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This is the first full-scale commentary on Aristotles de Caelo III to appear in recent decades. de Caelo III can serve as a good introduction to Aristotles physics and its character. In it he answers some very general questions about the elements of all material things except celestial objects: how many these elements are, why they cannot be infinitely many but must be more than one, whether they are eternal or can be generated and decay, and, if the second, how. His discussion is often framed as a critique of rival theories, and he argues systematically against the geometrical theory of the elements in Platos Timaeus, which adds greatly to the interest of the work. The commentary adduces many parallel passages from Aristotles other works to round off the readers understanding, and the introduction offers a brief but comprehensive overview of the Aristotelian theory of the elements, which de Caelo III often takes for granted.

Ovid promises a cure for a disease which in the terms of Roman amatory poetry is incurable and this monograph provides the first in depth analysis of the rhetorical context within which Ovids poetic

Olympian Nine celebrates the wrestling victory in 468 of Epharmostus of Opous. Although one of Pindars longer odes, it has received less scholarly attention than others of comparable size. The present commentary fills this gap. A significant portion of the ode is devoted to Epharmostus previous victories and an appendix analyses how victory catalogues are treated elsewhere by Pindar as well as by Bacchylides and agonistic epigrams.

This is a new edition of the fragments of the early Greek elegist Mimnermus of Smyrna. Introductory chapters deal with questions about Mimnermus life (his dates, name, home city, status in society) and writings (the sympotic background of his elegies, their erotic content, the book title Nanno, the possibility that he wrote iambic as well as elegiac verse). Texts of the fragments, each with a detailed commentary, are followed by two appendices, on Callimachus dark reference to Mimnermus in the Aetia prologue, and on Mimnerman diction and poetics.

En español, además de la versión de Cansinos, que ha perdido fuelle en los últimos años por el casticismo un tanto démodé de su lenguaje, contamos con la del académico de la Real Academia de la Historia Juan Vernet, que vio la luz en tres volumenes de la coleccion Clasicos Planeta y ha sido reimpresa varias veces. Pero no habia hasta la fecha una traduccion que ubicase Las mil y una noches en el lugar que le corresponde en el mundo hispanohablante del siglo XXI. Ha correspondido llevar a cabo esa labor al arabista Salvador Peña, profesor de la Universidad de Malaga, que ha realizado una tarea titanica para desentrañar todas las claves del texto original, ahora dispuesto en perfecto estado de revista y lectura para las nuevas generaciones.La de Salvador Peña va a ser, estoy seguro de ello, la traduccion definitiva de las Noches al castellano hasta el dia de hoy, la mas precisa, la mas fiel y, al mismo tiempo, la mas elegante y legible que se haya publicado nunca en la lengua de Cervantes. La he conocido desde el comienzo de su gestacion, y me consta su probidad insuperada en todos los aspectos que rodean una version. Hasta los numerosos versos que jalonan, aqui y alla, el original arabe han sido objeto de una version metrica en español por parte del Prof. Peña, que no ha vacilado a la hora de entregarse por completo a un trabajo que supone un eslabon importantisimo en la cadena de las traducciones de las Noches a nuestra lengua.La version de Salvador Peña es, para mi, la consecucion de un deseo largamente acariciado y nunca satisfecho del todo antes de su labor. Las mil y una noches merecian una version como la suya, que rinde culto al texto original sin traicionarlo nunca, pero que nos ofrece la posibilidad de acceder a el en un español niquelado y diafano, de nuestros dias y de siempre, pendiente siempre de reflejar la desnuda oralidad del relato arabe y, a la vez, atento al adorno retorico cuando este existe en su modelo. No me queda mas que felicitar al brillante arabista andaluz que ha sido capaz de organizar una fiesta linguistica tan hermosa y tan perdurable, y felicitarme por haber tenido la feliz oportunidad de participar en ella activamente con estas breves y entusiastas lineas preliminares.

Este estuche reúne la prolífica obra de Poe en tres tomos dedicados a sus cuentos y relatos cortos, su nouvelle y toda su poesía. Un escritor que sigue fascinando y enganchando a lectores en la actualidad, igual que lo hizo en vida y a pesar de una dificil trayectoria."A Poe le debemos el cuento de terror moderno en su forma final y perfecta. Antes de Poe, la mayoria de los escritores fantasticos trabajaban a ciegas, sin entender los fundamentos psicologicos del horror, y con la traba de un conformismo ante ciertas convenciones literarias[...]. Por el contrario, Poe percibio la esencia impersonal del verdadero artista, y supo que la funcion de la literatura creativa era la de expresare interpretar los sucesos y las sensaciones tal como son, sin importar lo que prueban bueno o malo, atractivo o repulsivo, estimulante o deprimente, con el artista actuando siempre como un atento e impersonal cronista, lejos del tendencioso profesor o del vendedor de opiniones" H.P. Lovecraft

