From a legendary translator: a magnificent new rendering of Spain''s national epic...

One of the most powerful dramas ever written for the stage, Othello is a story of revenge, illusi...

No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-o...

“For there is indeed something we can call the spirit of ancient Greece–a carefully t...

French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) was by turns venerated (in the ...

In this restructured and greatly expanded version of Burton Raffel’s out-of-print classic, ...

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays and also one of his most romantic. A y...

Shakespeare's valedictory play is also one of his most poetical and magical. The story involves t...

One of the most influential storytellers in Western literature, French poet Chretien de Troyes he...

In this outstanding new translation of Lancelot, Burton Raffel brings to English language readers...

In this new translation of Voltaire’s Candide, distinguished translator Burton Raffel captu...

Perhaps no other Shakespearean drama so engulfs its readers in the ruinous journey of surrender t...