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Title:Letters & Other Writings : Selected Songs & Poems Translated by Stanley Lombardo & by Barbara Thorburn
Author:Abelard & Heloise; Translated, with Introduction by William Levitan
ISBN:0872208761 : 9780872208766
Format:Hardback
Size:140x215mm
Pages:356
Weight: .566 Kg.
Published:Hackett Publishing - April 2007
List Price: 29.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Literary studies: classical; early & medieval


A new translation of the complete correspondence of Abelard and Heloise, this volume also includes a new translation of The Calamities of Abelard, of the letters of Heloise and Peter the Venerable, and of selected songs, hymns, and laments of Abelard. Among the verse selections are translations by Stanley Lombardo and a translation by Barbara Thorburn of a recently discovered 'shaped' poem. A chronology, map, and index are also included.