An accomplished poet and a keen observer of the human condition, David Slavitt deploys both skills to create the...... more

the stars. David Slavitt gives us a readable and appealing translation of one of the early, defining masterpieces of...... more

[Slavitt’s] sentences are so unburdened by the trivial or any kind of distraction, so transparent, that it would be too...... more

Praise for David R. Slavitt Slavitt s touch is light, and he writes beautifully.... His satire is sharp, and he can be...... more

In this volume, David R. Slavitt, the distinguished translator and author of more than one hundred works of fiction...... more

The appearance of David R. Slavitt s translation of Orlando Furioso ( Mad Orlando ), one of the great literary...... more

Widely praised for his recent translations of Boethius and Ariosto, David R. Slavitt returns to Ovid, once again...... more

In The Seven Deadly Sins and Other Poems, veteran poet David R. Slavitt touches on topics from the mundane to the...... more

R. Slavitt has captured Lucretius s elegance as well as his philosophical profundity in this highly readable translation...... more

of the Commemorations David Slavitt has added versions of Ausonius’s Nuptial Cento, assembled from snippets of...... more

The prodigiously imaginative mind and penetrating wit of David R. Slavitt are on full display in his newest collection...... more

Address highlights the magnitude and scope of David Slavitt’s poetic achievement. Meditating on both the quotidian and the...... more

These ardent, even obsessed, poems about erotic passion are among the brightest jewels in the crown ... more

he died before completing it. With The Voyage of the "Argo," the acclaimed poet and translator David Slavitt recovers for...... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

PS3569.L3, David R. Slavitt s sixtieth book, is a collection of poems, translations, imitations, parodies, jeux de mots...... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

were reassembled and the poems of Bacchylides finally began to take shape for the modern reader. Slavitt argues in the...... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

. Translations are by Jack Flavin (Acharnians), Fred Beake (Peace), David Slavitt (Celebrating Ladies), and Palmer Bovie (Wealth...... more

chained to a massive rock for revealing fire and hope to humankind. Translations are by David Slavitt (Persians), Stephen...... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

The Penn Greek Drama Series presents original literary translations of the entire corpus of classica... more

There is more to classical literature than just the classics. Here David Slavitt expands the canon by presenting vivid...... more

"The works of Plautus," writes Palmer Bovie, "mark the real beginning of Roman literature." In these... more

Women, David Slavitt * Hercules Furens, Dana Gioia. Are there no limits to human cruelty? Is there any divine justice? Do...... more

In his twelfth book of original verse David R. Slavitt leads us to a crossroads where terror, loneliness, and despair...... more

Someone clever, passionate, and heartbroken comes very near us, and I think it is Ovid. I found it i... more

sophistication. David Slavitt’s brilliant modern translation breathes fresh life into these powerful ancient texts....... more

Painfully good. The book could have been called, Outrageous. The story Andy Slavitt tells is not just about Trump s...... more

. David R. Slavitt’s sparkling new edition condenses the epic for the general reader. At its core, the Mahabharata is the...... more

one of the prominent poet-translators of our own time, David R. Slavitt. Horace was one of the great poets of Rome s...... more

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles. There...... more

Famed translator David Slavitt lends his distinctly contemporary voice to four lesser-known plays of Sophocles. There...... more

verse by poet and translator David R. Slavitt. Traditional Breton folktales were the raw material for Marie de France s...... more

respectability, yet as David Slavitt points out in his humorous yet loving send-up of the genre, riches might be found in the most...... more

attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt s imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits...... more