The Portable Greek Reader - Paperback
by W. H. Auden
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Availability:In StockContributor:W. H. AudenSeries:Portable LibraryAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1977-08-25Pages:736
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140150391ISBN-10:140150390UPC:9780140150391Book Category:Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, ReadersSize:7.75 x 5.12 x 1.34 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCC5N7FQZ1
The Portable Greek Reader
It is commonplace to say that our civilization is built on the ruins of Greece. W. H. Auden's splendid anthology locates the truth behind the truism, while filling in the gaps in our knowledge of a people who gave us so much of our cultural legacy.
Every page in The Portable Greek Reader contains some fundamental precursor of the ways in which we think about heroism, destiny, love, politics,...
Series: Portable Library
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140150391ISBN-10:140150390UPC:9780140150391Book Category:Literary Criticism, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, ReadersSize:7.75 x 5.12 x 1.34 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCC5N7FQZ1
W.H. Auden was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960. After the publication of his Poems in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the 'thirties poets'. His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china. In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen. He died in...
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