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The Hellenistic Philosophers
Volume I presents the texts in new translations by the authors, and these are accompanied by a philosophical and historical commentary designed for...
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The American Historical Romance
This book traces the tradition of American historical fiction from its origins in the early nineteenth century to the eve of World War II. It...
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New Essays on Light in August
Light in August (1932) is one of William Faulkner’s most important, most challenging, and most widely studied novels, demanding to be approached...
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New Essays on The American
The American (1877) was written the very year Henry James committed himself to making his way as an author outside America. It thus formed part of...
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New Essays on The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway’s first novel and is now widely considered to be the most important of his longer works of fiction. Written...
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New Essays on Light in August
Light in August (1932) is one of William Faulkner’s most important, most challenging, and most widely studied novels, demanding to be approached...
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Cross-Examinations of Law and Literature
In Cross Examinations of Law and Literature Brook Thomas uses legal thought and legal practice as a lens through which to read some of the important...
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American Realism and American Drama, 1880–1940
The importance of native American realism is traced through a study of the evolution of dramatic theory from the early 1890s through World War I and...
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T. S. Eliot and Indic Traditions
T. S. Eliot’s allusions to Indic philosophy in several poems - from the Sanskrit ending of The Waste Land to the ‘What Krishna meant’ section...
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New Essays on Moby-Dick
The American Novel series provides students of American literature with introductory critical guides to the great works of American fiction. Each...
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New Essays on The Red Badge of Courage
First published in 1895, The Red Badge of Courage found immediate success and brought its author immediate fame. In his introduction to this volume,...
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New Essays on Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Increased interest in the role of women and minorities in establishing the canon of American literature has led to renewed interest in Uncle Tom’s...
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Shakespeare’s Tragedies
This book introduces the students and the general reader to Shakespeare’s tragedies and to many of the problems, both old and new, of interpreting...
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The Teaching of English
For the first time textbooks and other educational writings published in England and America in the three centuries before the ‘modern’ phase of...
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Art in the Hellenistic Age
The best reason to study Hellenistic art is for its own sake writes Professor Pollitt in the Preface to Art in the Hellenistic Age. But, he...
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The Wisdom of Science
We live in a culture which, while largely dependent on science for its material welfare, is largely ignorant of the new ideas and perspectives on...
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Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind
A study in the philosophy of science, proposing a strong form of the doctrine of scientific realism’ and developing its implications for issues in...
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Philosophical Papers
This is the third volume of Hilary Putnam’s philosophical papers, published in paperback for the first time. The volume contains his major essays...
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Worlds Apart
Drawing on a variety of disciplines and documents, Professor Agnew illuminates one of the most fascinating chapters in the formations of...
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Lexical Semantics
Lexical Semantics is about the meaning of words. Although obviously a central concern of linguistics, the semantic behaviour of words has been unduly...
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Experience and its Modes
This classic work is here published for the first time in paperback in recognition of its enduring importance. Its theme is Modality: human...
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Brentano and Intrinsic Value
Franz Brentano developed an original theory of intrinsic value which he attempted to base on his philosophical psychology. Roderick Chisholm presents...
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Expression and Meaning
John Searle’s Speech Acts made a highly original contribution to work in the philosophy of language. Expression and Meaning is a direct successor,...
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Reading Latin: Text
Reading Latin is a Latin course designed to help mature beginners read Latin fluently and intelligently, primarily in the context of classical...
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