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Helen of Troy, 1993 Poems


Free Download Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems by Maria Zoccola
English | January 14, 2025 | ISBN: 1668046334 | True EPUB | 96 pages | 2.3 MB
Part myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s Iliad as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee.

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Translating Troy Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance


Free Download Alex Mueller, "Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0814212212, 0814293220 | PDF | pages: 270 | 7.2 mb
For Geoffrey Chaucer and many of his contemporaries, the literary life of England began in ancient Troy. In Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance, Alex Muellerexplores Middle English alliterative romances that challenge this genealogical fantasy and decentralize Troy as the eastern origin of western authority.

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Translating Troy Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance


Free Download Alex Mueller, "Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0814212212, 0814293220 | PDF | pages: 270 | 7.2 mb
For Geoffrey Chaucer and many of his contemporaries, the literary life of England began in ancient Troy. In Translating Troy: Provincial Politics in Alliterative Romance, Alex Muellerexplores Middle English alliterative romances that challenge this genealogical fantasy and decentralize Troy as the eastern origin of western authority.

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The Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art


Free Download The Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art by Michael J. Anderson
English | 1997 | ISBN: 0198150644 | 304 Pages | PDF | 10.5 MB
Greek myth-makers crafted the downfall of Troy and its rulers into an archetypal illustration of ruthless conquest, deceit, crime and punishment, and the variability of human fortunes.

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A Song of War A Novel of Troy


Free Download A Song of War: A Novel of Troy by Kate Quinn, Vicky Alvear, Simon Turney, Russell Whitfield, Stephanie Thornton, Libbie Hawker, David Alexander Blixt
English | November 21, 2023 | ISBN: 0063310651, ASIN: B0C6KN6H4S | True EPUB | 428 pages | 1.5 MB
Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans-the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy’s gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories.

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