This lecture, delivered in the late 19th century, offers an in-depth introduction to the field of Bo... more

Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural ... more

In light of the recent rise of right-wing populism in numerous political contexts and in the face of... more

War and trauma are fundamental human experiences and central to German history, especially in the tw... more

Between 1918 and 1933 the German interwar avant-garde was a primary force driving European cultural ... more

Praise for Aliki Barnstone All of a sudden I understand why I like Aliki Barnstone s poems so much. They remind me of...... more

The Doppelgänger - the double, twin, mirror image or alter ego of someone else - is a universal them... more

Ancient Greek Lyrics collects Willis Barnstone’s elegant translations of Greek lyric poetry--including the most...... more

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE--with earlier antecedent... more

Barnstone, Aliki Barnstone has been faithful to the original Greek, capturing both Cavafy s song and his vernacular in ways...... more

The Golem of Los Angeles is the 2006 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award winning poetry collection by Tony Barnstone. "Tony...... more

edition will include a full index and a new introduction from editor Willis Barnstone. o The interest in Gnostic texts begun...... more

In turns both surreal and quietly meditative, Barnstone’s book is a notable achievement....... more

The Shambhala Anthology of Women s Spiritual Poetry celebrates the unique spiritual life of women th... more

, The Apocalypse is the great epic poetic work of the New Testament. As the translator Willis Barnstone puts it, Like the...... more

edition of The Art of Worldly Wisdom includes an informative introduction by Willis Barnstone, Distinguished Professor of...... more

The ancient Chinese regarded the written word as a transformative force able to move heaven and eart... more

In a lucid, pioneering volume, Willis Barnstone explores the history and theory of literary translation as an art form...... more

Wang Wei was one of the most celebrated poets of China’s Tang Dynasty (618-907). An influential pain... more

Material Modernity explores creative innovation in German art, design, and architecture during the W... more

Portrait Before Dark is a poem cycle that constitutes an imaginary dialogue between the poet and pat... more

This volume examines the multi-faceted nature of German identity through the lens of myriad forms of... more

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Richly painted, at times fantastical, fine art images of plants, animals, and people co-inhabit a dr... more

A dazzling collection of Chinese erotic poems about deep love and pure lust, enticement and seductio... more

Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans three thousand years, bringin... more

the missing parts. Willis Barnstone has taken a middle course, in which he remains faithful to the words of the fragments...... more

Monster Verse: Poems Human and Inhuman brings to life a colorful menagerie of fantastical creatures ... more

Barnstone, Dick Cavett, and Alastair Reid, Borges touches on favorite writers (Whitman, Poe, Emerson) and familiar themes...... more

her musings on life and death, loss and longing, desire, and nature speak volumes. Willis Barnstone s vivid, contemporary...... more

pioneering volume of biblical poets translated in English, Willis Barnstone restores the lyricism and power of the poets voices...... more

Although the Breslau arts scene was one of the most vibrant in all of Weimar-era Germany, it has lar... more

Willis Barnstone is a literature in himself: poet, translator, interpreter, in one year he can range from Jesus to...... more

, superhero, espionage, and vigilante, Tony Barnstone’s audacious new poems are counterpointed by the mischievous (and...... more

Of all the books about Galveston, one of the best continues to be architect Howard Barnstone s The Galveston That Was...... more

In time for Halloween: a one-of-a-kind hardcover collection of poems from ancient times to the prese... more

These poems are freighted with longing and doubt but they are never na ve. Passionate, unflinching f... more

Poetry. Willis Barnstone’s new volume of poetry offers two sequences paired, pivoting on lunar and solar consciousness...... more

Tony Barnstone has no walls. He is alive moment to moment at the naked center. In his shrewd double vision, the animal...... more

Willis Barnstone unveils the essential poetry of the Gospels by taking the direct speech of Jesus from Mark, Matthew, Luke...... more

translators in the US. Translating literatures East and West, ancient and modern, Barnstone has proven insights to share, and does...... more

Who is German ? What defines Germanness ? These questions about national identity have continued to ... more

than a millennium and a half. Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer have created a translation that brings the gnostic voices...... more

Comic, tragic, colorful, and adventurous, Stickball on 88th Street is a sequence of thirty-four narr... more

Poet and uniquely important translator Willis Barnstone has translated Sapho and the Greek Lyric Poets, Love Poems by...... more

For Aliki Barnstone, poetry seems a natural medium. The vision and cadences of these poems suggest a sensibility for...... more

Barnstone s 1975 English translation, it was widely regarded as the greatest sequence of love poems written by a man or a woman...... more

For the first time since the King James Version in 1611, Willis Barnstone has given us an amazing literary and...... more