Biography Books
Harvard University Press Wallace Stevens
Book SynopsisIn this book Vendler brings her remarkable skills to bear on a number of Stevens’s short poems. She shows us that this most intellectual of poets is in fact the most personal of poets; that his words are not devoted to epistemological questions alone but are also “words chosen out of desire.”Trade Review[This book] tells the reader a good deal more about Wallace Stevens’s poetry and Stevens as a poet than many a weighty tome… The shining merit of these lectures is their capacity to elucidate single poems, some familiar anthology pieces, others much less familiar, so that they stand alone as comprehensible entities. The key to this success is the devotion that has accompanied her patience, a devotion that responds, in particular, to the warmth and sadness, the emotional depth, that Vendler finds in Stevens… Those readers who have sensed both the urgency of feeling and the forlornness in Stevens’s poems, but have found the obliquities of his manner and diction often impenetrable, will be grateful for the tact and moderation of these fresh interpretations. Their special achievements are that they convince, movingly and with a simplicity not often found in Stevens commentary, and that they then leave the poem to reassemble in the mind as wholly itself. -- Lucy Beckett * Times Literary Supplement *[Vendler] has found the right way to talk about [Stevens], and is quite right to say that he is a genuinely misunderstood poet. On the very late poems she is exceptionally good and provides some reasons for the belief (which I share) that they are great poems indeed… She writes throughout with admirable firmness… Altogether this little book seems to me a triumph. -- Frank Kermode
£24.26
Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Rahul
Book SynopsisThe biography delves into the enigmatic persona of Rahul Gandhi, exploring his evolution, influences, and upcoming responsibilities as he steps into a prominent political role. Written by two young journalists, it examines the intersection of modernity and dynasty in his political journey.
£14.99
Harvard University Press Discourses 6180
Book SynopsisDio Chrysostom (AD ca. 40–ca. 120) was a rhetorician hostile to philosophers, whose Discourses reflect political or moral concerns. What survives of his works make him prominent in the revival of Greek literature in the late first and early second century AD.
£23.70
Harvard University Press History of Alexander Volume II
Book SynopsisQuintus Curtius wrote a history of Alexander the Great. The first two of ten books have not survived and material is missing from books 5, 6, and 10. Curtius narrates exciting experiences, develops his hero’s character, moralizes, and provides one of the five extant works that are evidence for Alexander’s career.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Natural History Volume IV
Book SynopsisPliny the Elder produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Library of History Volume IX
Book SynopsisLibrary of History is in three parts: mythical history to the Trojan War; history to Alexander’s death (323 BC); history to 54 BC. Books 1–5 and 11–20 survive complete, the rest in fragments.
£23.70
Harvard University Press History Volume II
Book SynopsisAmmianus, a Greek from Antioch, served many years as an officer in the Roman army, then settled in Rome, where he wrote a Latin history of the Roman Empire. The portion that survives covers twenty-five years in the historian's own lifetime: the reigns of Constantius, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian I, and Valens.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Categories. On Interpretation. Prior Analytics
Book SynopsisNearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BC) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Jewish Antiquities Volume IV
Book SynopsisThe major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Against Symmachus 2. Crowns of Martyrdom. Scenes
Book SynopsisPrudentius used allegory and classical Latin verse forms in service of Christianity. His works include the Psychomachia, an allegorical description of the struggle between Christian virtues and pagan vices; lyric poetry; and inscriptions for biblical scenes on a church's wallsa valuable source on Christian iconography.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Natural History Volume IX Books 3335
Book SynopsisPliny the Elder produced in his Natural History a vast compendium of Roman knowledge. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Minor Attic Orators Volume II Lycurgus.
Book SynopsisLycurgus was with Demosthenes in the anti-Macedonian faction. Hyperides was also hostile to Philip and led Athenian patriots after 325 BC. But Dinarchus favored an oligarchy under Macedonian control and Demades supported the Macedonian cause too.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Moralia VIII
Book SynopsisPlutarch (ca. AD 45120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Moralia IX
Book SynopsisPlutarch (ca. AD 45–120) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Soloecista. Lucius or The Ass. Amores. Halcyon.
