Horace: The Odes. New Translations by Contemporary Poets
by HORACE; J.D. MCCLATCHY (Editor)
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 8vo. 6.375 x 9.5 in. [viii], 312 pp. Full dark green cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Contains page-facing translations by contemporary poets, including Robert Bly, Robert Creeley, Robert Hass, John Hollander, W.S. Merwin, Rosanna Warren, Richard Wilbur, C.K. Williams, Charles Wright, et al. Published as part of the 'Facing Pages' series, edited by Nicholas Jenkins. About this edition Harold Bloom wrote, 'J.D. McClatchy's extraordinary collection gives us the richest version of Horace's odes ever made available in English.'.
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- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 319
- Title
- Horace: The Odes. New Translations by Contemporary Poets
- Author
- HORACE; J.D. MCCLATCHY (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 069104919X
- ISBN 13
- 9780691049199
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 2002
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