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Acts of Love: Ancient Greek Poetry from Aphrodite's Garden
by Economou, George (Sel. , Trans. ) ; Doniger, Wendy (Intro.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679643281
- ISBN 13
- 9780679643289
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 2006. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean and bright pages. Cloth over boards is slightly edge rubbed. DJ has light edge rubbing. ; English-language translation of ancient Greek poetry about romantic love. Modern Library; 8.0" tall; 176 pages.
Synopsis
George Economou, graduated from Colgate University and received his MA and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor emeritus of English at the University of Oklahoma, he is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Century Dead Center, and numerous translations from ancient and modern Greek. A critic and scholar of medieval literature, he has translated William Langland’s Piers Plowman and written and edited several books, including The Goddess Natura in Medieval Literature. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. Wendy Doniger graduated from Radcliffe College and received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her D.Phil. from Oxford University. She is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and the author of many books, most recently The Bedtrick: Tales of Sex and Masquerade and The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was.
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- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3300045
- Title
- Acts of Love: Ancient Greek Poetry from Aphrodite's Garden
- Author
- Economou, George (Sel. , Trans. ) ; Doniger, Wendy (Intro.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679643281
- ISBN 13
- 9780679643289
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, GREECE, GREEK, POETRY, POET, POEM, LOVE
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