The Book of Beasts

The Book of Beasts
Author: Terence Hanbury White
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780486246093

A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many other exotic animals. White's witty, erudite commentary on scientific and historical aspects enhances this survey of proto-zoology on which science is based and pre-scientific perceptions of the earth's creatures. 128 black-and-white illustrations.

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Author: Peter France
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780199247844

This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literature of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).

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Author: Chicago Public Library
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Total Pages: 718
Release: 1916
Genre: Classified catalogs
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