Esta colección de tres tomos reúne los mejores relatos clásicos de vampiros (y vampiresas), las historias fundacionales del mito que conocemos hoy en día. El ineludible y terrorífico Conde Drácula inaugura la recopilacion, acompañado por las oscuras narraciones que inspiraron a Bram Stocker cuando escribio su universal novela. Lord Byron, Charles Baudelaire, Guy de Maupassant, o incluso Lovecraft, los especialistas de lo extraño y del horror, firman algunos de estos cuentos imprescindibles. Cada relato esta precedido por una nota biografica del autor, y un comentario sobre el contenido e importancia del texto en cuestion. El perspicaz articulo Las metamorfosis del Vampiro de la escritora y academica Margo Glantz, incluido en el primer tomo, hace las veces de introduccion de la coleccion.

Edición de Luis Gómez Canseco.Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventurasdel doctor don Diego de Torres Villarroel fue publicada por primera vez en 1743. Esta autobiografía novelada y novelesca se convirtio en un exito inmediato.La historia comienza con un protagonista que parece ir para picaro, pero que termina prefiriendo la vida acomodada de un rentista. De una pagina a otra lo vemos ejercer de estudiante, de truhan, ermitaño, bailarin, medico, torero, soldado, bordador, adivino, profesor, astrologo, hombre de Iglesia, polemista, peregrino, exiliado, delincuente, rastreador de duendes, charlatan, paseante refinado por la corte, actor, sabio o loco.A pesar de la buena fortuna de la Vida entre los editores modernos, la edicion de Luis Gomez Canseco para la BCRAE puede considerarse la primera plenamente atenta a todos los pormenores del texto, y nos devuelve una imagen del autor muy distinta a la del escritor negligente que el mismo quiso atribuirse. La anotacion y el estudio completan una rigurosa aproximacion a esta obra capital del pleno Setecientos.

«Su vida estuvo singularmente desprovista de incidentes: ninguna crisis importante, tan solo algunos pequeños cambios interrumpieron su plácido curso (...)» del libro "Recuerdos de Jane Austen". Reci

TRADUÇÃO DE ANTÓNIO PESCADAPOSFÁCIO DE SIGMUND FREUD«Os Irmãos Karamázov é o romance mais magistral que alguma vez se escreveu, e nunca seremos capazes de apreciar devidamente o episódio do Grande In

This volume is conceived as a complement to another Middle English Texts series text, Sherry Reames Middle English Legends of Women Saints. This selection is intended to be broadly representative of saints lives in Middle English and of the classic types of hagiographic legend as these were presented to the lay public and less-literate clergy of late medieval England.

Fitted with ample introductions, notes, and glosses, this volume will make an excellent text for a class of any level on Middle English romance. This excellent edition includes King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton, and Athelston. These romances all deal with the Matter of Britain-that is, they celebrate action and adventure tales taking place in England. Featuring all the hallmarks of a good romance, these works include disinherited nobles, thrilling battles, love stories, dragons, and all sorts of marvels and adventures. Spanning the mid thirteenth to the late fourteenth century, these works provide an excellent cross section of the wonderful world of Middle English romances featuring the escapades of their fantastical countrymen.

British Library MS Harley 2253 is one of the most important literary works to survive from the English medieval era. In rarity, quality, and abundance, its secular love lyrics comprise an unrivaled collection. Intermingled with them are contemporary political songs as well as delicate lyrics designed to inspire religious devotion.

Jaufre is a lively, engaging and at times comedic tale of a knight from King Arthurs court. The young hero encounters all manner of unpleasant adversaries including giants and a demon knight, finds true love in the form of an independent, wealthy and hot-tempered heiress, and is tricked into going to the rescue of an underwater fairy. This story, dedicated to a king of Aragon and told in Occitan, was first set down in writing in the thirteenth century but does not appear to have reached English-speaking readers until the late nineteenth century. It was, however, originally intended for oral performance rather than for solitary readers. This new adaptation is an attempt to capture the spirit of the original Occitan, keeping close to the way it was told, and to bring the story to life in the hope that other storytellers will once again tell the tale of Jaufre and new listeners will enjoy his exploits.

Diego de Torres Villarroel (1694-1770) es uno de los autores más importantes en el panorama literario español del siglo XVIII, y uno de los últimos representantes de la estética barroca. Figura singular como pocas, en Torres conviven el literato, el matematico y el astrologo. En un siglo que no conto con demasiados creadores de aliento, el Gran Piscator de Salamanca, como se le conocia, se alza con obras como sus Visiones y visitas de Torres con don Francisco de Quevedo por la Corte (1727-1728), su Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras (1743-1758) o su Barca de Aqueronte (1743), en las que se muestra como prodigioso escritor. Su dedicacion al cultivo de los almanaques, que le otorgaron gran popularidad, revela a un autor ajeno a los nuevos tiempos que anuncian una nueva ciencia presidida por la luz de la razon.

Before the Wycliffite Bible in the 1380s, one of the only complete books of the Bible to be translated into Middle English was the Book of Revelation. The English Apocalypse, translated from the French in the early 14th century, must have been well known to the later translators, as it appears in 18 extant manuscripts, sometimes alongside Wycliffite material. This edition reproduces, for the first time, a copy of the English Apocalypse, which actually replaced the Book of Revelation at the end of a Wycliffite New Testament.

A Obra-prima de um dos gigantes da literatura universal Guerra e Paz é o verdadeiro clássico da literatura universal. No início do século XIX, a Rússia é devastada pelos exércitos de Napoleão e as vi

POSFÁCIO DE VLADIMIR NABOKOV«Nos capítulos iniciais de Anna Karénina, somos conduzidos, uma e outra vez, a um sentido de analogia musical. Há efeitos de contraponto e harmonia no desenvolvimento das

Il Filocolo, che, secondo unetimologia approssimativa, significa "fatica damore", e un romanzo in prosa, rappresentando cosi una svolta rispetto ai romanzi delle origini scritti in versi. La storia ha due protagonisti, Florio, figlio di un re saraceno, e Biancifiore, una schiava cristiana abbandonata da bambina. I due fanciulli crescono assieme e da grandi, in seguito alla lettura del libro di Ovidio "Ars Amandi" si innamorano, come era successo per Paolo e Francesca dopo avere letto "Ginevra e Lancillotto". Tuttavia il padre di Florio decide di separarli vendendo Biancifiore a dei mercanti. Florio decide quindi di andarla a cercare e dopo mille peripezie (da qui il titolo Filocolo=Fatica damore) la reincontra. Infine il giovane si converte al Cristianesimo e sposa la fanciulla.

The Iliad presents superhuman heroes and superhuman rage, brutal death, unbounded sorrow, the craving for revenge, the shortness of life, the glory quest, and, ultimately, reconciliation and forgiveness. As human nature is unchanging, the Iliads themes concern us as much today as they did Homers audiences 2,700 years ago. Not for nothing did Ezra Pound observe that "a civilization was founded on Homer."The Iliad is always relevant, even as it is timeless. Of interest to readers in every generation, it is a classic in the root sense. Homer was "the Bible of the Greeks." He was their mythology and history (still fairly merged at the time), their religion, their storehouse of ethics and exempla under an Olympian dispensation. And while the Odyssey is the more popular of Homers epics, the Iliad is the more profound.This is not merely another new translation of Homers Iliad. It is sooner and foremost Homers Iliad in a Classical Translation the first-ever into a consistently 12-syllable line and, at the same time, the longest such work in the English language (the Iliad consisting of 15,639 lines in Greek). This translation by Jeffrey M. Duban uses a mildly archaizing style and other poetic devices to suggest the antiquity and flavor of Homeric composition. Like the original, it is both alliterative and polysyllabic excessive monosyllabism the scourge of many a modern translation. Duban further observes epic decorum with recourse to poetic diction. Decorum entails the avoidance of colloquialisms and commonplaces, again in contrast to other translations."Through its masterful deployment of archaism, inversion, elevated diction, and other techniques of aesthetic distanciation, Dubans uniquely metered rendering re-Homerizes the Iliad, as it were, casting its remoteness and peculiarity into sharp relief." Robert Pogue Harrison, Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature, Stanford University, Author, The Body of Beatrice (1988)"While Homers style can be plain and direct, it is also often very grand and even, at times, ornate. You will find plainness in many modern translations of Homer, but you will likely search in vain for elevation. In his spirited rendering of the Iliad, Jeffrey Duban aims high. Through a carefully crafted use of heightened poetic diction and a consistent metrical formalism, Duban offers us, in English verse, a singular version of Homers epic poem." Steven Shankman, University of Oregon, Author, Popes Iliad: Homer in the Age of Passion (1983), Editor, Popes Iliad (Penguin ed., 1996)"Like the campfires scene concluding Book 8, Dubans Iliad, with the antique luster of burnished bronze, glints smartly across the plain. Think what you will of the contemporary or new translations aflood the market, this one, classically conceived and executed, is special. Duban does not merely translate but conveys his vision for the Iliad." C. J. Mackie, La Trobe University, Author, Rivers of Fire: Mythic Themes in Homers Iliad (2008)