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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... Les mer
Francis Bacon: The New Organon
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled ‘The Great Renewal of Learning’, Francis Bacon... Les mer
Homer’s People
This book examines the role and character of Homer’s people, laoi, in Homeric story-telling, arguing that Homeric poetry is crucially concerned... Les mer
The Cambridge History of American Theatre
This is an authoritative and wide-ranging history of American theatre in all its dimensions, from theatre building to playwriting, directors,... Les mer
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, based on lectures that he gave in Athens in the fourth century BCE, is one of the most significant works in moral... Les mer
Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination
This book explores the presence of slaves and slavery in Roman literature and asks particularly what the free imagination made of the experience of... Les mer
Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first... Les mer
Francis Bacon: The New Organon
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled ‘The Great Renewal of Learning’, Francis Bacon... Les mer
Engendering Rome
Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius.... Les mer
Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first... Les mer
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury’s Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was first published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the... Les mer
Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
This book examines Tacitus’ Annals as an ironic portrayal of Julio-Claudian Rome, through close analysis of passages in which characters engage in... Les mer
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flappers and Philosophers was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s initial encore - his first collection of short fiction, published in 1920 to capitalize on the... Les mer
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury’s Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times was first published in 1711. It ranges widely over ethics, aesthetics, religion, the... Les mer
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio
This first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby now appears... Les mer
Logic, Cause and Action
Elizabeth Anscombe is among the most distinguished and original philosophers alive today. Her work has ranged over many areas of philosophy,... Les mer
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Trimalchio
This first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby now appears... Les mer
Persons and Bodies
What is a human person, and what is the relation between a person and his or her body? In her third book on the philosophy of mind, Lynne Rudder... Les mer
A History of the Book in America
Volume 1 of A History of the Book in America, The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World, encompasses the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is... Les mer
The American Mystery
The late Tony Tanner was one of the most distinctive and distinguished critical voices on American literature. His work is familiar to generations of... Les mer
Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian, Incorporated
For three decades from the 1890s onwards, Edward S. Curtis took thousands of photographs of Native Americans all over the West. These were published... Les mer
Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science
This is a book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary... Les mer
American Slaves in Victorian England
Audrey Fisch’s study examines the circulation within England of the people and ideas of the black Abolitionist campaign. During the 1850s,... Les mer
Contemporary American Playwrights
Christopher Bigsby explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights: John Guare (House of Blue Leaves), Tina Howe (Museum... Les mer