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Cambridge University Press Youth Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether
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Cambridge University Press The Representation of War in German Literature
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Cambridge University Press Ethics and Power in Medieval English Reformist Writing 76 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series Number 76
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Cambridge University Press Lysias Selected Speeches Cambridge Greek and
Book SynopsisThe Greek prose writer Lysias is a fascinating source for the study of Athenian law, society and history in the late fifth century BC. Six of his professional legal speeches are selected in this new edition, both for their intrinsic interest and because the language is accessible even to the comparative beginner. In his introduction Dr Carey discusses Lysias' life and place in the evolution of Greek prose style, and the development of Greek rhetoric. He approaches the speeches in terms of their function, as attempts to secure a verdict favourable to the speaker, and assesses how effectively the selection and deployment of arguments promote this end. In the commentary he addresses problems of Lysias' style and syntax, and textual issues where necessary, but the particular focus is always literary: Lysias' use of rhetorical devices, his marshalling of fact and argument and his manipulation of contemporary values and prejudices are examined in detail. These speeches are invaluable historiTable of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Life; 2. Speeches and speechwriters; 3. Lysias as speechwriter; 4. Authenticity; 5. The text; Lysias: Selected Speeches: 1. On the murder of Eratosthenes; 3. Against Simon; 7. On the olive-stump; 14. Against Alkibiades; 31. Against Philon; 32. Against Diogeiton; Commentary; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press The Selected Plays of John Webster
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Cambridge University Press Plays by David Garrick and George Colman the Elder
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Cambridge University Press The Foolish Virgin
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Cambridge University Press Young Mrs. Burton
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Cambridge University Press Henry James
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Dion Boucicault
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Cambridge University Press Plays by George Colman the Younger and Thomas Morton
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Cambridge University Press Plutarch Life of Antony Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Book SynopsisPlutarch's Life of Antony is a work remarkable for its colourful narrative and vivid characterisation of Antony and Cleopatra. This book presents the Greek text of the Life, accompanied by an extensive introduction and a detailed commentary. Dr Pelling is concerned throughout to discuss the work as literature. The introduction sets the life in its historical and literary context and the commentary pays particular attention to discussing the value of Plutarch's narrative as a historical source for the period and to explaining points of linguistic difficulty. An especially interesting and friutful approach used by Dr Pelling is to compare the work with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (which was almost wholly based to Plutarch's Life), bringing out how much Shakespeare's conception of the character and destiny of his protagonists owes to Plutarch, and tracing its transposition into dramatic form. Intended primarily as a textbook for undergraduate students, this edition will neverthelesTable of ContentsList of maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Plutarch and Rome; 2. The Life of Antony; 3. Comparison: Demetrius and Antony; 4. Sources and methods; 5. Plutarch and Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra; 6. The text; Ploutarchou Antonios; Commentary; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Plays by William Hooker Gillette
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Augustin Daly
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Cambridge University Press Plays by A. W. Pinero
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Cambridge University Press Plays by James Robinson Planche
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Samuel Foote and Arthur Murphy
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Cambridge University Press Plays by H. J. Byron
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Charles Reade
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Cambridge University Press Sophocles Trachiniae Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Book SynopsisSophocles' Trachiniae is, in the editor's words, 'a subtle and sophisticated play about primitive emotions'. It is also a play which presents problems to a modern audience. Making full use of recent Sphoclean scholarship, Mrs Easterling attempts in her Introduction a detailed literary analysis of Trachiniae, helping the reader to understand better its intricate structure, the treatment of Deianira and Heracles, and the meaning of the final scenes. The notes in the Commentary of grammar, syntax and style include material which will be helpful to comparative beginners in the language, but the commentary as a whole is intended for anyone with a close interest in Greek tragedy. This is an edition for classical scholars, undergraduates, and students in the upper forms of schools. The Introduction is designed to be of use to readers who do not know Greek, as well as to specialists.Trade Review'Mrs Easterling has written a work which is marked by tact, clarity and balanced judgement. It is an edition which could be profitably consulted at different levels, but it should be particularly helpful to students.' The Joint Association of Classical Teachers BulletinTable of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The play; 2. Stage action; 3. The myth; 4. The date; Trachiniae; Commentary; Appendices; Glossary of metrical terms; Indexes; Map of Trachis and the Malian Gulf.
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Cambridge University Press Seneca Apocolocyntosis Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Cambridge University Press The Plays of George Etherege
Book SynopsisEven among the richly talented generation who wrote for the stage during the Restoration, Etherege was, from the start, considered to be a very special kind of innovator. This edition includes annotated texts of all three plays, prefaced by an account of Etherege's life and the reception of his plays on the stage and in criticism.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Comical Revenge, or Love in a Tub; Introductory note; Text; She Would if She Could; Introductory note; Text; The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter; Introductory note; Text; Additional notes.
