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  • Aristophanes in Britain

    Old Comedy in the Nineteenth Century

    par Peter Swallow ...
    Collections series Classical Presences
    In this lively and wide-ranging study, Peter Swallow explores the reception of Aristophanes in Britain throughout the long-nineteenth century, setting it in the broader context of Victorian Classicism and, more specifically, the period's reception of Greek tragedy. Swallow shows the surprising extent to which Aristophanes was repurposed across an array of mediums in Victorian Britain, and ... En savoir plus

    $92.99 CAD

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  • The Great Guide

    What David Hume Can Teach Us about Being Human and Living Well

    par Julian Baggini ...
    Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. Yet Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great Guide is ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

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  • The Infidel and the Professor

    David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

    par Dennis C. Rasmussen ...
    The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as “the Great Infidel” for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy, and is now ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Present Concerns

    Journalistic Essays

    par C. S. Lewis ...
    A repackaged edition of the revered authors essays in which he deliberates on contemporary issues, from the moral to the spiritual to the practical.C. S. Lewis-the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics-was one of ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • English Literature in Context

    Modifié par Paul Poplawski ...
    This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool for all English literature students. Designed to accompany students throughout their degree course, it offers a detailed narrative survey of the diverse historical and cultural contexts that have shaped the development of English literature, from the Anglo-Saxon ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD

  • Friendship

    par A. C. Grayling ...

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Routledge History of Literature in English

    Britain and Ireland

    par Ronald Carter, John McRae ...
    The Routledge History of Literature in English covers the main developments in the history of British and Irish literature, with accompanying language notes which explore the interrelationships between language and literature at each stage. With a span from AD 600 to the present day, it emphasises the growth of literary writing, its traditions, conventions and changing characteristics, and ... En savoir plus

    $100.99 CAD

  • Pleasing Myself

    From Beowulf to Philip Roth

    par Frank Kermode ...
    Sir Frank Kermode is acknowledged as one of the greatest critics of our time, renowned for the wit humanity and good sense of his writing. Pleasing Myself brings together the very best of his shorter pieces, on topics ranging from Donne and Yeats to modern art and money. ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford

    par Linda C. Dowling ...
    "Dowling's compact and intelligently argued study is concerned with the late-Victorian emergence of homosexuality as an identity rather than as an activity.... [This identity] was formed out of notions of Hellenism current in mid-century Oxford that were held to be lofty and ennobling and even a kind of substitute for a waning Christianity."—Nineteenth- Century Literature"Dowling's study is an ... En savoir plus

    $28.99 CAD

  • Tragedy

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Adrian Poole ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    What do we mean by 'tragedy' in present-day usage? When we turn on the news, does a report of the latest atrocity have any connection with the masterpieces of Sophocles, Shakespeare and Racine? What has tragedy been made to mean by dramatists, story-tellers, critics, philosophers, politicians and journalists over the last two and a half millennia? Why do we still read, re-write, and stage these ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • A Companion to Classical Receptions

    Modifié par Lorna Hardwick, Christopher Stray ...
    Examining the profusion of ways in which the arts, culture, and thought of Greece and Rome have been transmitted, interpreted, adapted and used, A Companion to Classical Receptions explores the impact of this phenomenon on both ancient and later societies.Provides a comprehensive introduction and overview of classical reception - the interpretation of classical art, culture, and thought in later ... En savoir plus

    $60.99 CAD

  • Critical Revolutionaries

    Five Critics Who Changed the Way We Read

    par Terry Eagleton ...
    Terry Eagleton looks back across sixty years to an extraordinary critical milieu that transformed the study of literatureBefore the First World War, traditional literary scholarship was isolated from society at large. In the years following, a younger generation of critics came to the fore. Their work represented a reaction to the impoverishment of language in a commercial, utilitarian society ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD