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The Prophecies Paperback - 2013

by Nostradamus; Richard Sieburth (Translator); Introduction by Richard Sieburth


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The first major literary presentation of Nostradamus's Prophecies, newly translated and edited by prizewinning scholars

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 21, 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.

From the publisher

Nostradamus (1503–1566) was a French doctor, astrologer, and seer believed to have predicted major world events.

Richard Sieburth is an award-winning translator of works by Henri Michaux, Michel Leiris, George Büchner, Walter Benjamin, and Friedrich Hölderlin. His translation for Penguin Classics of Gerard de Nerval’s Selected Writings won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize. Sieburth teaches French and comparative literature at New York University.

Stéphane Gerson is an award-winning historian of modern France and the author of Nostradamus: How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom. He teaches French history at New York University.

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  • Title The Prophecies
  • Author Nostradamus; Richard Sieburth (Translator); Introduction by Richard Sieburth
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition REP BLG
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group
  • Date 2013-12-31
  • Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143107231 / 0143107232
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Topical: New Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Prophecies (Occultism)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012018576
  • Dewey Decimal Code 133.3

About the author

Nostradamus (1503-1566) was a French doctor, astrologer, and seer believed to have predicted major world events.

Richard Sieburth (translator) is an award-winning translator of works by Henri Michaux, Michel Leiris, George Bchner, Walter Benjamin, and Friedrich Hlderlin. His translation for Penguin Classics of Gerard de Nerval's Selected Writings won the PEN/Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize. Sieburth teaches French and comparative literature at New York University.

Stphane Gerson (introducer) is an award-winning historian of modern France and the author of Nostradamus: How an Obscure Renaissance Astrologer Became the Modern Prophet of Doom. He teaches French history at New York University.

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