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Cambridge University Press The Selected Plays of Thomas Middleton
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Cambridge University Press The Selected Plays of Philip Massinger
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Cambridge University Press The Selected Plays of John Marston
Book SynopsisThis edition brings five of Marston's most interesting plays together in a readable and helpful form.Table of Contents1. Antonio and Mellida; 2. Antonio's Revenge; 3. The Malcontent; 4. The Dutch Courtesan; 5. Sophonisba.
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Cambridge University Press The Selected Plays of John Ford
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Tom Robertson
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Cambridge University Press Shock Memory and the Unconscious in Victorian Fiction 69 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 69
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Cambridge University Press Apollonius Rhodes Argonautica Bk 3 Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Book SynopsisThe Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, composed in the third century BC and the only extant Greek epic between Homer and the later Roman empire, tells of Jason's successful expedition with the Argonauts to recover the Golden Fleece from Colchis on the Black Sea. Book III relates the story of Jason and Medea, a young Colchian princess who falls in love with Jason and helps him by magic to survive the ordeals imposed by her father. The description of Medea's emotional suffering exercised a profound influence on subsequent writers and especially on Virgil in his account of Dido and Aeneas. Dr Hunter's edition provides a full introduction to the poem and its poet, an up-to-date text of Book III and a full commentary which covers problems of language and translation as well as dealing with the poetic meaning of the work and Apollonius' creative use of the Homeric heritage. It is the first full-scale treatment in English of Book III to be written in the modern period of renewed interest inTable of ContentsPreface; References and abbreviations; Introduction; Sigla; Argonautica Book III; Commentary; Indexes.
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Cambridge University Press Plays by Harley Granville Barker
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Cambridge University Press Tacitus Annals Book IV
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Cambridge University Press Goethe Sorrows of Young Werther Landmarks of World Literature
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Cambridge University Press A History of the Irish Short Story
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Cambridge University Press Literature Language and the Rise of the Intellectual Disciplines in Britain 1680 1820
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Cambridge University Press Dio Chrysostom Orations
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Cambridge University Press Antiphon The Speeches Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
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Cambridge University Press Lucan De Bello Civili Book 2 Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
Book SynopsisIn this edition Professor Fantham offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. Book II presents all three leading figures - Cato, Caesar and Pompey - in speech and action. It expresses the moral and political dilemma of civil war and portrays Pompey's loss of authority during his withdrawal from Italy in language designed to evoke and cancel Virgil's heroic presentation of the foundation myth of Aeneas. In her introduction, Professor Fantham gives a general account of Lucan's life and work and continues with a discussion of his narrative and interpretation of Caesar's military 'invasion' of Italy covering Books I and II, a survey of language, style and metre, and a brief history of the text. The commentary, besides supplying all necessary grammatical explanation and some assistance with translation, aims to provide the political, historical and geographical background to Lucan's epic narrTrade Review"From the commentary's wealth of insights, observations and contextualizations one could single out items from every page which are worthy of note or lead to further literary reflection. Suffice it to say that in the preparation of this commentary [Elaine Fantham] has done Lucan and his readers an extremely valuable and lasting service." Bryn Mawr Classical Review"This edition has much to offer to reader of the Pharsalia at any level whether he be newcomer, graduate student, or veteran of Lucan studies." Classical WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. De bello civili: the poet and the poem; 2. Lucan's work in the epic tradition; 3. The Civil War: history and poetic interpretation; 4. Language, style and versification; 5. The text M. Annaei Lvcani De bello civili liber secvndvs; Commentary; Chronological table of events from 88–49 BC; Parallel summaries of Lucan, De bello civili I-II, Livy, Periocha and Caesar, Bellum civile 1; Appendices: 1. A Neronian critic of Lucan?; 2. The capture of Corfinium; 3. Cato's decision and Seneca's appraisal; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Coriolanus
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Cambridge University Press The Two Noble Kinsmen
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Cambridge University Press King Richard III
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Cambridge University Press Ezra Pound in Context
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan
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Cambridge University Press Ben Jonson and Envy
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Cambridge University Press Acts of Activism
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Cambridge University Press The Death of Nietzsches Zarathustra
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Cambridge University Press Statius
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Fiction in the Romantic Period
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Cambridge University Press Sophocles Philoctetes Cambridge Greek and Latin
Book SynopsisAccessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Provides help with morphology, grammar and syntax and interpretation of the text in its historical, social, cultural and intellectual contexts. The introduction also gives an account of its reception from antiquity to the present day.Trade Review'This volume is an excellent addition to an excellent series.' The Classical Journal'This excellent commentary by Seth Schein … deserves to become both a frequent point of reference for scholars and a welcome resource for teachers and their pupils. Undergraduate students reading the play with me this term have reacted very positively to the book, especially to its careful explanation of the Greek and its full discussion of the play's dramatic and literary qualities … Schein has thought hard about what his target audience needs, and the fruits of that thinking are everywhere palpable.' P. J. Finglass, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Philoctetes; Commentary.
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