For the first time, in this splendidly illustrated book, an English translation recreates the audacity, romance, and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature--the passionate verse drama of Achilles and Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons. 12 color illustrations.
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For the first time, in this splendidly illustrated book, an English translation recreates the audacity, romance, and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature--the passionate verse drama of Achilles and Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons. 12 color illustrations.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 158pp. Maroon boards, golden lettering on spine, unclipped jacket. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are secure, textblock is square with pointed corners. Like-New, slightest if any overall shelf/timewear.
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Sendak, Maurice. Fine in fine dust jacket. Text in English, German. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Penthesilea to cart. $40.00, like new condition, Sold by Ira Joel Haber rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by HarperCollins.
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Kleist's obscure and complex early 19th-century play, translated here by Joel Agee (James Agee's son) is a tragedy of love and war in which "An army of Amazons sets out to conquer Greek heroes for the purpose of stocking their women's state with new female offspring." Illustrated by Maurice Sendak in 13 full color drawings that are untypical for him. in that they are somewhat erotic. They are as usual with him richly detailed and beautifully colored. Small corner crease to the bottom of the back flap. Fine/near fine.
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New. Size: 5x0x9; 1st Edition, 1st printing. A FINE Hardcover with a FINE dustjacket. AS NEW. All dustjackets wrapped in Archival protection, and delivery confirmation with all our orders!
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