9548 results for '"Edward J. Dent (Translator)'

The greatest of all epics, soon to be a film by Christopher Nolan!“This may be the best translation of The Odyssey yet."—Edith Hall, The TelegraphA magnificent feat of translation, hailed by...

An English translation of my "Statistisahe Tafeln zur multivariaten Analysis - Ein Handbuah mit Hinweisen zur Anwendung" was planned already in 1975 when I prepared the German volume. The tables were...

A bold reorientation of art history that bridges the divide between fine art and material culture through an examination of objects and their usesArt history is often viewed through cultural or...

Robert Fagles's translations of both the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 "Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean…It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and so rigorously considered."...

The documents and texts surrounding any great artistic achievement have little importance except in relation to the works of art themselves. But taken together, the written and the visual records of...

A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka, author of Metamorphosis, telling the haunting story of a man's desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an unknown...

Explores the complex role that Black religious leaders play—or don’t play—in twenty-first-century racial justice effortsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. along with many of his Black religious...

Text: English (translation)Original Language: Greek

A major publishing event: the third volume of Michel Leiris's renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time in a brilliant translation by Lydia Davis A beloved and versatile...

How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skillsWe solve countless problems—big and small—every day. With so much practice, why do we often have...

When Guillaume Apollinaire died in 1918 at the age of thirty-eight, as the result of a war wound, he was already known as one of the most original and important poets of his time. He had led the...

This text explores the history and theory of literary translation as an art form. Arguing that literary translation goes beyond the transfer of linguistic information, the book emphasizes that...

The #1 New York Times bestseller is available in paperback! This timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo, complete with stunning illustrations by Bagram Ibatoulline, honors the enduring...

French and English (speaking) scholars discuss linguistic, philosophical, and historical aspects of translating religious works, not only into another language, but also into visual art. Among the...

A deep dive into the nature of translation from one of its most acclaimed practitioners   Avoiding theoretical debates and clichéd metaphors, award‑winning translator Damion Searls has written a...

Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants, from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest.“Ants are the most warlike of all...

Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy, The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought The Metaphysics presents...