The prophecies : a dual-language edition with parallel text / Nostradamus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Richard Sieburth ; historical introduction and supplementary material by Stéphane Gerson.
2012
BF1815.N8 A213 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
The prophecies : a dual-language edition with parallel text / Nostradamus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Richard Sieburth ; historical introduction and supplementary material by Stéphane Gerson.
Author
Nostradamus, 1503-1566.
Uniform Title
Prophéties. English & French
ISBN
9780143107231 paperback
0143107232 paperback
9780143106753
0143106759
0143107232 paperback
9780143106753
0143106759
Publication Details
New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Language
English
Language Note
Text in French with facing page English translations.
Description
xlviii, 351 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
BF1815.N8 A213 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
133.3
Summary
"The mysterious quatrains of the sixteenth-century French astrologer Nostradamus have long proved captivating for their predictions. Nostradamus has been credited with anticipating the Great Fire of London, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Today, as the world grapples with financial meltdowns, global terrorism, and environmental disasters - as well as the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse on December 12, 2012 - his prophecies of doom have assumed heightened relevance. How has The Prophecies outlasted most books from the Renaissance? This edition considers its legacy in terms of the poetics of the quatrains, published here in a brilliant new translation and with introductory material and notes mapping the cultural, political, and historical forces that resonate throughout Nostradamus's epic, giving it its visionary power."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-351).
Added Author
Sieburth, Richard.
Gerson, Stéphane.
Gerson, Stéphane.
Series
Penguin classics.
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