{"product_id":"a-new-sublime-ten-timeless-lessons-on-the-classics-paperback","title":"A New Sublime: Ten Timeless Lessons on the Classics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePiero Boitani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoitani's presentation of the classics is as entertaining and unexpected as it is informative. He invites the reader to discover the timeless beauty and wisdom of ancient literature, highlighting its profound and surprising connections to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their emphasis on the mutability and fluidity of identity and matter, their examination of the power and position of women in society, and their enduring treatments of force and subjugation, fate and free will, the ethical life, hospitality, love, compassion, and mysticism, the classics play active roles in our lives and can help us refine our opinions and our values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from Homer to Tacitus, with Thucydides, Aristotle Sophocles, Cicero, and many others in between, Boitani's \u003ci\u003eA New Sublime\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh, inspiring reminder of the enduring importance and beauty of the classics of the Western canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePiero Boitani\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Italy's most renowned philologists and literary critics. An expert on ancient myths, medievalist, and Dante scholar, he is currently Professor of Comparative Literature at the Sapienza University in Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e has translated into English all of Elena Ferrante's books, including each of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling installments in Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, the fourth of which, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Lost Child\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the MAN Booker International Prize. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and is a recipient of the PEN Renato Poggioli Translation Award. She lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770782089504,"sku":"9781609455378","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/573be22b0554e3dad2e152705b966d32.webp?v=1780378141","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-new-sublime-ten-timeless-lessons-on-the-classics-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}