LIVING CLASSICS: Greece and Rome in Contemporary Poetry in English.

First edition, second printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly creased dustwrapper, which is a touch rubbed to the upper fold corners and is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears.

A collection of 17 essays exploring the use of Latin and Greek literary texts in a variety of recent Poetry written in English. Including contributions from the poets Michael Longley ('Lapsed Classicist'), Tony Harrison ('Weeping for Hecuba') and Seamus Heaney ('Title Deeds: Translating a Classic').