This volume, the second of two companion volumes which provide a detailed commentary, with text, on the whole of Virgil’s Georgics, is devoted to Books III and IV of the poem. Professor Thomas describes the Georgics as ‘perhaps the most difficult, certainly the most controversial, poem in Roman...
This interdisciplinary work explores how scientists, musicians and poets have listened to, and tried to understand, the everyday mystery of birdsong. Paying particular attention to Romantic and Victorian writing on other species, it offers valuable insights for scholars working in the fields of...
These two volumes provide a commentary, with text on Virgil’s “Georgics” written between 35 and 29 BC. The background of the poem and its relationship to the early years of Augustan Rome are considered and a section interprets the poem in the light of recent scholarship.
This edition of Seneca’s De otio and De brevitate vitae introduces students to the complex artistic method and provocative message of Senecan philosophy. It emphasizes the relevance of both works to modern reflection on the claims of the ‘balanced’ life and on the complex relationship of the...
Jeff McMahan urges us to reject the view, dominant throughout history, that mere participation in an unjust war is not wrong. He argues powerfully that combatants who fight for an unjust cause are acting wrongly and are themselves morally responsible for their actions. We must rethink our attitudes...
Professor Baily selects letters on Cicero as a man and writer and on his relationship with his contemporaries. He also includes letters that deal with people and events of special significance in the turbulent political history of the period. This book is specifically for students at universities...
This second edition has been updated fully, taking account of new research and critical methodologies, and includes four brand new chapters. Designed to appeal to students, teachers and readers, these essays reflect the very latest approaches to reading and understanding Victorian fiction.
Mark Griffith examines Hesiod’s morality tale and Aeschylus’ play, Prometheus Bound, the fire-stealer in Greek mythology. This is suitable for undergraduates, students in the upper forms of schools and it also deserves the serious attention of scholars. It will also interest students of drama and...
An edition with introduction and commentary of Horace’s Carmen Saeculare and fourth book of Odes. Horace’s return to lyric combines poems focusing alternately on the political and the personal, revealing a dynamic tension between the two. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students...
Bringing together a team of scholars from linguistics and philosophy, this book bridges the gap between the two fields, which while closely related, are often approached with very different methodologies and processes. Accessible and engaging, it is essential reading for researchers and students in...
This edition makes these two masterpieces of Latin literature accessible to students as works of literature and as historical sources. The commentary is the most thorough ever published in English, and no speech of Cicero covers a broader range of history than the Second Philippic, roughly 63 to 44...
This new edition concentrates on the dramatic qualities of Phaedra and examines the Greek and Roman background to the play.
Key dimensions of Thomas Mann’s writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Introductory chapters covering all the main works of fiction, the essays and diaries, are followed by four chapters examining Mann’s oeuvre in relation to major themes.
Providing foundational information on how and why to integrate diverse children’s literature into the classroom, this book presents a historical perspective on cultural groups in the United States and context for how to teach children’s literature in a way that reflects and sustains students’ rich...
The bizarre story of Martin Guerre-a peasant who disappears from a small village in sixteenth-century France and whose place is taken by an imposter-has captivated historians for centuries
White Ghosts
Let best-selling novelist Sophie King guide you through the whole process of writing your first novel and getting it published.
Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. A breath of fresh air in a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this book will open the reader’s eyes to the exhilarating possibilities of...
Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, this book equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Levantine Arabic in a broad range of situations.
Addressing the practicalities of research, and embracing the complexity and variety of written forms of language, this book helps readers with practical and conceptual tools to ask questions about written discourse, and to analyse the huge variety of texts that make up our linguistic landscape.