The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Athens, Paperback - Jenifer Neils

Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace of tragic and comic theatre, locus of the major philosophical schools, artistical...

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism - Richard Bett

Reducere. The field of ancient Greek ethics is increasingly emerging as a major branch of philosophical enquiry, and students and scholars of ancient philoso...

Reducere. The Cambridge Companion to Greek Political Thought offers a guide to understanding the central texts and problems in ancient Greek political though...

From the faithful wife to the powerful queen, the untouchable priestess to the high-living prostitute, the daily lives and roles of women in the an...

The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord - Mark Kroll

The Cambridge Companion to August Strindberg - Michael Robinson

The Cambridge Companion to Greek Lyric - Felix Budelmann

The Cambridge Companion to Horace - Stephen Harrison

The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi - Judith Brown, Anthony Parel

The Cambridge Companion to Piers Plowman - Andrew Cole, Andrew Galloway

The Cambridge Companion to 'Pride and Prejudice' - Janet Todd

The Cambridge Companion to Cricket - Anthony Bateman, Jeffrey Hill

The Cambridge Companion to Baseball - Leonard Cassuto, Stephen Partridge

The Cambridge Companion to Benjamin Franklin - Carla Mulford

This book traces the development of allegory in the European and American tradition from antiquity to the modern era. The essays explore allegory a...

Suitable for students of English literature and creative writing alike, this book is an introduction to the techniques of good prose writing. Writt...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes in Greek and Roman science, medicine, mathematics and technology. It will spark renew...

Written by experts, this book is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and inte...

Handel is recognised as one of the principal creative figures in classical music. In this Companion acknowledged experts on Handel make their exper...

With its range of expert essays and readings, detailed chronology of Salman Rushdie's life and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, thi...

Reducere. This collection of fifteen essays offers both student and theatergoer a guide to the stage plays, novel, and screenplays of one of the most celebra...

Reducere. This collection of specially commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Robert Frost's poetry and life. Frost remains o...

Reducere. Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous vampire in literature and film. This new collection of sixteen essays brings together a range of internati...

This Companion explains the crucial role played by women in modernism, covering not just the written arts, but also photography, film criticism, an...

Reducere. Aristotle is one of the greatest thinkers in the Western tradition, but also one of the most difficult. The contributors to this volume do not atte...

Reducere. This Companion presents both an introduction to the history of the ancient philosophical school of Epicureanism and also a critical account of the ...

This book offers a clear, substantive, and authoritative guide to transnationalism in American literature. Leading scholars provide a history of th...

This Companion's chapters chart the development of Vargas Llosa's writings from his rise to prominence in the early 1960s to the Nobel Prize for Li...

This collection of essays provides lively and innovative readings of every aspect of E. M. Forster's diverse career. It includes substantial chapte...

This broad introduction to Caribbean music approaches the subject through socio-cultural themes specific to the colonial encounter - creolisation, ...

Written by leading authorities representing various disciplines, this volume offers readers with an up-to-date guide to the Book of Genesis. The es...

The Cambridge Companion to Modern Jewish Philosophy - Michael L. Morgan, Peter Eli Gordon

Reducere. This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, ...

Reducere. It has been over a decade since the first edition of The Cambridge Companion to Augustine was published. In that time, reflection on Augustine's li...

Reducere. DescriptionWhile humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. I...

Reducere. Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. ...

Reducere. The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Becau...

The Companion provides a new perspective on Russian literary and cultural development. The contributors present recent scholarship on historical an...

Those whose thoughts of musical theatre are dominated by the Broadway musical will find this book a revelation. From the 1850s to the early 1930s, ...

The Cambridge Companion to the Circus provides a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seeking pe...

Reducere. This Companion offers fresh insight into the art and politics of James Baldwin, one of the most important writers and provocative cultural critics ...

This book introduces students to the field of climate and literature while offering seasoned scholars novel ways to approach its dynamic expansions...

This Cambridge Companion gives a chronological overview of the entire history of American Protestantism; a broad, diverse, deeply rooted, and influ...