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Oxford Quick Reference eBook Series

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  • The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature

    Edited by M. C. Howatson ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    The third edition of The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is the complete and authoritative reference guide to the classical world and its literary heritage. It not only presents the reader with all the essential facts about the authors, tales, and characters from ancient myth and literature, but it also places these details in the wider contexts of the history and society of the Greek and ... Read more

    $12.23 CAD

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  • Classics: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mary Beard, John Henderson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and to Classics within modern culture-from Jefferson and Byron to Asterix and Ben-Hur.We are all Classicists - we come into touch with the Classics daily: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true ... Read more

    $6.47 CAD

  • Helen of Troy

    Beauty, Myth, Devastation

    by Ruby Blondell ...
    Ancient Greek culture is pervaded by a profound ambivalence regarding female beauty. It is an awe-inspiring, supremely desirable gift from the gods, essential to the perpetuation of a man's name through reproduction; yet it also grants women terrifying power over men, posing a threat inseparable from its allure. The myth of Helen is the central site in which the ancient Greeks expressed and ... Read more

    $20.87 CAD

  • Aristotle

    Poetics

    by Aristotle ...
    Translated by S. H. Butcher ...
    A timeless cornerstone of literary criticism, Aristotle: Poetics delves into the essence of what he termed 'poetry,' encompassing lyric, epic, and drama. With precision, Aristotle dissects the art form through its foundational principles, exploring its genres, structural elements, and their emotive power.His profound analysis of tragedy forms the heart of this work, providing enduring insights ... Read more

    $5.66 CAD

  • Ancient Chinese Emperors and How They Ruled-Children's Ancient History Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    History textbooks really do look and sound boring. This ancient history book is not one of them. Featuring the ancient Chinese Emperors and how they ruled, this book aims to present the stories in the most interesting way possible to keep your kids’ enthusiasm. Check it out here and buy your own copy. ... Read more

    $4.49 CAD

  • Tragic Pathos

    Pity and Fear in Greek Philosophy and Tragedy

    by Dana LaCourse Munteanu ...
    Scholars have often focused on understanding Aristotle's poetic theory, and particularly the concept of catharsis in the Poetics, as a response to Plato's critique of pity in the Republic. However, this book shows that, while Greek thinkers all acknowledge pity and some form of fear as responses to tragedy, each assumes for the two emotions a different purpose, mode of presentation and, to a ... Read more

    $38.87 CAD

  • Selections from Ovid Heroides

    An Edition for Intermediate Students

    Series series Bloomsbury Classical Languages
    This is the first intermediate-student edition of a selection from Ovid's Heroides. Heroides VI, lines 1–100 and 127–64, and Heroides X, lines 1–76 and 119–50 are included as Latin text with an accompanying commentary and vocabulary. Focusing on a deliberately limited number of poems, this edition is designed to be manageable for students reading the text for the first time while also perfectly ... Read more

    $14.21 CAD

  • The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives

    Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia

    by Jonathan L. Ready ...
    The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia investigates both the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from neglected comparative perspectives, offering a revealing exploration of what made the epics such powerful examples of verbal artistry. Divided into two parts, the volume first considers similes in five ... Read more

    $95.03 CAD

  • Spartacus: The Roman Liberator of Slaves - Ancient History for Kids | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    Read the story of Spartacus in the pages of this book of ancient history for kids. Reading about the lives of people from the past will help you understand how they lived, what decisions they made and what circumstances brought them into the pages of history books. You can also learn about ancient societies just by reading their stories. ... Read more

    $4.49 CAD

  • Looking at Antigone

    Edited by David Stuttard ...
    Antigone is one of the most influential and thought-provoking of all Greek tragedies. Set in a newly victorious society, where possibilities seem boundless and mankind can overcome all boundaries except death, the action is focussed through the prism of Creon, a remarkable anti-hero – a politician who, in crisis, makes a reckless decision, whose pride (or insecurity) prevents him from backing down ... Read more

    $44.72 CAD

  • Awake the Courteous Echo

    The Themes Prosody of Comus, Lycidas, and Paradise Regained in World Literature with Translations of the Major Analogues

    by Watson Kirkconnell ...
    Series series Heritage
    This Miltonic reference works is the third and final volume in a trilogy dealing with Miltonic analogues. It complements the author's previous compendia of analogues, The Celestial Cycle (on Paradise Lost) and That Invincible Samson (on Samson Agonistes).Thirty-seven years of research in the libraries of the world have unearthed on impressive array of analogues of Comus, Lycidas, and Paradise ... Read more

    $33.11 CAD

  • Greek Tragedy

    Themes and Contexts

    by Laura Swift ...
    Series series Classical World
    The latest volume in the Classical World series, this book offers a much-needed up-to-date introduction to Greek tragedy, and covers the most important thematic topics studied at school or university level. After a brief analysis of the genre and main figures, it focuses on the broader questions of what defines tragedy, what its particular preoccupations are, and what makes these texts so widely ... Read more

    $23.66 CAD