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alessandro Manzoni
1785 – 1873, italian (b. Milan)
The Betrothed
(I promessi sposi)
Translated with an Introduction by
Bruce Penman
Manzoni chronicles the perils of two
lovers caught in the turbulence of
seventeenth-century Italy.
720 pp. 978-0-14-044274-8 $17.00
MarCus aurelius
121 – 180, Roman
Meditations
Edited and Translated with Notes by
Martin Hammond
Introduction by Diskin Clay
These musings, maxims, and thoughts on
life and death reflect the Roman emperor’s
profound understanding and expression
of Stoic philosophy.
304 pp. 978-0-14-044933-4 $10.00
Marguerite de navarre
1492 – 1549, Basque
The Heptameron
Translated with an Introduction by
P. A. Chilton
Inspired by a royal project to produce a
French Decameron, these seventy stories
mirroring Renaissance France’s version
of the battle of the sexes are attributed to
Rabelais’s patron, the sister of Francis I.
544 pp. 978-0-14-044355-4 $17.00
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Marie de FranCe
c. 12th cent., French
The Lais of Marie de France
Translated with an Introduction by
Glyn S. Burgess and Keith Busby
Twelve short story-poems, based on
Breton tales of love in crisis, are presented
in plain prose translations as close to the
twelfth-century original as possible. The
volume includes the Old French text of
Laüstic.
144 pp. 978-0-14-044759-0 $13.00
ChristoPher MarloWe
1564 – 1593, english
The Complete Plays
Edited by Frank Romany and
Robert Lindsey
Reflecting the remarkable range of this
Elizabethan dramatist’s interests, this
volume contains Dido, Queen of Carthage;
Tamburlaine the Great (parts one and
two); Doctor Faustus; The Jew of Malta;
Edward the Second; and The Massacre at
Paris.
752 pp. 978-0-14-043633-4 $16.00
The Complete Poems and Translations
Edited with an Introduction by
Stephen Orgel
Though best known for his plays—and for
courting danger as a homosexual, a spy,
and an outspoken atheist—Christopher
Marlowe was also an accomplished and
celebrated poet. This edition of his poems
and translations contains his complete
lyric works.
304 pp. 978-0-14-310495-7 $14.00