Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero  Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired  writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus  survives sto ...more on ebook "Odyssey of Homer..."

In the middle of the journey of our life,
I came to myself again in a dark
wood, where the right way was lost .

So begins Frank Salvidio's compelling translation of the ...more on ebook "Dante: Inferno..."

This epic poem, The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri is considered by many to be the greatest lyric composition ever written. "Comedy" is used here in its classical sense--to indicate a sto ...more on ebook "The Divine Comedy of Dante..."

In this deeply evocative début anthology, Renée Sigel takes the reader on a journey through a richly textured labyrinth of truth and contradiction. Her words and imagery delve into the cor ...more on ebook "sexions - selections from life and ..."

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265. His early poetry falls into the tradition of love poetry that passed from the Provencal to such Italian poets as Guido Cavalcanti, Dante' ...more on ebook "Paradiso..."

Poems of Victor Hugo ...more on ebook "Poems of Victor Hugo..."

Again and again in this collection, Andreas Thomas returns to this mysterious predicament: why is it that the human being seems to take such a perverse, if guilt-ridden, delight in actively ...more on ebook "Love Seems To Be Something Like Tha..."

Arthur Rimbaud wrote a few pieces that set french poetry aghast around 1873. He ...more on ebook "A Season In Hell..."

Dante wrote three epic poems about heaven, purgatory, and hell. The Inferno is about the latter and is encyclopedic in scope and information. From Dante's own world of politics, theology, an ...more on ebook "CliffsNotes The Divine Comedy: The ..."

Modern Italian Poets ...more on ebook "Modern Italian Poets..."