{"product_id":"the-first-poets-lives-of-the-ancient-greek-poets-paperback","title":"The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dazzling literary exploration by acclaimed poet and critic Michael Schmidt\u003ci\u003e, The First Poets \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life for the general reader the great Greek poets who gave our poetic tradition its first bearings and whose works have had an enduring influence on our literature and our imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStarting with the legendary and possibly mythical Orpheus and with Homer, Schmidt conjures a host of our literary forebears. From Hipponax, \"the dirty old man of poetry,\" to Theocritus, the father of pastoral; from Sappho, who threw herself from a cliff for love, to Hesiod, who claimed a visit from the Muses-the stories in \u003ci\u003eThe First Poets \u003c\/i\u003emasterfully merge fact and conjecture into animated and compelling portraits of these ancestors of our culture.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Schmidt is the editor of PN Review, and editorial and managing director of Carcanet Press. He lives in Manchester, England, where he is the director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49559240016024,"sku":"9780375725258","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/Wky-U28UqU9780375725258.webp?v=1785095870","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-first-poets-lives-of-the-ancient-greek-poets-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}