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World Poetry

1. Metamorphoses

   Ovid, Charles Martin

   In his award-winning translation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid’s text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original.More

2. Inferno

   Dante Alighieri, Giuseppe Mazzotta, Michael Palma

   This Norton Critical Edition of Dante’s masterpiece is based on Michael Palma’s verse translation, which is acclaimed for its elegant rendering of Dante’s triple-rhyme scheme into contemporary English.More

3. Metamorphoses: A New Translation

   Ovid, Charles Martin, Bernard M. W. Knox

   "A version that has been long awaited, and likely to become the new standard."—Washington PostMore

4. The Epic of Gilgamesh

   Benjamin R. Foster

   The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest epic masterpiece.More

5. Yeats's Poetry, Drama, and Prose

   William Butler Yeats, James Pethica

   This brand new collection, impeccably edited by James Pethica, presents a comprehensive selection of Yeats's major contributions in poetry, drama, prose fiction, autobiography, and criticism.More

6. The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan

   Christine de Pizan, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Kevin Brownlee

   Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364-ca. 1421) is Europe’s first professional woman writer. She wrote an astonishing body of work in many genres, including lyric poetry, allegorical dream visions, history, political treatises, and biography.More

7. The Odyssey

   Homer, Albert Cook

   Second Edition

   The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition continues to be based on Albert Cook’s translation, widely acclaimed for its poetic phrasing and linguistic accuracy.More

8. The Women Troubadours

   Meg Bogin

   An introduction to the women poets of 12th-century Provence and a collection of their poems.More

9. The Iliad of Homer: The Wrath of Achilles

   I. A. Richards

   According to legend, in ancient times Agamemnon led the Greeks into war with the city of Troy to recapture the beautiful Helen of Troy, wife of King Menelaus of Sparta.More