Book SynopsisLucian (ca. AD 120–190), apprentice sculptor then traveling rhetorician, settled in Athens and developed an original brand of satire. Notable for the Attic purity and elegance of his Greek and for literary versatility, he is famous chiefly for the lively, cynical wit of the dialogues in which he satirizes human folly, superstition, and hypocrisy.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Ennead II
Book SynopsisPlotinus (204/5–270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between 301 and 305 CE in six sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also explains his editorial principles.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Ennead IV
Book SynopsisPlotinus was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between AD 301 and 305 in six sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also explains his editorial principles.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Selected Orations Volume I
Book SynopsisLibanius, one of the last great publicists and teachers of Greek paganism, has much to tell us about the tumultuous world of the fourth century AD. His works include Orations, the first of which is an autobiography, and Letters.Trade ReviewNorman's command of his material is complete and remarkable. * Times Literary Supplement *
£23.70
Harvard University Press Letters to Friends Volume I
Book SynopsisCicero’s letters to friends span the period from 62 BC, when his political career was at its peak, to 43 BC, when he was put to death by the victorious Triumvirs.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Letters to Friends Volume II
Book SynopsisCicero’s letters to friends span the period from 62 BC, when his political career was at its peak, to 43 BC, when he was put to death by the victorious Triumvirs.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Letters to Friends Volume III
Book SynopsisCicero’s letters to friends span the period from 62 BC, when his political career was at its peak, to 43 BC, when he was put to death by the victorious Triumvirs.
£23.70
Harvard University Press The Orators Education Volume V Books 1112
Book SynopsisQuintilian, born in Spain about AD 35, became a renowned and successful teacher of rhetoric in Rome. In The Orator's Education (Institutio Oratoria), a comprehensive training program in twelve books, he draws on his own rich experience. It provides not only insights on oratory, but also a picture of Roman education and social attitudes.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Declamations Volume I
Book SynopsisSeneca the Elder collected ten books devoted to controversiae (some only preserved in excerpt) and at least one (surviving) of suasoriae.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Jewish Antiquities Volume VI
Book SynopsisThe major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
£23.70
Scribner Book Company No Way Home A Dancers Journey from the Streets of
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Harvard University Press Jewish Antiquities Volume III
Book SynopsisThe major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Jewish Antiquities Volume V
Book SynopsisThe major works by Josephus are History of the Jewish War, from 170 BC to his own time, and Jewish Antiquities, from creation to AD 66. Also by him are an autobiographical Life and a treatise Against Apion.
£23.70
Harvard University Press The Greek Anthology Volume III
Book SynopsisThe Greek Anthology (Gathering of Flowers) is a collection over centuries of some 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but seldom epigrammatic) by about 300 composers.
£23.70
AuthorHouse Herman the German Just Lucky I Guess
£10.34
Harvard University Press Laws Volume I
Book SynopsisThe great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BC and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works are the Symposium, which explores love in its many aspects, from physical desire to pursuit of the beautiful and the good, and the Republic, which concerns righteousness and also treats education, gender, society, and slavery.
£23.70
Harvard University Press The Civil War Pharsalia
Book SynopsisIn his epic The Civil War, Lucan (AD 39–65) carries us from Caesar’s fateful crossing of the Rubicon, through the Battle of Pharsalus, Pompey’s death, and Cato’s leadership in Africa, to Caesar victorious in Egypt. The poem is also called Pharsalia.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Ecclesiastical History Volume II Books 45. Lives
Book SynopsisHistorical works by Bede (672 or 673–735) include his Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Lives of the Abbots of Bede’s monastery, accounts of Cuthbert, and the Letter to Egbert, Bede’s pupil.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Politics
Book SynopsisNearly all the works Aristotle (384–322 BCE) prepared for publication are lost; the priceless ones extant are lecture-materials, notes, and memoranda (some are spurious). They can be categorized as practical; logical; physical; metaphysical; on art; other; fragments.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Description of Greece Volume IV
Book SynopsisPausanias, one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand today.
£23.70
Harvard University Press Philo Volume VI
Book SynopsisThe philosopher Philo, born about 20 BC to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.
£23.70
Fitzrovia Press The Eight Elements
Book SynopsisRanchor Prime shares his spiritual journey exploring ancient Hindu cosmology through the eight elements. Illustrated with his own pencil drawings, the book reflects on nature, spirit, and the author's quest for wisdom.
£8.49
Eyewear Publishing Off The Road
Book SynopsisOff the Roadtells the intimate story of two of the most famous, and yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature - Jack Kerouac and his friend, travelling companion and hero, Neal Cassady. Written by the woman who loved them both - as wife of Cassady, lover of Kerouac - it is the remarkable record of marriage to the man whose exploits, as Dean Moriarty inOn the Road, caught the imagination of a generation and fired the Beat movement.Carolyn Cassady''s book spans one of the most vital areas in twentieth-century literature and culture. It begins in the early days of Kerouac and Cassady''s friendship, when the former was a struggling author trying to make his way with his first novel, and goes on to the explosive success ofOn the Roadand Ginsberg''sHowl, the flowering of the ''Beat generation'', and the social revolution of the 1960s which saw Kerouac and Cassady - by then famed as driver of Ken Kesey''s legendary Merry Pranksters ''bus'' taken up as founding fathers of the emerging worldw
£9.45
Revel Barker Joyce McKinney And The Case Of The Manacled Mormon
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