![]() ![]() Sappho's Lyre is a combination of diligent research and poetic artistry. ![]() In this unique anthology, today's reader can enjoy the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets - the latter appearing together in one volume for the first time. Throughout the Greek world, her contemporaries composed lyric poetry full of passion, and in the centuries that followed the golden age of archaic lyric, new forms of poetry emerged. Publisher's Description: Sappho sang her poetry to the accompaniment of the lyre on the Greek island of Lesbos over 2500 years ago. Subjects: Classics | Classical Literature and Language | Literature in Translation | Poetry Published: University of California Press, 1991 Title: Sappho's lyre: archaic lyric and women poets of ancient Greece Kathleen Ross's translation renders Sarmiento's passionate prose into English with all its richness intact, allowing the English-language reader the full experience of Facundo's intensity and historical reach. Facundo's celebrated and frequently anthologized portraits of the caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga and other colorful characters give readers an exhilarating sense of Argentine culture in the making. The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated today - questions regarding the "civilized" city versus the "barbaric" countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization. His Facundo is a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational text appears here for the first time in its entirety. Publisher's Description: A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Subjects: Literature | History | Latin American History | Politics | Literature in Translation Published: University of California Press, 2004 These stories are now being spread from one generation to another in China.Title: Facundo: civilization and barbarism: the first complete English translationĪuthor: Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino 1811-1888 These are stories of creation and the beginning of mankind. Myths such as the Great Pangu, Nuwa, and Kua Fu are included in Shan Hai Jing. Guo Po made further annotations to the Shan Hai Jing.Ī lot of stories are included in the collection. He is a Chinese scholar from the western Jin. The second person the edit the text is said to be Guo Po. He is a Confucian scholar from the Western Han dynasty. The first editor is said to be Liu Xiang. Chinese scholars were able to successfully determine the first editors of the text. They said it was more likely a compendium of works written from the period of Warring States to the period of the Han dynasty. ![]() Chinese scholars have proposed a theory that it was not written by a single author. The Xia Dynasty is said to be the very first dynasty in china. Yu the Great who is the legendary founder of Xia dynasty was said to have written the text. Originally, it was said to be written by mythical creatures. The exact author of the text is not certain nor the exact date it was written. This Chinese Classical Literature is said to be at least 2,200 years old. The entire collection is divided into 18 selections. It is comprised of 31,000 words more or less. All in all, the book talks about more than 550 mountains and 300 seas. The text is both a cultural and geographical account of China before the Qin dynasty. Its Chinese name literally translates to “Collection of the Mountain and the Seas”. It is considered one of the treasures of Chinese culture. Shan Hai Jing is an important piece of Chinese literature. ![]()
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