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Ulysses Unbound
Common sense suggests that it is always preferable to have more options than fewer, and better to have more knowledge than less. This provocative...
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Transformations of Mind
The book offers a conception of philosophy as a form of self-enquiry which begins not in reflection, but in silence and meditation, conceived as...
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An Independent Study Guide to Reading Latin
Reading Latin, written by Peter V. Jones and Keith C. Sidwell and published by Cambridge University Press in 1986, is a Latin course designed to help...
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Tone Sandhi
Matthew Chen’s study offers a most comprehensive analysis of the rich and complex patterns of tone used in Chinese languages. Chinese has a wide...
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Transformations of Mind
The book offers a conception of philosophy as a form of self-enquiry which begins not in reflection, but in silence and meditation, conceived as...
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Virgil on the Nature of Things
The Georgics has for many years been a source of fierce controversy among scholars of Latin literature. Is the work optimistic or pessimistic, pro-...
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Plato and the Hero
Plato’s thinking on courage, manliness and heroism is both profound and central to his work, but these areas of his thought remain under-explored....
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Modern American Drama, 1945–2000
In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama, Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar and contemporary theatre and...
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Voltaire: Treatise on Tolerance
Voltaire is widely known as the author of a literary masterpiece, Candide, while his reputation as a thinker rests largely on his Philosophical...
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Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato
This book explores the dynamic relationship between myth and philosophy in the Presocratics, the Sophists, and in Plato - a relationship which is...
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Modern American Drama, 1945–2000
In this new edition of the widely-acclaimed Modern American Drama, Christopher Bigsby completes his survey of postwar and contemporary theatre and...
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Voltaire: Treatise on Tolerance
Voltaire is widely known as the author of a literary masterpiece, Candide, while his reputation as a thinker rests largely on his Philosophical...
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The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative
From Homer to Hollywood, the western storytelling tradition has canonised a distinctive set of narrative values characterised by tight economy and...
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Chicano Drama
This is the first book since Jorge Huerta’s earlier study Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms to explore the diversity and energy of Chicano theatre....
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Foundations of Natural Right
In the history of philosophy, Fichte’s thought marks a crucial transitional stage between Kant and post-Kantian philosophy. Fichte radicalized...
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A Bibliography of Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Facsimiles, photographic reproductions, collations, and studies of the textual character of many of the 5,000 or so manuscripts of the Greek New...
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Chicano Drama
This is the first book since Jorge Huerta’s earlier study Chicano Theater: Themes and Forms to explore the diversity and energy of Chicano theatre....
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Foundations of Natural Right
In the history of philosophy, Fichte’s thought marks a crucial transitional stage between Kant and post-Kantian philosophy. Fichte radicalized...
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Greek Theatre Performance
In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays...
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Locations of Literary Modernism
In this collection, an international team of contributors contest the conventional critical view of modernism as a transnational or supranational...
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Greek Theatre Performance
In this fascinating and accessible book, David Wiles introduces ancient Greek theatre to students and enthusiasts interested in knowing how the plays...
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Albee: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
This is the first detailed study of one of the most important plays in contemporary theatre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee. In...
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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism
Outlines of Scepticism, by the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus, is a work of major importance for the history of Greek philosophy. It is the...
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Ovid, Aratus and Augustus
The astronomical material in Ovid’s Fasti has been overlooked by the current trend of scholarly interest in the poem. It is this material which is...
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