–1936)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 299 pages
ISBN-10: 1986116565
ISBN-13: 978-1986116565
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Poems of Love and Death
Lorca, Garcia (1898–1936)
1st Edition: Published with illustrations (various artists).
Paperback, 186 pages
ISBN-13: 979-8386577018
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