Anthologies (multiple authors)
- The Book of Korean Shijo
- Edited and translated by Kevin O'Rourke
- In this anthology of translations of 612 shijo, O'Rourke introduces the English reader to this venerable and witty style of verse. The anthology covers the entire range of shijo production from the tenth century to the modern era.
- Hardcover 2002
- Greek Elegiac Poetry
- Douglas E. Gerber, Ed. and Trans.
- Tyrtaeus
- Solon
- Theognis
- Mimnermus
- The Greek poetry of the archaic period that we call elegy was composed primarily for banquets and convivial gatherings. Its subject matter consists of almost any topic, excluding only the scurrilous and obscene. In this completely new Loeb Classical Library edition, Douglas Gerber provides a faithful translation of the fragments and significant testimonia that have come down to us, with full explanatory notes.
- Hardcover 1999
- The Making of Shinkokinshu
- Robert N. Huey
- In the history of traditional Japanese waka poetry, Shinkokinshu of 1205 is generally regarded as one of the three most important anthologies. The collection--the "New Kokinshu"--is in many ways a neo-classical effort. Reading history backward, scholars have often taken this to be a nostalgia for greatness presumed to have been lost in the wars of the late 1100s. In this detailed study of the origins of Shinkokinshu, the author argues that the compilers of Shinkokinshu instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions, and not a reaction to loss. It is a dynamic collection, full of innovative, challenging poetry--not an elegy for a lost age.
- Hardcover 2002