{"product_id":"the-first-poets-lives-of-the-ancient-greek-poets-9780375725258","title":"The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poets","description":"A 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375725258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.42w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2006 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Schmidt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774078021813,"sku":"9780375725258","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-first-poets-lives-of-the-ancient-greek-poets-9780375725258","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}